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SECURITY IN SOCIALISM
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"Folks . . . have we got a good deal for the American
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people. With all the soup kitchens, with all the hungry
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people waiting in line for food, with all the elderly people
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with no place to sleep or call home, we've decided to
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implement a program to eliminate the chances for anything
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like that ever happening again."
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"It won't cost the average person much at all. We will
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put a small charge on the salary of all working people.
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Each employer will contribute a larger amount. All these
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monies will be put into an insurance fund. Employers will
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be able to afford the higher assessment. After all, look at
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all the profits they make. We will pay these funds to
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everyone at age 65 so no one will ever have to worry about
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their golden years again."
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"In fact, to be fair to the women, we will begin to pay
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them at age 62 since women have less earning power and
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outlive their husbands. The citizens will now have fewer
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problems as they get older and receive benefits from this
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system."
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This system will be called Social Security. It's time
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for the government to take care of it's hard working
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people."
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The length and depth of the depression in the early
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1930s was a significant selling point for the social
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security program. Many researchers and historians claim the
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depression was orchestrated. Behind the scenes power
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brokers wanted the slump to give the government reason to
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implement socialistic programs. There is much reading
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available in this area of history also.
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This adventure in socialism began in earnest in August
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1935 when Congress passed the Social Security Act. The act
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established the Social Security Board. It consisted of 3
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members who were chosen by the President and approved by the
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Senate. They were to be so independent that they were to
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report directly to the president. This continued until 1939
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when the board became part of the Federal Security Agency.
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They created this agency to include health and education
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activities.
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Health and education activities? It looks as though
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our government recognized the importance of educating the
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people in socialist principles way back in 1939.
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What a farce. What a sham put over on the American
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people. Show me where there is any security in socialism?
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I'm not twisting words around. That's exactly what Social
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Security means . . . security in socialism. Let me tell you
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there is NO SECURITY IN SOCIALISM!
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Our federal government has been violating the law since
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the beginning of this program. There is no permission in
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our Constitution for any socialist programs. We gave no
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authority for free cheese, specific welfare such as food
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stamps, medicare, medicaid or Social Security.
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How did our nation ever manage 146 years without such
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an idiotic program? Didn't we have any people who lived to
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be 65? How did they ever survive without big brother
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looking out for them? How did our country manage to endure
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with all those old people dying right in our streets? Did
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we just allow them to starve to death with no handouts from
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government?
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Regardless, you say, they only have our own good in
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mind. Don't you believe it! There is only one thing they
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have in mind . . . the destruction of our Constitution.
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Control of the American people is also high on their list.
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Looking at social security practically, it is simply another
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form of taxation. The operation of the taxing provisions of
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the social security system are now part of the Internal
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Revenue Code.
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Encyclopedia Americana tells us "The term 'social
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security' is usually employed to indicate specific govern-
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ment programs designed primarily to prevent want by assuring
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to families the basic means of subsistence."
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How white of them. What business is it of government?
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Where can you find any authorization in our Constitution for
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programs to prevent want? They are encroaching into lives
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of citizens without a legal right. Unconstitutional . . .
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it's a seizure of powers we did not grant when we estab-
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lished the authority for government. If they assume any
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power we did not allow, it's illegal. That's pretty strong
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so now let's go ahead and prove it.
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The supremacy clause of our Constitution makes that
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crystal clear. We have established that our document is the
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supreme law of our land.
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Any laws made which don't conform to the authority we
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granted in the basic document are NO GOOD!
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And if that weren't plain enough for the people working
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for government, the Tenth Amendment clears that up.
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ARTICLE X
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"The powers not delegated to the United States by
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the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
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States, are reserved to the States respectively or
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to the people."
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I'm certain any reader can understand that. Why do you
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suppose the federal government can't understand it? Is it
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possible they prefer to think the Tenth Amendment doesn't
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exist? Either that is true or this is an obvious case of
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collusion between the branches of our government.
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Recently a program concerning our Constitution aired on
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PBS. The moderator said he had gone to every lawyer and
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judge he could find the day before the program. He asked if
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any of them knew what the Tenth amendment said and NOT ONE
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could answer his question! Not one even knew the general
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subject matter of the amendment. Does our Constitution
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still exist? So much for our intelligent judges and
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lawyers. Give me a break.
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When the first twelve proposed amendments were
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submitted to the states in 1789 to become our Bill of
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Rights, the Congress included this introductory statement
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(or preamble):
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"The Conventions of a number of the States, having
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at the time of their adopting the Constitution,
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expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconcep-
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tions or abuse of its powers, that further
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declaratory and restrictive clauses should be
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added: And as extending the ground of public
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confidence in the Government, will best insure the
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beneficent ends of its institution:"
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(Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union
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of the American States. House Document No. 398, 69th
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Congress, 1st Session 1965)
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The First Congress is assuring the people that these
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new amendments will be a tighter rope to confine the
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government. And the legal eagles today do not know what the
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tenth amendment says or means? When we get into a discus-
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sion of the Bill of Rights, you will quickly see how the
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federales believe the preceding preamble.
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Going back to our venture into socialism, let's take a
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look at the numbers for a moment. What happens to the money
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which a man has paid into the system for 40 or more years?
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And what if he should die before he becomes eligible to
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collect benefits? Does it go to his wife or survivors? You
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know better than that. It's gone . . . it has become a
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gratuitous donation to Big Brother. An amount equal to
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taxes collected from individuals are assessed from their
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employers. All this money goes to the general fund and
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spent for anything, legal or illegal.
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And assuming there is now a widow, what would she
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receive from his donations? Certainly not the amount paid
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into the system, nor even the interest on those funds.
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How many of our elderly citizens do not have enough money to
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pay for their rent, utilities or food? We won't even
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mention an occasional night out to the movies or a vacation
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to enjoy their remaining years. How many of our older
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citizens have to depend on a church function for a meal?
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How many wait at the Salvation Army or some other private
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charity for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? This is a
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crime. What did they say was the intent of the Social
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Security program? To prevent want by assuring to families
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the basic means of subsistence.
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Horse manure! People for generations have been led to
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believe that this program would take care of them in later
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years. What's the story we hear often now? The program
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will be broke in 'X' numbers of years. Mercy, it's running
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out of money so we have to increase the withholding levels.
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The government, the way it is running today, is the solution
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to nothing . . . it's the problem.
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Alexander Hamilton argued fervently in Paper No. 84
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that we did not need a Bill of Rights since the Constitution
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was in itself a bill of rights. He asks the question, "For
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why declare that things shall not be done which there is no
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power to do?" (The Federalist Papers.) He insisted that
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the national government could do nothing which was not
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specifically allowed in the document. However the Congress
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proposed a Bill of Rights. It was adopted to further tie
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down the new government to prohibit any abuse of its powers.
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How does this government get itself involved in the
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business of welfare or social security? The amendment
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process was not invoked to ask for our consent agreeing
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to a change. I didn't agree to any change allowing for
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socialism, did you?
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Can our constitution be changed by an act of Congress
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or by an order by the executive branch? Maybe an order by a
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federal judge can do it. Not true! It can only be changed
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under Article V if you and I agree to the change at the
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voting booth. So--did you agree to the change? Remember
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what the Tenth Amendment said?
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Let's pretend for a moment there was no social security
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program enacted. The people had not been lulled into a
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false sense of protection by a devious government. Suppose
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then the people had put the same amount of money into a
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savings account for the same period. They could retire very
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comfortably on the interest alone.
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Let's carry our fairy tale a little further. As in the
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previous illustration, let's say a man paid into a trust
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fund for 30 or 40 years. Then he died before reaching 65.
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What would the family live on in a case like this? Why all
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the money which had not been donated to big government. His
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widow and entire family could live extremely well on the
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interest received from the trust fund. And there would be
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money for education. That would be if our government in
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their 'wisdom' had not tried to exercise control over people
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in violation of our basic law.
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I don't for a moment suggest that we cut off social
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security payments tomorrow. There is no question what the
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outcome of such a drastic measure would be. The vastness of
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the dilemma and the people who exist only because of those
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meager payments shows a real problem. The program should be
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phased out over the next 15 to 20 years.
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People who are now paying into the system should be
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given the option for their money to be withheld as it is
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presently. If they so choose, the money can go into a
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private trust to gain interest and increase in value. The
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difference now being that these monies will remain the
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property of the one allowing the deductions. Naturally it
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would pass on to his or her heirs as with any other prop-
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erty. Congress could not use this money for any expenditure
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they feel the urge to implement. For example, they couldn't
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use these funds to raise their own salaries at whim.
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For others who don't want money taken out of their
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salaries, they should drop out of the system altogether.
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Government has no right to intrude into the private affairs
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of Americans. "But when a long train of abuses and usurpa-
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tions, pursing invariably the same object evinces a design
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to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right,
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it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to
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provide new guards for their future security." (Declara-
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tion of Independence.)
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The lone woman on the Supreme Court (Sandra Day
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O'Conner) remarked to a TV reporter one day that she used to
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think Social Security was unconstitutional. Now she doesn't
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think so . . . wonder who gave her the indoctrination?
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How do we correct the situation? Since Congress
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created the boondoggle, Congress will have to be the ones to
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change it. Call the local offices of your Senators and
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Representatives and ask questions about this adventure in
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socialism. Be certain to point out the lack of jurisdiction
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for these type of programs. Tell them you want something
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done about this violation of our Constitution. Further,
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remind them you will be watching to see what is being done.
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Phone calls every couple of weeks wouldn't be too often. It
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has to be impressed on their minds that these socialistic
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programs have to cease.
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I'm certain you will hear a story like, "These things
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are so interwoven in the fabric of our society, they would
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be impossible to change." Remind our illustrious 'leaders'
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that if any practice was unconstitutional when it began, it
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is still unconstitutional. No amount of usage will make the
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practice legal or give it an illusion of respectability.
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There was never any intent on the part of the Founders
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to allow the phrase "general welfare" to signify a right to
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establish any specific welfare programs. To find the origin
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of this statement, we must look to our first compact of
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government, The Articles of Confederation.
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Article III states: "The said states hereby severally
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enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for
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their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and
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their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to
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assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks
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made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion,
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sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever."
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(Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union)
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From this it's obvious what the term general welfare
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means. There is no need to insult the readers intelligence
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to imply that the general welfare clause magically became
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authorization for specific welfare.
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Another area in our Constitution which they may argue
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is permission for social security, is the "necessary and
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proper" clause (Art I, Sec 8). That's weak and won't hold
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water. This only gives power to make laws which are
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necessary and proper to carry out the duties and powers
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listed in the basic document. It's not for anything they
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decide is a great idea.
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Hamilton, in Paper #78, said: "There is no position
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which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a
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delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission
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under which it is exercised, is void." Anything they do
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which is beyond what we have allowed or agreed to is void.
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To return to the greatness this country was destined to
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achieve, we must demand our government obey the law. It
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must return to the confines to which we agreed when the
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Constitution was established.
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If you ever see the original of our Constitution (or an
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exact copy), the first three words use decorative letters.
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WE THE PEOPLE. Their authority for government comes from us
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and only we can agree to a change.
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If the members of Congress are not receptive to our
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demands, we have a duty to vote them out of office. We must
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sent Americans to Washington who will obey the oath to
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support the supremacy of our Constitution which we ordered
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in Article VI, Sec 3.
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For this evil to continue, all we need do is nothing!
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There is a limit to their power and that limit is you and
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me.
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Recently, in a controversy concerning the poor and
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food, Reagen put his foot in his mouth. (Or, maybe it was
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Nancy's foot!) He said the poor were unable to find food or
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stamps due to a lack of knowledge. A late-night comedian
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commented that if that is true, his staff must be starving
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to death! 'Nuff said.
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