What is the Role of Government?
I do not believe that the Democrats are single handedly destroying this country. I know that they, like the Republicans, are using both hands.
I am reluctant to sacrifice time from my family and my work, but things have gotten to the point where I have to take a stand for American principles and American people.
Our country has forgotten why we have a government and why we have a Constitution. The Constitution exists to guarantee that no one can exploit the government to further their own profit at the expense of the people.
Sadly, the basic principles that we as Americans all hold dear have been abandoned by our leaders. The major problems that we all endure find their source in the unjust manipulation of government. Government uses the problems it creates as justification for taking even more power out of your own hands. Their deception cannot be tolerated in a free and just society. If we are ever to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people again, we cannot fail to enforce the Constitution on our representatives.
All people are equal, the color of someone's skin or their gender, sexual orientation or religion should not dictate their place in life. Everyone should have an equal chance to succeed.
One person should not be forced to pay for the mistakes of another. We need to live our lives with greater personal responsibility and rely less on the Government.
I only believe in one "conspiracy". I believe the people with money and power use it to influence politicians, who follow along either through misplaced philanthropy or outright greed, at the expense of everyone else. I realize this is not going to sound shocking to 95% of America, which is probably the saddest part about our current situation.
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." ~Ayn Rand
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Top Issues:
Bring Our Troops Home Now: Not just from Afghanistan and Iraq. We have troops in countries all over the world, and I would like to bring them all home. Occupying foreign nations and forcing our values on them creates the very problems we are trying to solve. In doing so we spread ourselves too thin, and actually weaken our defense. It is probably most important to mention that we simply can not afford to continue to be the world's police. Sacrificing so much to occupy foreign nations goes against every American principle. If we are going to impose our Constitutional values on anyone, it should be Congress.»
Banking, The Fed and Monetary Policy: It seems obvious to me as an outsider looking in that our banking system and our policitcal system have merged, and that the result of this merger is leaving Americans with a weaker dollar, and less control over their own destinies, I will work to expose and end the ties that bind banks and politicians. Congress should work for us, not for Banks and Insurance companies.»
Localize Most Government Power: A great deal of issues handled by the Federal Government should be handled by the States. In that way you are creating 50 petri dishes, where you can say "Look how this legislation has improved this state" or "see how their plan is bankrupting their state" as opposed to putting all our plans into a Federal Government Hail Mary Egg Basket, and praying for the best. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Ideally this step allows people to understand that we should localize government as much as possible, all the way down to solely protecting the rights of the individual.»
The Economy; Oversight not Intervention: Prosecuting theft and preventing fraud are proper uses of government power in our economy. Hand picking winners or losers, subsidizing monied interests at the expense of the citizens and conjuring money out of thin air are not. »
"I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe . . . Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing. Make them intelligent, and they will be vigilant; give them the means of detecting the wrong, and they will apply the remedy." - Daniel Webster
