One of the "root cause" problems of our system today is the extra-constitutional two-party "duopoly", which basically guarantees in any one arm of government at every level a "majority faction" -- recall, "majority faction" is one particularly consequential evil of democratic government that the Founders explicitly called out and targeted with various features of our Constitution.
Another problem is the income tax. Our Founders never intended there to be an income tax -- ever. All tax revenue was to be obtained by a modest tariff on articles of manufacture, period. I can list an endless stream of quotes from Washington to Teddy Roosevelt about the evils of the income tax and merits of the tariff for encouraging capitalists to invest in American labor. Thanks to Woodrow Wilson, we have the income tax, the UN (he pimped an early and especially pathetic precursor to it, the "League of Nations"), and central reserve banking. All of these were antithetical to the underlying philosophical objectives of our system. It's a mistake to compare Obama to Lincoln or FDR. He's rather more like Wilson---something of an academic, a know-it-all, man-of-the-world, and hostile to the core of Constitutional republicanism on so many levels. Most people don't know this but Wilson actually had dissenters rounded up and interned, not unlike what Obama is starting with his "fishy rumor" website, his "civilian expeditionary force," and the concentration camps they are building under the guise of preparing for future FEMA emergencies. - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 3:35 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Things that make you go "Hmmm" > > This is why we need term limits and why we'll never see them. > > > ************************************************* > Join the OBAMA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT! > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/6181419 > > > --- On Mon, 8/10/09, Stephen Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Stephen Russell <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [OT] Things that make you go "Hmmm" > > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:30 PM > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:24 PM, > > Michael Madigan<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > That's what's so screwed up with our system. > > > > > > 1. The Drug Companies support Republican > > politicians > > > > > > 2. The Trial Lawyers support Democrat politicians. > > > > > > How can you ever reach a solution when these > > politicians are in the pocket of special interest groups? > > ------------------------------ > > > > I would love to see the guests on Sunday morning political > > shows give > > every guest a racing jacket that had a logo on it for > > every > > sponsor/backer they declared on the disclosure forms they > > have to > > submit. Kind of like Nascar like. The larger the > > patch the more they > > are giving. > > > > That would be great. > > > > When debates come out you could have the ticker operating > > underneath > > the current speaker with their lineage of sponsors as > > well. > > > > Freedom of information! > > -- > > Stephen Russell > > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > > SQL Server DBA > > Web and Winform Development > > Independent Contractor > > Memphis TN > > > > 901.246-0159 > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
