This county is being presided over by a group of fools, criminals and incompetents. The people on the list I am sending this to are working their fannies off to provide a better life for themselves and their families. We are all too busy to get involved in the day to day ruling of our county. It is after all, a Representative Republic. The idea is that we have elected officials that are supposed to have our backs, you know, represent our interests.
We sometimes do not even have the time to watch the news, and when we do, it oppresses us with it's never ending blather of doom and gloom. The political corruption and complicity we see with known and suspected criminals as well as other miscreants further erodes our confidence that there is anything we as individuals can do to change this seemingly inexorable collapse.
One answer to this situation is to get involved. Education, independently from the normal broadcast networks, is crucial. Read, learn and discuss these issues with all you know. Risk being a nuisance and move your ideas forward. The Five Thousand Year Leap is an excellent read. It is around 350 pages. The Federalist Papers, and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged are also excellent reads. This is the time when we have to make our views and our voices heard. We need to coalesce around a core set of ideas in order to have a template from which we can gauge our success or failure.
We need items such as but not limited to, a flat consumption tax so that no more than 10 percent of what we spend can be taken, and make it impossible to raise the rate without a nation-wide vote. We need term limits, no more than two terms for a senator and no more than four two year terms for a congressmen. We need a reduction in government size and scope by 70%. Ronaldus Magnus once said, " the closest thing on earth we will ever see to eternal life is a government program." We need to show these idiots that when something has outlived it's usefulness, it is time to end. I mean an actual 70%. Welfare is important, but make those that are helped, take drug tests and make sure they are searching for work or enrolled in some type of education. This permanent underclass that we have erroneously created out of good intentions is killing us and the road to hell is paved with them. Get out of the United Nations. Deal with individual countries on a case by case basis. We must not enter into standing treaties that commit us to war when the end game is unclear and not necessarily in our best interests. Get out of West Germany, South Korea, Japan, Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We can take this country from big government, but, we need to get started and now. The time is at hand for us to preserve our nation. Do not let this legacy of socialism be our mark. Our children and grandchildren and beyond are counting on us. Let's get involved, it does not matter if it is a tea party or a just a group of patriots at a demonstration, join and make these elected officials take notice of whom they serve. The alarm is sounding, will you heed it's call?
When WWII began, Americans joined the battle because they knew it was necessary. They joined because the war happened on their watch. It was their responsibility to engage the fascists of Europe and Asia. As we see the country moving toward socialism and yes, even fascism, we must become engaged in our policies. It is no longer enough to just read the news and vote in elections. We are being undermined by special interest groups that have nothing more in mind than to advance their agendas' and at any cost. If it means nationalizing our banks, so be it. If it means nationalizing our manufacturing industry, so be it. If it means dismantling our health care industry, then so be it. This ,my friends, is cultural war.
We must develop groups that are capable of vetting these politicians and determining their positions on specific issues. We can no longer count on people we elect to do what is in our best interest. they are too easily influenced by money, greed, and power in perpetuity. They need to be eliminated from the political landscape and the only way to do that is to vote them out.
Our duty as Americans is to insert ourselves into the system. We need citizen representation, not professional politicians. We need to reduce salaries so that holding a political office is not a career, but an honor to represent our friends and family for a brief time. No lobbyists should be a family member of an elected official. I am starting this blog site to provide us with a forum of our own to disseminate information and to gather electronically. This will be a place where we can share news items, emails, and even articles written by us and others.
This has got to begin with us, the folks we have allowed to rule have abdicated responsibility. They are officially off of the reservation and nothing is being done to control their avarice and greed. No one is being held to account for their misdeeds. When they are caught, it seems all that is necessary for them to go free is an apology. This is simply not acceptable. I will be posting provocative emails, interesting articles, legislative agendas, and anything else I can think of to begin to take this country back from the ignorant, the uninformed and yes, even the evil, who knowingly engage in the destruction of our nation.
The first thing we need is accountability. We need to know how money is dispersed after bills become law. I am not certain how the accounting process actually works, and who oversees it's disbursements. You can believe I will find out. As I do, I will share it with each of you. As we proceed if there is anything you wish to add or review or share please do so. All of you are part of the Regenesis Americanus. The rebirth of a nation. Alexis De Tocqueville once said and I paraphrase," I searched for the genius that is America in her towns and factories, she was not there, I searched for the genius that is America in her great harbors and she was not there, I searched for the genius that is America in her great farms and fields and yet nothing. I searched for the genius and greatness of America in her churches, and there she was. America will remain great only as long she remains moral." The message is clear and is as profound today, no, even more profound today than ever, evil flourishes when good people do nothing. Do not let these people stand for you. Special interests be damned. Make them accountable to us all.
Warmest Regards,
Jim
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