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Ron Paul's Farewell Address to Congress and We the People

Ron Paul, who is retiring from Congress this year, gave a farewell speech to Congress in 48 minutes (ABC states 52 minutes). After listening or reading his speech, you can see why the GOP is just as much against Ron Paul as the Democrat Party. Tagged as a strict libertarian, he has consistently approached his station in office as a constitutionalist. This is what has caused the two traditional political clubs to identify him as a "radical" - therefore, as the media paints it, those who seek reformation back to what the founders created within constitutional law is "radical" and "unacceptable". That alone should raise a red flag to the American people.
It included this warning:

If it’s not accepted that big government, fiat money, ignoring liberty, central economic planning, welfarism, and warfarism caused our crisis we can expect a continuous and dangerous march toward corporatism and even fascism with even more loss of our liberties.

All the warnings of Rep. Ron Paul have come true dating back to 1984.
Ron Paul stated that the solution does not just fall upon those operating our government, but every individual citizen of the United States …

The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow. This is of greater importance than working on changing the government; that is secondary to promoting a virtuous society. If we can achieve this, then the government will change.

Americans cannot expect to reform government if too many Americans do not value character, insist that government play a major role in decisions of our lives, or continue to follow blindly political party propaganda instead of looking towards candidates as individuals that would protect the Constitution and adhere to its form of government. Candidates for public office at any level should be held to high standards, and those who are running for office for a congressional seat or the executive branch should undergo a thorough background investigation like all those who have access to sensitive and classified information and materials. Those we elect should be the “best of the best” of the society from which they originate. Instead, those we elect are a mirror of society, increasingly corrupt and selfish – putting aside morals, values, and character for false promises provided by political entities and individuals.

After the shock of losing, Republicans and media pundits are saying that the Republican Party must join the winning party of 2012, which means foregoing all that even the name of the political party stands for – republicanism. The original thirteen states were warranted for their mistrust in providing too much power to the federal government. Since the Civil War, states have gradually lost their constitutional power handed over to the federal, centrist, big government in Washington, DC.

Ron Paul has served the People off and on since 1976. Since that time, he has stood for constitutional authority being the guideline for every piece of legislature and every government policy. He has devoted himself to be a model of example amidst an ever growing government and compliant fellow politicians in Congress. Nevertheless, the American people, on both sides of the political fence, chose to ignore him and believed the media’s representation that he is a “radical”. Since when is a constitutionalist a radical? Unlike those of the established two-party political system, a constitutionalist bases his/her policy and ideology upon the document and its amendments that afforded the United States to become a great nation. Politicians have been trying to reinvent the wheel ever since, and the Founders warned Americans of this long before it occurred. Today, we have a generation that believes the founders and their wisdom is now outdated.

Wisdom is ageless and never outdated.

We the People must reeducate ourselves, learn everything about the Constitution and its amendments, and pass the knowledge amongst ourselves. We need to let the media know that We the People need objective and informative information – not political propaganda and dissemination of misinformation, or black out news that might harm political entities they privately side with. We need to insist upon those in charge of elections that they provide proper security and maintenance that will ensure little or no vote fraud occurs with safety guards to detect any that are attempted. Our vote is not just important to us as individuals, but to the nation as a whole.

We the People must refrain from choosing candidate because of media pundit decisions and political advertisements that merely provide negative information (usually exaggerated or false) instead of informing the people just how they are going to be an improvement over the political opponent’s position.

We the People must insist that policies and ideologies of candidates conform to constitutional law, so when elected they will properly represent the Constitution and its amendments as well as the citizens of the United States.

The complete PDF transcript is HERE. You can read along while listening/watching the video of his speech. Ron Paul’s YouTube video follows what I have highlighted from his speech:

This may well be the last time I speak on the House Floor.  At the end of the year I’ll leave Congress after 23 years in office over a 36 year period.  My goals in 1976 were the same as they are today:  promote peace and prosperity by a strict adherence to the principles of individual liberty. It was my opinion, that the course the U.S. embarked on in the latter part of the 20th Century would bring us a major financial crisis and engulf us in a foreign policy that would overextend us and undermine our national security. … The problems seemed to be overwhelming and impossible to solve, yet from my view point, just following the constraints placed on the federal government by the Constitution would have been a good place to start.
In many ways, according to conventional wisdom, my off-and-on career in Congress, from 1976 to 2012, accomplished very little.  No named legislation, no named federal buildings or highways—thank goodness.  In spite of my efforts, the government has grown exponentially, taxes remain excessive, and the prolific increase of incomprehensible regulations continues.  Wars are constant and pursued without Congressional declaration, deficits rise to the sky, poverty is rampant and dependency on the federal government is now worse than any time in our history. …
One side doesn’t give up one penny on military spending, the other side doesn’t give up one penny on welfare spending, while both sides support the bailouts and subsidies for the banking and  corporate elite.  And the spending continues as the economy weakens and the downward spiral continues.   As the government continues fiddling around, our liberties and our wealth burn in the flames of a foreign policy that makes us less safe. The major stumbling block to real change in Washington is the total resistance to admitting that the country is broke. This has made compromising, just to agree to increase spending, inevitable since neither side has any intention of cutting spending. The country and the Congress will remain divisive since there’s no “loot left to divvy up.” …
I have thought a lot about why those of us who believe in liberty, as a solution, have done so poorly in convincing others of its benefits.  If liberty is what we claim it is- the principle that protects all personal, social and economic decisions necessary for maximum prosperity and the best chance for peace- it should be an easy sell.  Yet, history has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled. …
During my time in Congress the appetite for liberty has been quite weak; the understanding of its significance negligible.  Yet the good news is that compared to 1976 when I first came to Congress, the desire for more freedom and less government in 2012 is much greater and growing, especially in grassroots America. … I have a few thoughts as to why the people of a country like ours, once the freest and most prosperous, allowed the conditions to deteriorate to the degree that they have.
Freedom, private property, and enforceable voluntary contracts, generate wealth.  In our early history we were very much aware of this.  But in the early part of the 20th century our politicians promoted the notion that the tax and monetary systems had to change if we were to involve ourselves in excessive domestic and military spending. That is why Congress gave us the Federal Reserve and the income tax. The majority of Americans and many government officials agreed that sacrificing some liberty was necessary to carry out what some claimed to be “progressive” ideas. Pure democracy became acceptable. They failed to recognized that what they were doing was exactly opposite of what the colonists were seeking when they broke away from the British. …the damage to the market economy, and the currency, has been insidious and steady. …
This neglect ushered in an age of redistribution of wealth by government kowtowing to any and all special interests, except for those who just wanted to left alone.  That is why today money in politics far surpasses money currently going into research and development and productive entrepreneurial efforts. … If this is not recognized, the recovery will linger for a long time.  Bigger government, more spending, more debt, more poverty for the middle class, and a more intense scramble by the elite special interests will continue.
Without an intellectual awakening, the turning point will be driven by economic law.  A dollar crisis will bring the current out-of-control system to its knees. … If the underlying cause of the crisis is not understood we cannot solve our problems. The issues of warfare, welfare, deficits, inflationism, corporatism, bailouts and authoritarianism cannot be ignored.  By only expanding these policies we cannot expect good results. Everyone claims support for freedom.  But too often it’s for one’s own freedom and not for others.  Too many believe that there must be limits on freedom. They argue that freedom must be directed and managed to achieve fairness and equality thus making it acceptable to curtail, through force, certain liberties. Some decide what and whose freedoms are to be limited.  These are the politicians whose goal in life is power. Their success depends on gaining support from special interests.
The great news is the answer is not to be found in more “isms.”  The answers are to be found in more liberty which cost so much less.  Under these circumstances spending goes down, wealth production goes up, and the quality of life improves. …there is good evidence that the generation coming of age at the present time is supportive of moving in the direction of more liberty and self-reliance. The more this change in direction and the solutions become known, the quicker will be the return of optimism. …
The answer available is based on the Constitution, individual liberty and prohibiting the use of government force to provide privileges and benefits to all special interests. After over 100 years we face a society quite different from the one that was intended by the Founders.  In many ways their efforts to protect future generations with the Constitution from this danger has failed.  Skeptics, at the time the Constitution was written in 1787, warned us of today’s possible outcome. …

Our liberties are restricted and government operates outside the rule of law, protecting and rewarding those who buy or coerce government into satisfying their demands. Here are a few examples:

• Undeclared wars are commonplace.
• Welfare for the rich and poor is considered an entitlement.
• The economy is overregulated, overtaxed and grossly distorted by a deeply flawed monetary system.
• Debt is growing exponentially.
• The Patriot Act and FISA legislation passed without much debate have resulted in a steady erosion of our 4th Amendment rights. …
• It’s now the law of the land that the military can arrest American citizens, hold them indefinitely, without charges or a trial.
• Rampant hostility toward free trade is supported by a large number in Washington.
• Supporters of sanctions, currency manipulation and WTO trade retaliation, call the true free traders “isolationists.”
• Sanctions are used to punish countries that don’t follow our orders.
• Bailouts and guarantees for all kinds of misbehavior are routine.
• Central economic planning through monetary policy, regulations and legislative mandates has been an acceptable policy.

Excessive government has created such a mess it prompts many questions:

• Why are sick people who use medical marijuana put in prison?
• Why does the federal government restrict the drinking of raw milk?
• Why are Americans not allowed to use gold and silver as legal tender as mandated by the Constitution?
• Why is Germany concerned enough to consider repatriating their gold held by the FED for her in New York?  Is it that the trust in the U.S. and dollar supremacy beginning to wane?
• Why do our political leaders believe it’s unnecessary to thoroughly audit our own gold?
• Why can’t Americans decide which type of light bulbs they can buy?
• Why is the TSA permitted to abuse the rights of any American traveling by air?
• Why have we allowed the federal government to regulate commodes in our homes?
• Why is it political suicide for anyone to criticize AIPAC ?
• Why haven’t we given up on the drug war since it’s an obvious failure and violates the people’s rights? Has nobody noticed that the authorities can’t even keep drugs out of the prisons? How can making our entire society a prison solve the problem?
• Why do we sacrifice so much getting needlessly involved in border disputes and civil strife around the world and ignore the root cause of the most deadly border in the world -the one between Mexico and the US?
• Why does Congress willingly give up its prerogatives to the Executive Branch?
• Why does changing the party in power never change policy? Could it be that the views of both parties are essentially the same?
• Why did the big banks, the large corporations, and foreign banks and foreign central banks get bailed out in 2008 and the middle class lost their jobs and their homes?
• Why do so many in the government and the federal officials believe that creating money out of thin air creates wealth?
• Why can’t people understand that war always destroys wealth and liberty?
• Why is there so little concern for the Executive Order that gives the President authority to establish a “kill list,” including American citizens, of those targeted for assassination?
• Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the principles of liberty and support for the people? Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.
• Why is it is claimed that if people won’t  or can’t take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?
• Why did we ever give the government a safe haven for initiating violence against the people?
• Why do some members defend free markets, but not civil liberties?
• Why do some members defend civil liberties but not free markets? Aren’t they the same?
• Why are there not more individuals who seek to intellectually influence others to bring about positive changes than those who seek power to force others to obey their commands?
• Why does the use of religion to support a social gospel and preemptive wars, both of which requires authoritarians to use violence, or the threat of violence, go unchallenged? Aggression and forced redistribution of wealth has nothing to do with the teachings of the world’s great religions.
• Why do we allow the government and the Federal Reserve to disseminate false information dealing with both economic and  foreign policy?
• Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority?
• Why should anyone be surprised that Congress has no credibility, since there’s such a disconnect between what politicians say and what they do?

… Too many people have for too long placed too much confidence and trust in government and not enough in themselves. … Too many people have for too long placed too much confidence and trust in government and not enough in themselves. … Politicians deceive themselves as to how wealth is produced. … This always proves to be a utopian dream and destroys wealth and liberty.  It impoverishes the people and rewards the special interests who end up controlling both political parties. It’s no surprise then that much of what goes on in Washington is driven by aggressive partisanship and power seeking, with philosophic differences being minor. …

Keynesianism continues to thrive, although today it is facing healthy and enthusiastic rebuttals.  Believers in military Keynesianism and domestic Keynesianism continue to desperately promote their failed policies, as the economy languishes in a deep slumber. … Humanitarian arguments are always used to justify government mandates related to the economy, monetary policy, foreign policy, and personal liberty.  This is on purpose to make it more difficult to challenge. … It is rather strange, that unless one has a criminal mind and no respect for other people and their property, no one claims it’s permissible to go into one’s neighbor’s house and tell them how to behave, what they can eat, smoke and drink or how to spend their money. Yet, rarely is it asked why it is morally acceptable that a stranger with a badge and a gun can do the same thing in the name of law and order.  Any resistance is met with brute force, fines, taxes, arrests, and even imprisonment. This is done more frequently every day without a proper search warrant. …

Government in a free society should have no authority to meddle in social activities or the economic transactions of individuals. Nor should government meddle in the affairs of other nations. All things peaceful, even when controversial, should be permitted. … But even in these areas government is starting to use a backdoor approach of political correctness to regulate speech-a dangerous trend. Since 9/11 monitoring speech on the internet is now a problem since warrants are no longer required.

The Constitution established four federal crimes.  Today the experts can’t even agree on how many federal crimes are now on the books—they number into the thousands.  No one person can comprehend the enormity of the legal system—especially the tax code.  Due to the ill-advised drug war and the endless federal expansion of the criminal code we have over 6 million people under correctional suspension, more than the Soviets ever had, and more than any other nation today, including China. I don’t understand the complacency of the Congress and the willingness to continue their obsession with passing more Federal laws. …

The federal register is now 75,000 pages long and the tax code has 72,000 pages, and expands every year.  When will the people start shouting, “enough is enough,” and demand Congress cease and desist.

Liberty can only be achieved when government is denied the aggressive use of force.  If one seeks liberty, a precise type of government is needed.  To achieve it, more than lip service is required.

Two choices are available.

A government designed to protect liberty—a natural right—as its sole objective.  The people are expected to care for themselves and reject the use of any force for interfering with another person’s liberty.  Government is given a strictly limited authority to enforce contracts, property ownership, settle disputes, and defend against foreign aggression.

A government that pretends to protect liberty but is granted power to arbitrarily use force over the people and foreign nations.  Though the grant of power many times is meant to be small and limited, it inevitably metastasizes into an omnipotent political cancer.  This is the problem for which the world has suffered throughout the ages.  Though meant to be limited it nevertheless is a 100% sacrifice of a principle that would-be-tyrants find irresistible.  It is used vigorously—though incrementally and insidiously.  Granting power to government officials always proves the adage that:  “power corrupts.” …

Today’s mess is a result of Americans accepting option #2, even though the Founders attempted to give us Option #1. …

Ultimately, the people have to decide which form of government they want; option #1 or option #2.  There is no other choice.  Claiming there is a choice of a “little” tyranny is like describing pregnancy as a “touch of pregnancy.” … When government officials wield power over others to bail out the special interests, even with disastrous results to the average citizen, they feel no guilt for the harm they do. Those who take us into undeclared wars with many casualties resulting, never lose sleep over the death and destruction their bad decisions caused. …

Some argue it’s only a matter of “fairness” that those in need are cared for. There are two problems with this. First, the principle is used to provide a greater amount of benefits to the rich than the poor. Second, no one seems to be concerned about whether or not it’s fair to those who end up paying for the benefits. The costs are usually placed on the backs of the middle class and are hidden from the public eye. Too many people believe government handouts are free, like printing money out of thin air, and there is no cost. That deception is coming to an end. The bills are coming due and that’s what the economic slowdown is all about. …

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.  The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people.  The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified. … If the people are unhappy with the government performance it must be recognized that government is merely a reflection of an immoral society that rejected a moral government of constitutional limitations of power and love of freedom. …the full consequence of our lost liberties is yet to be felt.  

…our individual goal in life ought to be for us to seek virtue and excellence and recognize that self-esteem and happiness only comes from using one’s natural ability, in the most productive manner possible, according to one’s own talents. …

What are the greatest dangers that the American people face today and impede the goal of a free society? There are five.

1. The continuous attack on our civil liberties which threatens the rule of law and our ability to resist the onrush of tyranny.              

2. Violent anti-Americanism that has engulfed the world. Because the phenomenon of “blow-back” is not understood or denied, our foreign policy is destined to keep us involved in many wars that we have no business being in. National bankruptcy and a greater threat to our national security will result.                                                         

3. The ease in which we go to war, without a declaration by Congress, but accepting international authority from the UN or NATO even for preemptive wars, otherwise known as aggression.                                       

4. A financial political crisis as a consequence of excessive debt, unfunded liabilities, spending, bailouts, and gross discrepancy in wealth distribution going from the middle class to the rich. The danger of central economic planning, by the Federal Reserve must be understood.                                              

 5. World government taking over  local and US sovereignty by getting involved in the issues of war, welfare, trade, banking,  a world currency, taxes, property ownership, and private ownership of guns.

Happily, there is an answer for these very dangerous trends. …

No good has ever come from granting monopoly power to the state to use aggression against the people to arbitrarily mold human behavior.  Such power, when left unchecked, becomes the seed of an ugly tyranny.  This method of governance has been adequately tested, and the results are in: reality dictates we try liberty. …

Today the principle of habeas corpus, established when King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, is under attack. … The Founders were convinced that a free society could not exist without a moral people.  Just writing rules won’t work if the people choose to ignore them.  Today the rule of law written in the Constitution has little meaning for most Americans, especially those who work in Washington DC. Benjamin Franklin claimed “only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.”  John Adams concurred:  “Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” … A society that boos or ridicules the Golden Rule is not a moral society.  All great religions endorse the Golden Rule.  The same moral standards that individuals are required to follow should apply to all government officials.  They cannot be exempt. The ultimate solution is not in the hands of the government. The solution falls on each and every individual, with guidance from family, friends and community. … The Constitution or more laws per se, have no value if the people’s attitudes aren’t changed. To achieve liberty and peace, two powerful human emotions have to be overcome.  Number one is “envy” which leads to hate and class warfare.  Number two is “intolerance” which leads to bigoted and judgmental policies.  These emotions must be replaced with a much better understanding of love, compassion, tolerance and free market economics. Freedom, when understood, brings people together. When tried, freedom is popular. …

I have come to one firm conviction after these many years of trying to figure out “the plain truth of things.”  The best chance for achieving peace and prosperity, for the maximum number of people world-wide, is to pursue the cause of LIBERTY. If you find this to be a worthwhile message, spread it throughout the land.
The first video is RP farewell speech to Congress and the second video, Ron Paul discusses Secession talk of states in recent news. 

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Senator Says: Wealthy Should Not Get What They Paid For

Apparently, in a frantic effort to curb spending, usually in the wrong places, Congress has opened a nest of worms to the delight of ABC News media …

Lyneka Little, ABC News, 17 hours ago, October 3, 2012:

A new report shows that some 2,400 millionaires received unemployment insurance benefits during the economic downturn, a number that has caught the attention of politicians who funded extensions of benefits for up to 99 weeks as the economy crumbled. In 2009, 2,362 millionaires received unemployment benefits, down from 2,840 the year prior, according to a study from the Congressional Research Service, a non-partisan arm of U.S. Congress that provides policy and legal analysis. Of the 2,362 more than 1,000 receiving unemployment benefits had a household adjusted gross income of $1.5 million in 2009. The report titled “Receipt of Unemployment Insurance by Higher-Income Unemployed Workers” found that 0.02 percent of tax filers that received unemployment benefits in 2009 were millionaires. A total of $20.8 million in unemployment benefits went to this group.
“It sounds scandalous when you hear that millionaires are going to collect unemployment insurance,” Bill Frenzel, guest scholar at the Brookings Institute and former Republican member of Congress, told ABC News.  “On the other hand, millionaires get unemployed too and have made payments into the unemployment insurance.” … Frenzel says if they made a million dollars in income the year prior, “they could probably stand being barred from unemployment this year. …

“Sending millionaires unemployment checks is a case study in out-of-control spending.  Providing welfare to the wealthy undermines the program for those who need it most while burdening future generations with senseless debt,”  Republican Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. of Oklahoma said in a statement to ABC News.  Based on the report from the Senator’s office, millionaires received $74 million in unemployment insurance from 2005 to 2009. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the average individual collects about $300 per week from unemployment compensation.

So, early last year, Senator Coburn introduced a bill: Ending Unemployment to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2011.

Which means that Senator Tom Coburnis joining the ranks of sociocrats whose policy is that the wealthy must pay for other citizens’ welfare benefit “entitlements”; despite admitting that they qualified because they paid into the system. Everyone, directly or indirectly, when working or earning income pays into the unemployment “insurance” program. It makes as much sense as a person with a given amount of income is not entitled to collect on any insurance program paid into because they are “wealthy”. Next they will be telling Americans that if you make more than a given amount per year you will not be able to collect social security, despite paying into it all their working lives.

It is just not “millionaires” that are qualified to be on the program. ABC News …

…A few other high-income brackets receive compensation from the government. More than 8,000 tax filers making $500,000 to $1,000,000 received unemployment benefit income in 2009 and more than 900,000 tax filers that made $100,000 to $500,000 received unemployment benefit income.

Who pays unemployment insurance and how does it work?

Wiki Answers:

Each state has its own unemployment insurance law and operates its own program. … In Texas: The state issues you the check from its account, So in that sense it appears that the state pays you the benefit check, but then the employer is the actual payee.

Each state collects the unemployment funds from the employers through an unemployment tax based on the business’ actual payroll.

Unemployment Payments and the Law:
Each state pays its unemployed workers from the pool of unemployment taxes it collected from employers, based on their number of employees and their turnover history. The formula is different for each state. According to the Related Links below the state collects payroll taxes from employers, based on their turnover rate. This became a law under the Federal Social Security Act and is administered by the individual states. The only time employers pay employees directly is when the employer has an agreement to do so by the state that collects the taxes from them, in order to opt out of paying the tax. The employer does not receive a bill for payments made, but the state does adjust his tax rate based on his turn over experience. The taxes collected pays for both operational costs as well as benefit payments.

The state governments are in charge of their own unemployment insurance programs. Employers pay a state tax for each employee and that funding is for state-issued unemployment checks for at least 26 weeks. Employers also pay a per-employee federal tax (double taxation) that funds administrative costs of implementing the system.

The unemployment rate is presently at 9%, remaining at a high level for an extended period, which is why 30 states have exhausted their funds and had to borrow $41 billion from the federal government. The biggest federal funding borrowing states are California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. Comparatively, those states also have high taxes and more entitlements paid out than other states.

Can we connect the dots?

States that borrowed have begun to pay interest on those loans (September), despite a break authorized by President Obama under the tax stimulus bill that extended the payment of those loans. State governments will most likely slap a “special assessment” on businesses in accordance with the law – which means in the state of the economy may cause a higher unemployment rate. In addition, in order to pay for the principal of those state loans, employers’ federal taxes will increase, which will hit them towards the end of this year to early next year. This is partly what Romney meant when he said that taxes will be increasing by the end of this year and on into next year in his condemnation of Obama’s economic broken policies. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Washington, DC – CS Monitor]

Obama’s plan is this:
The president's proposed budget is expected to include a two-year postponement of the special "state assessment" tax hikes on business, plus a similar delay in any increase in federal unemployment insurance taxes.

This, like the last administration, is like putting a finger in a hole in the dike while the rest of the dam cracks, ready to burst. It is the way government has been doing business for decades, and it is the reason why Ron Paul has insisted (at a minimum) that the Federal Reserve receive a complete audit and made accountable to Congress, who is constitutionally in charge of government funds. However, no, he is just too “radical”. To the RINOs and democratic socialists in Congress – anyone who insists upon the Constitution as the foundation and final authority for operation of OUR government is “radical”.

Now Congress is wailing that people that paid into a program should not receive its benefits. Unemployment is unemployment, no matter what one’s income was when working.

This is like what happened to me and many veterans of foreign wars. In 1996, because Congress felt there were too many claims for disability and still did not admit that the so-called Gulf Syndromewas real, it passed a bill that many Americans do not know about. It was a bill, most likely passed within another bill so as to be undetected, that no longer separated retirement funding issues from disability issues for veterans. That means that if a veteran who becomes disabled enough to qualify for monthly payments at time of leaving service or after, the funds paid into retirement up to that time will be deducted from the amount owed in disability payments. This includes those who suffered from a mysterious vaccine administered called Vaccine A & B – a dual booster supposedly that boosted the immune system, of which the administration has denied and Congress never followed up on. I sent a photocopy of proof, and my senator and representative and other members I wrote to, as well as the Veterans Administration ignored it. It was because I did not trust the system. I kept the record that everyone should have turned in, and when receiving the new one, the mysterious vaccine, which nurses administering it in Saudi Arabia, could not identify either. After twenty years, I finally was authorized disability payments that I will not see until spring of 2016 because they are deducting it from the net amount received. Originally, they had tried to deduct the gross amount until I sent them the legislative document number and quoted paragraphs that stated differently.

Veterans are being screwed over, and have been for decades, even those recently returning from war zones like Afghanistan. It is because Congress overspends and then when they preach cutting, they cut the wrong things. In example: Funds were cut from a federal program that put to work unemployed citizens from age 50 to retirement age, the age bracket when it is difficult to obtain work during an economic recession. That funding was cut last year in half, which forced those operating the system to give some employed a “pink slip”. Meanwhile, the same amount of funding was being sent by our federal government to help poor people in Africa.

Can anyone see the problem here?

There are those in Congress who are admonishing and balking against citizens (“millionaires” collecting unemployment legally) who pay into the system, but find themselves not “eligible” because Congress does not want to pay; yet our tax dollars are being spent in African countries, Egypt, and even places where our citizens are being killed and embassies being stormed and looted.

Everyone pays into unemployment, either indirectly through employer or if self-employed, directly. State governments have one thing in common – they determine your unemployment check amount received weekly for a limit of 26 weeks according to a percentage of what you made weekly when working. If everyone pays into the system, then everyone should receive benefits when legally eligible.

I am not so shallow and brainwashed by socialism that I believe that people who make more than I do should have their funds confiscated and redistributed according to the whims of government. It is legal stealing; courtesy of our government, that no longer pays attention to the limitations of government within the articles of the Constitution of the United States.

We the People should not be at the mercy of the whims of Congress or the White House. In order to do that we need to reeducate ourselves as to the reasons why the Constitution was written, as it was written and why – and what it requires. Those in OUR government always presents a fabulous “gift” called “entitlements” and false promises of financial and personal security – but are you willing to pay their price?

That price is why limitations were set upon the government of the United States, and why powers were delegated to state legislation that are closer to the People who must be responsible and ensure that who they elect perform their duties For the People, not special interests, and earn their annual salaries.

Senator Tom Coburn wails about the wealthy receiving legal unemployment benefits while congressional members, elected officials, can receive retirement benefits courtesy of taxpayers after serving two terms in office. NO elected person should EVER receive benefits or payments after they leave office. This is the same senator who put a monkey wrench in the bill that would protect government whistleblowers under the First Amendment of the Constitution, in the case of Garcetti v. Ceballos. GW Bush stated he would veto the bill if it went through and Senator Coburn put in a holding pattern so if would not reach the floor for vote. It prevented the passage of the bill. Senator Coburn  a medical doctor was involved in a non-consensual sterilization case as well as the state attorney general accusing him of Medicaid fraud. He is also the politician that put up a fuss over the Schlinder’s Listfilm being broadcast during “prime time”. Senator Coburn has special “hold privileges” to prevent certain bills from entering the Senate floor. Since the procedures are “secret” – this violates all that the Constitution stands for. Senator Cogburn has used this power to hold a veterans’ benefits bill. Senator Coburn like too many others, did not mind sending American volunteers to war – but does not want to keep the promise to America’s veterans.

Congress requires a thorough house cleaning – and not all of them are Democrats.

Too many American citizens want to separate fellow citizens via race, politics, and financial status. Instead of being jealous of someone whose income is greater than yours, and if it is so important to you - than do something to increase your wealth instead of insisting that government steal it from certain citizens to give to other groups. That is NOT the American Dream or the American Way. 

Pioneers set out on dangerous ventures to change their lives - on their own. That is the American heritage, not citizenry that whines that someone else has more and it is not "fair". 

We must acknowledge the transgressions and failures of the past - but overall, we must also recognize and be proud of our traditions and accomplishments enacted in our past; and most importantly, honor, protect, and comply with the Constitution of the United States. 

The Communist Manifesto by Marxism does not apply to our system of government - and never should.. 

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Media Poodles Sniff Obama's Backside and Bury His Secrets

Forgerygate: Ignoring Arpaio's Report Is A Scandal In Itself

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

The Washington Times

March 15, 2012

Is President Obama’s birth certificate a forgery? Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., believes it is. He recently held a press conference in Phoenix to discuss the findings of a new 10-page report. Mr. Arpaio’s investigators have come to a stunning conclusion: The long-form birth certificate Mr. Obama released last year is a “computer-generated forgery.”

With the exception of The Washington Times, however, no major U.S. media outlet reported this bombshell story. The liberal press corps is desperately trying to suppress any discussion of Forgerygate — potentially one of the biggest scandals in American history. The media class is betraying its fundamental mission to pursue the truth.

“Based on all of the evidence presented and investigated, I cannot in good faith report to you that these documents are authentic,” Sheriff Arpaio said. “My investigators believe that the long-form birth certificate was manufactured electronically and that it did not originate in paper format as claimed by the White House.”

The Washington Times story, written by Stephen Dinan, points out that Mr. Arpaio has called for Congress to investigate the matter.

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Salute to a Visionary and a Great American - To Emulate

There are those who have openly and publicly proclaimed that our Constitution is outdated. Apparently they do not understand the Constitution and those that designed it, for that is why amendments were added and the rules set for changing, repealing or adding amendments was included – for the Founders had wisdom enough to know that times would change and our Constitution, if not applicable or required an additional amendment, it could be so by two-thirds of the vote of Congress and ratified by a majority of the states.

When a Supreme Court Justice openly, on foreign television interview, disavows her pledge to uphold the Constitution and protect it and when a president and members of Congress choose to not only ignore the Constitution, but devise ways around it or change it without the two-thirds majority vote and ratification required – America and its People are in trouble.

Americans today are spending more time scrutinizing the private lives of the founders, not out of curiosity or for the sake of true history, but to slander their names so they can go forward with their progression towards socialism and worse. Our nation was once a model to follow for all nations, and that was the concept of the origination of the United Nations – which has presided the United States progression towards corruption and immoral power. Yet, we still cling to the atrocity it has become. We cannot and should not give in to those that would destroy our Constitution, its traditions and values, or allow its society to become corrupted by a minority that is fast growing in ranks because of ignorance or children raised in public schools to believe what the government has instructed to teach. We are no longer ruled by a majority, but are at the mercy of the powerful minority in government – the “establishment” of good old boys who wish to keep their status quo no matter what the consequences are for the People and the future of our great nation.

Like the Founders, there have been great leaders in America – from governors to the President of the United States, but few can be compared to the original founders, like George Washing, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and others.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library photo

I present to you a video below that is taken from speeches made by another great American, a man of vision, and who saw the crooked road ahead; yet still could handle the issues at hand in the present term. His name was Ronald Reagan, and I will confess to you that I admired him but didn't appreciate him enough while he served two terms in the Oval Office. He was a man of vision, a man with a down-home sense of humor that even made his political opponents and the negative media laugh and like him. I was serving my country in the United States Army, admired him for his support and true caring for the troops who swore allegiance to him as our Commander-in-Chief as well as to the People of the United States of America; and while it is no excuse not to have kept up on as much as I should have of what was going on back home, it is difficult when serving overseas.

So, for you younger generations, who seem not to have heroes like my generation, I present this video to you and as a reminder that the road that lies ahead depends upon YOU and ME – that means we should choose more carefully and with open eyes and open mind who operates our government for US – from the city council to the President of the United States, we must guard our liberties, our individualism and all the other rights that was provided in writing by wise men who long ago created a nation like no other nation in the history of civilization. Here is the video:

If this does not inspire and convince you that the People of this nation, from all walks of life, every race, creed, color, gender, and age – then I am sorry for you, but We the People must move on past your ignorance and refusal to search for the truth in a sea of misinformation that those who would take away those liberties and rights that so many worked hard for, some lost material things, and others gave the ultimate sacrifice – their lives.

Words from a speech given by Ronald Reagan

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If I Were Elected or For Those Who Seek Election

In the last article, I covered the debate issues and what primary election candidates for President of the United States have stated since 2008, issues that are currently important to talk about in Congress and the White Office; but more importantly what actions must be taken to SOLVE the issues.

If I were running for the office, this is what I have to say and what should be done. Of course, I am not going to run for office, so think of it as passing ideas to viable candidates for elected office in Congress and our next President of the United States, to include a portion, as a warning to Supreme and Upper Court Justices and Judges who have ruled, not from the Constitution, but by public opinion and political leanings. The list is in form of bullets and I have attempted to put them in order according to subject material from my handwritten notes.

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  ABORTION … Take government out of the issue. Stop forcing religious entities and people whose religious beliefs are against abortions, especially in circumstances that does not involve rape or danger to mother's life. In most cases, the “Day-After” pill is more a recommendation than waiting until a fetus is developed. Abortion is murder, there is no way around that, whether you are looking at it from a religious point of view or a humanitarian point of view. Government has created a business and a social program concerning abortion and must remove itself from the equation. Government has literally made it a wholesale operation that has killed at least five million innocent lives since the Roe v. Wade decision that created the nightmare. Repeal that decision because it should never have happened and impeach judges/justices who do not abide by constitutional law or tries to circumvent or legislate from the bench. It would help to relax adoption laws to provide the incentive to go another route besides abortion.
• Illegal Immigration … We have, have had, a national security problem since the government ignores its own immigration laws and caters to a government south of our border who feels that we owe them something or we stole real estate belonging to them. In the case of the latter, it is not historically correct. Before the Spaniards came, the indigenous Mexicans were practicing human sacrifice, and just before the Spaniards arrived, the Aztecs were murdering people almost daily. The Spaniards created settlements and built monasteries for the monks and priests who accompanied the Conquistadors to convert the natives to Christianity. When Spain lost its power on the seas, it also lost its ability to control the colonies they developed and they were abandoned one by one. Mexico is no different. So if there is any real estate claims to be made, it should be made by Spain, not Mexico, who is a hybrid nation of Spanish and indigenous native Americans who didn't cross the Rio Grande River until the Spaniards colonized or built trading posts in California and Texas. If their invasion of illegal immigrants are based upon that falsehood, propagated by the government of Mexico as propaganda in their school textbooks, then it is an act of invasion and an act of war. Otherwise, for purposes other than transporting illegal drugs and smuggling firearms over the border, they are trying to improve their lives. But they still must use the legal method, like so many before them have done. Because of their attitude of making the United States adopt a second language and their belief that United States real estate belongs to them, they have no desire whatsoever to become a legal citizen. They come to America, end up in ghettos, and too many turn to crime; sheep to be used by the drug cartels and street gangs that have developed over the past three centuries. The reason why there are immigration laws and limitations is to: (1) Ensure there are not more immigrants than there are jobs; (2) to provide a medical examination to ensure that infectious diseases are not brought here that could cause an epidemic or pandemic; (3) allocated annual immigration limits to the number of visas for temporary work, temporary attendance to colleges and universities, or a road to naturalization as a citizen of the United States are in place because as reason #1, it must coincide with the jobs available and the unemployment rate – for obvious reasons; and (4) to ensure through a criminal background check that criminal elements, organized crime lords (cartels), and terrorists do not enter the United States. Overall, the legal immigrant is upset at the government not enforcing its immigration laws and providing amnesty programs when they went through the expense, paperwork, and time to do it legally. They have a right to be angry. Overall, immigrants whose purpose is to live and become citizens here, are better and a more loyal citizen than too many born and raised here. It is because American youth have no appreciation of what they have, while immigrants have seen and lived in places where freedom is reduced or practically doesn't exist at all. For example, why would a person escaping from a socialist or communist regime want the same political ideology to be adopted here, a democratic republic? The reason for their exodus would be moot. Employers are just as much to blame as the federal and state governments. The state governments, county and local law enforcement should be allowed to enforce immigration laws, despite being a federal matter as it has been done in the past. The problem is, once again, federal law enforcement are not doing their jobs because their superiors are not making it an issue. Employers who hire and employ illegal immigrants should be fined to the amount it costs for each immigrant to be due processed and return form their place of origin – and for each illegal immigrant found to be working there. In addition, no entitlements must be given to illegal immigrants, and those cities, counties, and states that provide sanctuary or harbor illegal immigrants should be fined just as the employers caught with illegal employees. The amendment must be rescinded that states that persons born here automatically are citizens, to read that if parents are illegal immigrants, so are the children, whether born here or not. One of the major reasons why California continually has financial problems is because of its illegal alien population that they cater to, provide medical care, education and other benefits supposed to be afforded only to those carrying legal green cards/visas or citizens of the United States. Forgery of identification and documentation is a felony; however, the illegal immigrant caught using it should merely be deported and warned if they return they will spend time in prison. The people that belong in prison are the ones providing the forged identification and documentation. If we don't do it that way we will end up with more crowding of prisons than we already have and an increase in cost to the American taxpayer. We must say NO to the North American Union, and if I were in office I would ensure that the offices set up by GW Bush and continued to operate in the Obama administration would be closed and those employees told to transfer or find jobs in the private sector (like the rest of us). No illegal immigrant or children of illegal immigrants should ever be allowed to hold public office that requires citizenship – and certainly someone that doesn't break laws. Disrespect the law in one form, it is easier to disrespect others.
• ENTITLEMENTS and SOCIAL PROGRAMS … Most of these are nothing more than social engineering where those in government set up policies to make citizens become increasingly dependent upon the government. There isn't any real constitutional authority for most of them. Like HUD, Housing Urban Development, an agency that over its long period of time has had little viable results (inefficient) despite its expenditure of large amounts of taxpayer dollars and is corrupted by land and housing developers. If there is going to be such a program, it should be run like and in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity that provides those who want affordable housing a “hand up” and not a “hand out” – and part of their requirement besides making the affordable mortgage payments, with little or no interest, is to put in a given amount of hours helping to build their own house. Habitat is not only national, but international. It is probably the only successful program that Jimmy Carter developed and made popular. It is an incentive program, not an entitlement. I really don't like using the word “entitlement” - replaced from the word “welfare” because of its bad publicity – “entitlement” means that it is something owed to a citizen, or his/her constitutional right to have it – which is certainly NOT the case. I would slowly phase out and kill HUD and all its offices. Constitution states Limited Government. In the case of Social Security, it is NOT an entitlement. It is paid into all of our working lives through payments deducted from our paychecks or quarterly payments sent in by the self employed. It is a retirement program gone wrong, initially a good idea. It has gone wrong because Congress, in charge of our money, or supposed to be, has been stealing from it to pay other programs. It was supposed to be a Trust Fund – which means it is supposed to be used only for Social Security, like Medicare funds are only for Medicare. In addition, it is a retirement program paid into where the government is the beneficiary if you die and there is a balance left and citizens can only use it at the prescribed age or circumstance mandated by government. So, if you are partially disabled or disabled and cannot work, you cannot get your monthly benefit check until you go through a horrible period of bureaucracy, often having to get a lawyer, that you must pay a portion of your money to, in order to get funds that is yours. The system is so cheap that they hold your first payment back one month so if you die before the next benefit check is due, your estate won't owe them money. The Social Security system must be reformed. It must be in the hands of those who paid into it and they must decide, if 30 years of age or younger at this point, whether they want to invest their money in an investment portfolio or let it remain within the Social Security system and the person should be able to fill out a form that designates any funds remaining to a beneficiary of their choosing. Its THEIR money.

• GOVERNMENT AND CHARITY … In line with the thought of welfare, government is not in the business of using (or supposed to be using) taxpayer funding to charitable causes or any other resources financed by the taxpayer. Taxation without Representation was one of the major causes of the American Revolution. Davy Crockett gave a fiery speech against Congress voting on bill that would provide a widow of an American military officer funds from taxpayers because they wouldn't provide charity funds from their own congressional salaries. However, too soon, the government forgot his speech and gradually as time went on, Congress was approving funding that belongs in the private charitable sector. In most cases, private donations are larger than what Congress will provide; and at the same time, the Veterans Administration will not pay veterans owed benefits from service-incurred injuries and illnesses unless the veteran goes through a multitude of bureaucracy until they finally give in. Often the vet dies before the payment is finally approved, despite documentation. I know, I am one of those many who have been cheated of promised benefits. Yet, the military will spend inflated amounts for their equipment, hardware, et cetera that one could purchase far cheaper in the private market. Although the military and the Veterans Administration are two different entities, they are still part of the government, supposedly overseen by Congress – who has yet to take action in my case. They ARE in charge of funds/monies according to the US Constitution. William Shakespeare was right about lawyers, and one of our problems in Congress is that there are too many of them in elected offices – we need more statesmen and stateswomen who have at least one year of college in political science and one year in business before being eligible to campaign for office.
  
• CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES … Congress is paid a salary and they also receive certain benefits while holding office as a senator or representative in the House, to include the President and Vice President and the White House cabinet and staff. However, no legislation should be allowed that automatically provides pay raises, unless voting no to it; when instead, pay raises should be drafted as a bill, like other bills, so taxpayers can respond to that bill before it is passed. In addition, no elected official should be afforded the benefit of a retirement plan, other than that which he/she has paid into the Social Security system or privately funded investment programs. When they are out of office they are out into the private sector like the rest of us. If that is done, you could almost have a sure bet that the Social Security system would be reformed quickly or more quickly. Government employees should be afforded retirement programs that they pay into and copay by their employer (government) like programs in the private sector – no more free rides. In addition, government should not be overseen by unions, a private entity, who have inflated wages and salaries much higher than the average person in the same job in the private sector. Wages and salaries with benefits, for government civilian employees should be determined by national average of that particular career field, with incremental increases according to COLA – which also goes for Social Security, ensuring that the retirement benefit checks match the COLA and up-to-date. Congress should not be allowed to provide themselves a salary increase and/or benefit increase in terms of perks to allay personal costs while in Congress, until Social Security benefit checks match COLA, as well as the military receiving the same required increase in pay.
  
• UNITED NATIONS … The United Nations no longer serves the best interest of the United States or its people, indeed, it is detrimental. Therefore, the United Nations should be informed that the United States will not longer support their agenda nor provide funding or troops, unless it is determined to be in the interest of the US and its citizens. If troops are approved to be sent in a coalition UN operation, no UN authority will be in charge of US troops, only the authority of US officers and general staff, under the command of the President of the United States – any actions requiring use of US military being approved by Congress first. In addition, the United Nations will be given notice of eviction from the United Nations building on our soil, which will be put up for sale to the highest bidder in the private sector. The United Nations will have to find another spot of real estate, as well as fund the building of another headquarters. The United States can no longer support a world body whose goal is to become a world government, where nations lose their sovereignty or support an entity that provides committees overseeing human rights stacked with members of nations who are violating human rights. The United Nations can no longer be considered seriously, unless it drastically reforms and promotes democracy instead of hypocrisy and denies entrance to its union as members, nations who have tyranny for government and violate the accords established by the world body known as the United Nations. It must provide incentives for nations to adopt a free nation that affords certain basic human rights and liberties that we enjoy here in America and some places in Europe, as well as Japan, Australia, New Zealand, et cetera.
• LEGISLATION … Congress must NOT pass ANY legislation without first being reviewed by an constitutional oversight committee – and they also must research as to the short- and long-term impact that would occur if the bill is passed into legislation. In addition, there should be an oversight committee designated to review all legislation still on the books and determine if it is still viable or a waste of time and taxpayer funding. The repeal or amendment of legislation should coincide with constitutional law. No bill should have amendments added at the last minute and no amendments that do not pertain to the summary statement of its use and reasons for legislation. In other words, a senator cannot amend a military spending bill with a clause that provides his home state with a new bridge. It must be passed as a separate bill or a bill whose summary is similar and related. This will help prevent pork amendments to be added into bills and reduce the cost of government.
• LOBBYING SYSTEM … Designed for the good of the People, to hire professionals to represent their cause or purpose or regresses to the legislative body called Congress through its members in the Senate and House. It is not an avenue of bribery, but a means to provide factual and viable reasons to the legislative body why certain legislation needs to be approved. It is not private businesses and corporation’s means to bribe or coerce the legislative body in any manner of form – direct payments, incentives, or gifts. If the people of their state want their state government to give them their constitutional rights of the Second Amendment, then they can orchestrate through a foundation or entity like the NRA to lobby the government for the change to take place. Congress should not cater to special interest groups, like insurance companies who want legislation that stacks the cards in their favor, while the citizens suffer the effects of legislation that is intrusive and unconstitutional.
• FEDERAL RESERVE BANK … This powerful and uncontrolled (at least by the constitutional government) entity needs to be drastically reformed or dissolved and turn the business of banking and finances over to the private sector. Congress is the authority over monies and currency, not the staff at the Federal Reserve Bank. We have clearly seen what happens when the bailout funding checks were handed out – no one either knew or would tell or itemized where the one-half trillion dollars was spent or what checks it was made out to. In addition, it was revealed after a congressional hearing, that billions of dollars were sent to foreign banks like in Germany and France. The bailout was for America, not foreign nations. First of all, the bailouts should never have occurred. Government has no business taking over businesses, like the auto industry and controlling them by providing them bailout money. Government loans can be made, when necessary for the good of ALL, but it must be paid back in a given amount of time and the same interest rate the private citizen must pay at their bank. No more free rides. It causes financial institutions and banks to take unnecessary chances with the funds that people have paid into their system. In the same manner of approach, government needs to reduce its control and upon the private sector industry, financing, and manufacturing in order to provide incentive of the old fashioned way of success – hard work and innovative ideas turned into reality. This also means that we need to produce/educate better student graduates that will be operating these ventures and creating new ways of producing energy, less costly and more efficient. 
   
• FOREIGN POLICY … No more welfare checks to other nations, like the circumstance described above, for any reason other than disaster relief as a good neighbor policy – and then that relief will be in the form of blankets, food, clothing and other materials to help the people of that region or nation in dire need. The United States has had its share of disasters in the last decade, and our nation friends like Japan, Australia, and others have offered their hand in help. That's what friends are for. However, we have developed a policy where the United States attempts to purchase their friends – and it hasn't worked yet. In addition, we should not interfere with other nations and their political business, only providing advice if they wish to receive it – except in the case of aggression that will affect the interests of the American people and the United States.
  
• MILITARY POWER … Our military has and must remain strong, just as our foreign policy must be fair, congenial (if allowed), and yet disciplined in dealing with other nations, friends or foe. Our military changed drastically since the end of the Cold War, as it should have. Our armed forces are now technologically advanced and smaller, but powerful strike forces to meet the demand and changes around us. However, we cannot spread that military too thin, or become the mercenaries or police force of other nations. We do need to tighten up our military budget in several areas, but still remain a strong deterrence against aggression and invasion of our soil and territorial concerns. In other words, not at the expense of our national security or trading and traveling rights around the globe. Recently, President Obama back-stabbed the only nation in the region who was willing to work peacefully with Israel, as well as friendly to the United States – Egypt. He is not doing well with Latin America nations either. Just like improving our education system, we need to elect people with experience and/or education in political science, sociology, and financing/business. If you think of it, a president, a senator, or representative – who truly wish to be statesmen or stateswomen – need to have a background that covers a lot of territory. Of course, their advisers (not CZARS) are there for a purpose, experts from every field that needs attention when operating our government; but he person also requires a sound sense of values, ethics, and good character. If mistakes, especially minor, have been made in the past and the person recognizes and corrects the action or policy – they must attempt to do so in good statesmanship manners, and most importantly, according to constitutional law. 
   
• TAXATION … Every government must have funds to operate, and the means to do so is to provide taxation. However, our constitution was produced to enable and maintain a limited government that allows the People to have the incentive and the means to excel in many areas and provide a robust economy, as well as a better way of life. The income tax must go and be replaced with a flat consumption tax provided by a bill called FairTax Act. The legislation would require the repeal of the 16^th Amendment and require another amendment to take its place that would put in place the Fair Tax, whose rules take up about 750 pages versus 14,000+ pages (and counting) of an unfair, intrusive and unconstitutional income tax system that takes money out of your earned paycheck whether you like it or not. Much cost is assumed by the government to provide the paperwork, the offices and agency of the IRS and the employees (who few of them understand it anymore than you do), force employers to be unpaid tax collectors, in fact it costs employers great deal of money to file the quarterly and annual tax code requirements. It is a mess that should never have happened, and put in place despite a ruling in 1911/1913 by the Supreme Court that it was an unlawful tax system. The only funds taken from your paycheck should be your retirement and Medicare funds for your use when reach retirement age. A consumption tax puts you more in charge of your budget, a word that Congress and the White House don't seem to comprehend or choose to ignore – budgeting. While we change our budget according to the difference between what is paid to us in wages, salaries and funding from self employment careers, the government instead of changing their budget, they demand more funds from the People. Wouldn't it be nice if the real world employees could do that with their employers? When FairTax is ironed out in the details and passed, scrutinized by the best economists we can find in America, the flat tax should be implemented so the first year of the consumption, sales/services tax would be a rate of 20%; the second year, 15%, and the third year at 10% – the same percentage as some religions call the tithe. No progressive rate required with consumption tax – those that make more tend to spend more, thus the “wealthy” automatically pay more and the People can budget their money to provide more money in regular savings, special savings, medical savings accounts and investment programs to supplement their Social Security checks and pay for their children's college expense. In addition to limiting spending and cutting back in the right places, this tax will boost the economy. In addition, when the bad times hit, government will be required to “re-budget” like the rest of us until it gets better. The attempt to change the tax code system has been going on since year 2002 – don't ya think its time to get it done?
  
• NASA AND OTHER PROJECTS OF THE SAME CALIBER … We need to take the funds saved in other places like military and continue to advance in the space program in cooperation with other nations in an international space program venture for the benefit of all. While the Constitution encourages the advancement of the arts and sciences, we need to turn much of it over to private sector donations and funding, and provide incentives by deregulating much of what is holding science and technology back. 
   
• HEALTH CARE … Talked about quite a bit, and the so-called ObamaCare not only isn't going to work but will be the biggest spending boondoggle in American history – we just didn't pay attention to those nations who have already put it in place. It is a fact when someone is under such a program, they abuse the system by showing up at clinics and hospitals for every ache and pain, boosting the cost still higher. The cost of medicine itself has become expensive, partly due to mandate by government and the ridiculous TORT policy in our judiciary. One cannot open a Medical Savings Account if one is not already insured by a health care insurance entity – What's with that? What is the sense of putting money into a Medical Savings Account if the insurance company is eating away your paycheck. Think of all the insurance payments you need to make and then add them up – on the average they are higher than your mortgage and car payment combined. There is home insurance, life insurance, home liability insurance, and health care insurance that only pays 80% of the cost of a hospital visit who charges $500 for just walking into the emergency room (true story) without being attended to, and then the costs start escalating. For one emergency room visit, I was charged $2,000! I was only there for two hours at the most. I am definitely in the wrong business. First thing I would do is repeal ObamaCare and ensure it never rears its ugly head again, then remove all the costly offices, departments and agency that goes with it from government. Those employed in those departments will have to either transfer to another opening in another government agency, or do what everyone else does – put a resume together and start looking for employment. With the FairTax in place and other economical incentives (no more corporate “welfare”) – they should find another job quickly enough. Between 40% and 47% of American employment is in some form of government office, agency or department. That is Big Government, not a limited government – and it is costly and inefficient as its scope enlarges. 
   
• ELECTION PROCESS … Requires a serious reformation: (1) A private citizen or member of military must undergo a security background check if their job requires access to sensitive information or security positions; yet candidates for public office in the Congress and White House are not required to do so. Why? That must change, along with campaign financing and rules about donations. Violators must be prosecuted and removed from eligibility to run for office. We need oversight in this area, badly. Hillary Clinton's staff was caught – nothing was done, as well as other candidates for public office. Obama's funding was found to be coming from known affiliates of Islamic fascism, but the check was immediately returned. A campaign office has no control as to who tries to buy votes, but they can do what is right when received. The two-party system was designed to coincide with the Electoral College process via the Constitution. That process must be examined carefully. In addition, the media must have rights of the 1^st Amendment; however, they do not have the right to refuse the coverage of any candidate outside of the two-party system or determined to have a small percentage in poll numbers. How can a candidate get the public to notice him/her if they are blocked out by the media? Another problem needing resolution.
  
  

  

  The American people who expect government reform must first reform themselves, a step toward reforming our society in general. The primary election is important and needs to be taken more seriously. It is the candidates that is supposed to be campaigning and getting support of the people to fit the need of the issues at hand with desire to solve issues and abide by the Constitution they must swear allegiance to and protect when beginning their term in office. Term limits are definitely in order and the removal of retirement benefits from public office elected officials as well. No one should receive retirement benefits after serving only four to eight years – name one employer that could possible do that? And stay in business. We need to upgrade our educational standards, especially in the area of science and mathematics. We need to focus upon academic curriculum, and if budget cuts are required, take it from the sports department first – while the ancient Greeks aptly proved that a sound body is a sound mind, we must not short-change our youth. Bring back teaching the classic subjects, somethings ancient are still applicable; in fact, its basic ideology was what inspired the drafting of the Constitution and putting together such a great government document between it and the People. We are a republic and should remain so. We do not need to emulate others, but others need to emulate our original system – not what it has become. Learn from our achievements, but also learn from our mistakes – don't repeat them, despite being in another form.
  

Education, and I cannot emphasize this enough, is important in ANY society in any nation, as well as family values; ironically the two intertwine. It is not the government's mission to raise OUR children, but instead it is the duty of parents, teachers, and community to encourage the best standards of achievement that can be presented – not, as our government thinks, money can buy. We need to encourage and stress upon our youth that education is NOT boring or a waste of time (although some teachers make it seem so). Unions do not belong in public schools that are operated by government; yet we must also pay teachers according to their abilities and background education; rewards for their untiring efforts to educate our youth and create better citizens. On the other hand, it is not the teacher's job or any educational administrator, to raise your child – it is the job of parents. There are too many singular “parent” out there. It is because that government and then society, has reduced the respect and the responsibility that comes with marriage and raising children. Citizens must make themselves responsible for their actions, but at the same time, government must allow citizens freedom of choice. Education is also a program of guidance, but it is not a means for government to instill their ideology upon our youth and socially engineer them, as they do the adults in their “entitlement” programs. 

 

Americans and the United States did not become “great” by depending upon others or our government – they were resourceful, incentive knowing they could achieve goals if they were educated, innovative, and diligent. Imagine if the pioneers were “entitled” to government programs, instead of forging out on their own. Government policies have caused more misery than relief over the course of our history and the history of other governments in other nations.

It is a fact of life, in touch with reality, and not pipe dreams of an eloquently speaking politician who makes promises he/she cannot keep or never intends to keep when achieving the power they seek. Tyrants is what the American revolutionists fought against. Tyrants is what American patriots would not let them have their way. Tyrants inspired Thomas Jefferson and others to create a republic like no other republic ever before in human history. The idea may have come from ancient classical philosophy and forms of democracy as well as republics, but they pretty much perfected it. Yet, we still allow our elected officials to circumvent, our judiciary system to legislate from the bench, and allow our national leadership to urinate on our backs, believing them when they say it is raining.

America is still a wonderful place, a great place; but We the People must ensure it remains great and reform it and ourselves.

Supply and demand governs prices, not government. It is the way of the business world, so if we want to improve the economy and make prices more affordable do we side with government intrusion and Big Government policies, or revert to Jefferson's republic which makes the Constitution and the rights/liberties of the People, By the People and For the People the priority over all, especially foreign national interests OR stand up and say we have had enough and demand action or the politicians can find another career.

Voting and education is also intertwined,, it is why Mr. Jefferson stressed upon education for all Americans to the highest possible degree. Educated people, those with knowledge of the Jeffersonian republic system and its laws, can make decisions and not be swayed by smooth-talking politicians and can choose to ignore TV ads that merely put down the other candidate instead of addressing what they are bringing to the table – those citizens who vote responsibly through research of candidate's values, character, and past performance. Out of 57 nations, we were, in 2006, 35^thplace. I haven't researched it, but I doubt if we have moved up the line very far.

We need to not enforce “No Child Left Behind” – citizens should be afforded the opportunity to opt out of the ridiculous program that doesn't work. Government is misinformed when they think that putting more funds into a bad system will make it better – it is just more funds to be wasted.

Put the FairTax flat tax system in place – and repeal any tax that is above the national consumption tax. Tobacco, alcohol, and obesity incentives (heavy tax on “junk” food) is not right or constitutional. The people must decide about those legal products, not the government or the elite that runs it. Insurance companies charge higher premiums, because of the health issues of those products, so let them provide incentive to be conservative with the use of “junk” food, tobacco and alcoholic beverages. After all, any doctor will tell you that wine and beer in moderate consumption is not harmful and proves to aid in a health plus, especially wine. But one can get their anti-oxidant content from simple non-alcoholic grape juice.

If home schooling and private schools are working to improve education, then get out of their way (government). If public schools don't want to be left behind, they better emulate the competition and do what works, not what some political correct panel or administrative moron dictates.

Stand up America. Make a vow to make change. Start with your life and work your way up. In the meantime, do your homework and use your power of the vote – and it IS a power, don't let anyone tell you different.

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