Now is the Time for Better Government

For so many years and various administrations, our government has distanced itself from the people of this country. It is to the point where it is reasonable to ask - "Does our government work for us, or only in their self interest and big business?" Politics is a game of money and power. It is a zero sum game only in the fact that government wins and we lose.

We need to force the government to accept and adhere to basic principles from NOW forward.

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Those principles are:

Government that adheres to the Constitution as written by our forefathers,

Government OF, BY, and FOR the people, and not of greedy self-interest and alliance with big money contributers,

Fiscal responsibility - Reduce unnecessary spending for Pork or special interest projects which only serve to bloat the budget. And again, stop buying favors from big money contributers. This means, trim the budget, spend within those limits, and be personally accountable for any unforeseen overage,

Get control of the FED or do away with it entirely. Trillions are 'lost' or unaccounted for with no explanation. What happened to the nine trillion that was unaccounted for? The FED has a strangle hold on our economy and our government is either afraid to touch it, or is being bought out,

Sever the connection between Big Pharma and the government especially the FDA. Stop letting people suffer and die for profits gained from the association of the FDA and Big Pharma. Medicine has come a long way in treating many illnesses including cancer without the necessity of cruel pain and suffering brought on by highly toxic drugs and treatments such as chemo and radiation. When people have to pay enormous amounts of money for pills to treat the symptoms but NOT alleviate the cause of the suffering, that only serves to enhance the huge profits of the pharmaceutical companies,

In conjunction with the above, it should be illegal for anyone who has connections with Big Pharma to be placed in a government position of responsibility where decisions can be made or influenced as to what standard of medicine is upheld. Proven methods - even where complete cancer remission is possible, is blocked, hindered, or discredited because it is not in the best interest of Big Pharma,

Any member of government, at any level or position, should be treated as a criminal for taking bribes of any kind from businesses or individuals. In this context, a bribe is any substantial money or favor received that can be used to influence that person's vote on a bill favorable to the business or individual involved. This is illegal in the corporate world, then why not in government!

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To all members of government, whether Federal, State, or Local, in whatever capacity, please read and understand your responsibilities as defined in The Patriot Declaration. Actually, ALL citizens of this country should read it along with several other documents penned by the founding fathers. I recommend the website www.essentialliberty.us for patriotic literature which should be read by all Americans - especially those persons in government.

We need a return to Civics classes in school so that children can understand what it means to be a citizen of this uniquely free society and understand that so many lives were lost or damaged by those who defended those freedoms.

We will never live in Utopia, but the United States is THE beacon of freedom to the world. To give up our position to a world government is to give up our lives to totalitarianism where, at a whim, our liberties, our monetary system, and our very lives will become meaningless in the world view. Aldous Huxley saw it coming in "Brave New World". And, the realization of '1984' is about 18 years off. We need to take back our government and become a society where people have value other than statistics.

We need to do it NOW! In my opinion, Ron Paul currently appears to be the only candidate that comes closest to these principles. Let's stop voting for the person with best clothes or hairdo. Every candidate is going to say what we want to hear. It is what is in the heart of the candidate that will define his/her principles. Find out what the person is REALLY like, and not some sound bite pushed by biased media. Remember, Hitler told the people of Germany what they wanted to hear. We all know were that led.