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jbristor

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Member since : May-29-2009 (Verified)
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All budget line-items should be reviewed, justified, then prioritized in order of importance. The entire process (except national security items) should be available on the web for public review, comment, and input during the entire budgetary process.
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jbristor 9 months ago
We live in a society governed under the auspices of a Constitutional Republic that protects the rights of the individual which includes their right to property. Progressive taxation violates the 5th and 14th admendments. Those jealous souls would have us believe that there exists a class war based on wealth, while they actually propose a class war by creating a socialist state based on a ruling class and a working class.

"Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his own."
-James Madison, Essay on Property, March 29, 1792.

"The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If 'Thou shalt not covet" and 'Thou shalt not steal' were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free."
-John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787.
jbristor 9 months ago
So basically you you are saying that anyone that receives, Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, Federal pensions, federally subsidized student loans, federal grants, etc. basically shouldn't be allowed to vote as they have a conflict of interest with just but every issue that comes under discussion at the federal level.
jbristor 9 months ago
Send Money to the address below and they will apply it to the federal debt:

Attn Dept G

Bureau of the Public Debt

P.O. Box 2188

Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188
jbristor 9 months ago
It's fairly automatic if coupled with this one:
http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/3870-4049

The same means used to generated the budget and line-items would then be used to track the expenditures.
jbristor 9 months ago
The President and Federal government should stay out of state and local government business. Period. It is up to the citizens of each state or local government to decide how they want to run their own state and local government. If you don't like something in your local government, work to change it; don't ask federal person some thousands of miles away using taxpayer monies from people that don't live in your area to fix problems you need to fix yourself.
jbristor 9 months ago
That's not how it is suppose to work. We are a Constitutional Republic that protects the rights of individuals. Citizens shouldn't have 'power' over other citizens or legal entities. You want 'power'? Join that entity as a shareholder or don't buy their products as a consumer. Having 'power' over companies in the way you desire is infringing on the individual rights of every citizen you chose to be a shareholder.
jbristor 9 months ago
We could be mining Mars for resources with all the monies wasted by the Economic Recovery Act.
jbristor 9 months ago
The R&D of the stealth technology is one example of something that has to be kept secret. When I said 'national security', I meant only those items that are Top Secret projects that could damage our national security if information prematurely leaked.
jbristor 9 months ago
There is no such thing as "Too Large to Fail". Though breaking up the government into much smaller pieces may be a thought.
jbristor 9 months ago
The Federal Insurance Contributions Act was suppose to be more of an annuity insurance program for retirement. The 1st attempt was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and FDR jammed it into the IRS code.

The idea is that you contribute towards your retirement and you eventually get what you put in with some interest. Those that contribute more get more. It is why there is an income cap on contributions.

Charging people different rates or removing the cap means the program is no longer a Retirement Insurance program but simply another huge entitlement program. What's next? Seize all 401K's nationwide and redistribute them?
jbristor 9 months ago
Our form of government is a Constitutional Republic, a nation of laws... not of men. The electoral college has nothing to do with communications or technology. The electoral college exists to protect federalism, seperation of powers, protect minority groups and small states from the tyranny of the majority.