From Liberal to Libertarian: Bush, Obama and the Final Bubble

Introduction: Ideas and Change Americas once vibrant Republic has morphed into an imperial oligarchy. The regime has eaved a ne dogma preached !aith!ully by pundits and politicians o! both parties. As that dogma crumbles in the !ace an impending economic collapse, the vast ma"ority o! citi#ens ill be le!t in an ideological vacuum. $alin or Obama, Fo% or &'', The (rudge Report or The )u!!ington $ost* they simply a!!irm to their !ollo ers and vie ers di!!erent shades o! the same orldvie . From ithin this paradigm its impossible to grasp the enormous manipulation and dys!unction that besets the nation. +n the past there as su!!icient diversity o! ideas ithin the mainstream to o!!er ade,uate solutions !or the challenges o! the time. This is no longer the case. A Liberal Democrat Born in the late -./0s, &old 1ar mythology as very. The 2oviets ere bad, the 1est as good yet the echoes o! 3ietnam le!t a crac4 in the armor o! the 5noble 6nited 2tates. 'onetheless, F(R saved the nation and American 7+s saved the orld. 7overnment as good, i! not per!ect. +t protected us !rom 'a#is, &ommunists as ell as !rom the greed and ruthlessness o! ban4ers, oil men, and dirty tric4s. The Le!t as !or civil rights, or4ers rights and sympathi#ed ith the plight o! the poor. + atched &apras Its a Wonderful Life and as sure 7eorge Bailey as a (emocrat and )arry $otter as a Republican. Toss in a strong dose o! +rish &atholicism and you get the picture. 8ennedy as good, 'i%on as bad. But many thought other ise, and sa the (emocrats as the architects o! big political machines and po er!ul unions bent on ta%ing, controlling and stealing !rom hard or4ing people. For them, the Republican $arty represented !iscal responsibility, religious values and the ar on &ommunism. The Reagan years ere !or the !iscally conservative, anti9communist Republicans a renaissance. A bi#arre, sentimental "ourney through the present. 2trangely enough, :r. Reagan began to spend li4e no other peace time president in history hile at the same time cutting ta%es. 'eedless to say, the country gre and prospered and the biggest bull mar4et in history began. The credit bubble began in earnest. Buy and hold as the mantra. 1all 2treet ent ild, and the men !rom 'e ;or4 ith slic4ed bac4 hair became the 5roc4 stars o! the <0s. This !it per!ectly into my orld vie * evil ban4ers and Republicans together stampeding over the 5great civili#ation !ounded by F(R and his cro n prince 8ennedy. Little did + 4no that hourly ages had been !alling in the 62 since the early -.=0s and + had the honor o! being part o! the !irst generation in American history that ould earn less than their !athers. A bump on the road ith the mar4et crash in -.<= and the 2>L crisis hich + little understood. Almost in the blin4 o! an eye, the Berlin 1all came do n, the &old 1ar as over, and 71) as invading 8u ait and de!initively reestablishing American hegemony in the orld. ?apan, a!ter threatening to overta4e the 62 economically, began its long !ade into de!lation. Bill &linton made his entrance, seemingly too young and impetuous to become a good $resident and surrounded by very bright and dogmatic !ol4s !rom the Le!t. The aves o! change that had begun be!ore he arrived carried his administration !or ard into hat !or my generation ill surely be its ape%. Technology, innovation, money, gro th and an angry, dogmatic right

apparently "ealous o! his good !ortune and attac4ing him in an unprecedented ay. All o! this simply con!irmed my orld vie . 'e t 7ingrich and the evil Republicans against Bill and the good (emocrats. But something ir4ed me. The &lintonites imposed their o n brand o! 5politically correct dogma. + tried to brush it aside, but the bad taste lingered. The supposedly !iscally irresponsible (emocrats even balanced the budget, Times cover ith Rubin, 7reenspan and 2ummers as our saviors. Lo in!lation and unemployment, steady gro th, and a stoc4 mar4et that seemed to never stop. 2ilicon 3alley replaced 1all 2treet as the :ecca !or brains and innovation. Technology ould save us all and the ise :r. 7reenspan had us !iscally under control. All as ell, e on. 9/11 and Iraq + as or4ing !or an +nternet company hen @lection (ay arrived in 'ovember o! A000. + as giving a presentation on ho to use email as a tool !or advertising. The media buyers ere s4eptical, 2$A: as still something you ate. + as in :adrid at the time and actually hadnt used my Bro ard &ounty, Florida vote but + told everyone + ould have voted !or 7ore and he as sure to in. The A000 election only rein!orced my belie! in the evils o! the Republican $arty. 'othing good could come o! it and it certainly didnt. But up till this point + !irmly believed in a t o party system and as sure that our media had enough diversity to cover all angles and versions o! hat as happening. Living abroad during the buildup to the 1ar in +ra,, the true intentions o! 1ashington ere crystal clear. The administration as using the patriotic !ervor o! .B-- to bulldo#e the country into a ar that had nothing to do ith terrorists or .B--. There as another agenda, but hose agendaC + began to hear about 'eo9&ons and their strategies to re9shape the :iddle @ast and + as sure the (emocratic $arty ould put up the !ight o! its li!e to do hat as right. They didnt. The ma"ority o! the &linton era stal arts supported the 1ar in +ra, as did both the conservative and liberal media. 1hat had happenedC 1hat as the agendaC Then came A00D, paybac4. ?ohn 8erry had a gun !ull o! bullets and Bush a bro4en stic4. The American people ould a a4en, cheered on by a duped media loo4ing !or redemption, and they ould oust Bush as an usurper and ar monger. But it didnt happen. 'either the electorate nor the media as illing to really call him out. +! there as ever a moment hen one party should over helmingly de!eated the other it as A00D. The 1ar in +ra, as based on lies and mistruths, thousands ere dead, billions spent yet no one as illing or able to point the !inger at the culprits: A+$A&, the 'eo9&ons and their apologists in the media. The 8erry campaign as the !irst campaign + ever or4ed !or, and the e%perience as not only disheartening, it as eye opening. 2008 and the Meaning o Mone! + must admit that even ith an undergraduate degree in )istory, a :asters (egree in :anagement, and e%perience or4ing !or the mar4eting department o! a ban4, + had no idea ho money as created, hat !ractional ban4ing as, or really hat the Fed as. +! you had as4ed me in A00/ ho 5ne money as created + probably ould have guessed that the Treasury added on a certain amount to Federal spending to increase :E. +! you had as4ed me about the Fed, + ould have guessed it as part o! the Treasury, and in a trueB!alse scenario, i! as4ed i! the Fed as mentioned in the &onstitution, + probably ould have said yes.

+ dont claim to be an e%pert on American history but + ould consider mysel! !airly ell in!ormed and ell read so + suspect + as not alone in A00/ in my ignorance. + do remember a rather esoteric !riend o! mine telling me a bi#arre story about a !unny sounding island and &ongress o!! on &hristmas holiday and the creation o! the Fed. + chal4ed it up to conspiracy theories. By A00/ + had recently arrived in 2ilicon 3alley and as doing o4ay !or mysel! in a online mar4eting "ob. :a4ing a good salary, it as still impossible !or me to buy the most humble o! converted rental one9bedroom apartments in the area. +t reminded me o! my mission to Argentina to try and salvage the operations o! the +nternet company + or4ed !or at that time. Thousands spent on o!!ice !urniture, $R !irms, big salaries but 'O revenue. + 4ne hat a bubble as !irsthand, and 2ilicon 3alley real estate had bubble ritten all over it. The second time in my li!e + came into contact ith hat can only be called !unny money. 1ho in their right mind ould give millions to companies ith no income or people ithout "obs to buy overpriced housesC + had or4ed in a ban4 and had had the ris4 speech drilled into me. + 4ne ban4ers, and ban4ers erent stupid and never, never lost sight o! ris4. + as simply con!used. These prices had to come do n at some point or ne buyers ould simply not be able to a!!ord a home. + had seen the same thing in 2pain. +t as very obvious but + assumed + as missing some part o! the pu##le* those ith access to the data had to 4no better than +. By A00< + as in 'e ;or4 or4ing !or an agency. The !irst crac4s ere appearing in the hull, but +, as most, had no idea ho !ar things ould collapse. Once they did, it as the !irst truly cataclysmic event !or my generation. 1hile .B--, ith all it horrors, did not sha4e the very core o! the Republic* e ere attac4ed, e ould recover, the !inancial crisis o! A00< brought the country to its 4nees. The e%tent o! the illusory ealth and almost holographic reality that 1all 2treet and the Fed, ith plenty o! cheerleaders in the media, created as e%traordinary. )o could so much ealth be created out o! nothing, and disappear into thin air in the blin4 o! an eyeC 7oldman 2achs, 2ummers, 7reenspan, Bernan4e, Rubin and the hole host o! unsavory characters once glori!ied as the creators o! -..0s boom ere !inally being revealed !or hat they ere. The elections o! A00< ould certainly bring about a massive 5house cleaning, heads ould roll. The ban4ers and the ar mongers ould !inally be given hat they deserve. 1ho better than Barac4 Obama to give it to themC + had been right the hole time, it as all the Republicans !ault. "he Last #ail: $bama + didnt have a television, and hadnt had one !or a long time. The !irst time + sa Obama give a personal intervie + as very under helmed. The topic as education and he seemed incredibly bland and vague !or someone ho had been a community organi#er, hatever that really meant. But + brushed it o!!. )e as being intentionally vague to 4eep the Right at bay. )is rhetoric completely seduced me, and his impressive resume assured me he as much more on the ball than he appeared. + as beginning to !igure out hat TAR$ as, and it as sic4ening. Anyone in America gets in over their heads ith that type o! arrogance al ays had and should get crushed, humiliated, sent out to pasture. But the ban4ers got a !ree pass a!ter collapsing the orld economy. Once in o!!ice, Obama ould clean house. )e had to tell A+$A& hat they anted to hear, but as soon as he too4 the oath, he ould set them straight and send them bac4 to Tel Aviv in lea4y boat* it as all about getting him in. F2ee

The @nd o! the Republic !or more on this topicG Once in o!!ice he ould ma4e the changes he so vaguely insinuated, but could not mention. )e as a (emocrat, big money and !oreign lobbies bent on ar ere the enemy* he as good and he ould con,uer evil. Then he as elected. Robert Rubin, Larry 2ummers, Tim 7eitner, Rahm @manuel, )illary &linton, Ben Bernan4e + learned about the Fed. + atched Bernan4e buy H- trillion o! assets !rom the cartel that he served. The Fed Board o! 7overnors as the most po er!ul organ in this country and could literally create trillions o! dollars out o! nothing. 1hat right did he have to e%change H- trillion o! 62 currency !or garbage assets !rom ban4sC 1hy ere ban4s allo ed to 5create moneyC 1ith a !lic4 o! a !inger on a mouse, they could hip up in milliseconds hat ould ta4e hundreds o! men and omen a li!etime to earn. +n the name o! leverage they ere 5creating money. 1hy could Bernan4e spend trillions as he li4ed, yet the $resident had to !ight tooth and nail to pass a stimulus bill o! signi!icantly less moneyC Learning ho money is made, hat the Fed is and ho runs it, and ho the board is appointed made my s4in cra l. F2ee The :yth o! Abstract :oney !or more on this topicG From Obama or :c&ain never a ord. 7reenspan as still considered the closest thing to a living 7eorge 1ashington. Learning hat money as, ho created it, and ho the Fed as !inally pushed me beyond the pale. The little spat ith +srael concocted on ?oe Bidens trip to ?erusalem had all the ear mar4s o! a stra man. Then the Rachel Corrie, one dead American and not a peep !rom the $resident. All e heard as +ran, +ran and more +ran. F2ee Banging the (rums o! 1ar: +ran and the 'eo9 cons !or more on this topicG +t seemed that 1all 2treet and Tel Aviv ere even more imbedded in the 1hite )ouse than under 71. +n the !irst ,uarter o! A0-0 the !ive largest ban4s in the 62 had record trading pro!its, and not one losing day. TAR$ and Iuantitative @asing ere nothing less than a HA Trillion ban4rolling o! the ban4s that had destroyed the orld economy but ere saved nonetheless. Then they miraculously returned the TAR$ money ith ne money Bernan4e had given to them through Iuantitative @asing "ust in the nic4 o! time to cash in their bonuses. The country as reeling !rom unemployment and !oreclosures, our armies ere !ighting t o ars, but 1all 2treet as bac4 bidding up houses on the )amptons. The same ar mongers ho had 5invented the 1ar in +ra, ere doing it again ith +ran. 1ith a !e e%ceptions F:att Taibi, Ale%ander &oc4burn !or e%ampleG the media as giving them an incredible !ree ride. The right ing pundits tal4ed about socialism, and birth certi!icates, the le!t about the Tea $arty and $alin, but !e i! any ould mention the <00lb gorillas o! the Fed, !a4e money and the +sraeli lobby. %ondrie Along the ay + encountered the Russian economist 8ondrie!! and his economic cycles. Spring, a ne time o! innovation and change, Summer, consolidation and com!ort, Fall, bubbles and credit induced mania, Winter, the collapse o! credit, economic and political turmoil. +n the late -.A0s 2talin as4ed him to create a !ive year plan and he told 2talin it as not the time !or grandiose plans, the orld as entering into a long economic Winter, not the time to plant but rather time to hun4er do n, stay arm, and ait !or Spring. 2talin sent him to the 7ulag and later had him e%ecuted. Winter !inally ended in the late -.D0s, Spring lasted until the early -./0s, Summer through the late -.=0s and the -.<0s brought us the very long Fall e%tended by the unprecedented po er o! historys greatest !iat currency, the dollar. Winter began on .B--, but e didnt get our !irst sno to till A00<. TAR$ and Iuantitative @asing have 4ept the bli##ards at bay, but they ill soon be upon us.

The !irst ma"or bubble + itnessed as the +nternet e,uities bubble. $eople ent mad bidding up page vie s hen they didnt 4no the di!!erence bet een a page vie and a pager. +t as a very abstract bubble, !uturistic, se%y and !inally very pain!ul !or the investors as ell as the employees o! those nascent !irms. The second bubble + itnessed as the real estate bubble. A!ter the esoteric digital bust, hat better place to put your dollars than bric4 and mortarC 1all 2treet pounced on it as they began mar4eting a ay the debt as !ancy sounding securiti#ed loans. :ortgages on a HJ00,000 :c:ansion ound up orth about as much a !e hundred page vie s on $ets.com. The only sa!er investment than a home is a Treasury Bond. +! the sun rises, your money is good. This ill be the last bubble !or a long, long time. @n"oy the popping sound. F2ee Ben and the Ban4ers Big Bubble !or more on this topicG 1hat made so much sense !or me about 8ondrie!! as ho his theories ans ered a very simple ,uestion. 1hy as my generation so luc4yC 'o provo4ed ars, no conscription, no social upheavals, no ma"or economic crisis. The truth as e ere born in early Summer and came o! age in a sunny, deceptive Fall. 1e didnt reali#e that 7reenspan or4ed his magic by coo4ing the boo4s. )e changed ho in!lation and unemployment ere calculated, giving the orld the impression that our economy as much healthier than it as and at the same time turning his cartel o! ban4ers into a mega po er!ul, 5too big too !ail band o! thieves. )e made money out o! thin air, creating massive asset bubbles he called 5!roth. +t or4ed until it didnt. )is !aith!ul protKgK Bernan4e is shooting the last bullets !rom the !iat gun in de!ense o! his cartel, but they are bouncing o!! the enemy li4e tennis balls thro n by little girls. The valiant 8ondrie!! ho hile even in prison didnt stop riting or thin4ing, gave me the conte%t, the historic sense o! here e ere, and hat lie ahead. A Liberal Conscience The last Liberal (emocratic hoo4 in me as the Liberal &onscience. + as a terribly typical e%emplar o! this horrid phenomenon* the ea4 lin4 in every le!t leaner the orld over. )elp the ea4, !eed the poor, give shelter to the homeless and aid the sic4. +ts seemingly The Sermon on the Mount, the essence o! &hristianity, but rather its the pious right to allo us to !eel superior. +ts in the !act the origin o! slavery and every totalitarian regime every dreamed up. (ont thin4, dont act, + ill do it !or you but better. 1hat most impresses me ith people is the amount o! vitality, greed and ingenuity they have. 6nleash it, respect it, let i! !ly and you have a !ree man !inding his o n uni,ue ay through li!e. The Liberal &onscience is a co ards scheme to control and manipulate. Those ho ish to control hat e thin4, hat e say, hat e do ith our bodies and minds do not respect their !ello humans, they !ind them in!erior, un orthy o! ma4ing decisions and living ith the conse,uences. $eople ill do onder!ul things and onder!ully stupid things, they ill live, have their moments o! glory as ell as their times o! despair, and they ill !inally die. +t is not !or us to put each other in cages, e are not #oo 4eepers e are men. A trip to @astern @urope !inally removed the hoo4 !or good hen + sa the enormous potential o! people, and ho it as s,uandered by those 5 ho 4ne best. Only a man 4no s hat is best !or him, and only those that truly respect and love their !ello man give him the space and air to do his bidding. The Liberal &onscience is nothing more than "ac4boots disguised as penny loa!ers. "he Media

:y taste in media had al ays been that o! the ,uintessential liberal. NPR, The New or!er, The New or! Times" P#S" The $tlantic" and %arpers. 7radually, as + became more in!ormed about the Fed and read :earshiemer and 1alt, + couldnt help but notice the incredible amount o! censorship and outright propaganda that these so called bastions o! American "ournalism spe ed. + atched ?immy &arter and :earshiemer and 1alt get mauled hen they should have become the driving !orce behind a complete overhaul o! our !oreign policy. + atched them rite !lu!! pieces on Larry 2ummers and send correspondents to Tehran ith the only intention o! bringing bac4 the message everyone anted to hear. Five ma"or corporations control almost all the mainstream media in this country. 'e s&orp, 7annet, Time1arner, 7@ and the 'e ;or4 Times &ompany. From &'' to Fo%, AB& to 'B&, The 'e ;or4 Times to the 1all 2treet ?ournal, never a ord you hear against the Fed or +srael. They have dummied do n and ob!uscated to such an e%tent that the vast ma"ority o! Americans are convinced that there is a ma"or di!!erence bet een the t o :adison Avenue bubble heads: 2arah $alin and Barac4 Obama. Once Americans reali#e that the only di!!erence bet een $ll Things Considered and Rush Limbaugh is the cars their listeners drive ill they be able to call a spade a spade and demand change. They may have their di!!erences about ho can get married, mos,ues and birth certi!icates but you ill never hear '$R, &'', FOL, 7len Bec4 or the puppet de "our directly address hy e are !ighting the 1ar in +ra, and preparing !or one in +ran, or ho the Fed is a cartel o! ban4ers ith a license to steal. &orporate media is simply a propaganda machine !or the select !e ho have prostituted the Republic and turned it into a den o! thieves and murderers.

An Agenda
The 6nited 2tates has become a cleptocracy parading itsel! as an oligarchy. But there is one thing the American people have up their sleeves, a birthright. 1hile !ar !rom per!ect, and ith obvious mista4es especially regarding slavery, omen and indigenous peoples, the Founding Fathers lived a moment o! uni,ue political enlightenment. They understood ith rare clarity the danger that government posed, and created a Republic that let men live !reely and restrained government ith unprecedented vigor. The tree o! liberty they planted bore abundant !ruit, but the time has arrived to get out the sheers. The coming crisis, o! hich e have only !elt the !irst tremors, ill create an incredible opportunity !or Americans to completely re9vamp their lives, the lives o! their children, and possibly the !uture o! the orld by simply voting, en masse, !or the &onstitution that they thought they already had. The !ollo ing is a potential agenda !or a third party, radically &onstitutional, unabashedly American. Debt and the &ed The !irst reality that must be accepted is that the 6nited 2tates 7overnment and its citi#ens ill never be able to pay bac4 the enormous amount o! debt, public and private, that has been accumulated over the last E0 years. +t is simply impossible. The country is ban4rupt. Total 62 public debt, including un!unded liabilities, is over H/0 trillion. The Federal 7overnment has revenues in the HA.J trillion range, and it is running a debt o! about H- trillion. +n plain, American @nglish* this dog dont hunt. ;ou dont need a $)( !rom :+T to do the math. This o! course doesnt include private debt hich brings the total to close to H.0 trillion on a 7($ o! about H-D trillion. That is HE00,000 !or everyone man, oman and child in the 6nited 2tates. 1hat is the solutionC A debt "ubilee. 1e simply erase the hard drive and start over. 1hat is created out o! thin air, can be erased ith the !lic4 o! mouse. :oney is a store o! value, and this debt does 'OT represent real value, it has been invented. +t is as simple as that. 'o shots are !ired, no one dies, and no one starves. All

cash, ban4 accounts, e,uity o nership and property rights are !ully respected, e start over. Only those holding 62 Treasury Bonds ill be paid a percentage o! !ace value on the debt they hold, probably in the E0M range, but that calculation does need a $)( hich + am un!ortunately lac4ing. 1ho ill get the big haircutC Foreign governments ho hold large sta4es in 62 paper, but in return they ill get a portion o! their money bac4 in 5real money, and a once again vibrant 62 economy. The other group to get a serious trim ill be the ban4ing cartel that organi#ed this massive pon#i scheme, and they ill be getting o!! very easy in the eyes o! many. The Fed is abolished as is !ractional reserve ban4ing. Ban4s ill be re!unded and become money agents, charging a spread on loans, as ell as collecting !ees !or monetary services. The ne currency ill be based on a bas4et o! commodities: oil, gold, silver and natural gas !or e%ample. :oney supply ill be increased only to accommodate 7($ gro th. 'ot a penny more. Legislation ill be passed that ill ma4e de!icit spending illegal and only possible ith an <0M ma"ority in both )ouse and 2enate in the case o! a ma"or emergency. )erman (aly rites e%tensively about this. "he 'el are (tate For all its ell intentioned origins, the el!are state must end. All citi#ens ill be sent a chec4 !or the money they put into 2ocial 2ecurity, ith interest. A special !und ill be created to maintain those citi#ens ho are severely disable and absolutely need government assistance, and then the responsibility !or those !unds ill be passed on to the 2tates. The same ill happen !or :edicare and :edicaid, ith !unds set up and passed on to the 2tates to accommodate those persons ith severe needs. All other Federal agencies, )6(, the (epartment o! @ducation, )ealth and )uman Resources etc. ill be shuttered. Americans ill be !ree !rom the chains o! debt, and !rom the intrusions o! the Federal 7overnment. Free to live their lives and !ace the opportunities and challenges li!e brings ith the vitality and creativity that only liberty can o!!er. "a)es The Federal 7overnment ill !und itsel! primarily ith an income ta% and a consumption ta%. The ta% code ill be very simple. 'o ta%es on the !irst HAJ0,000, a!ter that J0M. There ill be no ta%es on businesses or corporations, only on physical persons. Once the budget is set, a national 3AT ta% ill be created to balance the budget. The 3AT ta% ill be ad"usted to meet the budgetary re,uirements o! each ne !iscal year. A reserve !und ill be created !or emergencies. This ill be a point o! ma"or contention !or many but e must not get bogged do n A'; dogmas. The ta% code ill have as its goal to !oster small businesses and entrepreneurs, and limit the radical accumulation o! ealth. The oligarchy e have created no has isolated po er and opportunity in the hands o! a select !e . This ta% code ill open up the playing !ield and reign in the mega rich. 'o loopholes. Ta% returns ill have J lines. The +R2 ill be eliminated and a ne 'ational Ta% Agency ill be created to carry out the implementation o! the ne ta% system. &oreign *olic! American !oreign policy must be an e%tension o! the core rights and belie!s e hold dear. 1e ill treat other nations ith the same respect and dignity e treat our o n citi#ens.

The 6nited 2tates spends more on military spending than the ne%t -. countries combined. 1e must immediately relin,uish the @mpire. 1ithin one year e must close all !oreign military bases and bring home all soldiers. A ma"or !oreign policy statement ill be made. +n the case o! the :iddle @ast, e ill eliminate all !oreign aid to +srael and @gypt, announce total neutrality in the $alestinianB+sraeli con!lict and end any special relationship ith +srael. 1e ill remove ourselves !rom 'ATO as ell as all other military treatiesBalliances. The 6nited 2tates ill become a bastion o! neutrality. 1e ill not involve ourselves in the internal politics o! other nations and our military ill only be used hen 1@ are threatened as a nation. All o! our ma"or allies have the here ithal to de!end themselves. 1e ill respect each nation in the orld in the same ay e respect each citi#en o! our nation. "he Al+habet (ou+ The &+A, FB+, (@A, ATF, '2A, )omeland 2ecurity and any others + missed ill be eliminated. The 6nited 2tates ill renounce spycra!t and espionage. :ilitary intelligence ill be handled by the e%isting intelligence departments o! the various branches o! the military. The 6nited 2tates ill unilaterally renounce assassination and torture o! any person in the orld, regardless o! citi#enship. A ne Federal $olice !orce ill be created to en!orce those crimes, and only those crimes, that a literal reading o! the &onstitution deems necessary. All other police activities ill responsibility o! the 2tates. "he (tates 1ith the abandonment o! the Federal 1el!are state, it ill be up the 2tates to decide hether they ant to re9create those !unctions or not. :ost li4ely, some ill, and some ont. @ach state, depending on the ill o! the citi#ens o! that state, can create the type o! society they deem !it, and !und it as they desire. This ill add diversity to the country and create healthy di!!erences that ill allo the mar4et to decide here and under hat type o! governmental umbrella s4illed or4ers and industry best thrive. Drugs The ar on drugs is a ar on personal !reedom that only perpetuates itsel! by creating massive drug cartels hile turning our neighbors to the south into narco9states. F2ee One 1ar e (ont 'eed !or more on this topicG. All Federal drug la s ill be repealed, and all non9violent drug o!!enders detained in Federal penitentiaries ill be released. +t ill be up to the 2tates to decide hat i! any drug la s they ant to have or not have.

Caveats: Campaign Financing, the Environment, Education and Space

Cam+aign &inance ,e orm One o! the most insidious threats to our Republic has come !rom the in!luence o! big money on politicians. @normous amounts o! money are needed to compete, and as in sports ith per!ormance enhancing drugs, campaign contributions have arped our political system and turned elected o!!icials into the little more than messenger boys !or the mega rich. This is a thorny issue because it runs up against First Amendment rights, but nonetheless it needs to be addressed. 1hat happens on the 2tate and local level should obviously be decided on that

level. But !or all Federal elections, a completely ne system o! campaign !inance re!orm needs to be enacted. First, an o!!icial election period needs to be established, / months !or e%ample. At that point, an o!!icial list o! candidates must be created, and an online ballot held. The top ten candidates ould receive Federal Funds, and !rom that time on, that is all the money they ould be able to spend on their campaigns. A second cut o!! ould occur at E months, ith only J campaigns !unded, and the !inal cut o!! ould come at on month, ith only t o candidates. At each cuto!!, the eligible candidates ould receive ne !unding. This system ould be paid !or ith a ta% on advertising. A series o! debates ould be established and participation in these debates ould be mandatory in order to receive !unding. This system ould level the playing !ield a!ter the ten person cuto!!, beyond hich, the candidates ould be "udged not by ho much e%posure they have, but by the ,uality o! the e%posure. Advertisers 4no the importance o! reach and !re,uency, in e!!ect, this system ould give each !inalist the same !re,uency and reach, the inner ould then be "udged on the ,uality o! the content. This system could have &onstitutional implications that might re,uire an Amendment process, but considering the importance o! it, i! needed, it should be embar4ed upon. -nerg! and "a)es The ne Federal 7overnment ill probably be less than a third o! the si#e it is today. But there is one challenge !acing the orld that only a Federal government can tac4le, and that is the environment. )istory has sho n that human greed ill e%haust resources and contaminate the environment !ar beyond any point o! repair and certain constraints must be implemented to assure that e dont destroy our planet or e%haust necessary commodities. The Federal 7overnment ill create a ne @nergy Agency. The @nergy Agency ill have a t o!old purpose, !irst to investigate ne technologies and !und ith seed capital ne clean energy ventures. +t ill also create clean energy installations that ill directly !eed the grid. +t ill have a goal o! having the country run o!! -00M clean rene able energy. +t ill be !unded by a ta% on non9rene able energy sources, primarily oil, coal and natural gas. 1hile this ill s4e mar4et dynamics to a certain e%tent, these ta%es ill also put a 5realistic cost on !ossil !uels by ta4ing into account the contamination costs and depletion costs. The 5ne @$A ill have as its goal to convert unsustainable economic activity into sustainable ones. From agriculture and manu!acturing to retail, all practices must be studied !or their environmental impact, and those practices that are unsustainable must be ta%ed to create competitive advantages !or those !ollo ing a sustainable model. This o! course is a slippery slope, but it is a path e must endure i! e are to create a healthy long9term economic model. For e%ample, are there re9usable alternatives to plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic bagsC +! so, ta% the practices that contaminate so the cost o! the product re!lects its true cost, not "ust the cost o! production. )erman (aly has also ritten e%tensively on this topic. -ducation @ducation must be an entirely a 2tate and local endeavor. 'onetheless, as a nation and a Republic e have in interest in at least setting a standard !or ho !uture voting citi#ens are !ormed and educated. The proposed system ould be a national test !or all -< year olds that covered all the ma"or areas o! study: math, science, philosophy, history, economics, art, music,

political science, literature, languages, the environment etc. Ta4ing the test ould be completely voluntary, but the incentive ould be !ull university scholarships !or the top -0M o! participants. A commission ould be set up, an Academy so to spea4, o! cultural, political and business leaders to create the curriculum o! the test. )ope!ully this commission and the test itsel! ould create great national debates on the 4ey concepts e consider relevant as a Republic. This ould be !unded entirely ith a Federal Ta% on advertising. F2ee N..!or more on this topicG #A(A +ts logical that e continue to e%plore the 6niverse !rom a Federal level, as ell as in cooperation ith other nations. The e%ploration o! 2pace helped de!ine us as a nation, and it needs to be invigorated and supported so that it may continue to inspire Americans to see4 peace!ul adventure and e%ploration in the 6niverse. 1hile the military budget ill be cut probably by around t o thirds, a portion o! that should be re9directed to ard a peace!ul space program. Conclusion: ,adicals and the &ounding &athers :any ill read this and immediately e%claim that its radical, dangerous, or !ringe. +ts !ascinating hat people, a!ter years o! mass media indoctrination, !ind radical. Ta4e !or e%ample the issue o! the &ordoba )ouse in :anhattan. This a completely !abricated issue to drive an agenda. 1hat American ould ant to live in a country here you ould have to sho correct religious credentials be!ore you could buy land and build on itC On the other hand, here is the national debate on A+$A&, an organi#ation that has immense po er over our legislature and played a ma"or role in the buildup to the 1ar in +ra,C +ts !ascinating to see ho as the last combat troops leave +ra, e are not hotly debating hy and ho e got entangled in this ar, but discussing hether someone can build a cultural center F:uslim o! courseG in :anhattan. Another ne hot topic ill be hether to 4eep or let run out the Bush ta% cuts. Thats a4in to discussing hether to clip the nails o! someone rushed to the emergency room a!ter a ma"or car accident. They tell us, loo4 at the nails, not the bro4en limbs. An interesting thought e%periment is to imagine Thomas ?e!!erson, i! e could magically transport him to the current period and get him completely up to date on all the issues !acing the 'ation. 1hat e he have to say about our !oreign adventures, our media, The Fed, the national debt and our alphabet soup agenciesC Once people regain their senses they ill see that hat is radical and !ringe is our current political and economic situation. As a nation and a Republic e have completely lost north and the con!usion asnt brought on randomly. The time has arrived to begin calling things !or hat they are. 'o more double spea4. 1e must demand that our media and politicians address the problems o! the nation as a hole, not "ust the special interests o! a !e uber9rich manipulators. 1e :62T re9establish the Republic.