KnowYourCommunity
Constitution Revolution
The Issues we face
1.
I think we can all agree no matter what our party affiliation is, the
Federal Government is a runaway train, the US now spends approxamately
$9,000 per every man woman and child. Last years Federal budget was
$2.8 trillion. These figures do not include state Government spending.
When states are added in the spending nearly doubles to $4.9 Trillion.
That is nearly 40% of the entire GDP of the United States and a total
of $16,333 per man woman and child. It doesnt end there. In 2005
Americans spent an estimated 6 billion
hours complying with the federal income
tax code, with an estimated compliance cost of over $265.1 billion.
This amounts to imposing a 22 cent tax compliance surcharge for every
dollar the income tax system collects. All the above is a Grand total
of $17,216 per person.
2.
Both major political parties are moving further to the left each
election cycle especially in the National positions and in many cases
state.
3. Voters are uninformed especially in local elections.
Mainly due to the lack of information and the reluctance of candidates
to espouse their positions. Even on the national level its difficult to
find reliable information on the candidates. The information that is
available is generally cloudy and vague.
4. Our
founding fathers and countless soldiers of the United States have given
their lives for our freedoms. We have a constitution in this country
that has for all intents and purposes been abandoned, and we MUST take
this country back.
A quote from the Declaration of
Independence "We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it
is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government,"
The
vision to correct these issues
1)
First realize this can't and won't happen over night.
It must be done methodically, and with consistency. All we are asking
is for
you to dedicate ONE hour per day to a cause that so many have
given their lives for. Is that too much to ask?
2) Everything with a solid foundation has
to start at the bottom, and be built up. If this brings the political
Parties back to it's base, then so be it.
3) We propose to do this by
starting with the local politics, then Counties, State Senate and
Representatives, Governors, and then to the Federal levels. The reason
we have the theft of our freedoms and our money is because we expected
elected officials to represent us, in most cases they have not. They
serve
themselves, and now we are serving them instead.
The
efforts that we have started is in it's infancy and with the help of
others who are passionate about this country we can bring real change,
a change to our founders intentions. We
can return this country to our children and/ or grandchildren in a
condition that will give them the freedoms we had.
IT
IS TIME TO TURN THE TABLES BACK TO WHAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
Each
member of Know Your Community will be responsible for posting
information for their local areas. We need a country that is informed
from the bottom up. Members can post news clips about candidates,
interview candidates, go through their cities spending habits and relay
that information here for their neighbors to read. We will assign State
Moderators the role of organizing and assisting City Moderators.