by American Citizen

Created on: March 17, 2009

We are fortunate to live in a country that theoretically allows free and flowing debate. Few subjects are forbidden by the government. The very idea is anathema to many Americans for legal authorities to deny us the right to read or believe anything in which we have informed opinion. Unfortunately this is changing [1], [2], [3]. American citizens and visitors can read Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto." It would behoove everyone to do so in order to decide whether or not they agree [4]. I do not agree with the philosophy of force or that a person has no right to keep the fruits of his/her own labor, talent, merit or inheritance. Neither is Adolph Hitler's "Mein Kampf" prohibited reading material in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.

My Country, 'tis of Thee. You are allowed to read and think and agree or disagree with whatever political philosophy you choose. No one, however, is allowed to alter the US system of Republican Government under the US Constitution. We are guaranteed a Republican form of government [5]. Socialist (Social Security and Medicare) and/or communist (Federal Reserve System, IRS, taxed personal wages, compulsory public education, regulated agriculture) implementations are CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGEROUS VIOLATIONS of our Supreme Law of the land.

Free market economics have taken on a poor understanding within the minds of Americans who find that they cannot get ahead. Free market economics, I can assure you, are based upon liberty and Enlightenment Thought. What has held us back is the regulatory environment that favors some, disregards others, and then changes with a new White House Administration. [6]

So why does Capitalism unnerve and scare so many? Well, who does it really scare? As an individual, if I justly earn, buy, win or inherit something valuable, in free market Capitalism, I get to keep it. All of it. I can trade it, sell it, spend it, invest it. It is MINE. Who is threatened by such a system? The government and banks. Readings of our founding fathers' letters, journals, books and declarations will shed bright light on why they endeavored to LIMIT THE GOVERNMENT. I find it's no accident that Thomas Jefferson didn't sign the US Constitution. He was in France at the time of the Continental Congresses. Given how much sovereignty had been retained by the States under the Articles of Confederation, I think he'd have been utterly revolted at an executive branch with so much power [7]. The Articles of Confederation did not create a

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