STARVE THE FEDS

I have no idea why the Democrats seem to get off on controlling us. The methodology of getting  legislation passed seems to be extremely organized, like a long-planned takeover. They’re not announcing it to spoon-feed the crowd, they’re just doing it.

Quick aside thought: I think the results would be the same even if John McCain had been elected. At one time or another, he has been on record of favoring all three bills that are part of what I’m calling the “Trifecta of Reckless Betrayal” by our government. He only changed his mind in order to appease us who loudly disagreed with him.

I’ve heard that protests have been organized at all 50 state capitols and various federal buildings today, the day after the House of Representatives passed the Cap and Trade bill. I’m not sure how the turnout will be, or if it will be successful at garnering nationwide attention. I do think it amazing that a mass protest can be organized overnight, but we’ll see how it all goes. My heart is with you guys.

I feel guilty for not dropping everything and going to Columbus. I’m to the point to where I feel like I have to protest everything. Are protests really that effective? I guess if the representatives don’t represent, what choice do we have? Voting out the bums can’t take place until November 2010. That’s 17 months from now; 17 months to pass more devastating legislation.

The government is mocking us. Although Obama promised that we’d have 5 days to review each bill, the 1200-page Cap and Trade bill was rushed through the house without it being read (except for John Boehner, Ohio-R. Go Ohio!). Even Henry Waxman (California-D), admitted to not reading all of it, even though his freaking name is on the bill.

How does the government respond when we ask them to read the bill? They hire a speed reader to read the bill out loud while our representatives snicker. He spoke at least twice as fast as an auctioneer, and I have a hell of a time understanding auctioneers as it is. Is this what you wanted?

To add insult to injury, a 300-page amendment was added at 3:00am Friday morning for a bill to be voted on at 6:00pm the same day. John Boehner tried to read the bill to stall the vote; a heroic effort, but still in vain.

The Democrats know time is running out, because people are really getting pissed. They know many will be voted out in 2010. So they seem to be pulling all the stops to get three bills passed that they know would not fly in a sane American society:

1) Cap and Trade
2) Universal Health Care
3) Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants (and giving them free health care)

I’m not a conspiracy guy, but are these people really aimed at destroying us?

They are certainly betraying us to start.

I’m posting this right after the House of Representatives passed the Climate Change bill by a narrow 219-212 vote. My representative and my man, the Honorable Jim Jordan (Ohio-R), came through with a “no” vote. Alas, it wasn’t enough.

Maybe it’s time to review how much the government is taking from us already, and look at why they’re asking for even more.

Social Security and Medicare (FICA)

While the intentions behind these ideas are noble, it’s a pipe dream. You tell me that what I’m aiming for is a pipe dream, well I’ll throw this fact back in your face: Social Security and Medicare are going broke, and fast. Divide $55 trillion (the estimated debt these two programs will cause once they go insolvent) by 300 million people (the estimated U.S. population). My math gives me $183,333 per person. I hope you have a healthy bank account.

If you don’t, then why are we paying into it now? 10% of my paycheck is gone when I get paid because of these two programs. How about yours? If you make $26,000 per year, that means $50 a week is gone, just like that. That’s $217 per month. Wish you had that back?

Social Security and Medicare is the black hole of government. The “trust fund” was raided a long time ago. The money is coming straight from us, and is going directly to retirees and the disabled. While I don’t personally object to helping either one, the system in which we’re doing it is exactly the same way Bernie Madoff ripped off all his clients.

Why isn’t the government in jail like Madoff? Not only that, but the only politician I can think of that tried to do something about the Social Security and Medicare problem got laughed at and ridiculed for the idea. All he proposed was a partial privatization, optional to every individual.

Sorry, George W. Bush, I know you tried.

Maybe you see it as taxes withheld in order to care of our retirees and disabled. I see it as a mandatory lifetime garnishment of wages to feed a Ponzi scheme.

Gasoline Taxes

Federal and state gas taxes are about an average of 50 cents per gallon; unless you live in Alaska, where there is no state fuel tax. Sorry New York, I love you with you being my home state and all, but you suck. You come in dead last at 61 cents per gallon (federal and state combined).

Remember that the next time the government holds Congressional hearings on oil companies.

The government’s profit margin will always be higher than the oil companies’ profit margins, because it cost the government nothing to research, develop, and drill for oil. All the government does is hold out their hand waiting for their “share”. Must be nice.

Climate Change (“Cap and Trade”)

This boils my blood because if this bill passes, this will be the largest hidden tax increase in history. I can see it now: this will get passed with no problems, and then people will begin to wonder why their energy bills are so high.

Global warming is a complete scam. You want proof in one sentence? If the National Weather Service started in 1870, and our weathermen still can’t predict tomorrow’s weather accurately, how in hell can scientists determine what the weather will be 100 years from now?

I have nothing against cleaning up the environment, but who the hell determined that carbon dioxide is poisonous? Carbon monoxide, yes. Carbon dioxide, no. We breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants breathe in the same gas. Doesn’t anyone remember photosynthesis from 5th grade science? How can our lawmakers regulate carbon dioxide with a straight face?

We’re going to get taxed on the air we breathe. How generous.

Government Health Care

Yes! Free health care! It’s about time!

Seriously?

Obama is a liar. You may think you would get a choice between your current coverage and the public option, but that’s saying that you have a choice between the Postal Service and other mail carriers. UPS and FedEx can only legally do what the government lets them do. Otherwise, UPS and FedEx would deliver our everyday mail. Stamps would go down in price. We may even have the option of not collecting junk mail. Only a law from 1845 is preventing us from seeing what would actually happen.

The government has no interest of making a profit or cutting costs, so they’ll just low-ball the private companies out of existence. Your company may then decide to not provide health coverage to the employees because they can save money. Why pay for your employees’ health care when the feds can pay for it?

Drug companies will stop spending money to research drugs because the government wants to regulate the drug companies’ profit. So say goodbye to any new drugs. As much as I don’t trust drug companies, I trust the government even less.

Why? Because at least profit is an incentive.

No government profit = more government debt. More debt = more rationing to cut costs. Rationing = more dead people. More dead people = also saving on Social Security and Medicare.

If this law is passed, the government will have a financial interest in letting you die.

And they want us to pay them to let this happen?

I could go on and on complaining about where the money goes, but instead I’ll point this out. Ohio governor Ted Strickland is causing a state-wide uproar for proposing to cut the library budget by 50%. While I am also in favor of saving the libraries, I think having an extra $400 a month of federal taxes at the very least (Federal + Social Security + Medicare) would make better use in our pockets, where we could fund the libraries with no problem.

I realize that many of you don’t know me from any other guy, and that I don’t have a political track record to reference when backing up my points. Trust is a sacred concept to me, and I don’t expect it to be freely given to me especially since I hardly freely give my trust to others. Asking people to blindly trust me is dumb, and I will not put myself at that level.

I also realize that the lack of political experience will equal dumb rookie mistakes in office, no matter if I’m President or a township trustee. However, the federal government is in such a sorry state that I’d rather put in a naive and inexperienced candidate with strong principles instead of an experienced candidate who is a little too lubricated from the political machine. I know I make Obama look experienced, and I plan to combat that by consulting with and appointing experienced staff that I trust. Add to that my tendency to research every bit of information possible, and that’s the best I can do to mitigate any inexperience.

However, I have something that many of our powerful government officials do not. I have private sector experience.

It’s really sad to even mention that, you know? You would think that private sector experience would be somewhat of a requirement, or at least be something that could help push a campaign.

I know there are millions of you that have private sector experience as well. However, millions of you are not even considering the Presidency that I know of, so I need to operate under the assumption that I’m the only one thinking of running, at least for now. So bear with me for the time being.

I’m thinking along the lines of Meg Whitman, the ex-CEO of eBay, who is making a run for California governor. She could save that state and show the political leeches who’s in control.

Although, there’s also someone like Mitt Romney, who despite his rescue of the Salt Lake City Olympics years ago, I’m still no fan of his. He’s the guy who made Massachusetts a universal health-care state. Massachusetts’ budget is now blowing up in their face after he was long gone to try a Presidential run in 2008. So there are no guarantees, I realize that.

But I’m not counting myself out either. I’ve been in the private sector since my first job at age 17, until I got my first non-profit position last December. I put myself through college while working full time; and many times I have worked 2 jobs. I majored in and received my degree in Accounting. I have worked in the accounting field for over 7 years, including nearly 2 years of auditing, and 4 years of personal income taxes.

This means I’ve had reports returned to me because I was off by one penny in my calculations. This means big business decisions were made based on reports I and many others on my team have devised. This means I’ve had to dispute payments with vendors, and I’ve had to make collection calls to customers to remind them they were late. I’ve had to solidify audit findings with documentation that could fill hard drives in order to prove my assertions. I’ve been part of screaming matches with upper management. I’ve given detailed presentations to managers and fellow auditors around the world, including one about the USA’s current economic collapse. I’ve been involved in politically charged arguments over my reporting. I’ve been a watchdog to large companies by combing through their financial information, and questioning any figures that weren’t clear.

This may not be a big deal to many of you, and it may to some of you. What I want to know is, what about Barney Frank? Has Barney Frank done any of this?

He has zero private sector experience. Ditto for Obama. The closest Obama came to sniffing any private sector was being a hotshot lawyer for his Acorn organization.

Barney Frank is not only a Congressman from Massachusetts, but he’s the Financial Services Committee Chairman. Are you serious?

I have more financial experience than that guy.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two giant companies that are “sponsored” by the government. Yeah, they are normally called “GSEs” for “government sponsored entities”. That’s code for “we’re going to pretend these companies are privately owned, but if they suck, then the taxpayer will pay for them to be rescued”.

(As a side note, when I found out in my retirement plan that the “Inflation Protection Index Plan” portion contained stock in Fannie Mae, I pulled out immediately. Seriously? Inflation protection? Fannie Mae? Yeah, I digress.)

Well, both funny-named companies were on the brink of failing in late 2008. And sure enough, against the wishes of the American people, $200,000,000,000 of bailout money was sent their way.

Barney Frank called these companies “financially sound” back in 2005. You can’t say he didn’t see this coming, because he said this in response to Republican warnings that these companies would be in trouble. As flawed as Republicans are, they did warn him.

Another case in point: President Obama. He gets elected, and then subsequently seems to like pointing out to us repeatedly that this economy is one he “inherited”, even though he voted for every government plan that contributed to this mess while he was in Congress from 2006-2008.

The guy promises transparency. Yeah, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised the same damn thing in 2006, but hey, the American people believed him anyway. He got a pass.

You got Inspector General Gerald Walpin, who was just fired this month. Who cares, right?

The Inspector General is pretty much the highest level auditor in the land. Now, I’ve audited financial statements, bank reconciliations, physical inventories, and the like. The Inspector General does that with all of our tax dollars.

Walpin finds out that Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson was (allegedly) misusing federal funds for personal use, to the tune of $800,000. Walpin calls him out. He does as any auditor should and report his findings. Kevin Johnson falls into scandal, his political career is over, and Walpin keeps holding any recipient of federal funds accountable for their actions.

Oops, that’s not what happened.

“Mr. Transparency” Obama fired the guy for ratting out his friend. An official White House statement claimed this guy was “disoriented”. This is the transparency you Obama voters want, right? Not only was Walpin disgraced, but future Inspector Generals are put on notice that they should find what the President wants him to find. I know if I was an auditor, and company management could tell me what I should audit and what I can’t, that’s the biggest red flag right there.

ACORN, who also takes federal funds, refuses to open their books for independent audit. There’s another red flag.

There is no accountability in the Obama administration.

I dare you to try and prove me wrong.

Or you can mock me and put your trust in Barney Frank by default. He’ll take care of you. You can let Congress raise your taxes (and Obama sign the tax increases into law) so they can gain more money (more power), and make them more able to tax you even more.

Prove me wrong.

The past few days, I brainstormed a bunch of ideas; a list of topics I wanted to cover in this brand new blog. I’ve got enough material to last several weeks with, but every time I sit down to type them in, I stop. I can’t seem to focus enough to do so, or my mind just shuts down. Now I know why.

It seriously pains me to think that many of those close to me don’t realize why I’m doing what I’m doing. They might think they get it, but they don’t.

For example, I didn’t announce my intention to consider running for President in order to be “cute”. I’m not doing this to hear, “Awww, how cute, you want to be President”. Or, ” ‘President Kent’ has a nice ring to it”. I appreciate your support, but read on to see what I am truly getting at.

I am frequently getting accused of liking politics. Most people saying that to me don’t see it as an accusation; they see it as an interest rather than a compulsion. In other words, to them it’s in the same boat as liking baseball or football. Then I hear the usual “I’m not into politics like you are”, as if I wanted to do this.

I’m not trying to convert people to be Cleveland Browns fans. I don’t force people to listen to my music (although from a sales perspective, doing so would really help my wallet some). I don’t do this because I like it and I want people to like it like I do.

If you read and take in nothing else, understand this: I HATE IT.

At the risk of sounding like a whiner, I don’t want to do this. I have to do this. Why do I have to? Because you won’t.

I understand not everyone wants to run, or even be actively involved. That’s fine; not everyone is designed that way. Hell, I’m not designed that way. This wasn’t much of a problem before because we could trust the government (give or take) to represent our interests, and we could go on with our daily lives while they went to work.

It’s not that way anymore. It’s up to us now. I couldn’t look myself in the mirror if I didn’t step up and give my 100%.

Do you believe in callings? I’m not sure I do, but this may be it. A voice didn’t appear from afar with prophesies that I will work towards the presidency like in King Arthur. I’m not “The Chosen One” like in kung fu movies. After weeks of inner deliberation, and thinking myself to death, I gave in to that mysterious intangible force. I’ll do my best to pursue it, because I couldn’t accept less of myself if I didn’t. I couldn’t tell my nephews and niece and future children (if I have any) that I did my out-and-out best at this. I have to look in the mirror just like all of you. This is what I have to do in order to like what I see.

I don’t want to be a hero. I don’t want to save us from ourselves. I just want to clean house in Washington and then go home. I’m a musician at heart, and I’d rather play piano and make recordings any day of the week. I’d rather put out recordings that will touch the souls and emotions of listeners everywhere. I’d rather relax at home with the wood burning stove in the winter time.

“We The People” have a chance. “We The People” have a say as to what goes on. “We The People” can even freely choose to ignore all of the above and instead concentrate on the new American Idol and wonder if his coming out of the closet will affect his career.

The people in Latin America don’t have that choice.

Mexicans are still fighting government corruption and drug cartels. Parents can attempt to ignore politics in Mexico, until their children see severed heads in the school yards from the drug cartels wanting to intimidate people.

Colombian people spend every waking moment trying to shed their country’s reputation as a drug cartel country. They have a representative government in place that have real teeth, and aren’t just placeholders anymore. Bogotà has high speed internet. Medellin is scrambling to improve their infrastructure so that businesses will invest more in Colombia. The people can try to ignore politics there, but frequent bombings from the FARC organization make that no longer an option. They don’t forget things such as the FARC taking over their Supreme Court, executing all the judges and 200 hostages in the mid 1980s.

England let themselves go. They are taxed to death because the people let the government do such a thing. As an example, gasoline taxes were so high in 2005 that gas cost $8-$9 per gallon. This was before the USA started experiencing $2 per gallon gasoline for the first time in our generation. I can’t imagine how much gas was last summer. English people have largely lost hope and resigned to that fact that government can force them do to whatever the government wishes.

Simply put, once you have the choice and choose to ignore it, pretty soon that choice will be taken away from you because the government thinks you won’t miss it. Then when you want that choice back, the government isn’t so easy to give it back.

It’s happening now under Obama and his Congress. Many will say this started with George W. Bush and his Congresses. Historians will point to Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Obama has appointed “czars” to control the free market, our automobiles, our paychecks, and the environment.

Bush started the mega-bailout era, and signed stupid laws such as the mandatory usage of flourescent light bulbs in 2012. You know soft light bulbs will be illegal, do you not?

I could go on, but is it to the point to where it is pointless now?

I’m losing hope because of you.

I’ll do what I have to do.

I am now in touch with a local Tea Party organizer. I figure I need to get in with like-minded people so I don’t have to feel alone at this.

I’ll do what I have to do.

Not because I like having to do this. I do it because I must.

You know, it must be nice to say “I’m not into politics” or “I’m too busy for politics”.

Well…I’m not into going to work, or paying my bills, or cleaning my house.

If I stopped cleaning and let my house go for several years, it will be one big nasty mess, with only myself to blame.

You leave politics alone for several years as a collective group, and you get the same results.

Politicians are only how they are because you’re not keeping a close eye on them. I bet it’s like going to work, only the boss never shows up to supervise you for four years, and then decides whether to keep you or fire you…or not deciding at all.

You wouldn’t check on your kids every four years, would you? Why do the same for politicians?

I don’t want to sound like I’m lecturing from my computer desk, but fair, free, and peaceful elections are nothing short of a miracle. It just doesn’t seem so because we’re used to it as 21st century Americans.

It took a visit to Colombia, South America, to really see this.

Granted, the Colombian citizens aren’t actively fighting for fair and free elections like the Iranians are. Colombia has fair and free elections now. The country is moving as quickly as they can to expand business and infrastructure. It’s to the point to where Colombia may be safer than Mexico (or close to it).

But politics are a part of their daily lives whether they like it or not. It’s because the terrorist FARC organization still bombs buildings in Bogotà for their “cause”. While I was visiting last year, I found out that a police station was bombed across town, killing 4 and injuring 11. Try sleeping well that night wondering if your building is next.

I wish we all knew how spoiled we are. I wish we all knew how much of a luxury it is to say “I’m not into politics”. I wish we all knew that all it would take to turn horrible politicians into honest ones is to keep a watchful eye over them.

You have to realize that if you are rooting for me, you cannot assume that I’ll take care of everything leading up to Election Day. The Democrats and Republicans would not nominate me at all (I wouldn’t accept even if they did). The Democrats and Republicans have colluded together to install a rule that in order for other candidates to participate in televised national debates, they must have 15% support at the polls to begin with. The Libertarian Party is lucky to get 5% support. And anyone who has voted knows that 10-15 candidates are listed on the ballot. So how will I get in without your support?

I realize that this will take time. Many who read this don’t really know who I am, what I stand for, and if they trust my ideas. That’s why I have to start now instead of waiting for 2011.

Blogging isn’t enough. It’s only a start to expand upon my platform and point out how much the status quo sucks and how it can be changed.

Protesting isn’t enough. I went to two Tea Party protests: one in Chicago on 2/27/09, and Medina (Ohio) on 4/15/09. I’m wanting to go to Washington DC on July 4th. While it’s great to speak with like-minded people and show the rest of the country what we’re truly about, once the buzz dies down, it’s back to the status quo again.

Running for any office other than President won’t be enough. It’s a route I most likely have to take if I wanted to pursue holding elected offices, but I’d only be one man among many. I can’t make enough of an impact that way; I can’t reverse course.

I just want to get elected, clean house, restore the federal government to the limited powers it should have had in the first place, and then go home. No lobbyists, no payoffs, no political favors, no false campaign promises, none of the crap we all get now. So if you support this, support me! And if you don’t agree with me, then support someone whom you trust, or support the candidate that a trusted friend supports. If you choose not to participate intelligently or actively, then you’re really a part of the problem.

The late George Carlin once called religion “the biggest bullshit story ever told” from his 1998 comedy routine called “You Are All Diseased”. He further went on to say that churches “take in billions of dollars, pay no taxes, and they’re always wanting a little more”.

The Bible strongly encourages that people tithe 10% of their income to the church.

So given Carlin’s assertion, if we pay 15-40% to the federal government, and 15-40% is surely greater than the 10% we would give to the church, tell me something: Who is telling the greatest bullshit story this time?

I don’t mean take away their food, although it does make for some entertaining thoughts.

I mean take away the federal government’s money. How many of us fail to see that it’s OUR money in the first place?

We don’t really miss it because we don’t see a bill for it like we do for our utilities, cable TV, etc. The government has mandatoried human resource and payroll departments to take that money from us before we even receive our paycheck.

Can you imagine the federal government sending you a bill for $126 every month? That’s for someone working 40 hours a week at the Ohio minimum wage ($7.30/hr) at a 10% tax bracket, with no refundable credits. What about for those of us that make more than that and pay higher percentages? How much would our monthly bill be? That doesn’t even include Social Security and Medicare taxes.

I’ll keep that in mind the next time I think my utilities are too expensive.

The other half of that battle is – where is all that money going?

It’s given to the people that THEY choose to give it to. It’s reward money to corporations and organizations for contributing to their election campaigns. It’s hush money to keep dissenters quiet. It’s mandatory charity. In other words, you are giving to charities you may not agree with.

To give your money to a charity of your choosing is great. It’s the way things should be. To be forced to give to someone against your will, with the penalty of jail time and property seizure for failing to pay income taxes, is what is happening now. We are endorsing legalized theft.

The federal government should do what 50 separate state governments cannot do – such as conduct foreign policy, maintain (NOT regulate) a common currency, and limited interstate commerce. No more – because having separate states would mean nothing. No less – because the USA already tried that from 1776-1787, and it was failing.

Now, they’re putting our country trillions of dollars in debt. If all our debtors requested immediate payment of that debt, each household would be responsible for between $100,000 and $1,000,000, depending on whose estimates you believe. If our economy was growing astronomically, we may have a fighting chance if the government quit spending. It’s not. Our economy is falling, and the feds are spending more. The Obama administration is looking to spend more money than all our previous presidents’ administrations combined. That’s 1776 – 2008. That’s 232 years. Obama has been in office for 5 months. I think he’s already beaten Bush’s 8 years of spending. If not, it won’t be long before he does.

That’s why we have to starve the feds. Their arrogance is causing them to think that we work for them. Many of us who don’t vote probably believe the same thing. The Constitution says that they work for us. Starve the feds of their money, and we starve them of their power. Then we starve them of their arrogance as a result.

Many people, including me, have not done our part to hold their feet to the fire. We haven’t held them responsible for their actions. It’s easier to bury our heads in the sand, because the burden of taking this on can be crushing.

The idea of considering a run for President is a desperate one for me. I have to make up for my political slacking in years past. I feel like I wasted the years my grandfather was in World War II. I feel like that any lesser office isn’t enough. Even if I was a Congressman, I’d still be one among 538 Congressmen.

I also know that many people just want to live life and not worry about these things. I’m with you. I think it sucks that on top of all of our daily stresses, we have to babysit childish and irresponsible politicians in Washington at the same time. I will do everything in my power to starve them of theirs. I just want to clean house.

Below is an essay I posted on my social networking sites. This is what brought me to start this blog site in the first place.

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I don’t even know where to begin.

This idea hit me like a freight train a couple weeks ago and it hasn’t let up since. Why am I even considering this?

Because in times like these, I feel like I have to. Because it feels like no one else is even close to considering this.

I don’t even WANT to be President. I’d rather stay at my home by the woods and play music all day. I’m not a politician. I haven’t written any books. I haven’t even attended any town hall meetings.

The idea may sound silly; but really, who else is going to step up? Who?

I’m tired of waiting to find out. The government is working so quickly to perform irreversible damage to this country that it will be too late by the 2012 Presidential election. It may even be too late by the 2010 Congressional elections. I don’t care if you’re Democrat or Republican; they’re BOTH doing this to us.

So I am speaking up now.

It’s not because this is what I wanted to be when I grew up. I’m a musician and an accountant for crying out loud. I feel like the people who we trusted to be in charge of us have created an insurmountable mess and “We The People” have to come in and clean it all up. That’s my mission. I want to do enough to houseclean and then go home once Washington is in trusted hands again.

I’m almost jealous of those of you who aren’t paying attention. Many of you are happy to be hiding away from the mess. Believe me, I’ve been tempted to do the same. All I know is that I can’t sit on the couch and scream at the TV any longer. I have to try this. I have to try something.

Why shouldn’t I? To not even try would mean automatic failure. To not even try would only play into the idea that politics are only for politicians, and that the rest of us are just “little people”. I’m not buying into that anymore. When we are (or about to be) getting screwed, we should be the FIRST to stand up, and not the last.

So here it is. My platform will revolve around two central ideas. There will be more later; but these will be the two major ones.

DRAMATICALLY LOWER TAXES

I don’t believe in the income tax. It’s none of the government’s business how much you make. I’d rather switch to a nationwide sales tax, such as the FairTax (info can be found on www.fairtax.org). However, only Congress and the states can eliminate the income tax by passing a new constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th amendment that allowed federal income taxes in the first place. Therefore, I’d lower the federal income tax rate to a flat 10% for everyone. No deductions, no exemptions, no exceptions, just 10% for everybody. If that starves the federal government…too bad. You and I have to budget for hard economic times, and so can they. It’s our money they’re budgeting anyway. I’d rather you have the money than them.

STATES’ RIGHTS

The Constitution and Bill Of Rights of 1787 allowed the federal government just enough power to keep the states united, and no more. That’s where it should be, and that’s where it WILL be if I’m elected President. The federal government can control national defense, maintain a common currency (NOT control it like they do now), and regulate limited interstate commerce. That’s it. The rest should be left up to the states. The states can decide whether they want to legalize or outlaw abortion, marijuana, gun control, prostitution, gay marriage, income taxes, euthanasia; whatever you want. That way you can always move to another state if you don’t like your state’s laws. You shouldn’t have to consider moving to another country if the federal government forces their will upon you.

If you agree, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. There’s no way in hell I can do this by myself. You need to spread the word and make this real. I have no problem chucking this idea out the window if this isn’t what you want; but if you’re with me on this, you need to act on it. I’m just a regular guy, and it will take more than me to get this going. If you’re going to be shy about this, then we will lose. It’s as simple as that.

I plan on starting a new web page and blogging additional ideas. I plan on talking about this with regular people. If this is what we want, we have to make the effort to go get it. If someone I trust with political experience can do better than I on this, I have no problem passing the baton and letting him or her run with it. The problem I have now is…whom do I trust? And really, whom do YOU trust?

Thanks for reading.

Kory Kent
5/25/2009