THE FIGHT AGAINST THE MACHINE
I received the following email from Rand Paul today with a petition to reign in the crooks in Washington, D.C.
I am signing it and I hope you do too.
Prices are going up at unprecedented rates in our country because of all the irresponsible spending by our politicians. The money the government prints to pay bills that it cannot afford with existing money is making your cost of food, energy, housing, transportation and everything else go up much faster than your wages ... thus causing you to become poorer.
If you do not understand inflation then I urge you to read Ron Paul's books on how the political system is designed to destroy your wealth through an invisible tax called inflation. The politicians understand it well and use it to buy your votes with schemes of grandeur.
The destruction of your money is just one of many steps that the politicians use to strip you of your individual freedoms and natural rights because honest money is the basis for an honest society. If you cannot plan for a future because the politicians are playing games with your money then you are just a political pawn with no rights and the State will do with you as they will.
Every person has the duty to educate themselves before they vote. I urge you to start fixing our country by signing the petition for a balanced budged amendment below.
Dear [Taxpayer],
It's a ticking time bomb.
That's why I'm
hoping you'll sign your Balanced Budget Amendment petitions in support of H.J.
Res. 5 and S.J. Res. 7, a bullet-proof Balanced Budget Amendment to your two
U.S. Senators and Congressman, which I'll link to in a moment.
But
first, let me explain why your support is so important.
The fact is,
during Obama's tenure in office, our national debt has nearly doubled.
And the reality is, the $17 trillion national debt we hear so much about
is just the tip of the iceberg.
When the government's unfunded
liabilities for Medicare, Social Security, and federal employees' retirement
benefits are counted, American taxpayers are really on the hook for over $86.8
trillion.
President Obama and his big-spending allies in Washington,
D.C. have been piling on to our national debt every day, and show no signs of
slowing down.
They've been spending money we don't have for so long,
some economists are beginning to question not if the U.S. will ultimately have
to declare bankruptcy, but when.
Of course, the "solution" to our
ongoing fiscal disaster put forward by President Obama is to tax ourselves out
of the hole, all the while claiming that there's nothing left to cut.
That's why I hope you will sign your petitions for the National League
of Taxpayers' Balanced Budget Amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 7 and House
Joint Resolution 5.
This Amendment would not only require a balanced
budget, but would require a two-thirds vote by both houses of Congress to raise
taxes, thereby making it much more difficult for the politicians to balance the
budget by raising your taxes.
And it would shrink the exploding
growth of government by limiting the size of the federal budget to 18% of our
gross domestic product (GDP).
This NLT-supported Balanced Budget
Amendment would put every wasteful program onto the chopping block simply by
forcing politicians to actually make tradeoffs in their spending.
Today, the feds run 79 different welfare programs, 160 programs for
housing assistance, 47 for job training, 82 for teacher quality, 80 for
transportation assistance, and 56 for financial education.
In return
for all that, we still have a history of stagnant education scores and an
official poverty rate of 15 percent.
Yet Barack Obama and his
tax-and-spend buddies keep binging and pushing for higher taxes.
But
instead of stopping President Obama, his tax-and-spend allies merely give lip
service to "fiscal responsibility" and "economic sanity."
The fact
is, unless you and I force Members of Congress to put their money where their
mouth is, the status quo of give-ins and giveaways will continue.
The reality is, we can immediately achieve hundreds of billions in
savings by:
*** Abolishing the
boondoggle Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce, and Housing and Urban
Development;
*** Repealing the
monstrously expensive ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank financial regulation law;
*** Transitioning Medicaid
and food stamps back to the states where they belong and cutting back on the
$37 billion spent on foreign aid.
That's why I hope you will sign your
Balanced Budget Amendment petitions.
But honestly after you sign, I hope
you will go a step further and make a contribution to help the National League
of Taxpayers mobilize a political army in support of the Balanced Budget
Amendment.
I don't need to tell you powerful players in Washington
oppose the Balanced Budget Amendment.
Without the money to rally the
American people, the Balanced Budget Amendment is likely to be
buried.
Click
here to sign your Balanced Budget Amendment Petitions at once.
You see, as long as the tax-and-spenders think they can get away with
it, there will always be the vote for the next bailout, the next tax increase,
and the next debt ceiling raise.
All coupled with the promise of
"just this once."
At least just until the next time their fiscal
irresponsibility throws us into the next looming
"crisis."
That's
why it's so important you sign your petitions at once and, if at all possible,
chip in a contribution of even just $10 to help the National League of Taxpayers
rally the American people.
The NLT-supported Balanced
Budget Amendment would take those options off the table and force Congress to
start making serious cuts.
Kicking the can down the road for future
generations to pay for would no longer be an option.
But without a
strict Balanced Budget Amendment, I fear we'll continue the tax-and-spend cycle.
You see, without any cap on government spending, the politicians are
always able to invent some "crisis" to demand bigger government and higher
spending.
That's why I pray you will
sign
your petitions to your U.S. Senators and Congressman, urging
them to cosponsor this Balanced Budget Amendment.
And in addition to
that, I hope you will help my friends at the National League of Taxpayers with a
special contribution.
The fact is, even though many Americans who
receive this letter will sign the petition, many won't be able to
contribute.
If you can only chip in $10, it will be a big boost.
Of course if you can afford to make a larger contribution of $25 or $50
or even more, I hope you will.
You should also know that a generous
supporter has agreed to match your contribution, dollar-for-dollar, so there
isn't a better time to give.
Your donations will help the National
League of Taxpayers organize:
*** Extensive internet,
direct mail, and telephone campaigns to generate at least one million
petitions and questionnaires to Congress like the ones that accompany my
letter,
*** Extensive personal
lobbying of key Members of Congress by rank and file National League of
Taxpayers members and staff;
*** Hard-hitting TV,
radio, and newspaper ads to be run in targeted states and districts,
mobilizing the American people and detailing the dangers of our soaring
debt.
Your donation will help the National League of Taxpayers reach up to
10 million Americans and generate a tidal wave of opposition to fiscal
irresponsibility while building long-term support for a Balanced Budget
Amendment.
So after
signing
your Balanced Budget Amendment petitions, please also help with
a contribution.
Some people have already given as much as $500.
Others have sent $50 or $100, but no matter how much you give,
whether it's chipping in with $10 or a larger contribution of $150, I guarantee
your contribution is urgently needed and will be deeply appreciated.
And don't forget that a generous supporter has agreed to match your
contribution, dollar-for-dollar, no matter the amount.
With your help,
we can impose real limits on politicians that force them to actually cut the
waste that is threatening our future.
In Liberty,
Rand Paul
United States Senator
P.S. Our
bloated federal budget CAN be balanced once the politicians understand that
their political future depends on it.
That's
why I urge you to click here to sign your "Balance the Budget" petitions to your
Congressman and two Senators today and chip in with a contribution of $10 or
whatever you can afford.
