Constitution versus Communist Manifesto
The War within America
A former active duty member of the United States Army Reserve Nurse Corps and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, I believe in and support the Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution was the result of the maturing of the thoughts and ideas put forward by many different outstanding people. They were people with varying levels of education, who knew from experience what they did not want in government. They knew what it was like to have their hopes and dreams limited by the social status of their birth and by the intrusion of government much like Obama's communist agenda is starting to do today.
After rejecting England's monarch, our founding fathers "brain stormed" together on what government would work best for all people. Their ideas centered on their shared belief in the existence of a power greater than them. In the Declaration of Independence they asserted that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with "unalienable" rights neither transferable to nor deniable by man. After weighing pros and cons for a democracy or a republic, they chose the republic. A pure democracy is government by the majority (or mob rule) while a republic is government that protects the minority from the majority.
Practical experience came from the implementation in 1781 of the first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation. The second and final Constitution, signed by 39 delegates on September 17, 1787, delineated a representative republic with three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial) and an amendment process. The amendment process, the "living part" of the Constitution, alters the Constitution when needed but never erases it.
The Constitution places ultimate power in the hands of the voters rather than the elected. It protects our individual rights. Following the Constitution made the United States of America the primary leader of the free world. Our nation has prospered and been blessed by God. When called upon by other nations in wars or famines, we helped them.
The Constitution nurtures capitalism, where private individuals and corporations invest in and own the means of production and distribution rather than government. Capitalism produces competition that breeds the incentive to be creative and improve things. Individuals have freedom to choose; for example, one can choose to spend one's life working to accumulate money or working as a nurse.
Unfortunately, capitalism has enemies. From the results of the planned attacks on our culture and the Constitution by these people, I am afraid that our country has become very vulnerable to the communist threat. I have such strong feelings about it that I have transcribed the Communist Manifesto to this website, that is the complete text of the Communist Manifesto without the prefaces and footnotes by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. I believe that every American should read and understand it, because that knowledge is key to our defense.
The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx for people who were knowledgeable about and opposed to America's Constitution and founding fathers' beliefs. America is referred to five times. It is a detailed prescription for bringing down an advanced country. In brief, the prescription is first take over a political party, gain control of the government, and then bring the government down with the help of trade unions and socialists.
I believe that with the Constitution of the United States as written, resolute Tea Party perseverance, and prayer we will survive the current threats. But, as in the past when there were grave challenges to the Constitution, amendments to it are indicated. As a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from the great state of Georgia in 2010, I supported the addition of three and now four amendments:
1) A Balanced Budget Amendment
Congress is charged by the Constitution with the collection of taxes and payment of debts. We are currently $48,000 per American in debt for a total of $15,000,000,000,000 and growing. Congress delayed discussion of the 2011 budget until after November's elections. A Balanced Budget Amendment is needed to spur Congress to behave more responsibly.
2) The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Its entire text is:
Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Some American Muslims are reportedly pushing their communities to let Muslim Sharia law take precedence over local and state laws. The laws supporting equal rights that have passed and are currently proposed are not enough protection for women from this threat. The Equal Rights Amendment should be added to the Constitution as soon as possible.
3) Term Limits for Congress
Three (decreased from my first proposal for six) consecutive terms of two years for the House of Representatives and two consecutive terms of six years for the Senate.
Limiting terms will prevent career politicians from dominating
Congress. Elections will be of more interest to constituents since they will not be able to rubberstamp their first choice indefinitely.
4) English is the official language
Living in Germany from 1975-7, I observed that persons in England, France, or Spain could not do business with each other or someone in Italy or Greece without an interpreter. Professional interpreters were usually proficient in 6 different languages. One of the greatest strengths of the United States is that someone in New York can phone someone in California, Hawaii, Alaska, or states in between and do business directly with them.
My best friend in high school in Niles, Ohio spoke just like me, but at home she spoke Italian (or "pig Latin" as she called it) with her parents who were immigrants from Naples. When I asked her how she did it she explained that she learned from her two older siblings (who were born in Italy) and in school. My friend went on to college and became a teacher of accounting.
We now have US citizens, born and educated in Atlanta, who cannot speak English. They will never achieve like my best friend did unless they learn English.
Stationed in Germany as an American soldier, I managed to work and live without speaking German. It was more time efficient to use the commissary for groceries and the base exchange for clothes. My friends and coworkers were American. Even though I lived "on the economy" away from the post, I, disappointingly, knew more German before I arrived in Germany than when I left.
Students' native languages should be used in our classrooms only to teach them English. Otherwise they will not have an equal opportunity to succeed.
I support the repeal of:
1) The 1st sentence in the 1st section of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, proposed on June 13, 1866 and ratified on July 9, 1868 to provide citizenship to former slaves and their children: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
Repealing this statement will discontinue the birthright citizenship of children born in the United States to illegal immigrants.
2) The 16th Amendment proposed on July 12, 1909 and ratified on February 3, 1913 for income taxes: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
The purpose of this confiscatory income tax, like all of the strategies listed by Karl Marx in section 2 of The Communist Manifesto of 1848 ("revolutionizing . . . . the most advanced countries . . . . 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax"), is the "Abolition of private property."
I support the adoption of the consumption tax known as the FairTax. For an explanation of the FairTax, please go to: www.fairtax.org
I prefer the FairTax to the flat tax, because the implementation of the flat tax would still require an Internal Revenue Service. However, either is far superior to what we have now.
3) The 17th Amendment (a progressive amendment like the 16th) proposed on May 13, 1912 and ratified on April 8, 1913 for senators to be elected directly by the people rather than by their state legislatures. Federal interference/mandates to the states are wildly inappropriate, and they should be checked and balanced by state representation in the senate as intended by our founders. If senators were elected by state legislatures again, they would not be afraid to reign in entitlement programs that are bankrupting their states.
To read and study our Declaration of Independence, www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
To read and study our Constitution, www.usconstitution.net/const.html
The photograph of the Vietnam War Memorial in the heading above was taken May 27, 2004 following the dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.
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