Your Turn

January 14, 2011 by Bob Livingston

Reader Mike L. posted a good suggestion the other day. He wrote:

Mr. Livingston, I know you have probably done this before. But if you have it might be time for one again. Why not have an open forum for ideas? Not just responding to an article, but one where you simply say Ok what would you do to change things? Get enough responses to maybe hammer out an agenda to send to our next candidates to see a lot of ideas exchanged in responses. But never a solid kind of agreement or statesman like compromise between the ideas. Mike L.

So, here’s your chance. What would you do to change things? Post your comments here. And please, don’t criticize another’s ideas. Just post your own. I’d like to know what you think.

This time only, the moderator has been instructed to remove any posts critical of another person or that person’s comments. Let’s see what kind of list can be compiled without the attacks commencing. (And if someone does criticize another’s suggestion, please ignore it. The moderator will remove it as soon as possible.)

Again, what would you do to change things?

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Ray

My Solution is a bottom up solution to stop the foreclosure hemorrhage.
1. Form an Independent company to manage re-financing for ALL Americans
2. Allow the Federal Reserve to Loan this corporation the $ 350 billion to secure mortgages-homes thru banks similar to FHA, VA loans
3. Allow ALL Americans the opportunity to re-finance, or purchase a new home thru this corporation at a 3% interest rate.
This will do the following:
1. Not cost the American taxpayer a dime as the government will only be guarantying these loans similar to FHA, VA loans
2. People who are not in trouble will now have a $ 300 – $800.00/monthly reduction and savings, EXTRA MONEY
3. People will spend; pay down their debt, or save this extra money – in all cases it will go back into circulation
4. People who are in trouble will not be evicted and now be able to afford their homes and spend this extra money which will boost the economy
5. Homes will not stand empty, and banks will not own empty homes
6. Banks will be making 1-2% to manage this re-finance transaction
7. Home values will stop declining
8. Peoples confidence in government and business will increase
9. The economy will come back

Dan az

Ray
That’s a good one and might I add that by doing so it would also start new construction because the market would not have all those houses empty which lowers their values and floods the markets with houses that are empty!It would also stabilize the real estate values and prevent them from becoming a bubble.

K. D. M.

Start with term limits, 8 years max for all who are in office. When their term is up they do not get life time health care or a pension. They have to go back to work just like the rest of us and provide for themselves. Ban on all earmarks period. No more hand outs, put an end to the welfare state and if you are a illegal the only thing you get is a bus ride back to the border. Have secure borders. Public employees can not join a union, they cost too much. No same sex marriage, it’s immoral.
Joyce Harvey

Can you picture what a trillion dollars looks like? I didn’t have a clue until I watched http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html . If the media (all of it) would flood the TV channels, newspapers, and any other visual media, perhaps we could all visualize how much debt the USA currently owes. It blew MY mind.

Dan az

Joyce Harvey
If a trillion dollars where divided up among all legal citizens 350 million or so it would give every one a million dollars and if the guv took there usual 50% then you would have 500 thousand to pay off your bills and stay ahead of the game.The guv would have only spent 500 billion to generate stimulus of the economy.And would be collecting on the interest to boot.And with a flat tax then you could reduce the size of the guv.

night-hunter

Sorry, you have a math error. $1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion dollars) divided by current US population 311,900,313 (estimated via US Census population clock)=$3206.15 each. Incidentally, this is why “distribute the wealth” doesn’t work.

http://momsanddadsbeheard.org/ John Pacetti, Administrator

We started a forum for people to speak up about issues at MomsAndDadsBeHeard.org. So yes I feel that a forum for people to express themselves is very important.

Dan az

Wouldn’t be nice to have a blog that gives you access to the very representative that you elected and actually have him listen to what you want him to vote on?And have a counter on it to see what people wanted compared to what he or she voted instead.Then there would be no excuse that they thought they where doing the right thing for all of us dummies!

http://www.churchofthetrueway.org Bob Sheppard

We will have to begin at the root of the problem;; and that is in the three branches that form our government. We must stop this very expensive running for these government offices. Just about every person that takes an office has to kow-tow to those who supported them moneywise. Let’s come up with a better idea and make sure that we no long allow any lobbyist. Then everyone of them from the president to the congress will draw a salary for four years as they work to earn it. They will all be on medicare, and there will be no further payments made after they return to public life. Anyone caught stealing the taxpayers money will be summiliary shot, no matter how they style their theft. There need to be strict guide lines as to what the governments duty is and any effort to go outside that would be cause to dismiss whoever it was and demand all of their pay that had been given to them. Congress could not make any law that did not apply directly them. The President would not be allowed Czars, all appointments would have to be veted by the congress. We should for a reasonable time withdraw all of our support for other nations and other causes and come up with a play that limits all use of taxpayer money. Any politician that wants to send money or jobs overseas would be required to use their own money and we should tax very heavily any american goods that are produced in foreign countries. Then we sould make sure our military is the best in all the world, and go back to schools that are able to discipline students. Over all we should follow the constitution. We have too many ex-presidents and senators and congressmen walking around after four years or eight years, or however many years, drawing large salaries. We should use whatever force necessary to control our borders.

Jane Spaulding

Great Ideas, everyone—-I agree with eleminating the size of Government. I agree with eleminating any spending to other countries. I agree that way too many legal or illegal immigrants make their way here. I think Birthright Citizenship should desist. All manufacturing made outside the US should be brought back immediately. Congress shall follow the Constitution–not pass any laws that they shall not follow. Clean up the Government Spending. Payback all the IOU’s that you have given SS. Stop printing money without its being backed by the Gold Standard. Make it a common practice that no Politician is not allowed to vote not having read the Bill. No Lobbyists–ever. There are so many things that this Government needs to change, but will it ever?

Michael J.

Mr. Livingston,
From my point of view, the issue of presidential eligibility garners first priority for the new Congress, and here’s why.

The eligibility question in the minds of millions of Americans has exascerbated the existing lack of trust in and confidence of the Federal Government in general to adaquately vet potential presidential candidates.

While past and current inquiries pertaining to eligibility are met with sneers and jeers by the left and their media, I can say with 100% confidence that the next time the question of eligibility is raised and the name of the candidate in question happens to be preceded by an (R), it will matter greatly to the left and their media.

With enough foresight all Americans should be able to visualize the value of assured eligibility and therefore demand clarification in this matter to help restore trust in government. No new legislation need be enacted, just adherence to present laws and practices.

Once that has been acheived, we the people in an unprecedented act should provide government with a new M.A.P. to the future. Mutually Assured Prosperity that is, mandated by voters as the direction in which we see as most beneficial to all Americans. This new voice provided to the people would swell confidence in America and know no bounds.

Confidence in government and our elected officials is the key to restoring our country.
Judy

I forgot to put in the most important item. Anything saved goes directly to paying off what we owe China.
http://heconservativecrawfish.wordpress.com Doug Schexnayder.PhD (ret)

SCHEXNAYDER’S POLITICAL LAWS

LAW 1:

All the national democrats have are distractions, lies and smears to push or protect their secular socialist policies.
(toxic policies demand these tactics so they NATURALLY MUST use them daily.)

LAW 2:

The national democrats (aka secular socialists) have no ethical or moral boundaries.
(so you should never be shocked by what they NATURALLY MUST say or do)
Judy

Enforcement of existing immigration laws would help with border security.
Congress says they want to cut spending. There was not a COLA in 2010, so there was no increase in Social Security. I think Congress should vote down any raise they received.
The entire federal government should be cut five percent across the board. Let the people in the various departments decide where the cuts should be made. (The Military does have other places they can cut besides troops. Let them cut the perks of the higher ups–expensive cars, electronics, fancy offices, consolidate offices, purchasing equipment and supplies not needed, etc. This same idea can be used in all the different departments. The White House should have no say that a department doesn’t have to cut the five percent. When they have cut that five percent, which should be done within six months, they can consider cutting my Social Security five percent. Social Security was one of the biggest scams ever pulled and will ruin us if we don’t do something about it.)
Paul Underhill

1- Seal the borders.
2 – Use our current resources (drill for oil). Tell the rest of the world they can sell it to us for $20.00 a barrel or we won’t need it.
3 – Pass the fair tax (a consumption tax) eliminate taxes from businesses and individuals. This way there is no hiding or loopholes, also everyone has skin in the game.
4 – Pass real health care reform which includes portability and tort reform. Give people incentive to live a health lifestyle with health savings accounts.
5 – Make all regulations have a sunset clause so each one needs to be reviewed to make sure it is truly there to protect the common good.
6 – I have many more but this would be a start.

Bruce D.

That would be a good start for sure Paul.
Dave Peters

You have hit all the highlights and I could not agree more. The biggest addition I would make is to find away to have severe consequences for using their position for political gain, e.g. the illigal alien situation. This is being perpetuated to gain voters and for no other reason.

http://smokey'sbooks jessica

All congressman and woman, judges put on a 2 year salary freeze….senators included.
Fred Pechin

All congressional legislation should be read and discussed. No more quick passing of legislation. Also repeal Obamacare and maybe break it down into categories such as Tort, allowing people with prior conditions and children living at home until 25. Even then it would be difficult to arrive at a good answer.
Cliffystones

Great idea Patsy!

I would also stipulate that we can’t collect Social Security if we take the million. I’m 52 in March, where do I sign up?
Lon

Require that every bill passed by either the Senate or the House of Representatives quotes
“AMENDMENT 10 – Powers of the States and People
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” and certifies that the bill does not violate that amendment.
Further require that ever bill passed by congress and forwarded to the President for signature carry the same quote and certification as the last item in the bill immediately preceding the president’s signature.
JPS

I agree with JC. All illegal aliens must be cutoff and leave OUR country. They and the government are breaking us all.

After all, they are illegal!

USNpops

So long as the Authorities cannot or will not ask for proof of citizenship without violating a persons civil rights, we will continue to have problems with illegal aliens.
So long as the Federal Government refuses to Deport anyone that is here illegally, we will continue to have this problem.

Go to Mexico and refuse to show a Police officer proper documentation that you are there legally. Can you spell JAIL and the key maybe thrown in the Rio Grande?
http://yahoo rwdodgerblue

Most definitely! Cut off food stamps, medical and all other free programs their on. They haven’t earned it and have no right to it. That’s supposed to be ONLY for Americans down on their luck or low income.

TF

I agree with njmiller but would add that we should get rid of the Department of Energy which was supposed to find ways to get us off of oil. What have they done but kept us on oil. Also I’d get rid of the EPA which is putting rules out that are costing businesses thousands of dollars with the new rules that they put out because of global warming. Last of all, I’d get rid of the IRS Tax Code because it’s too combersome, then I’d downsize the IRS staff.
JC

If Congress can’t read and understand the proposed bills, then take a hiatus and DON’T PASS ANY NEW legislation.
Insist on enforcing the existing laws, especially laws regarding ILLEGAL ALIENS, who are making a mockery of our US laws.
Start to balance the federal budget by removing ALL freebies and benefits given to ILLEGAL ALIENS, who are NOT US CITIZENS.
Take away the money given to ILLEGAL ALIENS, rather than the money given and earned by US CITIZENS, i.e. Social Security and Medicare.

lkar

This is good starting point. I would add:
Give education back to the states adn get rid of the Department of Education.
Combine Homeland Security with the FBI, ATF, and CIA. The TSA needs to be streamlined and the other organizations can provide the intell to properly profile travelers (no need to feel up granny and the grandkids).
Suspend payments to the NEA (let then seek private donations). This is also true of NPR adn few others.
With draw from Afganistan and place those troops on the southern border to assist in border security (make sure they have short requirements to engage illegal crossings so they do not have to be shot at before they shoot back).
Annex Iraq as the 51st state (solve the import oil problem). If that proves too unpalitable, just set it up as US territory and we will keep the oil.
And last (but not the final idea) TERM LIMITS!!!

Joe

OK, now we’re cookin’! Don’t forget the department of energy and throw in a flat tax, trimming the irs to a fraction of its current size and expense!
Alaskasense

I’d combine Homeland security with the National Guard, which already has the responsibility of defending the homeland. Then I’d put FBI under that group and CIA under Active duty military, with structured crossflow of information. Then required every citizen to serve in one of these organizations for 2 years, and like the Swiss, take his or her firearm home after that term of service is over. Then they are required to maintain currency with it until the age of 75, after which time it is optional.
To make the federal government more accountable (after some of the great suggestions for reductions), move the HQ out to the states. No more accumulating HQs in Washington DC, no more hiding behind giant building facades and security to avoid those affected by their rules. So, think how different the Bureau of Indian Affairs would be if it was headquartered in the middle of the most miserable reservation in the country. Eliminate every regulation that costs one penny more than it saves, invests, or takes in. Limit the salaries of every federal official to no more than those they regulate. Eliminate unions from all public jobs. Drop the immunity of federal employees from being sued. Either eliminate all bailouts of any kind for any level of company, or upon bailing out a “too big to fail” company, require it be broken up into sections small enough to fail, and then let them sink or swim based on their decisions and competitiveness. Require those who file lawsuits to pay all court costs, to include salaries of all public officials who worked there, if the suit is deemed frivolous or thrown out for lack of evidence, lack of standing, or nuisance intent. Require every employee of any federal agency to work outside the agency in the field doing the work he or she normally regulates, with full accountability and liability, and at the salaries of those who normally do that work.

SANDRA

Prove once and for all whether Obama is actually eligible to be president. If he isn’t evything else is moot as his signature is worthless and everything goes back to where it was when he was elected. If he is eligible, then impeach him for treason for failing to defend the Constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic.

Minuteman

A bill is being introduced in the new Texas state congress that would require ALL candidates for President of the United States to provide a copy of their long-form birth certificate before thier name will be put on the ballott. If a few more states would follow this example, maybe we could force via the states rather than the federal courts.

Walter D. Owens

I understand, From sorces on the web, There are Twenty five (25)one half of US. States. Have done this.
Concerned Montanan

My understanding is that many states are CONSIDERING this measure but have not passed it yet. You might check with your state officials and see where they stand – urge them to get on the bandwagon if they have not already.
Montana, for one, is looking at it and needs a push in the right direction.

David

We should, at least on this site, require proof from anyone who says Obama is a natural born citizen. We required that vetting of John McCain, and rightly so. Now do it for every Presidential Candidate
Bruce D.

Not really. He is an American Citizen but the certificate he has on the internet is one that claims Hawaii as his home state but not born there. Also there is the question whether he is a natural born citizen because his father was not American. If the Constitution is not strictly enforced it becomes a meaningless document. There should be an official inquiry because so much in Obama’s past remains hidden.
http://yahoo rwdodgerblue

AMEN to THAT!!!! If he’s really a US citizen, then why would he hide his birth certificate!?I don’t know much about politics, but aren’t things like ELiGIBILITY checked before you can run for Prez?

Patsy Cochran

A few weeks ago I recieved an email with ideas for fixing our country’s dilemma that I would like to share. Give $1,000,000.00 to anyone over 50 to retire. The stipulations: 1)You must retire: creates jobs solves the unemployment problem. 2)You must buy a home or pay off your existing mortgage: fixes the housing crises. 3)You must buy a new American car: solves the auto industry crises. There was more, but I cannot remember all of it or the exact number of jobs created. The money would come from the stimulus money that has not been spent.

Another thing that I would like to see happen is repeal of Obamacare.

I would also like to see a balanced federal budget. Cutting all pork spending would go a long way toward this.

Robin from Arcadia, IN

Patsy… I remember that e mail. Sounds like a winning solution to me.
ken

Foriegn aid, We should review all the monies we are sending to other Countries.Some of these Countries are our worst enemies.

Abolish the United Nations.How do this originization help the USA?

Mick

independant thinker says:
January 15, 2011 at 12:23 am
We cannot abolish the UN however the US can refuse to participate in or fund the UN.
**************************************************
independant thinker,,,

You’re right..The UN can find another site for their headquarters as far as I am concerned and without the financial backing of the United States things would begin to look quite different in a hurry.

William Sturm

Silly. Passing out funny money to more and more people simply dilutes the US$. One day it will be worthless and we will all be trillionaires.

WE should hold the feet of the government to the fire. PAYGO!!!!

If you can’t fund it you can’t do it.

Do not raise the ceiling on the National Debt. Rather….slowly lower it until the debt is paid off!

This of course would force many painful choices but might save the country!

Oh yes, you will need a half ton of this funny money to buy a real loaf of bread. Sometimes money is called ‘bread’ isn’t it?

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JKO

The man who is the subject of the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness” suggested a similar thing on Beck more than a year ago. He said give every citizen $1 million. They have to be a registered voter, a non-criminal, and a few other things. He said this would cost less than the first bail-out and would stimulate the economy like crazy. I liked this and it made sense. Why not give people back their money instead of giving it to a Freddie or Fannie to spend on things we don’t care about.

Joe Chiang

One more thing. Someone get out a Democratic map with targets on it and ask in an interview if these are the kind of irresponsible target maps to which they refer in their mindless ravings.

http://libertydigest ira l.

good post. I also think it would be a good idea to make it mandatory for congress to review the constitution on the floor of congress at least once a year followed by a reading of Atlas Shrugged if it’s a slow legislation week.

marvin

ira l.
YOU ARE RIGHT I WOULD MUCH REATHER hear the constitution , then renameing post office,s or getting more goverment land if the congress an,t got anything to do come back to their district and ask the voters what they think or need

http://libertydigest ira l.

Am I the only one who heard Bob Beckel on Fox bragging about being the one who first started suggesting targets in key conservative districts. He seemed incredibly proud of the fact. almost as proud as the way he looks every time he checks himself out in the studio monitor every appearance with Hannity.

USNpops

I read the same thing – it was in regards to Bill Clinton’s campaign as I remember. And yes he seems very proud to have come up with this idea.

njmiller

For starters, I would return the control of education to the states and elimninate the Education Department in Washington altogether. The second place, get rid of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac TOTALLY as this is where I think this all started to really go downhill. Thirdly, make it law that all government has the same health care as the private sector, and that no public worker makes more money than they would in the private sector (they DO work for us, don’t they?) Finally, the House and Senate should only get Social Security when they retire, the same as the rest of the country. Then they would have a vested interest to clean it up!

LNSu

Amen to that why in the world do we even have an education department. A represenitive Republic doesn’t need to control us we need to control them. These people (DOE) are threatening to abolish all provate schools and that includes Homeschoolers. Homeschoolers have taken a ton of flack for over 30 yrs now and NOW that we have proven Homeschool kids are better educated, more community minded, more likely to take political action, and are more involved with the church they (DOE) is looking to shut us up! Take a look at the HSLDA website and read about it if you don’t know (or believe me). Time for American’s to control the Gov again.

Bruce D.

I agree with you on Homeschooling LNSu. Private school and homeschooling for the most part is far superior to that of public socialist schools.
http://yahoo richard

bruce that is why the libs want to do away with them
http://?? Joe H.

Bruce D,
I agree with you on the home schooling, but as Glenn Becks guest said today, we must start teaching our kids to think outside the box! By doing so, we will help them to have an inventive nature and produce the items that improve the quality of life for the US and in turn the world. As the man said, all we are teaching our kids is to expect respect instead of earning it!
George B

Parents today love their kids but it is a bother to get them up and make breakfast and see them off to school. Much less have a clean home for them to come home too. And teach them at home, to much trouble. There would not be time for soap opera’s and cards and TV. Home schooling is fine for people that care and follow rules but the average homemaker [in todays society] is lazy and will not make the effort. Most are not well enough educated to take on the homeschooling task. There are many public school teachers that fall into this catigory also.

Bruce D.

Nice post njmiller. It is important to stop the brainwashing of the younger generation. Getting the Fed out of it would be a good start. People working for government should not be getting more than the private sector as their productivity and problem solving ability is mostly inferior to that of the private sector.
Carrie TPT

I definitely agree with abolishing the Fed Dept of Education The States can handle it fine.
Great suggestion to do away with Special health & Retirement for the few who give it to themselves & give the rest of us the other end of the stick. Also since no prior First Lady had a Paid staff, let’s cut back to 1 (one) aid or secretary.
Im not so sure about changing the pay scale back to equal the private sector, or I’ve even heard they should get the same pay as soemone risking their life in service for our military. The problem is – if we don’t do away with Lobbies, We need our representatives to be paid enough to resist temptation of bribes.

Also I like the Idea of any “regulation” disappears in 3-6 months if not ratified by Congress, the real Law makers.
Repeal the law that will force us to by “made in China” Light bulbs. Do not offer Tax credits for purchasing Imports, that helps Other economies, not ours.

dan

Now we’re talkin’…we need to get rid of the unfunded mandates,too.
You name the alphabetized department and I’ll show you a Federal
usurpation of State/local rights…unelected czars with the power
of the law dictating to what were once proud and free Americans…
not the pathetic hyphenated politically correct dumbed down TV
viewing sports addled couch potatoes that we have become.
Christin

Good points, dan.

And while we are at it… let’s just follow the Consititution of the United States of America (which may need a couple amendment changes) with its Freedoms, Liberties, and Rights granted by God and give the Country BACK to “WE The People, By The People, For The People”!

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW…
If a law is passed by an Honorable or Corrupt Congress ALL citizens, even Congress and government, must follow the laws of the land or it is NOT a good law for America.

There shall be NO Elite Ruling Class! Abolish CZARS!

PS I also don’t think congress should be allowed to give themselves a pay raise, maybe it should be voted on by the people of that state.
Right now, they probably should get a pay cut, at the very least a 5 year pay freeze, as America is broke.

Joe

Hear, hear! I would a the dismantling of the department of energy.

marvin

Joe
THE DEPT OF ENERGY,an,t that a oxie morron like the the dept of education they are both like a bank with no money on deposit no customer on their books own no property but have lotts of people and power telling the real energy producers and the real educators where when and how to do what they can not do them self

Arda M

AMEN TO THAT. How are they able to serve one elected term in congress and qualify for full retirement benefits that they never contribute to – it ALL comes out of our taxes. Then they vote theirselves a $10,000 raise for last two years while Social Security elderly do not get a raise AND their Medicare costs go up, so they, if a couple, are getting $3600 less. Makes no sense.

Amendment 28 – Congress can make no law for general population that they are exempt for and they can make no law for theirselves that the general population is exempt for. Let’s make this a level playing field….that includes putting them on Social Security at the same level as we are. No raises for them of SS does’t get a raise. No more wonderful medical care if the rest of us don’t get it. WHo died and made them God I’d like to know – shucks, wish I could work for someone and decide on my own pay raise – I’d be making 6 figure income like they do and only work 6 months a year too.

Rescind ALL FOEIGN AID…we have people w/o employment, starving, unhoused, infrastructure that needs repair/replacement and we’re giving billions away to people that want to destroy us – DUH! That’s as bad as sending all our scrap metal to Japan pre WWII so they could build bombs with it to bomb Pearl harbor!

TERM LIMITS – if it’s good for the president, it’s good for Congess…..and put all Federal Employees on the same wage scale and retirement scale as us….while you’re at it, uemploy (sounds better than fire) all the “stand-by” federal postal workers who get paid but don’t work.

Education – leave it in local hands AND NO TENURE for anyone. If you can’t produce, you don’t have a job……

While you’re at it, no money for colleges that predominantly teach negative liberal slant on our history and brainwashes all these marxist/socialist young people, preventing the hiring and tenure of past proponents of America’s destruction, e.g. Black Panthers, etc.

FLAT TAX……I know the thing is to pick on the “rich” people, BUT someone ancestor wasn’t rich and worked hard to get that way. Passing what they accrued on to their children is only right. GET RID OF DEATH TAXES and the IRS…..they’re all thugs and I used to work for ‘em.

VET ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES according to the constitution, including Obama. Sorry he’s embarrased his Birth Certificate may reveal his parents were never married, so what! He’s neither the first or the last product of unmarried sexual relationship – instead he should be proud he was able to accomplish so much instead and be an example to the kids born into that situation, instead of leaving them on Welfare ghettos.

WELFARE AND UNEMPLOYMENT: You get it so long and then you don’t period. I have family who don’t work cause they can collect instead….so they time it to NOT go to work….They want it, fine – come to us and we’ll put you on the road crew orpicking up trash, or something constructive. Then we’ll give you a urine test, blood test, and IF you’re clean, you get your pay at the end of the week….NO MORE FREE RIDES – no more FREE ANCHOR BABIES – no more FREE anything.

SOCIAL SECURITY – we’re required to pay into it, so we should withdraw from it. HOWEVER It used to NOT be in the General Fund. THe Democrats under Johnson put it in the fund and Congress, bless it’s heart, has been writing IOU’s on it ever sense. They need to immediately refund it w/interest and ONLY individuals and families who contributed to it can withdraw from it – NO ILLEGAL ALIENS OR ANCHOR BABIE…

ALIENS…send ‘em back home. Do what Eisenhower did – gather ‘em up – put ‘em on a unheated/unairconditioned bus, truck ‘em to the southern border of Mexico, and dump’em out…and if they come back, put’em on a plane and fly ‘em to South America or Africa – I don’t care.
Arm our borders and protect our people….and NO MORE speeches by Mexican Presidents in our hallowed halls of Congress….THIS IS AMERICA…..TIME WE TOOK OUR COUNTRY BACK….

Have a lot more to say as well, but that”ll get the ball rollin for starters.

God Bless us – we’re gonna need it – OH – sell Nancy Pelosi’s new airpline she bought paid for with taxpayer money cause she didn’t want to take a public flight….didn’t want to have to stop and refuel along the way – and wanted to bring a whole slew of people along with her…..did you see the cost of the liquor and catered meals etc charged to us? Why do these people think they are GODS and deserve all this while you and I hare racking our brains to keep the bills paid?

While you’re at it, you might say a prayer for our country every morning, for our armed forces that get shoved around, paid thousands and thousands less than garbage collectors, ahve to live on food stamps, and yet put their lives on the line EVERY DAY…..where’s today’s Ronald Reagan/John Wayne when you need ‘em? We have spineless greedy people running our country cause you and I are too busy making a living ……… WAKE UP AMERICA

Concerned Montanan

What a great summary of what is wrong with our government. I agree with you all the way!
I think one of the best ideas being tossed around (even as an Amendment to the Constitution) is that our elected officials in Washington DC should abide by the same conditions as they pass on us – retirement, health care, whatever. They should not be able to give themselves a raise without our approval. After all, we are paying their wages and they are SUPPOSED to be working for us. They no doubt deserve to be well paid – many of them give up business interests to avoid conflict of interest while in office. However, they don’t need to retire with great wealth. Our democratic senators from Montana gave themselves a $5,200 raise this year. My retirement raise in 2010 was about $20 a month, haven’t got notice of any this year.

And yes! we need to zero in on the federal Dept. of Education. Abolishing it, however, will have to be a careful, step-by-step procedure since it has become so entrenched in our concept of “public education.” It needs to be done, and it CAN BE DONE!!
nanc

Poluisa got the airplane because she didn’t want to be scanned like the rest of us have to when we want to fly
USNpops

From what I have read, she still gets a Government Funded aircraft. Just smaller than the one she got as Queen bee.

Boehner on the other hand refuses the Govt. plane and flies commercial.
marvin

Arda M
i won,t reply to all your post but as for congress they geT automatic pay increse ever year unless they vote to not i said NOT ACCEPT IT
Nancy

I like you….A LOT!!
Robert Pa.

Maybe our Military Troops are pointing their guns the wrong way. Aim for the idiots in the government. And no, I’m not talking about what happened in Tucson, that government congress woman was doing her job for the people. She always put the people at large, first.
A DEM NO MORE

I was just saying that If we want to save Social Security, we need
to stop giving it and SSI to illegals and to anyone who has NEVER paid into it. We also have to stop giving Tax refunds to anyone who does NOT have a job and did not pay into the Fed taxes

William Sturm

Sorry. It’s too late with Fannie and Freddie. Back in 2003-2003 when the St. Louis Fed Govenor said there was NOFederal Guarantee for these loans. They should never have been given the AAA rating as being backed by the ‘full faith and credit of the United States’…and that would be you the taxpayer!!!!

Willim Poole wanted the Fed Res to eliminate the item from their regulations which read something like this:

(and remember they are not part of the United States)

“Fannied and Freddie can BORROW up to $2.25 BILLION in an emergency from the United States Treasury.”

That’s all there was folks…..the mortgage industry assumed these were backed as AAA! And, because this gave borrows a better rate of interest….the vast majority of loans were funded by the GSEs!

So this foreign banking cartel gave these two GSEs the power to borrow from the U.S. Treasury!

I said it was too late….

On Dec 24, 2009 the Obama Administration acted (prior to Jan 1, 2010 which have required Congressional approval)to make UNLIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THESE TWO DEFUNCT GSEs for THREE (3) YEARS.

Santa Claus arrived just in time for the GSE’s!!!!!!

w
barbm

if congress, senate, and potus made the same money as in the private sector, they’d be making salaries like wall street execs and bank ceos. we can’t afford that!!
JKO

I write as a teacher and home school mom. I waited until my late 40′s to get a masters to teach in public school. My kids are grown and they are normal human beings and smart kids (not sure where they got that from:).)
My first teaching year was in the Portland Or area. I taught 3rd grade. About 1/2 my class was Hispanic and what you call English language learners. I treated each student equally. Here is what I saw: the district spent thousands of dollars to feed the kids. Then they spent thousands to get them up to speed in English. Many of these kids were illegal and few of the rest were citizens.
Here was my issue: I could not teach core subjects while any student was out of the classroom. But this could go on all day. I had to teach math at the end of the day because there were kids out until that point. (the reading / language was a block in the morning and nor one was out, but I had to teach those subjects) Do you realize how difficult it is for most kids to think about math this late in the day after a lunch incredibly high in fat – VERY?
I did not begrudge these kids their education. But why should the rest of the class have to “suffer” because of all this regulation.
Many teachers also had to be let go and class size increased because of this. Many classroom necessities were not available unless the teacher paid for it.
You add to this the food stamps, health care, welfare, etc that these families were draining from the system you have a great many problems.
I believe that anyone should be allowed into America as long as they are not a criminal or have a communicable disease. But if you are here you are on a visa or seeking citizenship. If you are not then you leave. If you are on welfare after say 2 years you go back to you country of citizenship.
My family lived without healthcare, food stamps or any other govt. help. We found doctors that would take payments and honestly did not have many emergencies. My husband worked hard to provide for us so that I could be home.
We could have gotten help from the govt. but chose not to. We paid taxes all along. Why should a non-citizen who drains from the system have any more?
If we would stop all the entitlements in education we would have plenty of money to accomplish what is needed.

Finally, I’m with Beck. Let’s pay congress, judges, presidents etc. the average salary in the US. They get the same insurance, and other benefits. And when they leave office they get no more pay or benefits. We also need to have term limits (which I would have fought against until 5 years ago as I figured the voters should decide). Our military should be paid the same – average salary. We also need to bring all non-combat people home, especially from Europe and Asia. They can defend themselves. And we need to spend – as a country – only what we bring in.

Joe Chiang

I do not see a topic here. I have a lot of beefs. I have developed a concept for free energy. I want to build a prototype, cost less than $500,000. It uses two renewable energy sources, wind and methane gas which is why it is dependable and available anywhere in the world. I have been trying unsuccessfully for four years to get the funding. If you consider the movie on this subject, Chain Reaction, perhaps that is why I can’t get the funding. Free energy, after obtaining this equipment, a windmill plus that I call a No-Wind Windmill, would change the geopolitical and economic landscape. Very frustrated.

http://aries.services.officelive.com/default.aspx JAFO

Check this guy out… Best solutions for anything you can think of…

JAFO

http://aries.services.officelive.com/default.aspx
JAFO

P.S. I would abolish all un-Constituional Federal Authorities from ANY funding or powers over the People or Commerce…(DOE,TSA..)
End Lifetime appointments to the U.S.Supreme Court.(20 year cap) along with automatic rejection if political bias is found(Constituionalists Only)
Complying with our laws should not take an act of Congress if the law already exists (Immigration,Eligability would be resolved instantly)
Any threat to America or her Interests by leaders of Any “Group”, religion (Islam), Political (Iran,N.Korea to name 2) “Would immediately be named a National Threat by their own Decree…

All Laws passed by congress shall apply to Congress-Persons equally as the People.Just as our Constitution states…
Bribery (lobbying or otherwise) of an American Official (Elected, Appointed or otherwise) to affect the “Peoples” unalieable rights or law or regulation or infringe the “Peoples” pursuit of happiness… Shall be given a Mandatory Prison Sentence For Breach Of Trust!

That would be my first day at the podium…

Day 2 would return Federal Employees payrol to shadow the Private sector (benefits included)
Abolish the Unions from ALL government offices Federal, State, Local and all Public… You can’t serve 2 Masters and the Union Interests have been placed before the Publics Interests…

barbm

i saw a car powered by air a couple of weeks ago on a national news program, “60 minutes” i think. it carried air tanks underneath the car. to make a vehicle run, you must have pressure to power the pistons to go up and down. i know many of you already know that, but some may not. in a regular car, gas is ignited – yes, your car is on fire as you drive in a sense, the carburator or fuel injectors pump the gas for ignition then stop and start so the pistons go up for ignition and down when it’s off. ignited air expands lifting the pistons. the air tanks did that without the gas and fire. they said they were working on a system whereby the alternator would allow the tanks to refill themselves as you drive. the only exhaust was cold air.

kenneth

one small problem. Compressed air doesn’t compress by itself. It takes gas or electric to do that. What power one would get from that wouldn’t move a car and regenerate air back into the tanks. Not happening. Compressing air takes a lot of energy. Generally it also generates heat because compressing air is like the engine in your car. The heat lost is also energy lost. A compressor uses pistons to move air into a tank that is being pressurized. There has never been a machine developed that can generate energy as fast as it is being used. Something is always lost in the action to generate action.
Robt Hauser

That’s right…Second Law of Thermodynamics.
The Quadfather

This is similar to the electric car. All it does is to transfer the energy conversion to stationary facilities like power plants. The air car or the electric car therefore burns coal. They are no more pollution free than a gasoline car, unless powered by hydroelectric, which more than likely, not.

kate8

Does anyone know anything about the magnetic generators? They are supposed to operate without need of sun, wind or anything else.
Supposed to be based on Tesla’s inventions.

Dan az

Kate
there is a you tube site on that principle the problem is torque there is only so much it can produce.It does work but the amount of work that it can do is limited.

kate8

Joe, I would definitely stay away from government funding. Lots of people have tried and have received a visit from corporate thugs.

Minuteman

Just a thought . . .

Pick one case in each state where an illegal alien has committed a heinous crime such as killing a police officer and then indict Barrack Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Janet Napolitano and Erick Holder for the crime of AIDING AND ABETTING CRIMANALS by their refusal to enforce existing Federal laws. Even better, if a foreigner commits a terrorist act and it can be proven that he entered the US illegally, e.g. by crossing the Mexican border, indict them for Treason (which is punishable by death) for “giving aid and comfort” to our enemies. Then, as is done when a policeman is indicted or is being investigated for a crime, relieve them of their duties and reassign them to jobs where they are not in a decision making role while they are under indictment.

dan

Love your suggestion,Minuteman.I’d like a review of the Constitutionality of every law in the Federal Code and the removal/sunsetting of laws…get rid of the ones that don’t work
and oppress/terrorize the law abiding citizens of the RepublicPerhaps making the elected subject to those laws first is the best beginning .

Robert Smith

Get rid of most of the recreational drug laws. The war on drugs has been lost. All we got out of it is the spitting on the constitution about what individuals can do tothemselves, coruption, and violnece.

Rob
http://yahoo rwdodgerblue

I have to agree with you. If we legalize the minor drugs, like marijuana, then there will be less smuggled over the border.
I also think Obama should get off his butt and secure our borders! Not that I think he ever will..

Sneddog

Minuteman, I like the way you think!
William Sturm

Excellent observation. The Justice Department (an arm of the government) is charged with prosecuting criminals.

They have so few they choose to prosecute that they are now going after ordinary citizens…hauling them off from scheduled domestic airline flights in hand cuffs.

Awaken oh sluggard…..

w

Michael

A prosecutor will not charge an illegal alien because they cannot make any money. They don’t have a surety interest in the public trust of 1933. No birth certificate or Social Surety number.
JoMama

Yoo-hoo…….that’s because they send their money to their country. If the illegal aliens REALLY wanted to stay in the USA – they would spend their money here. The illegal alien just wants to stay here long enough to make enough money to go home to THEIR OWN COUNTRY & live like kings & queens.

THAT’S ALL!! They are NOT going to conform to our laws. The dead giveaway is when they came in & broke the law right from the start!! They will NOT conform – but – neither will I. You cannot make me like ANY of this. I will not like any of this – EVER.

I am Hispanically challenged. I am Muslimally challenged also.
JoMama

By the way – I say send them home on their own dime – not ours. We can’t afford it anymore. NO. They will NOT vote. NO. They will NOT get amnesty.
http://yahoo rwdodgerblue

You GO, girl! I feel the same way. Obama should ENFORCE the constitution and secure our borders. I also think something has to be done other than just taking illegals back across the border. They just turn around and come right back.
Also, anchor babies shouldn’t automatically be US citizens. If the parents are illegal, then so are the babies. What’s so hard about that!?
George B

Illegal immigrants are going to be the # 1 problem for the US if it already isn’t. We have to get it under control or we are going under. Congress is such a joke, they do not even try. They only want to be reelected. Legal imigration is fine. The bleeding hearted citizen’s are the ones that are to blame. God forbid they shhould vote for a stronger enforcement of our laws.
Ortunk

Hi George,
Lately our Republican candidate in Cal got in hot water because she was employing an illegal immigrant. Her response was that she hired the service who hired the worker, not the worker. This implies that all companies are responsible to follow the law, but who payed the price?
Maybe if we started asking the companies we hire, or frequent, if any employees are undocumented, and refuse their service, or walk out.
In this economic climate, I am sure it will be easy to find a business that would comply, thrilled for us to be a customer.
There are a lot of people displaced by illegals that are dying (sorry)willing to work, if they can find someone to work for.
Yes a heard a collective “Yah right” but think about it.

JoMama

VERY CONSTITUTIONAL!!!!
Robert Pa.

Little “BAM” is an Islamic radical. Does that clear it up for you???
USNpops

Since Saturday a sign in the Tucson area was taken down because it Advertised Rush Limbaugh as a “Straight Shooter”.

So now do we have to take all movies by John Wayne, Roy Rogers and number of other Cowboy hero’s, including Ronald Reagan that use that term in their movies off the market for being “Politically Correct”?

Yet just a few miles down the road are signs warning American Citizens that it is dangerous to use their interstate highway because of Illegal activity coming n from Mexico.

There is so much wrong in this country now that to try to come up with solutions would take forever to write. But in this case perhaps not be so Politically correct, Protect our Borders and our constitution.

USNpops

I meant “Politically Incorrect” in the one place. Sorry.

Vicki

Respectfully request of our representatives that they actually honor their oath and that within the bounds of that oath they represent us. Starting with READ THE BILLS. Extra points for stating where in the Constitution they have been delegated the power to pass the bill in question. Even more points for one subject at a time.

Of course auditing the Fed might be a really good idea too

William Sturm

The information exists on who the Fed really is. It’s not part of the American Government. It is a group representing a foreign banking cartel…..old money out of Europe….Paris….London.

The Revolutionary War never ended for some…..

If we have any gold remaining in the United States that belongs to the citizens much of it is said to be stored in the vaults of the New York Federal Reserve Bank! How frightening is that?

w

Charlie M

Until real common sense and honest personal responsibility prevail, I believe those who hate will continue to find too large a stage from which to scream….a disappointing cost of freedom. Still, FREEDOM must win.
Dan az

The truth that is not taught can set us free with out a civil war only by using the laws can we win this.If we sent each representative the facts of the laws that Im sure they dont even know about then maybe we can change the ways that this nation is heading.People they need us to rebel to finish their work lets not give them the power over us.Please read this site and spread it around it looks as if it will be the only way that we can win. http://teamlaw.org/HistoryOutline.htm
In the left side of the Column follow the links.A must read to truly know our history and where we are going and how to stop it legally.

Michael

The power is in the people and their state constitution. Take Indiana for instance. It has an amendment that limits property tax and must balance its budget every year. This is your only chance.

USNpops

We the people of Washington voted in similar measures in a number of elections.

But somehow the Legislators and Democratic Governor decided we did not know what we were doing and passed laws to get around it.

And now after the same orders from the people in the last election are using the Budget Crunch to bypass it again.

WE the people are too stupid to make smart decisions about government. Only elected officials have been annointed with the “Oil of Truth” as to how government can and should operste.

I feel so Dumb!!!!
john whitt

After reading about 20 posts, I see that many thinking folks know what this country needs to straighten it out, but I see nothing of a suggestion of how to get it done. I am afraid that we have come so far down the crooked road to socialism we will never change our course with an election. Even tho it has not been long ago that the GOP and TEA Party made the great splash in the elections and gained strength in Congress, the spots are already beginning to change with the freshmen. I see signs of self serving. I hope there is some way to hold their feet to the fire and force them to produce what they promised.

s c

Bob, give it a try. It’s possible that people might be serious long enough to put aside their biases and prejudices. I’ll even restrain myself from nailing the first horse’s asset who jumps on a soapbox and tries to convert a believer to the other side.

Proud to be a Christian

All of my suggestions concern money mostly however, the first one is
1. All Individuals whether in Congress, Senate, White house etc., all have to pay into social security and they won’t have any other retirement, unless they have a 40lK or likes. The have no special health insurance, just what all government employees have, nothing special. Each Congressperson including the Senate and President plus cabinet members etc., each will have a budget for office expenses, rent, travel, etc. After budget is used up, have to pay out of their own pocket. Only allowed one two week vacation a year (especially the president with his running all over the world at our expense doing nothing but having dates with his wife, all first ladies may only have 2 assistants, other’s she has to pay for. Food budgets also at the whitehouse for special events and normal daily usage, instead of having imported flown in caviar for lunch, can have a ham sandwich (I’m being funny there, however, it is ridiculous that the white house is used for lavish parties that have nothing to do with anything like it is being abused now.
2. Department of Energy abolished (Carter established this department and they have done nothing but grow and have huge budgets. Private Industry will come up with all the alternatives.
3. Department of Health Education and Welfare abolished. Anyother department set up by Carter. These are all areas that are to be controlled by the States.
4. No Czars allowed on our payroll. If the President wants those kind of advisors, then he pays out of his pocket.
5. All donations for elections goes into one pot and that pot is split equally between all parties running for office. This eliminates special interest groups.
6. All welfare and medicade be abolished for illegal aliens no matter what, including anchor babies. No where in the constitution does it say that if a child is born on American soil, they are automatically a citizen. Not eligible for SSI either.
7. Border’s secured.
8. A portion of USA owned land used that if you are a druggie that is where you have to live to enjoy your drugs. If caught outside of the designated area, immediate imprisonment. Make all drugs legal.
9. Review all laws presently on the books to determine if they are constitutional and if not delete. Also, if there are three laws on the books that basically cover the same topic, get rid of all but one.
10. Allow insurance companies to cross borders.
11. Bring our military home. The Russians finally left Afganistan after years of being there, not necessary
I have more to say but unfortunately not the time. All the fluff should be taken out. Why are we still supporting the Edowment for the Arts and all of that baloney.

Nancy S Davidson

I agree with everything “Proud” suggests. Power must be given back to the states and taken away from the Fed. govt. Each state knows what it needs – we don’t need a cookie-cutter gov. telling us what to do. Most of the fed. gov. needs to be done away with (educa., etc.). Candidates need to tell us what they stand for, what they would do if elected – stop trying to destroy the other candidates. Leave the personal invective out of elections!
Chris

I agree with proud especially number 5, no more special interests would mean no more government controlled by big business. Watch and see how fast the big business would stop donating if they couldn’t control where the monies go.
Oh and the constitution does state if you are born here you are a citizen of the USA.
http://PersonalLiberty Peg

Limiting property tax was a great idea but it doesn’t do any good as Indiana keeps raising the assessed value of your property when property values keep going down. That should and probably is illegal but who can do anything about it???

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