I Believe in Small Government
The government has expanded to govern territory it shouldn’t since 1787. Not land or sea, rather our civil liberties and the way they manage our lives. Before you think I’m a Communist, understand that
“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from the government.”
– Thomas Paine“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President.”
– President Theodore Roosevelt
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights [1] was intended to protect and our citizens (even if it was 13 colonies, at the time) from large government. We emigrated to North America to get away from the British control. Specifically, the Pilgrims came to here to find religious freedom [2].
Power to the government really is found on the 16th Amendment [3], which is the right to collect tax revenue. Once you give the government control to collect money, power is taken away from the people. When taxes can be raised (and rarely, if ever, lowered) at a whim without getting popular vote approval — I find today’s application of taxes unconstitutional.
The Federal Reserve is unconstitutional [4]. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson didn’t like the idea of a national bank, as it was unproductive and bears risks on citizens because of special interests associated with it. Presidential candidate Ron Paul vows to remove the Federal Reserve [5].
The Patriot Act is unconstitutional [6][7][8] and doesn’t protect the citizens [9]. When President Bush signed this in, it allowed law enforcement, mainly the FBI, CIA and NSA to intercept communications between anyone for any reason without a search warrant/subpoena. Additionally, clauses in the Patriot Act allow for the government to arbitrarily deny someone their right to an attorney, trial among other civil liberty fundamentals.
Stop meddling in World Affairs. I know we are the best country on earth, but let’s take care of our own before we must appease the rest of the world by killing thousands of innocent people [10] in order to provide a “democracy.” Seriously, if the people wanted a democracy, they would have fought for it and been done already. Four years into Iraq [11], and they still don’t have a functional government? How much of the taxpayers money have we spent? More than $466 Billion [12]!
Small government works. It benefits us all. There won’t be any tyranny as a result, if we just follow the constitution.
Because of this, Ron Paul has made a blip on my political radar. Check him out.
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