| Our founders, who labored long and hard to write | | | | Citizens, is the reason our Republic has evolved |
| the constitution of the United States, tried to | | | | into a Representative Democracy that is not |
| fashion a document that limited the power of the | | | | working, and even our Democracy is on the |
| central government in order to retain the | | | | verge of evolving into something worse, like |
| freedom of the individual. For over two hundred | | | | Fascism or Socialism. Wake up America; get your |
| years some American Citizens have worked to | | | | head out of the sand! A free society can only |
| circumvent our constitution by adding more and | | | | exist when more than 50% care enough about |
| more central government control, and in recent | | | | liberty to retain it. |
| years have been quite successful by utilizing | | | | Generally politicians use slight of hand when |
| political action groups that want to advance that | | | | promising things for votes, but President Obama |
| agenda. | | | | told us exactly what his plan was to transform |
| Political action organizations lobby Congress for | | | | America. Many supporters of the President, and |
| favorable legislation to advance their agenda and | | | | voters who comprise the Democratic base, such |
| many times are financed by puppeteers behind | | | | as ACORN, actively support Socialism and |
| the scenes in order to hide their true agenda. | | | | re-distribution of wealth, but what about all the |
| Since politicians only look at numbers of potential | | | | other people-what did they hear? As usual in |
| votes, and rarely read any legislation before | | | | presidential elections too many people didn't listen, |
| Congress, these political organizations can wield | | | | they voted for a charismatic person who |
| real power to influence government policy. | | | | promised hope. Had they listened they would have |
| A news report prompted me to write this article. | | | | heard candidate Obama's views about our |
| The political action group ACORN, which was quite | | | | Constitution as well as many other leftist positions. |
| instrumental in helping to elect President Obama, | | | | Our Constitution was written to protect our |
| won a decision by a Federal Court Judge | | | | liberties, but indifference and greed on the part of |
| yesterday who ruled the decision by Congress to | | | | American Citizens as politicians offer up goodies |
| withhold earmarked funds for ACORN, which was | | | | for votes, has destroyed our economy, our |
| buried in legislation to stimulate the economy, was | | | | financial system, and is definitely unconstitutional. |
| unconstitutional. That stimulus bill was passed this | | | | Nowhere in the constitution does it say |
| year by Congress, and signed into law by the | | | | government should provide anything except |
| president. You may remember how ACORN's | | | | opportunity to its citizens, and definitely it does |
| activities were discredited by some undercover | | | | not force them to buy something. |
| videos that embarrassed many Congress people | | | | Many political decisions to circumvent our |
| who probably never read the bill and didn't realize | | | | constitution have occurred through the years but |
| the funds for ACORN were even contained in it. | | | | maybe the most blatant one, which turned our |
| Those responsible for the earmark no longer | | | | Republic in a completely opposite direction, was |
| wanted to be associated with ACORN (at least | | | | President Franklin D. Roosevelt's decision to force |
| visibly) and joined other members in removing | | | | American Citizens to buy something. It was the |
| those funds. | | | | enactment of the FICA (Social Security) that |
| The conundrum is this; ACORN, whose activities | | | | forced Americans to buy retirement insurance, |
| often try to circumvent our constitution, uses its | | | | which has turned out to be nothing more than a |
| constitutional rights to sue our government, and | | | | giant Ponzi scheme. |
| win! | | | | This was the point in the evolution of our country |
| I'm not a lawyer (thank God), but that judge may | | | | when progressive politicians learned how to use an |
| be correct in his/her decision because our | | | | emergency to inject more government control |
| founders created separate powers of | | | | (unconstitutionally). Sometimes government |
| government to protect us from dictators. This | | | | resources are needed in emergencies like wars, |
| appears to be a case where more than half of | | | | natural disasters, and possibly economic |
| our representatives wanted the funding hidden in | | | | downturns, but should not infringe on our |
| the bill, or were more concerned with re-election | | | | Constitution. Government resources should be |
| than attending to their job. That's really not too | | | | used, only when necessary, to help private |
| surprising, but that is how modern Washington | | | | businesses solve an emergency; think for a |
| works and it has destroyed our Republic. | | | | moment if FICA had been structured to be |
| This ruling forces American taxpayers to finance | | | | managed by private insurance companies and |
| the activities of ACORN whether they agree with | | | | allowed to compete for maximum efficiency, |
| their agenda or not. How about this; we make | | | | would we have a retirement system that today |
| Congress itself, the income tax code, and the FED | | | | has unfunded promises (deficit) of |
| unconstitutional. The games our politicians play | | | | $14,000,000,000,000 plus another |
| make carneys on the midway look like saints. | | | | $74,000,000,000,000 for Medicare that was |
| Party politics, and indifference by American | | | | added to the program in the 1960's? |