What We Have Lost!

[M]

Reprinted with permission of the Author; The Tradesman;

What We Have Lost.
by The Tradesman 12/19


 Originally our Founding Fathers created an experiment in Governance that was unprecedented. It was the People governed by themselves and the methods of that governance was categorized within the US Constitution. That Constitution was not what controlled the people, it was intended to govern the actions of the Government. Within it's parameters it set out what was and what was not allowed for the Governments to do unless 3/4 of the people wanted to interpret it's article or articles in a slightly different way than originally stated. In effect it was a Clarification the people put on themselves without changing the basic structure of that Constitution. 

 Under the Constitution as originally interpreted, The States were Sovereign Nations unto themselves but banded together in a perpetual union for the mutual protection and mutual benefits for all. The Federal central government was controlled by the states who in turn were controlled by their citizens. The States were controlled by their individual Constitutions originally, and the overriding political theory was; The states could decide how they wanted their laws to be made, and if people were not satisfied they could change them or move to another State were the laws were more to their liking. At that point, the Bill of Rights only pertained to laws the Federal Government enacted.

 As time went on, Things were being slowly changed by Amendments to the Constitution. Again those Amendments by their very nature, are not permanent, and do not create a permanent change to the Original strictures of the Constitution. All they do, and were intended to do, was to allow the following generations to interpret the legal meanings of the Constitution and what it impacted, as determined by a 3/4 majority of the people themselves.

 After the Civil War there was a forced change to the interpretation of the Constitution. Some of it was necessary to redress past improper racial and religious intolerance and discrimination. Some of the provisions were devastating to the original intent of the Constitution that allowed the Federal government supreme control over the States and the people. That was done through the 14th amendment. the vast majority of the 14th Amendment is right and proper in restoring rights that were wrongly stripped from a class of Americans, for the 84 years the Constitution was in effect. Later interpretations by the Court system used it to grant certain rights it's original meaning did not intend to grant, and it was not done by the parliamentary process of legislation. Specifically Birthright citizenship without proper restrictions the original legislators intended. See; http://www.14thamendment.us/amendment/14th_amendment.html  for what the sponsors of that Amendment intended it to be and how it has been expanded by Justices Legislating from the bench.

 Now we come to thinks that have skewed over the last 110 years. Starting with Theodore Roosevelt and his idea of classic Liberalism. Originally, Liberalism was not intended to destroy businesses, but instead to temper the monopolistic industrial capitalism the industrial age brought forth. Roosevelt made it clear in his first State of the Union message what he wanted for America; “The old laws, and the old customs which had almost the binding force of law, were once quite sufficient to regulate the accumulation and distribution of wealth. Since the industrial changes which have so enormously increased the productive power of mankind, they are no longer sufficient.”  It was the meager beginnings of the Socialist Welfare State to come.

 Now enters the 16th Amendment. That Amendment further abrogated the rights of the people and strengthened the power of the Federal central government by ignoring the Constitutional principle of an apportioned taxation. Apportioned Taxation means based upon the population of the state, in proportion to the rest of the states. Example, if a state was home to 10% of the total population of the nation as found by the census, that state's share of any federal income tax would be 10% of the total tax burden to be levied. Now in excess of that the government taxes the income of each citizen at the SAME rate percentage wise.

 The 17th Amendment was the Amendment that Stripped the States of their Constitutional control of the Senators who were supposed to Represent the States interests in Congress as determined by the State Legislatures. The Senators were never meant to directly be elected by the people nor to directly represent the people. With that Amendment the Senators were only responsible to their own political party. 

 Lets speak about the hidden side of Socialism before I go on, since it more than any other thing, is responsible for most of the loss we have experienced. Socialism presents itself as a protectorate for the people to make them Equal in every aspect. If Socialism really intended to do what it's creators implied it would do, is to make everyone equally poor and stifle out every innovation and advancement unless that advancement added to more total control by the Socialist Leaders. A central government like that is not desirable. It would only tend to make cookie cutter individuals marching to the same tune. In reality it does not represent all of the people, it represents a handful of the people who want to give orders to the rest of the people, without any constraints whatsoever. It centralizes power in that handful of people, and they in turn usually abuse it from the beginning.

 Now we turn to the FDR administration. It was the Administration which under the cover of "helping" the population during the Great Depression, in fact extended that depression by institution Controls to Regulate but instead hindered. They in one form or another are still with us today, and we are paying for them even though they have not solved any of the underlying problems. That was the start of general institutionalized Socialism in the US. The basic problem is, it's been initiated slowly over the generations to the point the current generation does not know what it has lost in self actualization, and legality.

 The sad fact is; The originators of those processes have always been a part of America, since before it's beginnings as a Nation of Sovereign States. They were the ones who wanted to elect G. Washington King so they could emulate the British House of Lords in the new nation. They were the ones who demanded that Slavery be allowed to benefit themselves financially. They were the ones who fought the end of slavery. After the civil war, they saw the writing on the wall, they camouflaged themselves and pretended to be Champions of the oppressed. All except the Dixiecrat's who refused to change from the Antebellum ways until the JFK administration. All those changes were initiated and promoted by what is now the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is the modern party of excessive taxation.

 Listing that taxation; 
The inheritance tax. Accounts Receivable Tax. Building Permit Tax. CDL license Tax. Cigarette Tax. Corporate Income Tax. Dog License Tax. Excise Taxes. Federal Income Tax. Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA). Fishing License Tax. Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax.Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon avg.). Gross Receipts Tax. Hunting License Tax.Inheritance Tax. Inventory Tax. IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax).License Plate/ Registration tax. Liquor Tax. Luxury Taxes. Marriage License Tax. Medicare Tax. Personal Property Tax.Property Tax. Real Estate Tax. Service Charge Tax. Social Security Tax (FICA) (which the government stole). Road Usage Tax. Recreational Vehicle Tax. Sales Tax. School Tax. State Income Tax. State Unemployment Tax (SUTA).Telephone Federal Excise Tax. Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax. Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes. Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax. Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax. Telephone State and Local Tax. Telephone Usage Charge Tax. Utility Taxes. Vehicle Sales Tax. Watercraft Registration Tax. Well Permit Tax. Workers Compensation Tax.
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

 What I have listed is only the beginnings of what we have lost, and does not cover what we stand to lose unless we band together and take back our rightful control over our elected Representatives who profess to be the Government when the People themselves who are the Government.

​The Tradesman

[M]

Almost all of the original provisions and protections of the Constitution have been taken from the people through Amendments proposed solely by the Congress. Most of those amendments benefit only the increased power of the Congress. The most prolific self serving party in my opinion, over the course of American politics, has been the Democratic Party. 

[Virginia Foulk]

Unfortunately, the GOP hasn't any guts to stand up for our rights.

[M]

Then we must stand up for it. Another thing we can do is call lour clerks offices and find out the age and reasons absentee ballots can be gotten for, and then e-mail all of our friends with the information and ask them to send it to all of their friends and so on. We can get a movement going to get out the Geriatric vote.

M