I got a heads up on this video from the John Birch Society...this is serious stuff.
In the mid-nineteenth century America was in similar circumstances. True it was individual banks rather than the government printing the money, but the money was being printed without the backing of real currency-gold or silver.
How did we solve it then? Well we created a common currency and tied it to something with real value-gold. Did the economy of that time get turned on its head? Yes! Did America survive? Yes! Did we learn from history? Apparently not.
We are now mired so deep in debt, and so entrenched in the habit of debt that the government thinks that more dept and the resulting devaluation of our currency is a solution! Are we so in love with the things that our debt provides for us that we cannot see the root of this love smothering our own heart and soul? The lie of prosperity we have perpetuated for the last twenty years has come to light; I say it's time to start digging out the stifling root that got us here, and fall out of love with debt and money, government and people alike.
It's time for a rumble: We The People VS. Washington DC. This has become a defining social issue as much as it is a fiscal issue. The freedom of the average American family to save and to provide for their own needs, to plan for the future with confidence is slowly being squelched; squashed into oblivion. It's time for the 100 million of the Family Research Council, the Focus on the Family, the CATO Institute, the John Birch Society and every other freedom loving organization, but most especially individuals, to become the voice of reason and the fostering force for conscience in the mind of every congressman and senator, and in the mind of our president.
We must drown out the chaos of the lobbyists and the special interest groups with a firm and uninterrupted flow of communication and with united purpose and resolve. We The People have allowed the creation of they the government, and have through inaction, fostered it's growth to a great and festering blight on the body of freedom, the constitution and the founding ideals of America.
We can no longer simply enjoy our freedoms and idly leave the governance of our nation to others. Nor can we tolerate the ignorance, disregard and inaction of our elected officials. If they will not serve honorably, they must be pulled down ignominiously. If they cannot hold aloft the torch of freedom for fear they cannot hide, then we must hold it up and and bring to light every concealed action and closed door conversation.
I know personally people who have not voted because of apathy in three or more presidential election cycles. Awake America, Arise America, Be America!
They the government, their days are numbered. This bloated boil that sits atop a deep abscess must be cut away and the infection scraped out, however deep it may be, so that healing may begin. Borrowing must end, entitlements must decrease and then end, and spending must become balanced. Taxes must decrease to the point of only sustaining actual needs and government budgetary surpluses must be kept at acceptable levels not spent on the whims of the electors as dictated by the voice of the party or the lobby or the special interest. Now is the time! Wherever we stand is the place! We must raise our voices high and be heard.
It's time for a change that we make.
