what do you think of this?(GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION)?

Question

To: The Governament of the United Stes of America
From: The Citizens of the United States of America


We The People During the course of human history, there have always been wars, and despots who rule without care to the people they are supposed to serve. Over the preceding decades, history has recorded the erosion of an experiment so grand in scale, so beautifully conceived, that no other form of government in the history of the world could lay claim to the peace and prosperity that was in the original promise to it's people. We, the People of the United States, do declare that the current government no longer represents us or our interests. We hereby make the following statements:

1) The wars that you have pressed in our name, from Vietnam to the current Iraq War, were prosecuted in the name of furthering peace, freedom, and democracy. We know now that you have lied to us, and that these wars were perpetrated in the furtherance of corporate gain.

2) You have violated the laws of our country with your illegal wiretapping programs, laying bare our most personal and intimate moments and information about us, in order to further control our thoughts and movement, and to perpetuate the fear among our populace.

3) You have passed illegal legislation without the consent of We the People, in the forms of the Patriot Act, and the ensuing Patriot Act II. You have continually passed further bills and legislation, again without the consent of We the People, in order to dismantle the very Constitution of the United States, thereby depriving us of the protections that our forefathers had the clarity of mind to foresee.

4) You have plundered our nation's treasure by giving absolute power to a non government entity, ie; the Federal Reserve Bank. The issuance of money by a private entity who then sells that money back to us with interest has had the effect of enslaving us all to a worthless monetary system. You have further allowed for the removal of our nation's store of gold and silver to this same private entity, albeit for "safekeeping".

5) You have fostered and sheltered a culture of corruption in our nation's capitol city. Bribery and Lobbying are rampant, and have increased tenfold under your current regime's watch.

6) You have failed utterly to defend the sovereignty of the borders of the United States, and actually idly stand by as invaders from foreign lands cross our borders with impunity.

7) You have slashed funding for social safety net programs across the board, causing harm, sickness, homelessness, starvation, and even death to a great number of our fellow countrymen and women.

Because of these egregious acts we hereby make the following demands of you, our elected public servants:

1) Immediately and fully release and disclose all documents and information pertaining to the events on the 11th of September, in the year 2001.

2) Immediately declare a halt to the hostilities in the countries where our brave soldiers are dying and being maimed, not in the cause of freedom, but for the corporations unto whom you are beholden.

3) Forthwith and immediately cease and desist your illegal domestic spying programs.

4) Immediately and forthwith discard and repeal all Patriot Act legislation, along with any and all related bills.

5) We demand the removal of our nation's treasure from the custody of the Federal Reserve Bank, and have it returned to the people's depository in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and other secure People's depositories.

6) Immediately halt and cease any and all lobbying efforts by private entities seeking to influence our nation's policy by bribery and coercion.

7) We demand a secure border. We demand the halt of any plans to merge the United States with Canada and Mexico, forming the Greater North American Union. We demand that you withdraw us from the WTO treaties, NAFTA treaties, CAFTA treaties, and all other treaties that are destroying and outsourcing jobs from our country.

8) We demand the immediate reinstitution of monies to be allocated for programs for the poor. We demand the defense budget be re-examined and the money saved from cutting un needed defense programs be diverted to stop the starvation of children in our country.

We further demand the dismantlement of the "faith based" initiatives, as they have been proven ineffective and corrupt. These declarations are non-negotiable, and We the People make these demands in good conscience and with conviction. We state further that should criminal activity be discovered, that the perpetrators be brought to justice, regardless of the office he or she may hold at this time. We the People remind our government that dissent is a right guaranteed to us in our forefather's framework and we exercise that right here and now with these Statements and Demands.


Written and Signed this day, the 13th day of October, in the year 2006.

agree or disagree

Answer 1

Your heart is in the right place, but you show moments of incredible naivete. You need to do more thorough research on many points. Yes, I agree with the notion that we need to curb lobbyist influence. We also need more accountability from our elected officials. We need more direct control over what they do in our name.

Wars happen. They always have and always will, period! As nice as the thought is, we will never have a world love-in. Every conflict the U.S. has ever gotten involved with as not been for the sole benefit of big business. Stating such absurdities only serves to diminish any credibility you have built up.

There's a pretty good start here, but your arguments need a lot more polish.

Answer 2

Corruption will stop if we start at the top of the government. We can never completely eliminate the corruption however we can reduce it to a level which is reasonably possible. This is a disease which have in our blood in one form or the other. I do want to mention that even the most developed nations have this problem but at a very low level and if someone is caught then he/she does pay the consequences regardless of the status. We have to be more tolerant and have patience. For this problem we have to take most of the responsibility. We go to the movies there is a long line. Lets stand in line and get the ticket and not pay the guy who is selling for extra money. If everybody does that the hustler will not buy the tickets next time knowing no one will buy from him. We can make a commitment to ourselves that two days a week we will not use any corruption means(giving or taking) that will reduce it by 2/7 of the corruption. In a nut shell responsibility lies on ourselves. If everyone takes an oath that he/she will not give bribe then we can end this epidemic. Thanks GGMS

Answer 3

Hey, that's a well-written point good job. But, if you want to be a socialist move to a socialist country. We are (supposed) to be capitalists. These "safety net" programs you speak of are not efficient and only create hate and discontent towards the government that awards these "benefits". People who aren't sick/elderly/more than 50% disabled need to get off their can and get a job. If they can't get one, then make one. With effort and determination, these welfare abusers can make middle class income per household (50k single, 75k married) mowing yards, cleaning houses, and other similar kinds of work. But they are too good for that, they would rather leach off of our tax dollars.
I'm not a huge fan of our govt, but it's still the best one on Earth.
Here are some interesting quotes from your opinion:
"in order to further control our thoughts and movement"--this isn't some Kurt Vonnegut novel, (rest his soul, I'm a fan" Mind control theories are ridiculous.
"2) Immediately declare a halt to the hostilities in the countries [...]not in the cause of freedom, but for the corporations unto whom you are beholden."---Stop and look at what you are writing. Do you not remember 9-11? Our troops are over there to help keep them from coming over here, we nearly had a terrorist attack today, Ft. Dix in case you haven't heard. Our ground soldiers are trying to protect themself from insurgents and lib. media. they have to carry cameras and TAKE PICTURES OF WHO THEY ARE SHOOTING so they can't be prosecuted...Thats mind-numbingly stupid, if you don't agree, you are un-American.
3) You have passed illegal legislation without the consent of We the People, in the forms of the Patriot Act.---you truly are uninformed. National legislation doesn't go through this nation's citizens, it goes through the representatives we elect.
5) WTF are you talking about.
6)I agree w/# 6 totally.
7)NAFTA, etc...Free trade creates and destroys jobs, we have actually benefited from it if you look at the economic data, you can thank W.J.Clinton for that of course because Bush doesn't get any credit for anything (the economy is actually better now than w/Cllinton, see stock markets.
I'm gonna cut this short, but the spying programs aren't illegal, see Patriot Act, perfectly legal.
Go back to school, take some classes. And remember, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.

Answer 4

The government must stop the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan then divert the funds to the people in form of welfare and construction of roads. Corruption must be eliminated by preventing the politicians to benefit from wars.