The Plan to Take Back America

April 15, 2009

As we go to our tea parties today, we have to ask ourselves, what exactly is it we want?
If you or I were to be President of the United States, what would we strive to change about our government outside of the social issues that divide Democrat from Republican? What specifically do we want our Tea Parties to accomplish, other than blowing off some steam, facilitating a 60’s flashback and getting the attention of our congressmen and senators? Why do we go?

I believe that most Americans are down-to-earth, common sense folks who want to continue living in the United States of America, and not the North American Annex of Mainland China or Extreme Western Europe or CanAmMex. I believe that most people are so concerned about the direction our government is going that they are willing to make short-term personal and financial sacrifices to turn our economy around—including rallying on the court house steps.

We need to make our national financial stability our top priority to the exclusion and sacrifice (if necessary) of our pressing and divisive social issues. We especially need to put aside the Pro-Choice/Anti-Abortion discussion until the crisis is past. This single issue divides reasonable people who now need to work together to save our nation and way of life. Lay it down for a while. All the arguments will still be there if and when our nation is financially healthy again.

All of the answers to our financial woes aim toward getting control of our spending, balancing our budget and having a healthy national economy regardless of the global outlook. All of the answers have to do with getting representation in Washington that agrees with that premise and ousting the arrogant professional politicians who dance the beltway shuffle to the tune of the richest lobbyists while winking at the sentiments of their constituents back home, knowing they are going to use the P.A.C. money the lobbyists steer their way to buy votes back home to win another tour of our nations’ capitol so they can pander to lobbyists at the exclusion of the constituents. And the beat goes on . . .

When T.A.R.P. was presented for a vote last fall, phone calls in congressional offices were 90% against, yet, with 90% of the population of the country against this bill, it was passed by pious blow-hards in both the House and Senate who thought they knew better than the people who elected them how to handle this (we were told) dire situation. They failed to listen to their constituents.

And, more or less, we constituents were so used to our congressmen voting against us, that we grumbled a bit about it, and a few of us shrugged our shoulders, but we did nothing. We didn’t complain. We didn’t have a rally to picket the congressman’s office. We didn’t march on Washington. We didn’t send a letter or email condemning this vote. We didn’t even bother to pick up the phone to complain.

So they did it again!

They bailed out the banks, they bailed out A.I.G., they financed a stimulus bill, they passed an obese budget, they bailed out GM and Chrysler and, before you know it, our pockets were inside out, our jobs disappeared, we were paying our neighbor’s mortgage and yet they were still talking about spending more and more and more.

In addition to giving our tax dollars away at a record-breaking rate, our government has also been flirting with the International Monetary Fund about accepting a global currency. Allowing our money to be controlled by some unseen, non-U.S. interest is the same as volunteering for slavery. Did we elect these people? Do we even know who runs the organization? And do we know who runs that person?

Here is a brief outline of what I would propose if I were elected President:

My Fellow Americans:
What I am about to propose is going to be difficult, and not politically correct by anyone’s standards. I know that it’s harsh. But since I am not running for reelection, I don’t have to care if you like or dislike me. What I care about is what is best for the survival of our country. Therefore, I propose the following:

End illegal immigration

• We are no longer financing the medical care, social security, disability and education of people who are not citizens of the United States. They need to go home immediately. Starting next month, they will not receive any government money of any sort and their children will not be welcome in our school. This will immediately downsize our entitlement spending.
• If someone wants to immigrate to the United States, we have established ways to do that.
• Enforce the law.
• Enforce the borders, particularly the U.S./Mexican border. This is one place I am willing to spend money in order to save money.
• Think of the U.S. Border Patrol as your new national financial advisors.

End the War on Terrorism

• This war is draining our country’s coffers and no matter how you feel about the war, we can no longer afford it. Bring the boys home and sign them up for border patrol.
• We are going to need lots of help escorting all of the Illegals out of the country and keeping them out.
• It will take time to withdraw our troops overseas, but we should see a reduction in defense spending within 12 months.
• Send the C.I.A., Special Forces, or our best assassin squads over to the Middle East (or to whatever part of the globe is currently threatening us) to take care of those radical creeps.
• We can no longer afford to build schools and offer medical care to gently sway local opinion of the U.S., so we are going to go kick butt as efficiently as possible.
• And we’re not going to answer to anyone about our techniques as to whether we washed our hands before we pulled the trigger on these creeps who invade our country, blow up our buildings and cut off our heads on T.V.

Rewrite the maritime laws to encourage ships to carry their own security, particularly if they are going to be in known pirate infested waters.

• Our military does not have the resources to be everywhere at one time. Our citizens need to know that they have the right to defend their property and that the government will back them up on their actions.

No more earmarks

• Period.

No more bailouts

• All future failures of banks, insurance companies, auto builders and corporations should be viewed as capitalism in action and referred to bankruptcy court.
• In the U.S. of A., you have the right to succeed and you have the right to fail based on your own efforts.
• There is no industry which is so valuable that we will take away this right in order to spare a special interest segment of society pain in the wake of your demise.
• We’ll mourn you, and you’ll be replaced by a better-run, more efficient operation you if you can’t reinvent yourself in a profitable manner.
  

Restructure taxes

• No more income tax.
• The I.R.S. will be downsized but not eliminated. It will now focus on how the government spends taxpayer money and create a truly transparent accounting system we can understand.
• Consumption tax will be paid on all purchases.
• Consumption tax eliminates favoritism—all consumers pay tax when they purchase an item. The less you buy, the less you pay.
• This plan encourages business in a tax-free atmosphere
• This plan encourages tax-free savings
• This plan initially puts more money in the pockets of the consumers and immediately puts more money on the street to get commerce humming again.
• This may help to lower the initial cost of an item since there are no taxes collected or paid on it until it reaches the consumer.
• Taxes on imported goods: In order for our domestic goods to be financially competitive we need to tax the goods flowing over our borders from overseas. This will give our domestically produced goods made with domestically produced workers, a level starting point in a capitalistic market.
• Let’s call it the import tax and make all imported goods subject to a flat percentage tax.

We are not going to consult the United Nations before we make a decision, although we may inform them after the fact.

• On the other hand, we are going to inform the public before we do something and get their negative and positive input.
  

Eradicate Social Security and Disability payments for those people with an income over $100,000 or an estate over $1,000,000.

• This system is in place to help the neediest members of our society and should not be an automatic across the board benefit for all seniors, but only available to those that need it.
• I seriously considered asking for a 10% reduction in remaining Social Security and Disability payments but decided that most of this money is disposable and these folks need the money to pay their new consumption taxes, which may (in reality) constitute a reduction in income if the initial cost of goods produced is not lower as expected. Furthermore, we do not want to deliberately decrease the capitol flowing in our economy.

Finally, (and you're probably going to hate this one and call me un-american for this):

Revoke voting rights of everyone receiving government entitlements such as welfare, medicade or unemployment

• If you are receiving money from the government, living off other people's taxes, you are guaranteed to vote for whoever is going to extend or enhance your benefits and are not in a position to choose the best person for the postion.
• Voting rights will be restored as soon as you are self-sufficient.

Folks, we get the behavior we tolerate. We are responsible for the poor behavior of our elected officials. We have required too little of them and have not held them accountable for their actions.

Until now.