E-Newsletter No. 88                       April 2021          

We were originally going to write about the steps that have been taken by the Left over the past several decades to implement full-blown Socialism in our country.  (And yes, they are making slow and steady progress).  However, we will defer that topic for another month because we recently ran across a very pertinent letter that was posted on another website.  The author wanted to remain anonymous, so we don’t know his / her name, but we wanted to share their thoughts.

This morning, I realized that everything is about to change.  No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, lives are never going to be the same.  I have been confused by the hostility of family and friends.  I look at people I have known all my life so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own.  I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.

You can’t justify this insanity. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind.  We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.  Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.  People who say there is no such thing as a gender are demanding a female President.  Universities that advocate equality, discriminate against Asian-Americans in favor of African-Americans.  Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.  Criminals are caught-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it’s a violation of THEIR rights.  People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.  After legislating gender, if a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him. 

It was cool for Joe Biden to “blackmail” the President of Ukraine, but it’s an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquiries about it.  People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees of real or questionable value.  Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.  Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcomed.  $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not.  If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.

And, pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us “racists”!  Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility, and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it is racist to refer to it as the Chinese virus even though it began in China.   We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right.

Wake up America. The great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg and is taking on water and sinking fast.,

So…  Is this letter too “over the top”?  We (and several others) don’t think so.  Here are a few excerpts from some of the comments that were posted under the author’s letter.

Yup, my heart is with the author of this letter. However, we must not give up hope.  Please find strength in Faith, find comradery in those who share your insights, experiences, and values; find ways to speak up and speak out.

Will someone wake me up from this horrible dream?  Stop dividing this wonderful one-of-a-kind country from going the way of socialism. Use your heart, your common sense.  Let’s work as one to save our country for our children and future generations to come.  After reading this, has it changed the way you see the way this country is heading, and is that the way you want it to move?

My question is, why do we put up with this?  Millions of Americans died for our freedom, and now we don’t say anything because we’re afraid we’ll get thrown out of Facebook?

Agree! I’m a Latina American married to an Irish/Italian. My daughters are married to English Americans and my grandchildren are a part of this Freedom-loving melting pot that their great grandparents wanted them to grow up in.  It’s time for us to defend what our parents/grandparents and Founding Fathers fought for – Freedom!!!  GOD BLESS AMERICA! 

Next month, we will discuss the reasons why our country is heading in the wrong direction. 

US Debt Clock – – March 1st – $84,700 per citizen / April 1st – $85,150

The federal government “borrowed” $900 billion from the future (from our children and grandchildren) in December and then an additional $1.9 trillion in March.  The December “stimulus” legislation was passed to provide a $600 payment (to most citizens), and the March legislation was passed to fund an additional $1,400 payment.

So, here is the first piece of simple math regarding the March legislation – – $1.9 trillion divided by 330 million citizens is $5,757 per citizen.  On what planet does borrowing $5,757 in order to receive a $1,400 check make sense?  Why would any person willingly funnel $5,757 through the hands of the federal government?  (More on that later).  And what happened to the rest of the $5,757?

OK – The next piece of math is a simple sum of the components of the legislation that was passed – – $410 billion for stimulus checks, $360 billion for government, $246 billion for extended unemployment benefits, $176 billion for education, $143 billion for expanded tax credits, $123 billion for COVID-19 response, $105 billion for other healthcare costs, and $325 billion for “all other” (none of which related to the pandemic).      

$410 billion divided by $1,400 equals approximately 164 million (not 330 million).  Simply put – – the Socialists have successfully implemented one more step in their game plan to eliminate “income inequality”.  Unfortunately, they have accomplished that feat by stealing that money from future generations.  And why is this “favoritism” not considered to be a direct violation of the general welfare clause that talks about the country as a whole, and not just sub-segments of the “winners” (citizens below the stimulus checks’ income threshold) versus the “losers” (the kids and grandkids)?

The $360 billion to government is also a wealth transfer.  In this case, it’s from future generations to the politicians in power today.  Most of this money will be going to bail out Blue states that have mis-managed their state’s finances. 

$246 billion will be spent so that some people may continue to choose to remain unemployed, because it is more profitable than finding employment.  And with continued government-mandated restrictions on certain segments of the economy (restaurants, etc.) unemployment will continue to be higher than it should be. 

$176 billion will supposedly be spent on educating our children, many of whom continue to be prevented from actually attending classes in their school.  A lot of the money that has already been appropriated for education in previous “stimulus” bills has not even been spent yet, and we do not know where or how this latest “payoff” will be spent.

$143 billion for expanded tax credits is simply another way for politicians to buy some more votes.

If you add the $123 billion and the $105 billion, the math shows that only about 12% of the total cost of the March legislation is actually being spent on the pandemic.

US Debt Clock math – – $84,700 as of March 1st, plus $5,757, equals $90,457 for every man, woman, child and retiree in the country.  One last piece of simple math – – the March legislation was passed with zero Republican votes in either the House or the Senate.  The Socialists in Washington DC are simply buying some more votes today at the expense of our country’s future.  More on that next month.

E-Newsletter No. 87                         March 2021          

Last month, we discussed the reasons why Socialism is immoral and is akin to slavery due to the government’s confiscation of an individual’s output, coupled with the individual’s loss of liberties and freedom.  Socialism has a long history of failure wherever and whenever it has been attempted.  So, what are some of the principles we should follow in order to avoid that fate?  The following thoughts are from Lawrence Reed, who is the president of the Foundation for Economic Education.  (More education is always a good thing).  We agree with the principles he lists.  It should be noted that we have taken some liberties in adding our own thoughts to the discussion about these principles.

Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free.  This is a truism that is rejected by the Left.  The Left’s dogma is that in a utopian Socialist society, the government needs to ensure that there is an equality of outcomes.  They do not accept the reality that in a free market, where people are free to pursue their own dreams and passions, some people will earn vastly different levels of income.  The Left does not accept the fact that some people have more valuable talents, and if they do, then other people are entitled to their “fair share” of what that individual produces. 

What belongs to you, you tend to take care of; what belongs to no one or everyone tends to fall into disrepair.  We agree – this principle was discussed last month.

We need to consider long-term effects and all people, not just short-run effects and a few people.  The “general welfare clause” pertains to the country as a whole and all of our country’s citizens.  The US Constitution also talks about securing the blessings of Liberty for our posterity.  Another concept that our Editorial Board supports is “Favoritism to None.”  When the Left divides us (in order to dole out certain types of favors to some sub-segment of the population) it creates problems.

Mr. Reed goes on to say that our government officials need to be thorough in their thinking.  If a thief goes from bank to bank, stealing all the cash he can get his hands on, and then goes to the mall and spends it all, some people (i.e., the government and the store owners) might say that he has stimulated the economy.  However, the vast majority of us would still conclude that the thief’s actions were immoral.  Is it moral for the federal government to “borrow” (steal) an additional $1.9 trillion from the future, after having just done the same thing in December for $900 billion?

If you encourage something, you get more of it; if you discourage something, you get less of it.  Encouraging dependency is not a good thing.

Nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.  Socialists and the Left have no qualms about spending someone else’s money, especially when it can buy some votes.

Government has nothing to give anybody except what it first takes from somebody, and a government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you’ve got.  (This quote is oftentimes mis-attributed to Thomas Jefferson – but that’s OK – we agree with whoever said it first).  Another twist on this quote is “There is no such thing as government-funded – it’s all taxpayer-funded.”  Circling back to the first principle listed above, a free and independent people do not look to government for their sustenance.  They should look to government only as a protector of their Liberties.

Liberty makes all the difference in the world.  Liberty isn’t just a luxury or a nice idea – it’s what makes everything else happen.  Liberty is one of the most important elements of the American Trinity (stamped onto every coin) along with E Pluribus Unum (under constant attack by the Left) and In God We Trust (under constant attack by the radical Left).  Our country’s citizens need to recognize and acknowledge that all three elements of the American Trinity are under constant attack by the Socialists and other advocates of Big (and Bigger) Government.

US Debt Clock – – February 1st – $84,150 per citizen / March 1st – $84,700

E-Newsletter No. 86                         February 2021          

Last month, we pointed out the fact that Socialism has an unbroken record of failure everywhere and every time it has been attempted.  We also asserted that Socialism is immoral.  Before we get to the question of morality, let’s review the primary reasons why Socialism has its history of failure.

Socialism runs directly opposite of the American Dream.  It promises to create equal outcomes, but it actually creates a vast inequality between a country’s citizens and the government elites (i.e., the Bernie Sanders types in Washington DC).  This is true in every Communist / Socialist country in the world.  Socialism takes away the benefits of hard work as it strives to create its “equality of outcomes.”

Politicians believe individuals are not capable of making important decisions, so they decide to intrude, rather than allow an individual to make his / her own decisions about what they want out of life.  Socialism inevitably tramples on an individual’s Liberty. A government must use force (coercion) to implement the elites’ decisions.

Freedom of choice is severely limited or eliminated.  This goes well beyond the issue of goods and services in the marketplace.  Taken to its (historical) extreme, Socialism has placed limits on an individual’s ability to choose their own calling in life.   Under a Socialist regime, your ability to keep your current job, or even change careers or follow your own dreams can become severely limited.

Under Socialism, all of a country’s citizens suffer.  Mild Socialism lowers a country’s standard of living.  Severe Socialism leads to mass poverty and deprivation.  This has been proven over and over again in the historical record – – The USSR, Maoist China, North Korea, Cuba, and most recently, Venezuela.  Socialism has left nothing but disaster in its wake.

If “everyone” owns the resources and means of production, then nobody truly owns them.  Socialism is an awful steward of assets.  It makes people careless and wasteful, and it eliminates pride of ownership and any sense of personal responsibility.  It should be noted that not all “renters” are bad people, but they have less of an incentive to protect what they have.

“Robbing Peter to pay Paul” is simply morally wrong.  There is no way to morally justify or rationalize it.  On the other hand, voluntarily using your own time and money to help another individual or family is called benevolence.  Charity and compassion are virtues.  Compliance with government coercion does not provide a moral equivalent.  To demand that everyone pool their resources and the fruits of their own individual efforts into a giant pot to be redistributed by politicians and government elites is morally corrupt and doomed to fail.

Inevitably, power is consolidated within the government.  The forced redistribution of wealth damages the web of relationships we rely upon to live full and meaningful lives.  The recipients of government-granted welfare become trapped in dependency.  Socialism seeks to suppress (replace) the human relationships that are fostered by religious congregations, social services agencies, charities, and other civic organizations.  The government becomes tyrannical when it tries to silence alternative ideas that are at odds with the state’s agenda.

Socialism creates dissent and stifles freedom of speech.  Government control and regulation of the media, political speech, and elections are the norm in Socialist countries.  Anyone with “free thoughts” or who dares to oppose the growing power of the government is viewed as being a threat.

As noted above, Socialism creates dependence instead of freedom.  It destroys peoples’ drive to be self-sufficient or to improve their lot in life.  Within a free society, a person’s creativity, innovation, and hard work are rewarded.  In a Socialist country, only the well-connected are rewarded.  Oftentimes, those rewards are bestowed simply for being a loyal member of the nonproductive bureaucracy.

Friedrich Hayek wrote a book that was published in 1944 entitled The Road to Serfdom.  Hayek warned of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning.  As many of us know, in medieval times, a “lord of the manor” would rule over his lands and his serfs, who could live on his land in exchange for a place to live, so they could grow crops for their lord and for their own consumption. 

Our Editorial Board has decided to update Friedrich Hayek thesis, by advancing it a few centuries, and bringing it home (to this side of the ocean) to our country’s Southern states in the years that led up to the Civil War, as we make the case that Socialism is Slavery –

Socialism-is-Slavery.pdf (f2ppr.org)

US Debt Clock – – January 1st – $83,400 per citizen / February 1st – $84,150

E-Newsletter No. 85                       January 2021          

The current state of our union is not very healthy.  As many of us would agree, the concept of E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One) has been under constant attack by the Left’s identity politics agenda.  The state of our union has been deteriorating for several years, not just the past four or five years.  This 48-second segment in the following video (starting at 1:21:27 to the end) is the most telling example of what has been going on.

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and the other members of the radical Left, along with their allies in the mainstream media, have shown nothing but utter contempt for President Trump.  But it goes beyond just President Trump – – it extends to all of the “deplorable” conservatives “who cling to guns and religion.”  It was also suggested that “Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will.  And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed” (a quote from Hillary Clinton at the April 2015 Women in the World Summit in New York City).  And now, the radical Left is calling for “re-education camps” for conservatives who do not buy into the Socialists’ agenda.

Another telling example of this growing divide can be seen in a one-minute 34-second segment of this video (from 39:18 to 40:52).  The members of our Editorial Board agree with President Trump that Socialism will end up destroying American healthcare. Obviously, based on the reactions of the Leftists in the audience, they disagree.  Our newsletter next month will cover the reasons why Socialism is immoral, and why it has a history of failure everywhere and every time it has been attempted.

Also…. Since the start of our federal government’s fiscal year on October 1^st, the amount of debt that has been pushed onto our children and grandkids has increased by $1 trillion in just three months.  A $900 billion “stimulus” package that was passed in December (in order to keep the government from shutting down) now appears to be inadequate – – the Democrat party wants to tack on an additional $1.9 trillion.  There doesn’t appear to be any end in sight on new ideas for more spending by the federal government.  Unfortunately, if you believe your family is already paying too much in taxes to the government, you haven’t seen anything yet.  In the meantime, the detrimental effect of this uncontrolled spending is simply being pushed downstream.  But then again, we shouldn’t be surprised, because that is what career politicians tend to do. It’s no wonder that Congress’ latest approval rating has slipped into single digits..

US Debt Clock – – December 1st – $82,600 per citizen / January 1st – $83,400

E-Newsletter No. 84                       December 2020          

So,…  What is our Editorial Board’s assessment(s) regarding the various results for the 2020 elections?  We don’t have any yet.  More to follow next month.

In the meantime, we should expect our country’s dysfunctional Congress to pass yet another continuing resolution in the next few days to avoid having the government shut down on December 11^th.  

US Debt Clock – – November 1st – $82,270 per citizen / December 1st – $82,600

E-Newsletter No. 83                       November 2020          

If you haven’t voted already with a Mail-in Ballot, or if you haven’t taken advantage of early voting, there is still time to cast your ballot on Tuesday, November 3^rd.  

When our Foundation was established in 2013, our initial goal was to encourage our country’s citizens to re-embrace our traditional values of self-reliance, self-determination, self-actualization, and social responsibility.  We wanted to re-invigorate civil society, shrink the size and scope of the federal government, and to have each and every individual take personal responsibility for their own life, rather than become dependent upon the federal government.  When we published The 2020 Initiative in June 2016, our primary demand was that the federal government re-establish fiscal responsibility and eliminate the annual deficit.  (Didn’t happen).  Our recommendations included implementing Term Limits, minimizing the federal government’s involvement in our country’s healthcare marketplace, and transforming Social Security into a means-tested welfare benefit.  (Didn’t happen).  It should be readily apparent that each of these initiatives continue to be of utmost importance, because if we do not accomplish these goals, our federal government will continue to coerce huge sums of money from our children and grandchildren and bankrupt the country.  This is an indisputable fact and an inconvenient truth that confronts our country’s citizens.

For anyone who has been paying attention this past year, it is quite apparent that our unalienable rights spelled out in the First, Second and Fourth Amendments are also under attack by the Left. Our country is at the crossroads. We can make a hard left and accept the radical Left’s agenda, or we can move forward with a conservative agenda that advances the concepts of personal responsibility, a limited federal government (“one so small you can barely see it”), a re-energized civil society, and a free market / not socialism.  

George Orwell wrote a book entitled 1984 where he warned his readers about a coercive totalitarian regime, the rise of Big Brother, loyalty to the party, the Thought Police, the Hate Song, the Hate Week Celebration, the loss of individualism, and the loss of all civil Liberties.  Orwell might have been off by thirty-six years, but he wrote his book because he knew the Left’s ultimate goals.

This year’s elections represent yet another round in the ongoing battle to protect our freedoms, Liberty and unalienable rights.  Our country’s citizens need to soundly reject the idea of Bigger Government and additional “government-granted rights.”  We need to shrink the size and scope (and intrusiveness) of the federal government.  Make your vote count.

US Debt Clock – – October 1st – $81,200 per citizen / November 1st – $82,270

E-Newsletter No. 82                       October 2020     

The underlying concepts behind The 2020 Initiative are based on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Tenth Amendment.  Thomas Paine wrote – Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.   Society is produced by our want, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices…. Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one….  

The Tenth Amendment reads – The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

As we have written the past several months, our federal government has managed to escape the confines of the US Constitution.  One of the biggest problems our country faces today is that we have collectively lost our Common Sense.  Governments inevitably try to grow and assume more power over people’s lives.  The normal progression is from freedom and liberty, to coercion, to tyranny.  Our country has reached a tipping point regarding socialism because of the ongoing march of the “progressive” movement.  Career politicians are buying huge numbers of votes with baskets full of money.

The 2020 Initiative represents an attempt to use the federal income tax code to help resurrect civil society and take money and power out of the hands of the federal government.  The first step in this process is to implement Term Limits, to reduce the power of career politicians, who will unfortunately try to thwart these efforts and cling to power.  Our country would be much better served, if our elected legislators were to go to Washington DC to advance the interests of the country as a whole and then return home to live under the laws they have passed.  There are plenty of talented people in our country who could make this happen going forward.  We do not need “political elites” in Washington DC to run our lives for us.

We propose taking funds out of the hands of the federal government by letting We-the-People decide where we want to invest our funds.  In connection with the federal government’s annual budgeting process, our elected legislators debate and ultimately decide how much individuals and families will be required to “contribute to society”, but we get to decide where most of those dollars go.  Tax credits for contributions to charities will serve two purposes – the funds will naturally flow to the most pressing issues and to those groups that best fulfill their organization’s mission, and those dollars will not get into the hands of the federal government to be consumed by waste, fraud and abuse.

We recommend (unfortunately) that the regressive taxes associated with the various socialist programs (Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security) will need to stay in place until those programs are fundamentally transformed.  We also believe that no individual / family should pay federal income taxes until their taxable income is sufficient to cover their own cost of living, which needs to include the cost of their own health insurance plan.

We recognize that many of our country’s citizens need assistance from time to time, and therefore, we propose two new questions on the annual federal income tax form where people can request to be eligible for welfare benefits.  BTW, we also believe that every citizen should be counted in an “annual census process” that is accomplished via a requirement that every person needs to be included on a federal income tax return.  The current tax system, which is based on a minimum threshold of income for filing needs to be eliminated, and every citizen should be required to fulfill their obligation to file an annual federal income tax return, even if they do not have any taxable income.  This would also be the means by which they elect to receive welfare benefits.  And we recommend that the Social Security Administration be transformed into an agency that can help those citizens who say they need assistance, by directing those individuals / families to the appropriate local civil society charity(s) that can best help them meet their specific needs.

Our country is at the crossroads.  We can make a hard left and accept the radical Left’s agenda and socialism.  Or we can move forward with a conservative agenda that advances the concepts of personal responsibility, a (very) limited government, a re-energized civil society (that remains civil), and a free market.  This year’s elections represent yet another battle in the ongoing fight to protect our freedoms, Liberty, and unalienable rights. Our country’s citizens need to soundly reject the progressives’ ideas about additional “government-granted rights” (entitlements) which can only be fulfilled by continuing to increase the size and scope of the federal government.

US Debt Clock – – September 1st – $80,888 per citizen / October 1st – $81,200

E-Newsletter No. 81                      September 2020   

These past few months, we have been writing about what’s wrong with the federal government and what We-the-People should do to fix these problems.  Unfortunately, the political elites in Washington DC have very little incentive to make the changes that are needed.  But the Constitution does include Article V, which discusses two methods that can be used to amend the Constitution and make “structural” changes regarding the operation of the federal government.  One method is for Congress to pass a proposed amendment and send it to the states for ratification.   This is the method that has been used so far for each of the 27 amendments that have been made to the Constitution.

But what happens if Congress doesn’t want to make the changes that are needed?  And what happens when the federal government has grown to a point where it has become overly intrusive and coercive?  Fortunately, during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, George Mason, a delegate from Virginia, anticipated the situation that we are now facing today.  He put forward a solution that was incorporated into Article V.  The second method to amend the Constitution is to have two-thirds of the states (34 states) pass a pre-defined resolution to call a Convention of States, to draft proposed amendment(s) that address the issue(s) listed in the resolution.

Currently fifteen states have approved calling such a convention.  We encourage you to go to the website www.conventionofstates.com and learn more about the resolution that has been passed by these fifteen states.  The resolution calls for preparing proposed amendments that would impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.

When our Foundation was started in 2013, our primary focus was on the federal government’s growing debt problem.  We have always pushed for Term Limits as part of the solution to this problem.  However, over the course of the past few years, it now appears that the most important “plank” of the resolution is limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. 

Unfortunately, it will be some time yet before such a convention can be held.  So in the meantime, we have some very critical decisions that need to be made in the upcoming elections in November.  The essence of the question has now become a choice between Big Government collectivism versus an individual’s Freedom and Liberty.  We have added a new Conversation Piece to our Foundation’s website entitled “Left / Right Choices” –

http://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Left-Right-Choices.pdf

Next month, we will discuss how implementing the recommendations in The 2020 Initiative could also serve to fix a lot of what is wrong with the federal government.

US Debt Clock – – August 1st – $80,525 per citizen / September 1st – $80,888

E-Newsletter No. 80                      August 2020     

This month we wrap up our series of newsletters on what’s wrong with the federal government, and our Editorial Board’s recommendations on what we should do about it.  If you go back to our newsletters the past few months you will note a common theme – – the federal government has simply grown too large and is becoming unmanageable.  This fact is readily apparent when you look at the federal bureaucracy, which is oftentimes referred to as the Administrative State – – the various departments in the unelected “fourth branch” of the federal government.  The massive growth in the federal government since the 1960s has been accompanied by a similar increase in the amount of waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government.

Because of the massive size of the Administrative State, we needed to prepare a separate Conversation Piece to discuss our recommendations on how to drain the swamp – 

https://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Whats-Wrong-with-the-Administratvei-State.pdf

Please note that this piece does not address the military, because that is a proper role of the federal government, as spelled out in the Constitution.  This piece also does not cover the massive amounts of money spent on the “non-constitutional” “entitlement” programs that have been approved by Congress over the years.  However, we have already laid out our recommendations for transforming these entitlement programs in The 2020 Initiative.  https://f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-2020-Initiative.pdf

In the above piece, we discuss the federal agencies that are totally appropriate, because they play a vital role in protecting our country’s citizens.  And certain departments are needed to ensure the proper functioning of the federal government.  We also identify and discuss those departments that should be transformed into being a “knowledge resource” for the states, but the day-to-day operations and the administration for those functions should be moved to the states, with appropriate “policy oversight” and support from the federal government.  And lastly, we list those departments that serve no useful purpose and should be eliminated.  The bottom line is that if we were to restructure the Administrative State along these lines, we would be able to significantly reduce the amount of the federal government’s annual deficit.  The remaining spending reductions that would need to occur to eliminate the annual deficit will still need to be accomplished by transforming the various socialist entitlement programs.

As we head into the election season, we wanted to remind everyone that a variety of conservative-themed yard signs are available (for free) in our Store on our website.  https://www.f2ppr.org/store/  

We also have a Videos page on our website –    https://www.f2ppr.org/videos/   Our lead video is entitled “How Big Should Government Be?”  Simply put (and as Dennis Prager explains) “The more control the government has over people’s lives, the less Liberty people have.”

US Debt Clock – – July 1st – $80,200 per citizen / August 1st – $80,525