Redistribution of Wealth is not sustainable

May 18th, 2012

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them; and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
– Winston Churchill

DownsizeDC.org – Repeal Real ID Act

May 11th, 2012

Subject: Repeal the REAL ID Act

Please don’t try to fix the REAL ID Act. Please, just repeal it.

Seven years ago, the Senate passed the REAL ID Act.

It passed only because it was attached to a bill authorizing war spending and tsunami relief.

I’m thankful that it hasn’t yet been fully implemented. But REAL ID, or some other form of a national ID system, is still possible.

The only real way to prevent a national ID is to repeal REAL ID and order the Administration to stop devising similar programs.

You MUST do this, for these reasons:

1. There is zero Constitutional authority for the federal government to either regulate state ID cards or impose a national identification system.

2. REAL ID would put my personal information into a federal database, making it MORE vulnerable to hacking and theft.

3. When fully implemented nationwide, I wouldn’t be able to board a plane without a REAL ID card – even though the Constitution protects my right to travel across state lines.

4. REAL ID imposes unconstitutional, unfunded mandates on the states. That’s why, in large part, 25 of them are resisting. This makes REAL ID unworkable and futile.

5. REAL ID creates obstacles to the elderly, poor, divorced women, and others who may have trouble finding all the required documents to “prove” their identity.

6. REAL ID would NOT have prevented 9/11! All but two of the 9/11 hijackers were in the U.S. legally and could have obtained a REAL ID card, and ALL of them had a passport allowing them to fly. (http://tinyurl.com/8xllv7q)

7. If fully implemented, REAL ID will soon be mandatory in order to make a living. One Presidential candidate is already proposing we all need one. And we all know that such an ID will eventually contain tracking technology.

Instead of stopping terrorism or illegal immigration, REAL ID only makes life more difficult for innocent Americans.

Respect your oath of office. Use common sense. Respect human dignity and freedom.

REPEAL REAL ID, and stop every other national ID program.

Ron Paul Update 5/9/12- YouTube

May 10th, 2012

Ron Paul Update – YouTube.

Ron Paul Interview with CNBC’s Larry Kudlow on The Kudlow Report – May 8, 2012 – YouTube

May 9th, 2012

Ron Paul Interview with CNBC’s Larry Kudlow on The Kudlow Report – May 8, 2012 – YouTube.

Hands off the Internet – DownsizeDC.org

May 9th, 2012

Subject: Hands off the Internet!

As a constituent, I insist that you oppose any attempts to undermine Internet freedom.

I oppose CISPA, the supposed “cybersecurity” bill that actually empowers the Megastate to grab my personal information for reasons that have nothing to do with cybersecurity.

It’s a backdoor run around the Fourth Amendment. In your heart, you know that.

And the Lieberman-Collins bill could make it even worse. I would authorize unelected bureaucrats to impose regulatory mandates on private firms.

That provokes questions…

* Do you really believe that regulators will know more than each company’s own engineers about the cyber threats those outfits face?
* Doesn’t regulation impose compliance costs that an enterprise might otherwise spend on innovative cybersecurity solutions?
* Each company has an interest in protecting itself from cyber threats, doesn’t it? Why then, is regulation necessary?

Regulation means inflexible, one-size-fits-all rules.

And it often means lost jobs.

Competition, however, promotes safety, quality, and innovation. Companies would create better cybersecurity defenses at lower cost over time.

It is possible that current federal law is outdated. It’s also possible that current law ties the hands of both private firms and governments to protect themselves from cyber attacks. If so, follow Julian Sanchez’s advice: allow narrowly-tailored information sharing that addresses cybersecurity threats only, yet protects my privacy. (http://bit.ly/JYtXKv)

Neither CISPA nor Lieberman-Collins achieves this. Instead, they go in opposite directions.

Oppose both! And know that your vote is a Constitutional matter. Make the wrong choice, and I will tell others of your contempt for the Fourth Amendment and hostility toward job creation.

I will be watching what you do.

Abolish the TSA – DownsizeDC.org

May 9th, 2012

Subject: Abolish the TSA

Abolish the TSA, and permit airlines to provide their own security plans.

I have four items for you, and some questions.

1. A four year-old girl in Wichita was treated like a terrorist because she violated TSA protocol by hugging her grandmother at the airport. (http://bit.ly/IP6Dv1)

If a private security firm did this, wouldn’t it face horrible publicity and lose business? Might Congress call the CEO of that firm to testify before a committee, so your colleagues could grandstand?

2. Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX-23) got into an altercation with an overly-aggressive TSA agent. (http://bit.ly/Ic4bP7).

Rep. Canseco asks, “What on earth is a U.S. congressman going to do on a plane? Pull out a gun and shoot everybody?” (http://politi.co/JG1zsK)

He’s right; no Congressman is going to shoot up the plane. But wouldn’t private security firms compete with each other to be less invasive, and respect the dignity of all passengers?

3. TSA agents asked a 79 year-old woman about “an anomaly in the crotch area” — loud enough for others to hear. Refusing a pat-down, she passed through the scanner again. (http://bit.ly/IuzWI2)

Again, wouldn’t private security firms compete with each other to be less invasive, and respect the dignity of passengers?

And why are the body scanners so unreliable?

4. Current and former TSA employees are under indictment for receiving bribes from drug couriers in Los Angeles and New Haven. (http://lat.ms/IMQIxS)

Wouldn’t a private security firm be more interested in detecting weapons and explosives, instead of drugs?

The TSA is a typical government agency. It has no incentive to please the customers. If airline security was completely privatized, airlines would compete with each other to provide not only safety, but also a dignified process and a pleasurable trip. Customer satisfaction would be their priority.

Don’t “fix” or “reform” the TSA. Abolish it.

History of Thomas Jefferson – Amazing!

May 9th, 2012

Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.

At 5, began studying under his cousin’s tutor.
At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
At 23, started his own law practice.
At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
At 31, wrote the widely circulated “Summary View of the Rights of British America” and retired from his law practice.
At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
At 33, took three years to revise Virginia’s legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia, succeeding Patrick Henry.
At 40, served in Congress for two years.
At 41, was the American minister to France, and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions, and became the active head of Republican Party.
At 57, was elected the third president of the United States.
At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the nation’s size.
At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
At 65, retired to Monticello.
At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia, and served as its first president.
At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, along with John Adams
Thomas Jefferson knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, his laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today. Jefferson really knew his stuff. A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement: “This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”      — Thomas Jefferson
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”      — Thomas Jefferson
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property – until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”
I wish we could get this out to everyone!!!
I’m doing my part. Please do yours.

Ron Paul Rally in Austin, Texas April 26, 2012 Full Video – YouTube

April 30th, 2012

Ron Paul Rally in Austin, Texas April 26, 2012 Full Video – YouTube.

Ron Paul on CNBC 4/23/12 – YouTube

April 24th, 2012

Ron Paul on CNBC 4/23/12 – YouTube.

“I Think Ron Paul Just Won Iowa!” Rachel Maddow April 23, 2012 – YouTube

April 24th, 2012

“I Think Ron Paul Just Won Iowa!” Rachel Maddow April 23, 2012 – YouTube.