Post by ShivaTD on Sept 24, 2013 21:56:02 GMT
As a member of the Libertarian Party I receive all of their emails and today's was especially accurate.
That's right folks, we need to change the American culture of BIG GOVERNMENT that the Democrats and Republicans have been fostering for decades.
We need to end the belief that the United States should be the World Cop.
We need to transition from our Social Security/Medicare welfare programs to privatization of Social Security where personal wealth is created to provide the income during retirement that over 1/2 of Americans don't have and that was the original problem identified in the 1930's. That will take about 40 years if we want to avoid screwing Americans that were forced to participate by paying FICA/Payroll/Self-employment taxes and it will require about $40 trillion in new tax revenue over that 40 years to accomplish.
We need to change our State and Federal tax codes to level the playing field, removing the preferential treatment of wealthy investors, to restore the Middle Class in America. People that can afford to pay taxes should pay the taxes and not those that can't afford this financial burden.
We need to change or culture of prejudice that leads to discrimination denying equality of economic opportunity to dramatically reduce the poverty in America.
We need to change the focus of government regulation from government control for the sake of control to government protection of our Rights as persons.
We need to enforce the "law of contract" and force the government and Federal Reserve to redeem Federal Reserve notes in "lawful money" that are the gold, silver, and platinum coins being produced by the US Mint. This is already a statutory requirement under federal law but hasn't been enforced for decades.
Finally we need to take additional steps to ensure against laws and government actions of dubious Constitutionality by changing the criteria for the Supreme Court to uphold a law or action as Constitutional from a simply majority vote to a unanimous vote. If even one Supreme Court Justice can cite a reason for a law or action being unconstitutional it should be struck down as unconstitutional. That one minority opinion makes Constitutionality of the law or action questionable and we can live without it.
Last week, a gentleman wrote to me that he had found out at a company meeting that Obamacare was negatively going to affect him and his family and that he needed to start doing something to get this stopped. He asked, "What can I do? Where should I go? Who should I contact?"
I gave him the number to call and told him where to go — so everything should be OK, right?!
If only it were that easy.
Unfortunately, we've let government get so big and intrusive that it's not going to be easy to stop Obamacare or any other government program. Congress might pretend to try stopping parts of Obamacare, or simply rename certain provisions, but I don't think they'll really stop the substance.
It's not just our president's or Congress's fault, either. For decades, Democratic voters have asked their elected officials for more government spending on education, health care, and welfare. Meanwhile, Republicans have asked their elected officials for more military spending, more surveillance, and new taxpayer-funded football stadiums. More surprisingly to some, Republicans initiated the 2003 socialist Medicare prescription plan and the 2008 bank bailouts. Meanwhile, John Stossel informs us that Democrats start more wars than Republicans!
As famed journalist Matt Drudge recently tweeted, "It's now Authoritarian vs. Libertarian. Since Democrats vs. Republicans has been obliterated, no real difference between parties..."
People and politicians of both major parties have cooperated for more than a century to build a bigger government, program by program. There's no number to call or person to contact to stop this. Big government is not just current culture — it's now part of American heritage. The New Deal started eighty years ago and hasn't stopped. Some even say that the conservative Heritage Foundation provided the foundation for the worst aspects of Obamacare.
To actually stop Obamacare and other government programs, we have to change American culture. It's not going to be easy.
Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee
I gave him the number to call and told him where to go — so everything should be OK, right?!
If only it were that easy.
Unfortunately, we've let government get so big and intrusive that it's not going to be easy to stop Obamacare or any other government program. Congress might pretend to try stopping parts of Obamacare, or simply rename certain provisions, but I don't think they'll really stop the substance.
It's not just our president's or Congress's fault, either. For decades, Democratic voters have asked their elected officials for more government spending on education, health care, and welfare. Meanwhile, Republicans have asked their elected officials for more military spending, more surveillance, and new taxpayer-funded football stadiums. More surprisingly to some, Republicans initiated the 2003 socialist Medicare prescription plan and the 2008 bank bailouts. Meanwhile, John Stossel informs us that Democrats start more wars than Republicans!
As famed journalist Matt Drudge recently tweeted, "It's now Authoritarian vs. Libertarian. Since Democrats vs. Republicans has been obliterated, no real difference between parties..."
People and politicians of both major parties have cooperated for more than a century to build a bigger government, program by program. There's no number to call or person to contact to stop this. Big government is not just current culture — it's now part of American heritage. The New Deal started eighty years ago and hasn't stopped. Some even say that the conservative Heritage Foundation provided the foundation for the worst aspects of Obamacare.
To actually stop Obamacare and other government programs, we have to change American culture. It's not going to be easy.
Wes Benedict
Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee
That's right folks, we need to change the American culture of BIG GOVERNMENT that the Democrats and Republicans have been fostering for decades.
We need to end the belief that the United States should be the World Cop.
We need to transition from our Social Security/Medicare welfare programs to privatization of Social Security where personal wealth is created to provide the income during retirement that over 1/2 of Americans don't have and that was the original problem identified in the 1930's. That will take about 40 years if we want to avoid screwing Americans that were forced to participate by paying FICA/Payroll/Self-employment taxes and it will require about $40 trillion in new tax revenue over that 40 years to accomplish.
We need to change our State and Federal tax codes to level the playing field, removing the preferential treatment of wealthy investors, to restore the Middle Class in America. People that can afford to pay taxes should pay the taxes and not those that can't afford this financial burden.
We need to change or culture of prejudice that leads to discrimination denying equality of economic opportunity to dramatically reduce the poverty in America.
We need to change the focus of government regulation from government control for the sake of control to government protection of our Rights as persons.
We need to enforce the "law of contract" and force the government and Federal Reserve to redeem Federal Reserve notes in "lawful money" that are the gold, silver, and platinum coins being produced by the US Mint. This is already a statutory requirement under federal law but hasn't been enforced for decades.
Finally we need to take additional steps to ensure against laws and government actions of dubious Constitutionality by changing the criteria for the Supreme Court to uphold a law or action as Constitutional from a simply majority vote to a unanimous vote. If even one Supreme Court Justice can cite a reason for a law or action being unconstitutional it should be struck down as unconstitutional. That one minority opinion makes Constitutionality of the law or action questionable and we can live without it.