tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377230533014660522023-11-16T02:45:19.746-08:00We The PeopleIt is time for all of us to take responsibility for our actions and decisions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-11087075837471894232012-09-05T06:58:00.000-07:002012-09-05T06:58:15.744-07:00Something to Think AboutI received the following in my email and thought it worth sharing:<br />
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<div align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><span>"IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER,</span></b><span></span></div><div align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><span><br />
</span></b></div><div align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><span>YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM"</span></b><span></span></div><div align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><b><span><br />
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</span></b></div><div> <div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">WRITTEN BY A 21 YEAR OLD FEMALE</span> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wow, this girl has a great plan! Love the last thing she would do the best.<br />
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This was written by a 21 yr old female who gets it. It's her future she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are just common sense in her opinion.<br />
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This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX , Nov 18, 2011<br />
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<b><span style="color: navy;">PUT ME IN CHARGE . . .</span></b><br />
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Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.<br />
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Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job.<br />
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Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.<br />
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In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.."<br />
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Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.<br />
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If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.<br />
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<span style="color: maroon;">AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.<br />
</span>Now, if you have the guts - PASS IT ON...I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET THIS BACK, IF EVERYONE SENDS IT, I WILL GET OVER 220 BACK!!! I WOULD KNOW YOU SENT IT ON!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-15091125230638778692012-08-17T10:26:00.000-07:002012-08-17T10:26:09.595-07:00What Will be the Long Term Effects of the 2012 Elections?We have arrived at a critical point in our countries existence according to both the Democrats and the Republicans who hold sway over the national media. I tend to agree with these people but my reasoning is most likely different then most of the elected politicians, I do believe that we are at a very critical point for country but the elections of 2012 are only going to determine if we pass thru this critical point onto a path that continues to lead this country into socialism or if we are going to continue he slow creep towards socialism.<br />
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Our current elected officials clearly do not care if they are perceived leading the country to socialism they are only concerned if they are perceived as doing it to quickly. The candidates for Republicans are using terms like replace instead of repeal when it comes to most all government programs that are hot topics on the election trail, these people clearly think they can run it better when they should not be involved with certain things in the first place. Democrats are evening using terms that clearly indicate that they plan on adding to the power grabs that have already taken place with the Federal Government, which will Fundamentally Change our country for ever.<br />
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How many people in our country look first to the Government when they have any type of problem? How many people ask the question where is the Government when a natural disaster occurs? How many people have the belief that they are entitled to have the Government take care of their every need?<br />
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Where are the people that stand tall and look themselves to solve their own problems and freely offer their help to their neighbors when they are trouble? Where are the people that believe and understand what it means to be independent? Where are the people that understand what price has been paid and what price will be paid for this country to remain free?<br />
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I honestly believe that if the current administration is reelected the Governments over reach will continue to pick up speed and we may never get it stopped. If the proposed new administration is put in place there is no indication that we will be reversing course any time soon, but the so called good news is that it may slow down the decent into socialism.<br />
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So in reality the 2012 election will not change very much when it is all said and done. The people who are dependent on the Government will still be dependent and those who are doing every thing they can to be Independent will continue to fight for it. Unfortunately for those who are trying to be Independent we are going to be out number by those who are willing dependent on the government, so our battle has just gotten hard. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-11923204103721235832012-05-19T19:43:00.001-07:002012-05-19T19:43:30.287-07:00honor demandsThe Principles and values we hold dear are guarded only by truth. <br />
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These words are important because if it is truth it must be learned , taught, and defended, even when it hurts.<br />
No honorable person can defend a lie.<br />
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The first truth of this nation is men and women died to be free. Thus freedom is owed because it was earned and it is time to honor that dream, that cause of freedom.<br />
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We can repair the mistakes of an honorable man for they will hold themselves accountable, but we can never fix the destruction caused by a lie.<br />
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Free and Unaffiliated. <br />
The cause of freedom that refuses to die.<br />
Put freedom first <br />
And we will all win.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-62139579055002179362012-01-19T22:20:00.000-08:002012-01-19T22:22:56.788-08:00Stealing your way into heaven?<br /><br />Freedom is a gift to us from our creator.<br />Limiting choice is limiting freedom.<br /><br />The R&D show uses government(using gerrymandering and election laws/practices) to maintain their power and give themselves immortality, thus limiting choice and freedom.<br /><br />Is this not stealing a gift from our creator?<br /><br />Free & UnaffiliatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-33352311827690027432012-01-04T09:48:00.000-08:002012-01-04T09:48:24.924-08:00Taxes paid by ConsumersMost people think the only taxes they pay to the Federal Government are the ones directly confiscated from their weekly pay checks and on April 15th of every year. A large part of the people who live in America do not understand that they are paying taxes to the Federal Government on everything they purchase from gas for the car to food at the grocery store, I am not referring to the various sales taxes.<br />
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Each and every business has taxes they have to pay for the business and for each person they employ. If a business is going to survive they have to factor all the taxes into the actual cost of manufacturing what ever their products is, this leads to the taxes that have been levied against the business to be passed along to each and every consumer that decides to by their products.<br />
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Keeping this in mind every time a politicians states that a certain type of business needs to have more regulations and should have to pay more taxes the end consumers are the ones that are going to feel the tax burden not the business. So any new taxes or regulation are a back door way to increase the tax burden on each and every one of the people who actually pay taxes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-13915334685762365492010-11-16T14:05:00.000-08:002010-11-16T14:05:34.498-08:00Has the mid term Election of 20 10 really changed anything?The mid term election of 2010 has made one change that every one in the country can see, we no longer have one party in control of the House of Representatives, Senate, and Presidency. The republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives and increased the number of seats in the Senate, but what can the American Citizens really expect to change in the next two years? I do not mean to make it sound like nothing was accomplished but we should also not get our hopes up that every thing is now going to change.<br />
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Lets face reality, the people who were in charge of the Republican party during the Great Republican Spending Spree are still in charge now four years after being removed from power in 2006 mid term election. Have any of these leaders shown us that they now understand the error of their ways and that they are going to represent the people best interest before their own interest? We have some people paying lip service to banning earmarks and others paying lip service to being willing to work the president if he moves towards the center, this sound to me like we are willing to compromise as long as we are getting what we want for personal political gain.<br />
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Why are they only talking about banning earmarks, why are they not talking about eliminating them permanently? The reason why is simple (POWER), as long as the politicians have the power to redistribute tax dollars to their pet project they will have the power to buy the peoples votes.The solution is to eliminate the earmarks.<br />
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If we want real change in how our government runs our country then we as a people need to change how we run our lives. The people that are to DC are direct representation of the people who elected them to office. When we start holding ourselves to higher standard we can justifiably hold our politicians to the same standards. <br />
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All the power to save our country is in our hands, the only real problem is do we stand up and use that power to save our country?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-3752712204708648532010-10-04T13:06:00.000-07:002010-10-04T13:10:33.540-07:00Eliminating PovertyWhy does our country declare war on poverty? Why has our country not fought this war with right tools to winning this war? Why has our politicians created a war on poverty expressly for their own political gain?<br />
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The simple answer is that they believe it is what a vast majority of the American people wanted to hear. With that in mind they proceed in the typical government way of trying to eliminate poverty through regulation, new governmental programs, and simply throwing money at the problem. This is the only way that the people in Washington know how to try to solve problems and this solution has been tried many times an yet it still fails to this day. Our education system is in disarray but they continue to throw money at it in the hope they can spend their way out of the problem. It is time to stop with the insanity and try to solve the problem in a different direction.<br />
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I propose that the way to solve the poverty problem is actually quite simple but very painful in the short term. If we want to mostly solve the poverty problem, we all know that not every one can be lifted out of poverty because to be lifted will require effort from the individual, we need to stop throwing money at the problem. The money that is being spent by our government to try and help people in poverty is being wasted by passing through all the different bureaucratic hands on its way to the people who could use the help. Lets keep the money that is being sent to Washington to be redistributed to the poor in the local communities where they can redistribute more of the money directly to the people that can use it.<br />
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The second step in eliminating poverty is to have jobs available for people to work at. To solve this part of the poverty problem we need to create an environment that is business friendly. If business are not able to hire due to the taxes that are levied against them from the government and regulation that restrict how they operate their business where are the jobs going to come from for those in poverty? When business are able to make profits they expand their businesses which most often requires more employees. So to create the new jobs that will be needed for all those that are now living in poverty we need businesses to be able to create the new jobs.<br />
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The third step in eliminating poverty is the taxes that are paid by all those who are earning a living. People need to be able to keep the lion share of what they are earning through the time and effort. This will also have to apply to the people who are willing to take the risk of creating news business ventures which leads to new job creation. When the people get to keep the lion share of their money they will spend it on what they need and not what the government thinks that they need. <br />
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The fourth and final step in eliminating poverty is going to be the most difficult of all to implement. This step will require the government to stop the practice of trying to make every ones life as painless as possible. People in poverty will need to have the freedom to be employed as they wish but also be responsible for their decisions regardless whether or not they are good decisions. I know it is hard for people to stand by and watch as some one else is making a mistake, but almost all people learn from their failures and when they try again they do not make the same mistakes.<br />
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If this was implemented it would have the following effects:<br />
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<ol><li>Reduce Government Spending (Something all people want)</li>
<li>New Job Creation (Something all people want)</li>
<li>Lower Individual Taxes and Business Taxes (Something all people want)</li>
<li>Fewer People On Government Subsidized Program like Welfare (Something all people want)</li>
<li>An Economy the is Growing Due to Demand (Something all people want)</li>
<li>An Employment Market that businesses are competing for Employees (Something all people want)</li>
<ol><li>By the way this would lead to higher wages for the employees due to businesses wanting the best available people and a willingness to pay for them, sound like free market principles being applied to employment.</li>
</ol></ol>This is a difficult solution to the problem that effects every one in our country, but the longer we wait the problems grows and the painful solution will grow accordingly.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-13463657522121709032010-09-07T13:40:00.000-07:002010-09-07T13:40:08.215-07:00The cycle of life and immortalityEven the United States of America can fail. <br />
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A evil force approaches America and it is called poverty. Real poverty, hunger poverty, survival poverty, a poverty that kills nations and enslaves the masses. A chain reaction has started, the house of cards are falling into a heap burying the dream that was America. I would speak of solutions, hope, victory, and salvation if words alone could stop the coming horrors of the destruction, but words alone can not stop the coming attractions only belief in the truth can and that will not happen until the pain of life forces those who have chosen ignorance to feel the truth for themselves. . <br />
America fails because the cycle of life has been broken. When a select few are not allowed to fail then the many can never succeed and thus a ceiling was placed on success. Competition breeds innovations and death clears the way for the dynamic to excel to new heights. The old and broken must die or the new and energetic will never grow and thus will die an early death. <br />
The buying power of the private sector worker is falling with each new tax and with each new tax the private sector worker becomes closer to being a slave to government. We are fast approaching the ratio of one private sector worker to one government beneficiary/worker and it is then the dream that is America will fall into the darkness and silence of history. <br />
It has been the polarizing forced collectivism of the two party system that has infected our country with the disease of corruption silencing the voices of the many and killing the true competition that brings forth new life, new ideas, the true leadership that keeps the American dream alive. Gerrymandering(choosing your voters and silencing dissension) is the potion of immortality given to parties that has disfigured our republic and change representation into a lie. To defend the two party system you must defend gerrymandering and there is no defense for gerrymandering.. <br />
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<b><i>By Anonymous </i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-6034130951696787442010-08-13T10:49:00.001-07:002010-08-13T10:49:46.490-07:00Independence<span style="font-style: italic;">It is time for all the people<span style="font-style: italic;"> of the United States of America to stand on their own two feet.<br />
It is time for all the people of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">United States of America</span> to take control of their own lives. <br />
It is time for all the people of the United States of America to remember what <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_1" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Independence</span> means.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Independence does not only mean that our country is free from the influence of foreign countries, which when we open our eyes to reality we as a country are not truly free from foreign influence, but we as a people living in the United States of America are free to pursue our dreams and desires. Independence comes with consequences, with Independence each and every one of us has to take on the responsibility for our choices and actions. If we want Independence then we have to take on the responsibility associated with Independence because the two can not be separated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">To many things in our society have become dependent on one of the most destructive forces against Independence, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_2" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">The Government</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_3" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Thomas Paine</span> </span>stated</span> "Government in its best state is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one." <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I submit at the present time our government has progressed to an intolerable evil. Our government has placed taxes on the citizens of this country that far exceed their Constitutional powers and the intent of our Founding Fathers. Our government has progressed from simply taxing the citizenry to pay for the services as specified in the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_4">Constitution</span> to using the taxes to redistribute</span> the wealth of the citizenry as the elected officials see sit. Why is it that the people of the United States of America are so willing to allow elected officials to redistribute the wealth? My answer is because as a society we have willing chose to allow the government to take the responsibility for us. We as a society have chose to let some one or some thing else to make the decisions so that we do not have to be responsible for the out come of those decisions.<br />
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Some will say the this is not our fault because the government has been teaching each generation that the government will catch them if they should fall. Those who say this need to look themselves in the mirror and ask "</span>am I blaming some one else for my own lack of interest?<span style="font-style: italic;">". Lets face it, the only people responsible for the state our country is in is "<span style="font-weight: bold;">US</span>". As far as I am concerned it is no longer who is responsible but how are we going to fix it.<br />
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Independence is what makes not only our country great, it also is what makes the people great. Just look at all the great things that have been created and invented in our country and how they have affected the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_5">rest of the world</span>. I am not saying that these invention would never have come along, but they would not have been found as quickly with out the Independence the people of the Unite <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_6">States of America</span> use to have.<br />
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So it is time for the all the people of the United States of America to make a choice:<br />
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1. Do you chose to be dependent on the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1281722285_7" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Federal Government</span>?<br />
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2. Do you chose Independence?</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-41991715216733562152010-05-20T10:55:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:55:17.570-07:00Fixing Our CountryMy fellow Americans we have a great deal of many problems facing our country and while they look daunting we can correct these problems so our country can return to the path of greatness. When we take all these problems together as a hole it seems to be a very large problem that only a few people can correct, but that is an illusion. We have a bunch of small problems that have never been taken care that is giving the country the illusion that there is one big problem in country. While many are complaining about what is happening there is only a few who are actually trying to solve the problems facing our country and it would surprise the country who is actually trying to solve the problems. The following are the problems that I see and how I would like to see them solved.<br />
<ul><li> <i><b style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Immigration</b></i></li>
</ul><ol><ol><li> <i>We need to seal our borders to stem the follow of<b> Illegal Immigration</b> to our country</i></li>
<li><i>Once the borders have been sealed and person current residing <b>Illegally</b> in our country will be required to identify themselves. Once they have identified themselves they will be required to perform the following:</i></li>
<ol><li><i>They will be required to pay a fine equivalent to the cost of <b>Legal Immigration</b></i></li>
<li><i>They will be required to learn our langauge</i></li>
<li><i>They will be required to learn our history and at least 7 of the following events (The first four will be mandatory). After studying these events there will be a test of comprehensions on these events</i></li>
<ol><li><b><i>American Revolution</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>American Civil War</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>The Great Depression</i></b></li>
<li><b><i>World War 1 & 2</i></b></li>
<li><i>The War of 1812</i></li>
<li><i>The Louisiana Purchase </i><b><i> </i></b></li>
<li><i>The California Gold Rush</i></li>
<li><i>The Mexican American War</i></li>
<li><i>The Cold War</i></li>
<li><i>Civil Rights Movement</i></li>
<li><i>Woman's Movement <br />
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</ol><li><i>After completing the history test and paying of the penalty these <b>Illegal Immigrants</b> can obtain a limited workers visa</i></li>
<li><i>O</i><i>nce the limited workers visa is obtained there will be a period of 5yrs that the <b>Immigrant </b>will need to obey the laws of our country. If the <b>Immigrant</b> is convicted of a felony during this period of time, they will be deported to their home country immediately upon conviction. If there is a family involved, the family will have a choice to remain in our country or leave.</i></li>
<li><i>Upon completion of the 5yrs period the <b>Immigrant </b>will become a naturalized citizen of our country </i></li>
</ol><li><i> All <b>Illegal Immigrants</b> will be denied access to the public schools, public services, and medical treatments with the exception of live and death situation.</i></li>
<li><i>All business that employ <b>Illegal Immigrants </b>will have all their business assets confiscated and the owners of that business will be placed in jail for a period of 2yrs</i></li>
</ol></ol><ul><li><i><b>Taxation</b></i></li>
</ul><ol><ol><li><i>Eliminate all current taxes and replace with a consumption tax. </i></li>
<li><i>All tax money that is collected will be sent to a State Agency established to collect the taxes sent to them by Businesses every two weeks.</i></li>
<li><i>The State Agency Established for collecting taxes will then forward the portion of the taxes to the Federal Government that is their fair share. </i></li>
<li><i>The elimination of the Internal Revenue Service</i></li>
</ol></ol><ul><li><i><b>Entitlements</b></i></li>
</ul><ol><ol><li><i><b>Social Security</b> will be maintained at current contribution levels</i></li>
<li><i><b>Medicare</b> is to be phased out over the next 30 yrs</i></li>
<li><i><b>Medicaid</b> is to be phased out over the next 30 yrs</i></li>
<li><i><b>Welfare</b> is to be reformed to the following standards</i></li>
<ol><li><i>People may only collect welfare for 2 yrs </i></li>
<li><i>Welfare payments are to be no more the cost for minimum wage for a 40 hrs week</i></li>
<li><i>People collecting welfare may only claim 2 children</i></li>
<li><i>People on welfare will be required to actively search for employment on a weekly basis. They will also be required to contact their welfare representative with their progress and show the representative documentation of when and where employment was being actively searched for.</i></li>
<li><i>People collecting welfare will submit to random drug testing, any person testing positive will be removed from the program for a minimum of 90 days from the time of testing positive. To regain access to welfare they will need to test negative for drugs</i></li>
<li><i>All people collecting welfare must provide a valid address for where they live. All addresses will be collected into data base that all welfare representatives will check before any payments are released. </i></li>
</ol><li><i> <b>Unemployment </b>will be reformed to the following standards</i></li>
<ol><li><i>Unemployment will only be available for 52 weeks</i></li>
<li><i>Unemployment payments will not exceed minimum wage for a 40 hrs week</i></li>
<li><i>People collecting unemployment will be required to actively search employment on a weekly basis. They will also be required to contact their unemployment representative with their progress and show the representative documentation of when and where employment was being actively searched for.</i></li>
<li><i>Unemployment will be equally funded by both the employer and the employee </i></li>
</ol></ol></ol><ul><li><b>Military</b></li>
</ul><ol><ol><li><span style="font-style: italic;">All military bases located in other countries are to be closed over 30 yrs phase</span></li>
<li><span style="font-style: italic;">Any fo<i>reign country </i></span><i>that wishes for the United States to maintain the current bases located in their country will pay for at least 1/2 the cost to operate and maintain the base and personnel.</i></li>
<li><i>We will provide all necessary funding to provide our troops with the tools and equipment that is required to protect our country</i> </li>
</ol></ol>By fixing these few problems we can place the feet of our country back on the path to greatness. Once we place our country back on the path to greatness our work will only begin, we will need to remain alert to what our elected officials are doing while they representing the people of the United States of America.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-47551297460623608032010-05-03T12:57:00.000-07:002010-05-03T12:57:49.783-07:00Founding FathersI have to admit that until the last few years I have been under educated on the Founding Fathers and our countries history, but I have been taking steps to educate myself through the books that are available. These books have been very enlightening and my eyes have been opened to how far we as a country has strayed from the original intentions of our Founding Fathers. Now do not get me wrong, I am not an expert on the Founding Fathers and there is a lot yet that can be learned from them. <br />
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One thing that has jumped out to me recently is the Founding Fathers wrestled with how to keep people with virtue in all forms of Government. The Founders had great concern of what type of people would be elected if the elected positions would actually pay enough to survive live on. From my understanding the Founding Fathers did not want elected officials to be paid at or if they were it would be very minimal amounts. If I am understanding their intentions correctly they wanted elected officials to have to work to survive and not live off the people of this country. I also found it interesting that they only met once a year for a limited period of time, this forced the elected officials to spend the majority of their time at home where the people who elected them could discuss their views and problems with their own elected officials.<br />
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Lets fast forward to day and compare what I believe the Founders intended to today's government. We have elected officials very similar to what the Founders originally set up, the one difference is how our Senators are elected today. Originally the Senators were elected by the states legislators but now a days it is a popularity contest. Another difference from the Founders to today is that our elected officials are able to survive on the pay for the elected office they are using, which coincidentally allows them to stay in DC year around.<br />
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Now lets look at the people that are being elected to the offices of the United States of America. We have people elected that have not payed their taxes, people who have had questionable sexual contact with others, people who only pay lip service to their own religion, people who lack principles and values that reflect most Americans.<br />
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Essentially our Founding Fathers were correct in their concern of what would happen with people with virtue get elected to our public offices. We have people elected that willing look to how to bypass our Constitution and limit our freedoms. It is high time to return to what our Founding Fathers intended for our country.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-59287717566328863252010-03-26T12:26:00.000-07:002010-03-26T12:27:19.185-07:00The Changing of Our Great NationOur nation was founded by people who were willing to do for themselves and found it embarrassing to have to ask for a hand out from their fellow citizens. Slowly but surely this has changed over the 233 years of our nation. Today we have many in this nation that no longer are embarrassed about taking hand outs from their fellow citizens, but they demand it from them. If some one loses their job people think that their fellow citizens should help pay for the unemployment instead of going out getting any job they can until a better job can be found. If some one makes an investment in the stock market and loses their investment they want some one to reimburse them for their loses. If some one can not make their mortgage payment they expect some one to pay it for them or the mortgage holder to except the lack of payment.<br />
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What ever happened to living with your means and paying your bills? What ever happened to relying on your own abilities and talents? What ever happened to taking responsibility for your own decisions and accepting the consequences of those decisions?<br />
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If we want to see this great country to survive what is happening right now we need to start becoming self reliant once again. This country is great because every citizen has and equal opportunity to succeed and it is up to that citizens to take the opportunity by the horns to make the best of it that they possibly can. <br />
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Being self reliance is the solution to saving our country, when people are self reliant they will not look to the government for their solution but make the best solution possible for them. Our country is so diverse that a one solution fits all can not and will not work for every one in the country, so the only solution that will work is self reliant solutions by the citizens of the country.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgzqfq9bzFuedl6H8O77rl-5KmqRP1TvX0zS8lNLQsdgaDlVcayKT0saHXxqKXVc73M7VlrfOiIzr7zdQwD5z6kdmlD3EcSr0V_354chiCLuOVljW01vTRsBG3nXqQYBLRdfSfomQSrc/s1600/Scene_at_the_Signing_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgzqfq9bzFuedl6H8O77rl-5KmqRP1TvX0zS8lNLQsdgaDlVcayKT0saHXxqKXVc73M7VlrfOiIzr7zdQwD5z6kdmlD3EcSr0V_354chiCLuOVljW01vTRsBG3nXqQYBLRdfSfomQSrc/s640/Scene_at_the_Signing_of_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The men in the above picture did not try to solve every ones problem when they were creating the Constitution , they were setting up the measure to protect the new country that they and many others fought so hard to form and that we are very lucky to be part of. These men understood that they could not solve every ones problem and that they people would be able to solve their own problems if they were left to their own means. How have we strayed so far from what these great men provide for our generation?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-28788494591946743012010-03-10T12:48:00.000-08:002010-03-10T12:48:32.655-08:00Losing TouchThe politicians in DC have lost touch with the people that they are elected to represent. The most current example is health care and how it is being handled by the political elites in DC. No matter what has been done or said by the people of the United States they continue to push ahead with national health care regardless. How can we force our elected officials to regain contact with us? The solution can not only be limited to the people in DC, it must also involve state and local officials. The citizens of our country can no longer afford to allow these political elites to go unsupervised, we need to remind them who they are actually working for.<br />
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The first thing we need to do is to have a better selection candidates to vote for. We need people who reflect our values and principles to be candidates. We can not allow the dems or repubs to be the only ones to determine who is being put for election, we can see the results of the good old boy network in action and it's affects on our country. Next thing we need to do is not to allow these people to have their closed door meeting in secret any longer, all meetings need to be held in the open an for the public to see. The only exception would be in the case of National Security. Once we have the light shining on these people the next step is to get them back in touch with the people they representing. To do this I think they need to spend only a very limited time in DC and most of their time in their home district where people can actually meet with them.<br />
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The most important part of fixing our country is that the people never again allow the govt to work unsupervised. This is our country and it is up to all of us take our share of responsibility in how our country is to be.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-17444381714206132962010-02-22T12:36:00.000-08:002010-02-22T12:36:39.994-08:00Saving our CountryTo save our country we need to simply start following the Constitution of United States of America. This great document is not a living and breathing document, it is the greatest blue print for allowing the citizens of this country to live with freedom. Our country is at its greatest when the people have the most freedom.<br />
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Currently our govt is trying to limit how much freedom the citizens in this country actually have through entitlement programs. Has our govt actually taken away any of our freedoms, not yet. Has our govt limited our freedoms, absolutely yes. They have limited our freedoms through the entitlement programs, regulations, and taxation.<br />
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<b>Entitlement, </b><br />
Once a person has entered an entitlement program our govt is doing everything with in their powers to keep that person dependent on the govt for the way of life. This alone changes the behavior of the individual and limits what this individual can and is willing to do. Many entitlements had good intentions when they were created but each and every one of them has made Americans dependent on our govt instead of being Independent.<br />
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Our govt is blatantly trying to regulate the America Citizens into a behavior pattern that they theoretically believe is what is best for us. The govt is trying to pass laws to prohibit trans fat from fast food, gun ownership, types of food in our schools, etc.... Each every regulation they pass is intended to limit what choices are available to the American Citizens.<br />
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<b>Taxation,</b><br />
When neither Entitlements or Regulations work the govt resorts to Taxation to limit what the American Citizens are able to do. Simple rule is that if the govt raises taxes high enough the American Citizen will not be able to purchase the items that the govt believes that you should not have. If the govt taxes each American Citizens directly at a high rate it will drive the people to seek out the entitlement programs.<br />
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The American Citizens need to stand up and take control of our country before it passes the point of no return.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-51013288905774646602010-01-03T11:04:00.000-08:002010-01-03T11:19:19.885-08:00TaxesIt is time that our tax system be changed from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">archiac</span> system in place to one that is fairer to the people paying the taxes. There are proposals out there for both a consumption tax and a flat tax. I view both of these systems as better than what we currently use. the current system a common person can not understand due to how many gray area have been created as to what is a tax deduction and what is not.<br /><br />My understanding of a consumption tax is paid when products are purchased. So basically the consumer can decided when they want to pay the tax simply by purchasing a product. This tax system is supposed to work similar to our current sales tax system.<br /><br />My understanding of a flat is simply a tax on an individuals income that is the same rate for everyone. It would <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">eliminate</span> all the different tax brackets based on income that is currently used. With the flat tax every one would pay their share of the tax burden based on their income.<br /><br />By having a tax system that the people of this great country understand the people can plan accordingly how to manage their money which will help to make our economy stronger.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-44733592835294056262009-12-15T10:48:00.000-08:002009-12-15T10:59:49.398-08:00National Health CareWhy do so many people not see the examples of how our government run programs are doing? There is not one program that our government is in charge of that is running at or under budget and efficently. I seem to remeber a problem just a few years ago with the VA hospitals and how they were being run. Isn't our government in charge of the VA hospitals? Just look how the wounded soldiers are being treated, we expect the same treatment with national health care or worse then what our wounded soldiers are recieving. Why is it the governments responsibility to provide health care for the citizens of this country?<br /><br />Government is the problem not the solution. This country was built by people who were able to solve their own problems and willing to take responsiblity for their own actions. At some point in our past it started to become acceptable for to pass your own problems on to some else, this is not how this country became the greatest in the world. It is time that we accept responsibility for our own problems and actions. When we start accepting responsiblity for our own problems and action our great country will be back on the right path.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-80209414629243928772009-05-18T13:00:00.000-07:002010-02-26T08:32:36.232-08:00State GovernmentI have wonder why the State Governments do not stand up to the Federal Government about how they have lost their Freedoms. I see each State Govt looking to the Fed Govt for hand outs. Why do the State Govt do this?<br />
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I would think that each state govt would want to be independent as much as possible when it comes to running their state. Right now with how things have changed, if one state fails then the rest of the states are going to be drug into the mess and the mess will keep growing. But if each state was in control of their own state and not reliant on the fed govt if one state failed the rest would be insulated from the failure. There is nothing wrong with a business or a state failing, when this happens it allows people to learn from their mistakes and to improve. Yes it is difficult when it first happens and there are tough decisions to be made that will make it tough on people, but this country was founded by people that did not take the easy way out.<br />
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I honestly believe that we need to return to following the Constitution and have strong state govt. The Federal Govt needs to return to it rightful role.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-25259846787918910662009-05-07T13:46:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:58:57.735-07:00Simple Question?Why is it so many people want the Government to provide for them? <br /><br />History has <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">taught me</span> that 13 original colonies were colonized by people who took a leap of faith and settled in a land that was new to them. These people did not wait for a king to provide them with what ever they needed, they took the bull by the horns and made due with what they had. Eventually it was recognized how well they were doing so they got taxed and lost their freedoms. We all know how that turned for our great country. I am not proposing a revolution in that sense, I am proposing that we take our country back by electing people who reflect our values and principles. This is a very peacefull way to change how our country is being run. This task will not be a quick one, it has taken many years to get to this point where government is out of control, it will take many more to get the governement back in control of the people.<br /><br />We need to get rid of the poor me mentality and replace it with the can do mentality. There was a time when we all thought that we can do anything, unfortunately we now have a lot of people thinking that they hve been wronged and some one needs to take care of them, Governement.<br /><br />I think a lot of our problems can be solved by having self respect and indepence.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-66952011130725561222009-05-03T18:44:00.001-07:002009-05-03T18:56:40.818-07:00Our CountryWe need to have our country returned to the right path before it is destroyed. For many years our Governement has been slowly leading our country down a path were they are trying to create a Utopia. They are trying to change our country into a place that no has to suffer, worry about working hard, worry about a job, woryy about housing, or worry about making a mistake. This will lead to where the Government will make all the decision for everyone, but to do this we will have to allow the Governement to remove all of our rights and freedoms. The Governement will tell us where we can live, when we can hvae medical treatment if any, how much food we can have, where we will work, etc.... The Government is using national crises to to slowly remove our freedoms with terms like "it is for the good of the people". The Great Depression is a great example of how the Governement is willing to trample our rights to get the power they need to control us.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-55447192502030036132009-04-19T18:21:00.000-07:002009-04-19T18:59:48.394-07:00VotingOne the greatest privileges and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">responsibility</span> we have as <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">American</span> Citizens is the right to vote for elected <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">representatives</span>. I personally did not start voting until about 12 yrs ago, the main reason that I decided to w<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ait</span> until then to start was that I did not follow what was happening in the country. <br /><br />Since then I have been following the events happening in and out of country as best as I can. One thing I have noticed is the lack of people who actually take the time to vote in our elections. It is a shame that so many people do not use their right to vote. I wish more of our citizens actually voted in our election. The census report I was able to find shows that there is approximatley 281 million people in our country and our last election shows that approximatley 120 million voted. <br /><br />How do we get more people involved with the election process?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-35012856966159605612009-04-16T08:06:00.001-07:002009-04-16T08:13:06.059-07:00Tea Party'sApril 15, 2009 has come and gone. Many people around this country showed their support of the Tea Party's by showing up and expressing their disatisfaction with how our country is be driven into the ditch. We can not stop with just one event, we need to continue to show our elected officails that we will not go away. We have sent them a message with the Tea Party's and they are hoping that we will lose interest with the government like we have with other issues, we can not allow this to happen we needed to apply more pressure to them and get more involved. We also need to show them our resolve that they can not nor will we let them destroy our great nation.<br /><br />Lets all make them remeber who they actually work for, They Work For The People!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-29847557039945495662009-04-10T05:28:00.001-07:002009-04-10T05:47:21.311-07:00We the People Part 2It seems that our nation has lost the can do attitude and taken up the give me attitude. I am 37 yrs old andcan see how my generation is different from the previous generation, it is not a good. Most people of my generation want the nice office and the good paying job from the time they leave school, they feel entitled to start at the top, but they do not want to earn it. Fortunately I was raised by caring parents that taught me to set goals and then earn what I wanted. <br /><br />The way my generation is not all the fault of the kids, some of the fault is with their parents. The parents want all the good things for their kids and set about to getting them for the kids. The parents are also trying to sheild their kids from the hardships that they went thru when they were kids, but they forget that those hardships is what has formed them into the person that they are and set their values.<br /><br />The side effects of how the kids are being raised are:<br />1. Kids do not know how to deal with failure<br />2. Kids expect every thing they ask for to be given to them<br />3. Kids do not learn how to earn what they want<br /><br />If we continue to raise our kids this way, we will hamper them for life and inturn hamper our great country. Unfortunately we our not the future of this country, our children are. <br /><br />Please change the future by raising your children with the values that your parents taught you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837723053301466052.post-29561667474717013462009-04-09T11:11:00.000-07:002009-04-09T11:16:23.333-07:00We the PeopleWE the People need to take a greater interest in what our elected government is doing. We also have to remeber that the government works for us, we do not work for them. I do not like how the government is running our great country into the ground to appease other countries. Why does our government feel the need to continually place obstacles in our way so that other countries can try to keep up or passs us. It is about time that our country get back to theprinciples that has allowed us to get ot where we are and will take us to the next level.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0