On Jul 17, 6:02 pm, jetgraphics <jetgraph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> How do we know it's not about solving problems?
>
> In the cycle of campaigning for public office, each slate of
> candidates will march forth, claiming that only THEY can solve
> America's problems. Of course, when nothing substantive changes, the
> voters look at each other, and sigh.
>
> Let's face facts - partisan politics is really about gaining power,
> access to public funds, and enrichment of those who sup****t the
> winners. Anything else that happens is superfluous.
>
> What WOULD lead this correspondent to believe that a candidate WAS
> serious about solving problems?
>
> Simple: A concise, cogent collection of sentences that explicitly
> address these facts and conditions.
>
> 1. End of the Age of Fossil Fuels.
> 2. Unpayable National Debt.
> 3. Unconstitutional invasions of foreign lands.
> 4. Subsidy of consumption and penalty on production.
>
> 1. End of the Age of Fossil Fuels. As early as the 18th century, coal
> was mined and utilized for fuel. In the 19th century, oil wells were
> drilled and tapped. By 2060, a period spanning roughly 250 years,
> these fossil fuel sources will have been significantly exhausted.
> Hitting "empty" when it takes 65 million years to refill the "Fossil
> Fuel Tank" is not an option. Endowing our grandchildren with a
> resource depleted planet is not good, to say the least.
>
> 2. Unpayable National Debt. As of July 2008, the national debt has
> passed 9.5 Trillion dollars. What most do not comprehend, is that the
> debt is denominated in lawful money, that is to say, gold and silver
> coin of the United States of America. Federal Reserve Notes* cannot
> pay that debt, since the Constitution only allows gold or silver coin
> as payment (not discharge) of debt. If that debt is recomputed in
> terms of gold bullion, it dwarfs the world's supply of above ground
> gold. At current mining rates, it would take 75,000 years to mine the
> bullion to pay off the debt - if the debt was frozen right now.
> (* Federal Reserve Notes are promises to pay lawful money, on demand.
> That promise was repudiated in 1933, and FRNs have no par value. FRNs
> are not dollars, pursuant to the U.S. Constitution. They are legal
> tender only upon obligated parties.)
>
> 3. Unconstitutional invasions of foreign lands. Since 1945, and the
> end of World War II, Congress has failed to declare a constitutional
> war. One can only speculate on the many reasons and explanations for a
> total disregard of the Constitution.
>
> 4. Subsidy of consumption and penalty on production. Since 1913, and
> the Supreme Court decision in 1916, the United States of America has
> suffered under a tax system that penalized productive activities and
> productive people, via the tax levied upon income. This was further
> expanded via the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (Social Security
> Act of 1935). This system rewards those who are nonproductive at the
> expense of the productive. It is no surprise that industries have been
> destroyed or driven over our borders. It is no surprise that our
> workers have lost equitable buying power for their wages, whose face
> value appears impressive, but whose true value is pitiful.
>
> Common Sense Solutions:
> 1. Electrification of all Railroads (heavy, slow freight).
> Introduction of electrified fast, lightweight passenger and freight
> service, on segregated tracks (can't use current freight track because
> of conflicting FRA rules). Reconstruction of interurban and urban rail
> transit (streetcars, trolleys, etc). Streamline intermodal freight
> (long haul RR containers to short haul truckers, for local
> deliveries). Eliminate 90% of long haul diesel trucking. Eliminate the
> need for 80% of automobile trips. Expand water transit corridors,
> restore abandoned canals, encourage low energy low cost trans****t and
> recreational use. Conservation is paramount. Reduce petroleum
> consumption below domestic production levels, and find renewable
> replacements ASAP. Eventually, stop using fossil fuels before they are
> completely exhausted.
>
> 2. Repeal 14th amendment, so that the public debt CAN be questioned.
> End the perpetual "tem****ary" State of Emergency, first declared in
> 1933, and renewed by each sitting president. Investigate how much
> lawful money was lent to the Congress, and how much of the national
> debt was usury - interest charges. Since usury is mathematically
> impossible* to pay in a finite money token system,
Which nobody is under at the moment and which nobody was ever
under that I know of. In any case it's only impossible if the
usurers
don't spend anything.
> contracts for usury
> by Congress are suspect. They may be grounds for prosecution as
> treasonable conduct. Impossible contracts are illegal,
> unconstitutional, immoral and just plain stupid.
> (* Aggregate usury creates an obligation that is larger than the whole
> sum of money tokens. Thus a pro****tion of debtors must default, and
> lose their pledged collateral, because the money does not exist. Usury
> is a scheme and a scam to rob people and has been condemned by all
> religions and philosophers, throughout history. Unfortunately, usurers
> bribed enough academics and leaders, to rewrite the rules in their
> favor.)
>
> 3. Immediately cease all hostile actions in foreign lands, retrieve
> all American personnel and material, and start an investigation into
> the covert actions behind these unconstitutional military actions. In
> place of a military system designed to be a mercenary force, wielding
> deadly force without constitutional authority, arm the American
> people. Since the "militia" includes all able bodied citizens (of a
> specific age range), give basic instruction in the use of weaponry,
> issue fully automatic weapons and ammunition to each, to be stored at
> their homes and places of business. A fully armed people, who do not
> engage in predatory attacks on others, is at no risk of invasion. On
> the contrary, a disarmed and helpless people are prey to criminals, in
> and out of government. Once Americans are fully trained and armed, as
> a society, it would be unrewarding to prey upon them.
>
> 4. Repeal any and all taxes on productive people and enterprises. Only
> levy imposts, duties and excises on taxable privileges and upon those
> who consume the goods and services deemed to be taxable privileges.
> This will eliminate the hidden ex****t tax (unconstitutional) on
> American made goods and services, and impose a tax upon im****ts. This
> ****fts the burden from producers to consumers. Natural forces and
> common sense will find equilibrium that allows America to rebuild her
> prosperity.
>
> And while we are on the subject of "common sense", let us note this:
> "In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the
> single sentence: Abolition of private property."
> The Communist Manifesto
>
> Amendment V, US Constitution 1789
> ... nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
> compensation.
>
> "PRIVATE PROPERTY - As protected from being taken for public uses, is
> such property as belongs absolutely to an individual, and of which he
> has the exclusive right of disposition. Property of a specific, fixed
> and tangible nature, capable of being in possession and transmitted to
> another, such as houses, lands, and chattels."
> - - - Black's Law dictionary, sixth ed., p.1217
>
> Since 1913, has Congress acted to SECURE and PROTECT American private
> property, or has it abolished it? Has Congress levied taxes upon and
> authorized confiscation of the people's property without just
> compensation?
>
> Why has Congress enacted legislation in harmony with the ten planks of
> the Communist Manifesto?
> And why has each sitting president, since 1933, renewed the "State of
> Emergency" that empowers questionable "Executive Orders"?
>
> Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense why no candidate
> dares to address these issues. Do you see it, too?
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