I am a consummate reader; that can be a curse as well as truly broaden one's horizons. Once in a while I find an article that is worth sharing. I give all due credit to a gentleman by the name of Bill Gilmer in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia. Bill wrote this article in response to individuals questioning the anger displayed by a local contributor concerning the status of our country. Enjoy!
Mr. Garlocks column last Wednesday expressed frustration and anger at the state of America, its future, and those who would see it brought low. I just saw the movie "America" as well. I don't blame him one bit for feeling the way he does.
That said, I wish to offer suggestions of reforms regarding the policies, laws, expectations and beliefs that must change to restore our nation.
1. The 'nanny state' - It is crushing us fiscally, culturally, and morally. I do not own you a living and you do not own e one. Anything we voluntarily do to help each other is fine. Government must get out of it. They have no business in the healthcare, retirement, or disability industries (either running them or subsidizing them.) There is no Social Security clause in the Constitution. Give us back the freedom to succeed or fail on our own!
2. The '800 pound gorilla' in the federal budget id debt, and future unfunded liabilities are middle class entitlements. Not unlike the famous line 'Animal House', the movie, when the frat boys trashed the car and told the owner, 'face it, flooder, you F----d up and trusted us"; we all trusted the feds with our payroll contributions. And boy, did we screw up. They under-collected taxes, over-promised benefits, mis-invested the trust fund in federal bonds, and diluted the funds through fraud, waste, and abuse. We will be lucky to get 30 cents on the dollar out of the system.
3. The 'fiscal cliff" - As the baby boomers retire, the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will cash in federal bonds to try to pay promised benefits. To meet this demand, the feds will have to raise taxes massively (and destroy the economy). Sell more bonds at much higher interest rates to foreigners (who are already questioning whether treasury bonds are truly default proof), or print money (causing hyper-inflation). Confiscatory taxes, high interest rates, hyper-inflation, or a combination of all three will destroy our children's future, erode our savings, and drastically lower our standard of living. Any questions?????
4. Original Intent - The Constitution must only be interpreted through the 'original intent' of the founding fathers. Not what they would have believed if only the founding fathers had received a Berkley education, had bleeding heart parents and read Saul Alinsky and Marx. If interpreted correctly, there is no Constitutional support for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, Obamacare, farm subsidies, corporate subsidies, etc. Under original intent the federal government could not grow above 5 to 7 percent of GDP. And most of that would be for defense.
5. Immigration - It is actually a constitutionally supported function of the federal government, one that has been ignored by both the left and right for half a century. The right wants cheap labor and the left saw i******s as undocumented, future Democrats. Well, it should be plan to all that it is a damned mess now. The time has come to admit only people America needs, not those that desperately need us. Change the statement on the Statue of Liberty to read "give us your intelligent, your self-reliant, your entrepreneur looking to make a buck". As for i******s, send them back (no matter how long they have been here), turn border control over to the military, and amend the Constitution so that the children of i******s bore here are not automatic citizens. If this upsets the Hispanic v**e, so be it. It will only get worse when there are another 20 million v**ers in their block.
6. Term limits - Yes. Twelve (12) years in the Senate or House, maximum!
7. Congressional delegations - Make the financial support of Senators, Representatives and their staff the responsibility of the individual states. That will be a constant reminder of who the work for. No more v****g themselves raises, no more federal benefits and pensions.
8. Federal Agencies - Many federal agencies that were started with good intentions do not pass the 'original intent' Constitutional test. They have also become tools for extortion, control, and intimidation. The Department of Justice, EPA, OSHA, Education, Agriculture, B*M, SEC, etc., are used for partisan political advantage or to crush the opposition. If EPA can regulate carbon dioxide, they can regulate everything in your life. FYI, when you breathe, you exhale the stuff.
9. Balanced Budget Amendment - Hell Yeah! Except in times of 'Declared War'. Even that debt should be retired within 20 years of declaration of peace. What makes sense on the family level also makes sense on the federal level. Contrary to what they tell you, countries are not exempt from financial reality. Don't let them seal from your children anymore.
10. Strengthen our republic by limiting democracy - Sounds un-American? The founders didn't think so. They distrusted democracy. It was considered 'the rule of the mob'. Democracy is highly unstable. A democracy will always bankrupt itself once the regular citizens realize they can v**e themselves money. A democracy is unjust. In a democracy, the majority can go to Bill Gates and confiscate everything he has to split it up among the rest of the people. The majority has ruled!
Our constitutional republic is a limited democracy. Majority rule is only supposed to be applied to constitutionally mandated functions of government. That is not the case today.
Part of the problem, in my opinion, is universal suffrage. Originally, only people with skin in the game v**ed. They tended to think longer term, and they were all self-reliant. Obviously, excluding due to race or sex is not fair. But perhaps the v****g age should be raised back to 21. Maybe v**ers should have to take and pass a multi-choice test on our constitution and form of government.
I think government workers would be excluded from v****g in the level of government in which they are employed; i.e., if you work for the feds, you should not v**e in federal e******ns. The premise being that you should not be able to v**e for your own boss. Public unions should be banned for the same reason.
11. Mr. Garlock discussed, jokingly, about partitioning the country into a red state nation and blue state nation. But if we stripped the federal government down to its 'original intent' form, then each state could reinstate wh**ever 'Nanny State' programs their citizens demand. Then people that did not like their states offerings could simply v**e with their feet without having to chantry countries. We would see which system worked best fairly quickly.
12. Trade deficits - Do you wonder where foreigners get the money to buy our federal debt? They sell us far more than they buy from us. Trade is great, but only if it is balanced. Otherwise it is fiscally and strategically disastrous. What if we had to go to war with China in the future and they had all of the manufacturing capacity? If trade deficits are not big deal, why don't the Chinese, Japanese, Germans, etc. ever run trade deficits themselves?
13. Taxes - We have got to replace our federal tax system with a consumption based tax such as the Fair Tax. Income taxes, capital gains taxes, and estate taxes all promote consumption and discourage savings. We need a much higher savings rate in this country. Also, too many federal taxes are manipulated thru the sale of political influence, to favor one group over another.
14. Energy - Thanks to fracturing and directional drilling, we have the opportunity to be self-reliant in energy again. But not if the feds throw up barriers. On day, alternate sources of clean energy will be technologically and economically feasible. but until then, the feds need to get out of the way of coal, oil, and natural gas.
15. Lawyers - We have far more per capita than any other country. Our litigious practices cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually. This makes us less competitive internationally. We need a loser -pays system to stop frivolous law suits.
These are a few of the reforms I think we need. I think they are obvious. You may not agree. If not, what would you do? Let not allow the entrenched special interest and slackers stop us from saving our country.
Bill Gilmer
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I am a consummate reader; that can be a curse as well as truly broaden one's horizons. Once in a while I find an article that is worth sharing. I give all due credit to a gentleman by the name of Bill Gilmer in Metro-Atlanta, Georgia. Bill wrote this article in response to individuals questioning the anger displayed by a local contributor concerning the status of our country. Enjoy!
Mr. Garlocks column last Wednesday expressed frustration and anger at the state of America, its future, and those who would see it brought low. I just saw the movie "America" as well. I don't blame him one bit for feeling the way he does.
That said, I wish to offer suggestions of reforms regarding the policies, laws, expectations and beliefs that must change to restore our nation.
1. The 'nanny state' - It is crushing us fiscally, culturally, and morally. I do not own you a living and you do not own e one. Anything we voluntarily do to help each other is fine. Government must get out of it. They have no business in the healthcare, retirement, or disability industries (either running them or subsidizing them.) There is no Social Security clause in the Constitution. Give us back the freedom to succeed or fail on our own!
2. The '800 pound gorilla' in the federal budget id debt, and future unfunded liabilities are middle class entitlements. Not unlike the famous line 'Animal House', the movie, when the frat boys trashed the car and told the owner, 'face it, flooder, you F----d up and trusted us"; we all trusted the feds with our payroll contributions. And boy, did we screw up. They under-collected taxes, over-promised benefits, mis-invested the trust fund in federal bonds, and diluted the funds through fraud, waste, and abuse. We will be lucky to get 30 cents on the dollar out of the system.
3. The 'fiscal cliff" - As the baby boomers retire, the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will cash in federal bonds to try to pay promised benefits. To meet this demand, the feds will have to raise taxes massively (and destroy the economy). Sell more bonds at much higher interest rates to foreigners (who are already questioning whether treasury bonds are truly default proof), or print money (causing hyper-inflation). Confiscatory taxes, high interest rates, hyper-inflation, or a combination of all three will destroy our children's future, erode our savings, and drastically lower our standard of living. Any questions?????
4. Original Intent - The Constitution must only be interpreted through the 'original intent' of the founding fathers. Not what they would have believed if only the founding fathers had received a Berkley education, had bleeding heart parents and read Saul Alinsky and Marx. If interpreted correctly, there is no Constitutional support for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, Obamacare, farm subsidies, corporate subsidies, etc. Under original intent the federal government could not grow above 5 to 7 percent of GDP. And most of that would be for defense.
5. Immigration - It is actually a constitutionally supported function of the federal government, one that has been ignored by both the left and right for half a century. The right wants cheap labor and the left saw i******s as undocumented, future Democrats. Well, it should be plan to all that it is a damned mess now. The time has come to admit only people America needs, not those that desperately need us. Change the statement on the Statue of Liberty to read "give us your intelligent, your self-reliant, your entrepreneur looking to make a buck". As for i******s, send them back (no matter how long they have been here), turn border control over to the military, and amend the Constitution so that the children of i******s bore here are not automatic citizens. If this upsets the Hispanic v**e, so be it. It will only get worse when there are another 20 million v**ers in their block.
6. Term limits - Yes. Twelve (12) years in the Senate or House, maximum!
7. Congressional delegations - Make the financial support of Senators, Representatives and their staff the responsibility of the individual states. That will be a constant reminder of who the work for. No more v****g themselves raises, no more federal benefits and pensions.
8. Federal Agencies - Many federal agencies that were started with good intentions do not pass the 'original intent' Constitutional test. They have also become tools for extortion, control, and intimidation. The Department of Justice, EPA, OSHA, Education, Agriculture, B*M, SEC, etc., are used for partisan political advantage or to crush the opposition. If EPA can regulate carbon dioxide, they can regulate everything in your life. FYI, when you breathe, you exhale the stuff.
9. Balanced Budget Amendment - Hell Yeah! Except in times of 'Declared War'. Even that debt should be retired within 20 years of declaration of peace. What makes sense on the family level also makes sense on the federal level. Contrary to what they tell you, countries are not exempt from financial reality. Don't let them seal from your children anymore.
10. Strengthen our republic by limiting democracy - Sounds un-American? The founders didn't think so. They distrusted democracy. It was considered 'the rule of the mob'. Democracy is highly unstable. A democracy will always bankrupt itself once the regular citizens realize they can v**e themselves money. A democracy is unjust. In a democracy, the majority can go to Bill Gates and confiscate everything he has to split it up among the rest of the people. The majority has ruled!
Our constitutional republic is a limited democracy. Majority rule is only supposed to be applied to constitutionally mandated functions of government. That is not the case today.
Part of the problem, in my opinion, is universal suffrage. Originally, only people with skin in the game v**ed. They tended to think longer term, and they were all self-reliant. Obviously, excluding due to race or sex is not fair. But perhaps the v****g age should be raised back to 21. Maybe v**ers should have to take and pass a multi-choice test on our constitution and form of government.
I think government workers would be excluded from v****g in the level of government in which they are employed; i.e., if you work for the feds, you should not v**e in federal e******ns. The premise being that you should not be able to v**e for your own boss. Public unions should be banned for the same reason.
11. Mr. Garlock discussed, jokingly, about partitioning the country into a red state nation and blue state nation. But if we stripped the federal government down to its 'original intent' form, then each state could reinstate wh**ever 'Nanny State' programs their citizens demand. Then people that did not like their states offerings could simply v**e with their feet without having to chantry countries. We would see which system worked best fairly quickly.
12. Trade deficits - Do you wonder where foreigners get the money to buy our federal debt? They sell us far more than they buy from us. Trade is great, but only if it is balanced. Otherwise it is fiscally and strategically disastrous. What if we had to go to war with China in the future and they had all of the manufacturing capacity? If trade deficits are not big deal, why don't the Chinese, Japanese, Germans, etc. ever run trade deficits themselves?
13. Taxes - We have got to replace our federal tax system with a consumption based tax such as the Fair Tax. Income taxes, capital gains taxes, and estate taxes all promote consumption and discourage savings. We need a much higher savings rate in this country. Also, too many federal taxes are manipulated thru the sale of political influence, to favor one group over another.
14. Energy - Thanks to fracturing and directional drilling, we have the opportunity to be self-reliant in energy again. But not if the feds throw up barriers. On day, alternate sources of clean energy will be technologically and economically feasible. but until then, the feds need to get out of the way of coal, oil, and natural gas.
15. Lawyers - We have far more per capita than any other country. Our litigious practices cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually. This makes us less competitive internationally. We need a loser -pays system to stop frivolous law suits.
These are a few of the reforms I think we need. I think they are obvious. You may not agree. If not, what would you do? Let not allow the entrenched special interest and slackers stop us from saving our country.
Bill Gilmer
ninetogo
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Excellent! I think you're right on target. V**er ID, I feel, is essential. The Fair Tax looks really good but will probably be very hard to initiate. We need a true conservative who believes in our constitution AND would follow it. My pick is Dr. Ben Carson who is considering a run if the people want him. He's got what it takes to withstand the liberal onslaught.
Forkbassman wrote:
Excellent! I think you're right on target. V**er ID, I feel, is essential. The Fair Tax looks really good but will probably be very hard to initiate. We need a true conservative who believes in our constitution AND would follow it. My pick is Dr. Ben Carson who is considering a run if the people want him. He's got what it takes to withstand the liberal onslaught.
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i agree with your take on this article!!!....and i totally agree with you!!!.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
We need to get the word out for Carson. When I mention his name out in public, very frequently I might say, many people haven't heard of him. I tell them to watch his life story on Hallmark "Gifted Hands" and read his books "America the Beautiful" and "One Nation". I know it's going to be very difficult if not impossible for him to get the nomination but more and more people are really fed up with politicians and PC. I would pay to see Carson debate any Dem!
Forkbassman wrote:
Excellent! I think you're right on target. V**er ID, I feel, is essential. The Fair Tax looks really good but will probably be very hard to initiate. We need a true conservative who believes in our constitution AND would follow it. My pick is Dr. Ben Carson who is considering a run if the people want him. He's got what it takes to withstand the liberal onslaught.
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