Concordia res Parvae Crescunt
Reader commentary from A. Linder
When I write my congressman or senator and ask them to please stop sending money to foreign governments, they write back to me as though I do not know what I am talking about. They “know” what is best for this country and believe the foreign expenditures are justified.
Then, they “thank me for writing”.
The American public is so disenfranchised it is pathetic.
I am convinced that if the US stopped sending money to foreign countries, we could balance the budget in less than 10 years. It is hard to tell, one cannot get the true amount sent to foreign countries.
Our nation needs a completely transparent government. One that has to post daily on the internet, all the monies collected by the federal government and all the monies spent by the federal government. This posting should be in detail so one can discern where the money is really going.
Maybe then, just maybe, the American public would see the truth and begin to send Independents to be their leaders in Washington.
If you enjoyed this post:
Click Here to Get the Free Tenth Amendment Center Newsletter,
States rights will never be achieved until we reverse the 17th amendment. In the past, before 1913 it was the Senate that kept government spending in check. This was the case because it was Senators, elected by the state legislatures who would have to report back to the states. Remember, the way the Constitution was originally written the states had to come up with whatever extra money was needed when taxes did not cover bill.
First get rid of the 17th amendment and only then can you worry about transparency.
I've been urging for complete government transparency for a while now. If we truly are for, of, and by the people, then the government is our slave and has no right to keep secrets of any kind whatsoever from its masters - the people. Same goes for businesses.
As it is, business and government are trying to turn the equation on it's head, and push back history by hundreds if not thousands of years by presuming THEY are the core of society, THEY are the producers, THEY are the controllers, and THEY are the responsible and authoritative parties of society.
That is, while business and government are supposed to be slaves to the people and responsive to our demands, they are working to make us, the public, the slaves. It is not hard to see why this is completely unacceptable to a civil society of responsible individuals ruled by mutually agreed upon laws.
"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."
Subscribe to entries
Subscribe to comments
All content © 2012 by Tenth Amendment Center
Free online cooking games for girls….
Free online cooking games for girls….