Soon it won’t matter what we want to do or who we want to help. We will be so destitute from our own indebtedness we will be unable to assist ourselves.

When China refuses to loan us any more money the gig will be up. Our elected representatives and foreign nations around the world will have successfully bankrupted the United States and placed trillions of dollars of debt on us and our children.

We are indebting our children’s future to save the Georgians and the Iraqis and the Koreans and the Israelis and the Pakistanis and the Japanese and numerous other nations.

We are indebting our children to those who are not our friends, to give to other foreign nations that are not necessarily our friends.

We are enslaving our children to debt in a do-good attempt to meddle in the foreign policy of other nations. Our meddling is usually unappreciated and invariably we will get blamed for something and become the target of another radicalized terrorist group that will want to do us harm. None of this makes sense.

Every time we think it is right to interfere with another nation we must remember we are nearly bankrupt.

THERE IS NO MORE MONEY IN THE TREASURY. When our destroyers and aircraft carriers can not get fuel or supplies from foreign ports to allow them to return home, because the foreign nations will not extend any more credit, like they did the Russians, we will be in bad shape and very vulnerable.

Many nations are beginning to discuss refusing to accept the US dollar. Moodys is discussing downgrading US Treasuries Debt from a AAA rating. [Source]
This is 3rd World country stuff.

We had better get our guys home from every non-vital military position and shut down all others. We need to take care of the U.S. 1st and rebuild our industries, infrastructure, farms, energy sources and families.

We also need to rid ourselves of the un -American foreign national policy advisors – German born Heinz Alfred Kissinger (McCain) and Polish born Zbigniew Brzezinski (Obama). These advisors have proven they could care less about the U.S., our troops, our Constitution, our Sovereignty or our children.

The foreigners have been running the United States Foreign Policy for the last 30 years and are NOT AMERCIANS. They are traitors that serve their un-American globalists masters.

Are we so ignorant as a nation that we can not get one former West Pointer or Naval Academy professor or former General or Admiral out of the 300 million people in this nation to replace these foreign born traitors that are running our foreign policy? These men are hand picked and the American people are getting a good-cop, bad-cop game of two neo-con false choices.

Whether we like it or not, economics will soon dictate the limits of our foreign policy. All the more reason we need a non-interventionist foreign policy as proposed by Washington, Madison and spoken best by Jefferson, “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none.”

Failure to change our ways brings to mind the prophetic quote by Joseph Smith “The United States will spend its strength and means warring in foreign lands until other nations shall say ‘Let’s divide up the land of the Unites States”

-Will Pitts

Just like last year, we can expect to see these meetings packed with special interests and other parasites with their hands out. They will be clamoring for another tax increase despite the creation of Mayor Peyton’s three new taxes and last year’s property tax increase.

In the middle of an economic depression the City Council will be inclined to create new taxes and raise existing taxes to quench the thirst of the special interests for your money…

…unless…

YOU SHOW UP AND TELL THEM OTHERWISE!

Do not let this be a repeat of last year. Make it abundantly clear that a vote to raise taxes will never be forgotten and mean an end to their political career.

On Thursday, March 18 at 6:00PM the City Council is holding a Budget Town Hall at FSCJ Deerwood Campus (9911 Old Baymeadows Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32256). Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County has been leading the fight for fiscal responsibility in Jacksonville. CTDC President Victor Wilhelm provides some background information and talking points for Jacksonville’s recent budget and tax issues:

The time line for the creation of Taxonville: A chronicle of the journey into the wallets of working families by Mayor John Peyton and complicit Republican City Council persons.

~City spending has increased year after year even when adjusted for population growth and inflation. The City of Jacksonville spending has outpaced the economy year after year. This increased in spending is hardly noticed when the economy is good; however, when the economy slows down and declines, the City continues to increase spending when everyone else is forced to reduce spending.

~In 2007 when faced with spending cuts or raising taxes, mayor John Peyton breaks his campaign promise not to raise taxes “on his watch” by creating three new taxes costing residents in Jacksonville over $60 million a year in new taxes they never had to pay previously

~In 2008 John Peyton try to increase the property tax to fund a $250 million entitle program “Jacksonville Journey”. Public backlash against the property tax increase cause the City Council to make it clear that there would be no tax increase. In spite of this, John Peyton creates the Jacksonville Journey social welfare program anyway.

~In 2009 John Peyton tries to raise taxes yet again. The City Council finance committee and the entire City Council voted to hold the property tax flat after recognizing that the raising taxes in middle of a recession is not what residents of Jacksonville can afford. Despite this rebuke from the City Council and the residents of Jacksonville, Peyton vetoes the City Council and submits a budget that is $60 million more than the previous year.

~Now Republican mayor John Peyton wants to raise his three new taxes and increase the property tax again!

~Every year the City increases spending on social and corporate welfare in spite of the ability of working families to pay for it.

~In the midst of high unemployment and home foreclosures, special interests are demanding even more money for their pet projects. It is easier for them to convince John Peyton and City Council to raise your taxes than it is for them to ask you.

~Mayor John Peyton has had Republican City Councilmen who are Habitual Offenders when it comes to voting for tax increases and budgets requiring higher taxes. Residents of Duval County will not forget how these members helped John Peyton to break his promise by voting for tax increase or budgets requiring the burden of taxation to increase.

~Will this year be different? Will City Council and John Peyton continue to value special interests above working families who are struggling to find a job and pay their mortgage? Will people continue to be afraid to speak out against the power brokers in the Republican party who demand silence when taxes are increased on residents? Will the propaganda for tax increases be prominently displayed at some Republican clubs yet again to appease the power brokers?

~Andrew Jackson is crying for his City. Please take a stand by appearing at the Budget Town Hall meetings and telling your City Council that you will not stand for yet another tax increase.

According to the American Heritage of Cultural Literacy, Socialism is defined as an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity.  There are also many varieties of socialism.  Some socialists tolerate capitalism as long as the government maintains the dominant influence over economy; others insist on abolition of private enterprise.  All communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists.

Communism, on the other hand, is an economic and social system envisioned by the German scholar Karl Marx.  In theory, under communism, all means of production are owned in common, rather than by individuals.  In practice, a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems.   Recent associations of communism in the twentieth century were the economic and political systems of the Soviet Union, her satellites, and China.

In his communist manifesto, Karl Marx goes on to describe ten basic steps to destroy a free enterprise system (Capitalism) and replace it with a system with omnipotent government power.  This, in effect, would create a communist socialist state.  Below are the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto and how they can be easily related to resolutions, acts, and other forms of legislation in our recent history.

1. Abolition of property in land and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.
This goes on a lot today and we’ll use Idaho for example.  Within the state of Idaho, 64% of the land is held in a “public trust” either by the state or federal governments. If you or any citizens of Idaho decide to use the land, we will have to find the appropriate government agency and rent the property or pay the government royalties on anything that we wish to remove from it.

Where does this money?  It goes into the states or federal treasury. Also, with the rental of public lands, we have taxes on private property. Staying with Idaho, if the 64% is under public policy, that means only 36% has to be held in private property, right?  Yeah, right. The state then levies a property tax (ad valorem tax), on the so called “private” land, and guess what happens if you don’t pay this tax?

The property then goes into foreclosure and is sold on the courthouse steps. So the state is going to get their money one way or another. If you don’t pay it, then you lose your property. It sounds like the term “property owner” in law means “property renter.” Do you have something like this in your state?

Here’s the conclusion.  American citizens have lost their right to hold property in Allodia freehold. And now we only hold it in feudal serfs living on the governments land and paying our fees.

Also, let’s not forget about eminent domain.

2.  A heavy and progressive, or graduated income tax.
In 1913, Congress passed the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, creating the federal income tax along with creating the Federal Reserve System.

The Federal Government and the States, with exception of five (at last count) are imposing a form of income tax. And the opposite again can be found in the Scripture.

Do you pay the income tax in the place in which you live?

3.  Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
A lot of people will disagree that this one is in force today because people are still getting money that their deceased recently left them. But I have a question. How much did they leave you and how much went to the state? Why does the state get anything? Did they personally know the deceased?

Here’s the reason. The state gets into the picture as a result of the marriage license. Have you ever heard of the saying, “Read the Contract?”  I didn’t think so.  When you sign a marriage license, you are entering into a three party limited general partnership. The three people are you, your spouse, and the State. You’re all equal partners in this contract.

Now over the life of this contract, the active parties (husband and wife) work, create, and produce things such as money, children, and the items in your home. And then that one day comes and your spouse dies and after the funeral, you have to decide what you have to do.

When the death certificate comes around you usually see someone from the State comes and knocks on your door asking for there part of the inheritance tax. Now what they are really asking for is the third plank, asking for there share of the inheritance. See you and the state are still in a partnership and this agreement hasn’t be dissolved, and the state wants out, so you have to buy them out. The state role is it pays for the kid’s education (AFDC), school lunches, etc.  So the state has done their part in making sure the partnership is working and they want a third of everything. If you look at each state law you will see that the inheritance tax is around 28% to 35% or a third.

4.  Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Waco, Ruby Ridge, and the Montana Freemen are clear examples of this plank.

The state can use policing power and if you get hostile or belligerent to the government, they can not only take everything you own away from, in most cases they imprisonment will be the result.

5.  A Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
What most people don’t understand is that the Federal Reserve has very little to do with the Federal Government. It is a private bank (even says so on the front page of their website) and is owned by the top bankers like the Morgan, Rockefellers, the Rothschild Family and others. It is run for profit not for stable economic growth. Do you think it is real money that you have? You don’t.   Article 1, Sec. 10 of the U.S. Constitution reads;

“No state shall …; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts;”

So constitutionally, only gold and silver is a payment of debt at law. So what are these things we use? They are called Federal Reserve Notes (look on your bills). These notes are our bills of credit and these they do not pay a debt at law. What Federal Reserve Notes do is they discharge the debt and then passes on the debt to the Federal Reserves. Think of them as an IOU issued out by a private bank.

So think about it for a second. Have you ever used gold to buy something?  I know I haven’t. You don’t own anything, which is why the Federal Reserve can do this.

They own it all because they are the issuer of the note. Here in America we have a dual monetary system, one in which everything is on credit, the one that everybody uses and the second one that under the Constitution a bimetallism monetary system. This entity can “legally” (somewhat) manipulate interest rates, holds a monopoly on legal counterfeiting, and regulate the amount of currency in circulation (power of inflation and deflation).

6. Centralization of the means of communications and transportation in the hands of the State.

If you have a Drivers license and have to register your vehicle then you practicing the sixth plank. Although it is private transportation it is still regulated by the state.

They make the rules, you follow them. If we look at public transportation, we have buses, airplanes, and trains, right?  But aren’t they regulated by the government? What about the Centralization of Communication in the hands of the State?

We have the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They have total control over what goes over the TV, radio & newspapers. Have you ever read Executive Order #10995 and #10999? These give the government direct control over all transportation and the media.  There is also the federal postal monopoly, CONRAIL and AMTRAK, which are blatant socialist enterprises.   Instead of free-market and private enterprise in transportation industry, they are semi-cartelized through the government’s regulatory-industrial complex.

7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state.  The bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
There is a significant degree of government involvement in the agricultural industry by way acreage allotments, price support subsidies, and land use laws.  Some examples of departments that utilize numerous corporate regulations are Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and the IRS.

8. Equal liability of all to labor, establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
An industrial army is what we know as unions.  The collection of Union Dues, from the employees who are subject unionism, is devastating to both the economic and political process of America. Every union supports left wing candidates with both money and man-power. As to the concept of equal pay for all workers regardless of skill or productivity, this plank of the communist manifesto has been implemented both in union supporters and minimum wage laws. Minimum wage laws violate the rights of private parties to contract without interference.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries with a gradual abolition of the distinction between cities and country by an equitable distribution of population over the country.
This is known as Social Engineering. It is the use of propaganda by an authoritarian body or government to sway perceptions and attitudes of its own citizenry.  Let’s break this down into two parts. First is easy and simple, have you heard of Archer Daniel Midland, it’s the world largest agricultural processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. Between the multinational agricultural conglomerates and the factories farms we all see.

Many people think that this part hasn’t been implemented here in the USA. You might want to look again. During the 1920s, the US population was around 100 Million and large percentages (approx. 44 million) of citizens were living on the farm. So 44% of the population lived on farms and were self-sufficient.

Over the years though millions of American now life in cities and towns. Only about 4 percent of the total population lives on farms now. That is the gradual abolition of distinction between cities and country part.

10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Most of us in today’s time have been to a public school.
Most people think some schools are private but if they accept government money, they have to do what the government says so they become public schools (and continue earning money from the government).  The first public school started in the 1830s and even by World War I, many public schools weren’t common outside the big cities and towns.

And now they are everywhere, in every city no matter how big. And for the abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form, which was gone before the First World War, they just shipped it overseas.  We are following the path of the Europeans, where you have to take tests to see what you have learned. And if you don’t get good grades, you are doomed to work at “undesirable” places and settle with low pay.

Karl Marx was paid by the “League of the Just” (later named the “Communist League”) in 1847 to write the Communist Manifesto, and again to rewrite it in 1848.  The Manifesto was intended to incite violent revolution, was a recipe for tyranny itself, and later used as propaganda (a ‘glorious goal’ to believe in) to blind followers to the realities of the brutal dictatorships that oppressed all “workers” and slaughtered millions under Communist rule.  Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” served a similar evil and deadly purpose. Many dictators throughout history and today attempt to disguise their tyranny with fancy labels and phony philosophies to make slavery seem somehow just–another example was the earlier doctrine of “divine rule of kings”.

Western nations including the United States have gradually implemented virtually all of Marx’s 10 key steps toward creating a dictatorship. What are some examples can you find?  We as a nation would be wise to study the “Ten Planks” and demand that the President and Congress abolish all laws, regulations and agencies which govern these and other unconstitutional seizures of power.

“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Brandon Fulmore

Date
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Social: 6:00 – 7:00
Meeting: 7:00 – 8:30

Location
Four Points Sheraton
8520 Baymeadows Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32256

The RLC welcomes all members and any guests to our monthly meetings.

From 6:00pm-7:00pm food and refreshments are served from donations from our membership.

The Meeting portion is from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.

Meeting Topic: “The Income Tax: Is it Constitutional?”

Guest Speaker: Steve Hempfling from the Free Enterprise Society

Synopsis
The RLC advocates the elimination of the Federal Income Tax. There are many proposals for alternative means of federal taxation including  a Flat Tax and Fair Tax.  There are also numerous questions, ideas, theories and myths surrounding the income tax issue. Is there a law requiring you to pay taxes on your income? Is the income tax really voluntary? What is the most effective way to work towards its elimination? What taxing powers does the United States Constitution actually give to the Federal Government? Join guest speaker Steve Hempfling of The Free Enterprise Society for a fascinating presentation and discussion on the Federal Income Tax. Come and hear this courageous man’s first-hand experience in dealing with the IRS.

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Mainstream Republicans are starting to notice the Republican Liberty Caucus, RLC. Founded in 1991, during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, the RLC took the stated principles of Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater and Robert Taft and made them the foundation of their movement. It bills itself as ‘The Conscience of the Republican Party.’

Nineteen ninety one was about the time I stopped my almost continuous 36 year subscription to National Review. It was also about the time I switched my registration to Libertarian after I started having doubts about exactly where the GOP was headed and increasing doubts about the elder Bush’s commitment to smaller government.

After all, the Berlin Wall had fallen and the Iron Curtain had lifted off Europe. So what was the purpose of the huge totalitarian bureaucracy that we’d have to tolerate to defeat international communism that William F. Buckley had told us about? I’d begun to think I’d missed something.

What I, and many like-minded people had missed was the fundamental flaw in the assumptions of the Cold War. We all knew that communism could never match the free market in production. We all knew the Soviet Union was falling far behind us, so how could such a system, mired in bureaucracy, ever truly be a threat to us? Of course, it couldn’t.

The second thing that never occurred to us was what would happen to the military-industrial complex when and if we did defeat international revolutionary socialism. We should have known that bureaucracies never simply folded up their tents and went away. There would always be other justifications for their perpetuation. The military-industrial complex found it in Islamic terrorism.

So I migrated to the Libertarian Party, the Constitutionalists, back to the Libertarians and finally back to the GOP with the candidacy of Ron Paul. In the meantime, I did a lot of thinking and reading. I think there are a lot of people like me.

Now, John McCain, as the 2008 nominee is the head of the Republican Party but that offers no solace. But, I am sticking with the GOP because of the disastrous results of 2008. The Libertarian nominee, Bob Barr, Constitutionalist nominee Chuck Baldwin and Alan Keyes didn’t even combine for 1% of the vote despite widespread disillusionment with the two main candidates.

So now what do we do? The Barack Obama administration is far more radical that of Bill Clinton, who despite the radicals in his, had a strong commitment to free market principles for new proposals, although he was at least as committed to the perpetuation of the existing bureaucracy. There is no doubt that Barack Obama wants to expand the bureaucracy exponentially. He is far and away, the worst news for individual freedom in American history.

Elections are looming and the RLC has been growing and is flexing its muscles. We are being noticed. When Rush Limbaugh, Bill Kristol, Bill Bennett, Frank Rich and Ben Stein start criticizing the movement and its titular head, Ron Paul, you know it is scoring some big points.

The RLC was instrumental in toppling Jim Greer, the autocratic Florida Republican State Chairman. Candidates are noticing and currying our support. In Texas, the RLC has endorsed 16 candidates and it has extended its endorsement in 16 others.

For candidates for United States Senate and House, I suggest that we draw up a series of planks that any candidate seeking our endorsement pledge and sign a commitment to work for. Further, every candidate should be made aware that we will be grading them on their performance very frequently during their terms, if elected.

I can see no room for variation in this. They must be held accountable for their actions, once in office and be aware that we are watching them. As M. Stanton Evans, one of the original staffers of National Review said, once elected, an office holder should be viewed as the enemy. Any office holder should be viewed as an enemy of freedom!

I suggest the following list of positions:

• To sponsor legislation to repeal of all the Federal Reserve Acts,
• To sponsor legislation to repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment,
• To sponsor legislation to repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment,
• To sponsor legislation limiting military commitments to 90 days without a declaration of war,
• Irrespective of the outcome of the recently heard, McDonald vs. City of Chicago case, to sponsor legislation defining the Second Amendment as giving the people the right to keep and bear arms and removing the Amendment from the purview of the courts.

These five positions I submit should be regarded as nonnegotiable. Between them, they will help choke out the life of the Washington behemoth and will help bring it to heel. The first two choke it at its trachea. Without money, Washington can’t continue its assault upon the states and citizens.

Numerous observers have noted that the Seventeenth Amendment deprived the states of representation to the federal government. Unmentioned is that it also deprived the states of a mechanism to order the proposal of additional amendments. With state power thus restricted, it helped spawn the unbridled power that is Washington tyranny today.

The fifth is self-explanatory.

To sponsor legislation to either the repeal of the 1947 act that established the Central Intelligence Agency or to transfer its function to the Congress where Congress can reassert its authority over foreign policy as it is supposed to. The President does Congress’ bidding, not the other way around,

To sponsor legislation to end all foreign military involvement within 2 years and the closing of all foreign American military bases within 10 years,

To sponsor legislation reasserting Congress’ authority over the courts by removing certain issues, such as abortion, from court purview and letting them devolve to the individual state,

To sponsor legislation to end every cabinet level position other than Defense, Justice, Treasury and State and to transfer the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to the Department of Defense and to end all of sub-departments of every one of the eliminated department.

Barack Obama is shaping up for the Democrats as worse than a combination of Herbert Hoover, James Carter and George H. W. Bush combined. He is a one-termer for sure.

This is an opportunity to make these next two elections referenda on The Constitution; to force it, front and center, into the debate. In the process, hundreds of thousands of bureaucratic leeches should be sent packing back to their homes.

Everyone displays interest. Even liberal Democrats respond with interest when The Constitution is invoked. This is an educational opportunity of a lifetime.

The vilified Glenn Beck is one of the few, if the only, national radio or TV host who has seen fit to criticize both Democrats and Republicans for their excesses. I have seen him blasted by both conservatives and liberals, which to me means he’s doing something right.

Just last week he featured the World’s Smallest Political Quiz on his program. The quiz gets away from the liberal-conservative, left-right, Democrat-Republican paradigm that has been at the base of just about all political discussion in this country. It was this quiz that showed so many people that they were libertarians, at heart. Libertarian ideas are ascendant.

In a nutshell, I think that if you want to destroy yourself with alcohol, drugs, sex or gambling, you should be free to do it. Just don’t try to turn around and force me to subsidize the disasters that result.

And, you should be free to be a bigot or racist in your own affairs, just so long as you don’t hurt someone else’s physical well being or his property but once more, you’d better be ready to suffer the economic consequences of your actions. If you don’t want to associate with me or anyone else for whatever reason, you will pay a price, directly or indirectly.

And don’t come knocking on my door to send me or my children off to fight your battles. I’ll be ready to defend this country, when an enemy comes here.

Personally, I would be very reluctant to vote for any candidate who wouldn’t sign on to, at least, the first four planks. Washington, D.C. is a hydra-headed monster. The people and Congress must guard their power jealously so that this doesn’t happen again.

These would just be for starters. I am sure that any libertarian could come up with a whole group of others. So, put on your thinking caps, guys. I don’t think we’ll have another chance to save this country.

The current issue of excessive taxation, debt and spending at the federal, state and local level is a multi -pronged problem created by the government. The first problem is the amount government is currently spending with an extending question of what they are spending our money on. The second problem is the manner in which taxes and fees are collected and municipal debt is incurred. Mayor Peyton and others are proposing an additional property tax increase while assuring us they have cut every possible expenditure out of their budget.

While examining their budgets it is a good time for our leaders to ask the fundamental question “What is the necessary function of local government?” In a free society, government is created to provide for the security and protection of the property and rights of its citizens, through armed forces, state National Guard or a police force and fire department; to provide infrastructure for commerce and free trade; to provide a court system to settle disputes and to prosecute criminals; and, to provide for a currency to allow for free trade.

The converse to this question is “What business is the government in that should be handled by the free market?” In Florida and in Duval County, these businesses include among other things: schools, medicine, welfare, entertainment, agriculture, insurance, land development, ports, libaries and charities. In Florida, there are numerous primary, secondary and higher education schools that educate more effectively and efficiently than their current government school competitors. Simply compare the cost of education per student. The government should get out of the education business. Public education should be there to provide the minimum required education program. Government schools should be a program of last resort similar to the public defender’s office. The government’s goal should be to get our residents out of the government school system and to promote the expansion and growth of private and parochial schools; not to increase the size and burden of the government school system.

As compared to government businesses, there are numerous private hospitals that operate more efficiently and effectively. The government should get out of the medical business. There are numerous non-profits and charities that operate more effectively and distribute the money voluntarily given to them. The government should get out of the charity, welfare, recreation, entertainment, land development and library business. The free market has, and always will, do a better job at regulating itself and providing goods and services more efficiently and economically. But the real question is not who can do the job better − it is a matter of what is right and wrong. When the government takes money from a citizen to support individuals or programs that the citizen, whose money they are involuntarily spending, does not agree with, it is simply wrong.

At the state and local level, governments should work to have essential government services be paid for directly by those who use these services. These services should be paid for in the form of local sales taxes and user fees. For example, 100% of the cost of the stadium should be shouldered by the users of the stadium. If this can not be done, the stadium or facility should be sold or leased to someone who can operate and manage it profitably.

However, cutting the budgets of programs that are necessary functions of government such as fire, police, courts and roads are not necessarily the answer. The budgets of these necessary agencies and departments should be increased if necessary while those agencies providing services that should be handled by the marketplace should be phased out and eliminated.

Utilizing Property taxes to pay for these services is fundamentally abhorrent. In a free society no individual should ever lose their property for failure to act or pay a tax. All taxes should be avoidable and connected to specific use or consumption. If someone gets power they pay a tax, if the purchase fuel they pay a tax, if they purchase water they pay a tax. When they purchased their property they paid a tax, once they purchased the materials to build their home they paid a tax. Once an individual purchases a good or service and pays the associated fee or tax it becomes their property. The state should have no further claim against their property.

Our government was not created to do things for people, corporations or for states; to take from some to give to others. Unfortunately the un-American expanded federal, state and local social, welfare and entitlement system represents the gradual creep of a socialist redistribution of wealth mentality that is slowly undermining the fabric of the American dream. Every individual has the right to the fruits of their own labor and the responsibility to support themselves and their families. Under the US Constitution, the federal government cannot legitimately redistribute the wealth and assume power over people’s lives and dominate mans existence with oppressive taxation, regulations and government controls. Our leaders need to send those calling back to the charities and use the bully pulpit to rally the business leaders, churches and non-profits to the cause of individual and community responsibility to solve these problems.

If you agree with this position and would like to learn more about the message of liberty, visit the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida website at http://www.rlcfl.org/ and find your local chapter today.

Will Pitts, Chairman
Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida
July 17, 2009

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Every year, members and friends of the RLC of Florida travel to Tallahassee for some grassroots lobbying for lower taxes, less government and expanded individual liberty. This year our Liberty Days at the Capitol are March 22-23. Political consultant John Hallman of the Florida Taxpayers Union is once again in charge of our legislative briefing, securing inexpensive accommodations, setting up meetings with legislators and the governors office and to show us around the capitol.

At the top of the Liberty Day agenda is the Health Care Freedom Act. Based on model legislation crafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council, the act would permit Florida to opt out from any particular national health care plan and, most importantly, protect individual Floridians from individual mandates to buy health insurance a la  RomneyCare/ObamaCare. Other issues include taxes, spending, the 10th amendment, insurance reform and term limits.

This event is open to other liberty activists outside the RLC.

We have a deal with the Baymont Inn for $49.95 plus tax. Attendees stayed at the Baymont last year,  and the rooms were very nice and clean.

Event contact is John Hallman at (352) 200-1915 or .

We will be coordinating our own Carpooling from Jacksonville (WG Pitts Office) on the morning of Monday, March 22nd. So if you are interested in attending with the RLC – please RSVP for this Meetup and contact Kristi Dunn with questions. (904) 718-8972

After lobbying on Monday, March 22nd there will be a social evening on Adams Street, just north of the Capitol. Starting at Clydes and Costellos for cocktails/other at six pm, and moving one door south at Andrew’s (menu in link: http://www.andrewsdowntown.com/ capitalgrill.html) for dinner at seven thirty.

Please consider joining us if you’re in the neighborhood.

We will be returning Tuesday (late afternoon) March 23rd.

Legislative Agenda for 2010
http://files.meetup.com/1148187/Liberty%20Days%20Legislative%20Agenda%202010.pdf

Hotel Information
http://www.baymontinns.com/Baymont/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=26415&brandInfo=BU

Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=342496729709

This event will be held overlooking all of Jacksonville from the 38th floor of The Peninsula downtown.

We will have a 50-50 raffle, cocktails, beer and wine along with savory appetizers and an assortment of desserts.

Reservations will be emailed or available for pickup at the door but must be made in advance. This is a first come, first serve reservation system due to limited availability.

For reservation please contact:
Email: Savannah Poole () or call (904) 5913297
Email: Jon Anderson () or call (904) 333-4546

Check out this event on Facebook.