Pamphlet 505
Presents
Local Projects
Need
Local Funding
Federal Funding of Local Projects is Unconstitutional
Fellow American Citizens
What have we become?
An
ever growing number of us have become like a pond of hungry carp,
judging
our representative by what he can "deliver"
for us.
Many
of us believe that incoming federal funds for local projects and contracts
are gratis to us,
to
be paid for by the whole country ---by
others.
We fail to realize however, that all constituencies are getting analogous projects.
So, they pay for ours, but, We pay for theirs!
What does This Mean?
Over
years the projects are evenly distributed,
so
that the citizens are caught in a steadily rising tide
of
"pork
barrel" expenditures
which
everyone must help pay,
either
directly or indirectly.
Nothing whatever,
that comes from the government is "free"
and
there is especially nothing in existence,
like
a
free water treatment plant,
a
free public education,
a
free sports facility,
a
free public library,
or
a free bridge,
or
free
public services in general.
Such
are only part of the myth.
In order to gain votes
next election
When
a bill knowingly can't stand on its own merit,
the
members of Congress freely use
irrelevant
amendments tacked on to vital bills in order to foist upon the country
expenditures
for strictly local purposes,
often
little more than ornamental or of even restricted local benefit.
They
can then go home and make a big to do about what they got for us.
In order to vote against these projects other congressmen must also vote against the vital portion of the bill.
Example:
A
Kansas Congressman knows that if he can get the government to pass a bill
providing funds to study butterfly mating habits in Kansas he will be assured
of a lot of votes from his district at next election.
He
also knows such a bill will not pass on its own value;
after
all,
who
would vote to fund butterfly mating habit research in another person's
district?
But,
If
he can attach his butterfly bill as an amendment to some very important
legislation it will surely pass.
He
waits - finally we have a hurricane in Florida,
with a lot of damage.
Disaster
relief is called for.
Bingo!
The Kansas Congressman attaches butterfly mating habit research to the Florida Disaster relief bill.
To
vote for Disaster Relief for the hurricane in Florida all congressmen are
also voting
for
Federal funding to research butterfly mating habits in Kansas
They
could vote no but,
can
you imagine the outcry over how uncaring they are of disaster victims?
Every
congressman has a project like this; to be pushed through on an important
bill.
Now,
they can't all ride on the same train; they
must take turns.
Today
it is butterfly mating habit research in Kansas.
Tomorrow,
a
library to be built in Maine
or
a new sports facility at a high school in Arkansas.
Are you getting the picture?
No
matter how many goodies your town receives on another tax payer's nickel;
every
town in America is receiving goodies on your nickels.
We'll
never stop this
as
long as the Federal Government has unlimited taxing power
and
is allowed to fund projects that are outside of their Constitutional Authority.
Especially as riders on other non-related legislation.
The fact that congress can't get the job done is hardly the fault of the constitution.
It is the fault of the two major parties who have allowed our Constitution to be ignored on their watch!
What should we do?
Our federal
government is involved in things that our country is too large and diverse
to do efficiently,
or at all,
with a one
shoe fits all solution.
Local government
could solve their own problems
if the federal
government wasn't taking and wasting
the money
local government needs to operate.
Local
projects should be funded locally.
Local
government must have funds to do this.
We
need to repeal the 16th amendment!
(Take
away the federal government's ability to tax us at will)
If
Kansas wants butterfly mating habit research
and
the Federal government wasn't confiscating the income of their residents,
Kansas
or better yet the local where the research is to be done could afford to
foot the bill.
If
Maine wants that library
they
would have the resources at their disposal to build it.
Same with the sports facility in Arkansas.
Until the 16th Amendment is repealed
We need to stop allowing irrelevant riders to travel along on spending bills.
Whose Fault is it?
Many
millions in the populace believe
there
are significant differences between Republicans and Democrats
and
vote and register accordingly.
Republicans
and Democrats
got
us into this mess
and
they will keep us there.
As long as they are taking turns in power it is in their own personal best interest to stay the course.
Being
political whores,
The
Republicans & Democrats
sell
the favors of the government to the highest bidder
and
weasel around their duty to govern constitutionally.
We
are being systematically bilked
by
the Republicans and Democrats.
It's
our fault for not paying attention
and
allowing it to happen in the first place but,
now
that we realize our error we had better do something about it.
What will our descendants think?
Unless
we reverse this abuse of our Constitution,
now;
we
are sentencing our children and grandchildren
to
lives of servitude to a tyrannical government.
If we continue to support the two major parties
who have taken us to where we are,
I fear for our future.
I call on good Citizens
the rich and the poor,
the strong and the weak,
from our smallest towns,
to our largest cities,
all of us living in Pennsylvania
and out of Pennsylvania
to change your party affiliation;
become a member of Constitutionally focused third Party;
become a principled candidate
for Local office,
for County office,
for State office,
for National office;
You don't want to become a candidate?
You can still help!
work to help elect
principled candidates;
help pass out literature
help man polling places on election day
help by making phone calls
vote for
Principled candidates.
Constitutional
Statement of
Principles
We recognize
and affirm the God-given dignity of the individual and believe that the
Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution
of the United States of America,
and the Pennsylvania
Declaration of Rights
most clearly
articulate this basic principle.
To restore and
preserve
that fundamental
human dignity,
we proclaim: