O/T Excerpted from Don Stott's book, "CONSEQUENCES" available free of charge from him at gold@gwe.net.
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24. IMMIGRATION
My opinion with respect to emigration, is, that, except of useful Mechanics and some particular descriptions of men or professions, there is no need of encouragement." - George Washington - 1794 "We heartily approve of all legitimate efforts to prevent the United States from being used as the dumping ground for the known criminals and professional paupers of Europe." - Platform plank of the Democratic National Party - 1892 " For the protection of the equality of our American citizenship and of the wages of our working-men, against the fatal competition of low-priced labor, we demand that the immigration laws be thoroughly enforced, and so extended as to exclude from entrance to the United States those who can neither read nor write." - Platform plank of the Republican National Party - 1896 "The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned." - President Grover Cleveland - 1885
While it is true that America is literally a 'melting pot' of races, creeds, religions, and national origins, Pat Buchanan was correct in his 1996 run for the Presidency, when he advocated a 5 year cessation of immigration, so we can 'catch up' on the millions and millions of immigrants that have inundated us in the last few decades. It is also true that illegals are a scourge on California, Texas, and to lesser degrees other states. California gives driver's license tests in 30 languages, and in New York, 23. The California public schools have 82 separate and distinct languages and dialects to cope with, teach in, and hire teachers fluent in; a terrible drain on the taxpayer and dilution of the ability of schools to teach...assuming you are a fan of public schools. Californians passed a 'proposition' in 1998 outlawing teaching in any language but English, but the courts have yet to decide whether they, or the voters, run their state. In Colorado, the courts decided they run our state, not us, when they declared an overwhelming popular vote not to give preferences to homosexuals is "illegal." Miami Florida has so many Cubans, both legal and illegal, that Spanish has become the dominant tongue spoken there, and if you are not a speaker of Spanish, you might as well forget attempting to do business in that sunny Florida city. National TV regularly shows Mexicans running through the border checkpoints and up freeways, only to disappear into California, melting into the already large Spanish speaking population. Chinese, Viet Namese, and others, generally from totalitarian countries, continually sneak into America to savor freedom, even in our diminished state. While it may be complimentary, it is of no advantage to America, as repeated economic studies have shown. In 1996, 1.3 million were naturalized and made citizens...many times the normal rate. It is said this was done at the pressuring of the Democrat party to get more votes. 'Get 'em on the roles so they can vote for us,' was the attitude. Even immigration has political overtones. A nation that cannot control its borders is in big trouble. In the days before airplanes, it was a simple matter to screen all immigrants as they got off the boat. Ellis Island adequately did the job. Now, thousands of non-English speaking, would be immigrants, land daily at dozens of airports in America, and are initially given the OK, or sent to a second screener, who may say "yes" or "no." If it is "no," they go before an asylum judge, who may say "yes" or "no," and if it is "no," before an immigration judge, who may do the same. If any would be immigrant says they "are afraid" of the land from which they came, then usually it is "yes", and I strenuously object to that. Why is "fear" of the land from which they came, any excuse to burden our welfare system, and further create language confusion in America? On the PBS evening news broadcast of October 13 1997, a Philippine couple in their 70's were shown who had immigrated into America four years previously. They were "subsisting" on a mere $786 per month welfare check, plus food stamps. Think of that case, and multiply it by tens of thousands. These people have never done a lick of work in America, speak no English, and are living 100% on the dole. Did they arrive because they were "afraid" of their Philippine homeland? Probably. The poem by Emma Lazarus that says "Give me your poor, your homeless, etc.," was placed on the Statue of Liberty long after that statue was erected, and as far as I am concerned, it should have been kept in a book of poems, and not indelibly associated with that glorious statue. That poem and America, should in no way be synonymous. The "poor and homeless yearning to be free," can stay at home until they can learn English, develop a needed trade, and make themselves worthwhile. No where on earth, can a person immigrate to any place, other than America, because they are "afraid" or have a "fear" of their native land. It is absolutely absurd! No where on earth can illegals and foreigners own land, businesses or stocks and bonds. Wake up America, and stop this pillage. We work diligently to keep mice, cockroaches, termites and other undesirables out of our homes. Why do we allow undesirables to come in freely, stay, and cause us fear and bankruptcy in our own land? Why can people get off planes, with no legal entry papers, and disappear into America, 'promising' to get their paperwork straight, or return to their homeland, and not be seen again? When Ellis Island was in operation, they were held, and shipped back via the next boat. Now they have no restraints of any kind. Why do we have to tolerate dozens of different languages, dialects, and a huge welfare state? Why do hard working Americans have to support those who come in, and immediately become suckers of our blood and dollars? Why should there be "political asylum" in the first place? If a person wants "political asylum," he or she has been declared undesirable by his native land. Why should we accept or want them? If we stopped accepting them, their native lands would stop allowing them to board the planes bound for America.
SOLUTIONS
The solution is to require all people to learn English if they are to become citizens, stop all multi-lingual public education and ballot printing, and control our borders and airports efficiently. A solution is to cease all handouts and welfare for immigrants, and for that matter, everyone else. The hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in various parts of the world could very easily control the Mexican-American border and airports, if they were brought home...as their last duty station before discharge. Get rid of "asylum judges" and "political asylum." Stop any immigration because of "fear," which is so imbecilic that I cannot believe it actually exists. Immigrants who aren't wanted in their own native lands should not pollute America. Is there any reason why non-citizens and foreign corporations should be able to buy and own American property? Americans can't do so in foreign lands. A small flow of selected immigrants each year would be healthy for America, but based on education, intelligence, English speaking, writing, and understanding ability, and on top of that, a damned good reason for entering. Just willy-nilly accepting everyone on a first-come first-serve, "fear," or "quota" basis is absurd. We should only accept newcomers who are the best of applicants, and with skills and knowledge America needs. The Libertarian party, and I suppose the Democrats and Republicans also, disagree with me on this, but I am not a slave to any party or others' thoughts. I am my own person, with my own ideas, and if you think some of the previous 23 chapters were repetitious, it is because much of it is original thought, radical ideas, and logic...all much needed to save this glorious land, and I want to impress it on you!
25. HOW COULD IT ALL HAPPEN?
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
Now you see why I said in the beginning, that it might already be too late. Some solutions are (briefly): Cleanse the voting rolls of those who shouldn't vote. Gradually eliminate the public schools. Return "federal lands" to whom they rightly belong. Sell the rest of federal possessions that are not authorized by the Constitution, and pay off the national debt. Pass a Constitutional Amendment requiring a balanced budget and national neutrality. All money is to be backed by, or made from, gold, silver, and possibly even platinum. Abolish the IRS, income tax, and 90 % of the federal government. Bring all troops back to America, and stop messing in everyone else's business. Let the weak die if they are incapable of self-help, or can't find a charity to do it. Stop government at all levels from subsidizing anything. Return all social security deposits to those under 50, and let the rest either get a refund or continue...with no new entrants or payroll deductions. Eliminate all federal medical programs, and let the medical profession return to the free market. (There were no HMO's or "managed care" before the socialization of medicine. Before medicine's socialization, there was no nursing home industry.) Sell the freeways and interstates to the highest bidders, making them pay for themselves with tolls levied by their owners, be they states, counties, or individuals. Eliminate AMTRAK. (What a poor imitation of our once wonderful passenger trains!) Get the federal government out of all businesses. Establish tariffs to pay for what little federal government is left, thereby equalizing the prices of American manufactured goods with slave labor countries. Require every responsible citizen to own guns and ammunition, and I could go on and on.
America today, reminds me of the entrance to the huge, stone, "fun house" at Glen Echo Amusement Park, long gone, which I used to love to visit as a kid growing up in Washington D.C. The cost was 16¢ for all day admission. As you went in, a line of funny mirrors confronted you, which distorted your image into grotesque shapes. You've all seen those mirrors in various places. America is totally distorted today, similar to those mirrors, but it isn't funny, it's tragic. Voters vote for the wrong candidates, don't read or think, and spend their lives watching TV. The world watches America...and America watches TV.
Know of any way to accomplish the above? In America, it can only be done politically...without a revolution. A revolution is unlikely, because so many people get government checks, falsely believing they are getting "SFN," (something for nothing, remember?) and they aren't. They are merely transferring money from one pocket to the other, with half of it falling down the bureaucratic drain in the process. American thinking is so muddled; that people actually believe big brother has something to give, rather than only to take from them, with our obvious enslavement to government. We have declined so far, that few think logically, or know much about America. On the morning of July 15, 1996 in Denver Colorado, a TV reporter picked random pedestrians, asking each one a different question. What do the stripes on the flag represent? "The United Nations." Where is the capital? "The White House." When is Independence Day? "July 6th." Who wrote the National Anthem? "Francis Ford Coppola." What are the three divisions of Government? No one knew the answer to that. In September, 1996 a seemingly bright 20 year old walked up to a store front of a building I then owned, which was temporarily closed for lunch, and it had posted one of those signs reading "will return at," with a clock face on it, set to 1:45. The kid looked at it, and said to me, "Man, what time does that thing say?" He couldn't even tell time, other than on a digital clock. On a September 1996 morning, a CNN show was dealing with "ellicit drugs." One would think that CNN could spell "illicit."
Since the sixties, most colleges and universities have taken great pride in their ability to encourage students to spend summers registering to vote, every illiterate, poverty ridden, worthless person they can find, as they roam the slums and public housing units. Now all you have to do is be able to get a driver's license to register. You can register to vote when you go to apply for welfare! Proof of being a citizen is no longer required in order to vote, as was proven in several states during the 1996 elections. As the quality, education, and intelligence of the voters has declined, of course they make the wrong choices, voting for the candidates who promise the most handouts, 'programs,' and government interference. To reverse that trend politically, seems to be the truly impossible dream.
As if that weren't bad enough, the media is obviously on the side of larger government, and polls show most Americans today get their news via TV sound bites, similar to attempting to learn quantum physics from a Mother Goose picture book. Time - Warner, that former bastion of 'gangsta-rap,' has merged with CNN, Westinghouse has bought the largest radio chain, and already owns CBS. GE bought NBC, and Disney owns ABC. Do you really expect intelligent, accurate and unbiased news reporting from Donald Duck? Peter Jennings isn't even an American citizen.
Libertarians, or the Republican Liberty Caucus, seem to be the only ones who see the problems and solutions with any clarity, and I strongly disagree with them on free trade, and open borders. They are the only ones that have it right at least 90% of the time. If the Libertarians ever achieved a position of power, America could be restored. For that matter, if the Liberty Caucus Republicans ever got strong enough, and captured the Grand Old Party (GOP), there might be a glimmer of hope. Operating through an existing major party, at least gives one a voice. It's more fun to work with a live body, (Libertarians) than to try to resurrect a tired old corpse! (Republicans)
As the title of this book says, America's problems are the result of "consequences." Consequences of violating the spirit and letter of our Constitution. Consequences of weakening the citizenry, in an attempt to control and equalize all things, thereby destroying the productive sector in the process. Consequences of inflating the money supply, ruining its value. Consequences of shipping troops everywhere, and arrogantly telling other nations what to do, rather than setting good examples at home. Consequences of doing things not authorized by the Founding Fathers in our wonderful Constitution, which envisioned a land where people took pride in relying upon themselves, not government. America has declined, not because we have too few laws, too small a government, taxes that are too low, or not enough regulations...but exactly the opposite.
"Nothing of importance happened in the world today." - Diary of King George III, July 4, 1776.
Oh really? 222 years ago, our Founders announced their independence from England in a most stirring Declaration. In reference to King George, that Declaration stated, "(his) is a history of repeated Injuries and Usurpations, all having in direct Object the Establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States, erecting a multitude of new offices, and sending hither swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance, imposing taxes without our Consent," and hundreds of words accusing the Monarch of the grossest of conduct. Substitute the words "federal government," "Washington D.C.," or "bureaucracy," for "king," and you have the situation in which we find ourselves...two centuries later.
"This country was the only country in history born, not of chance and tribal warfare, but as a rational product of man's mind. This country was built on the supremacy of reason---and for one magnificent century, it redeemed the world." - Atlas Shrugged.
Back then, we had an infant Congress that was made up of statesmen. A statesman is one who votes for what is right, rather than what is expedient or vote getting, which adequately defines a current politician. If every Congressman voted for freedom from government and regulation writing bureaucrats, and for liberty, even though it cost them their office, we might be saved. Were that done, the results would be so obvious, they might not lose after all. There seems to be an invisible line when one crosses the 'beltway,' and enters Washington D.C. as a politician, no matter how pure the intentions might be. They instantly seem to want to be "one of the boys," rather than statesmen, voting for their individual re-elections, rather than for what is right for the entire country. If the Supreme Court ruled that handouts and subsidies were unconstitutional, as they are, politicians might be tempted to become statesmen!
In 1776, there were plenty of Loyalists who wanted nothing to do with being independent. The Loyalists had a personal stake in America continuing to be owned and operated by England. Benjamin Franklin's son William, was a devout Loyalist, much to the chagrin of his father. Current "loyalists," would be those millions benefiting from governmental redistribution of wealth, who wallow in a fools paradise of false security. Fortunately, two centuries ago they were in the minority. Today, maybe 95% of Democrats, 50% of Republicans, and an unknown number of independents and non-voters would have to count themselves as 20th century "loyalists." Loyal to unconstitutional wealth redistribution, welfare, criminal coddling, huge federal government and its bureaucracy, and other assorted outrages, as detailed in this book. The ones realizing our problems are in the minority; perhaps the Libertarians, populists, tax protesters, militia members, and in general, people capable of thinking rationally, who are alarmed by the current state of our once glorious union. In other words: Too few.
The non-thinking, non-voting, non-reading, recipients of government handouts and employment, are like an animal in the woods that is gravely injured. He licks his wounds, drinking his own blood, believing in ignorance, that everything will be O.K., until he dies, his blood having been transferred from his arteries to his stomach. Welfare and big government is one copious, continuous transfusion from the veins to the mouth, and the eventual results will be the same as with that dead animal.
The largest sector of the citizenry is the non-voters, amounting to 51% in 1996, and a bit less in 2000. Some are just apathetic couch potatoes, mesmerized by the sitcoms. Others, who stay away from the polls, are saying with their absence, "A pox on all your houses."
It is easy to see problems. I hope I have helped to explain some of the causes. Probably my hankering for retrogression is unattainable. To offer a solution, other than political or revolutionary, I am at a loss. I worry and think about it almost continuously, but have no magic formula to restore America to a land of prosperity, free from oppressive government, with a proud and self-sufficient citizenry, not only as it was envisioned by our Founders, but as it worked superbly for 150 years. Most of our mess has happened in the last 65 years, an incredibly short time to commit national suicide.
"I didn't know how heavy my luggage was till I stopped carrying it." - Robert Schuller
We have decayed mightily in 65 years. The most tragic part of it, is that even with that rapidity, on a day-to-day basis, it is not noticeable enough to foment a revolt...even at the polls. If America could suddenly be freed from the heavy weight of the IRS and the federal government, with its assorted bureaucrats, regulations, rules, laws, and mandates, we would feel like Dr. Schuller when he lay down his luggage. We have been carrying it for so long, most don't even realize how heavy the load actually is. It might be like the overworked man who has a nervous breakdown. It had been coming on for years, but so gradually, that he just endured, until his mind and body gave way suddenly, unable to take it any longer. How much more devaluation of our money, how much higher can taxes go, how much more regulation, and harassment can we take...before we snap? I don't know.
It will be noted that newspaper and wire service stories, quotations, plus other sources for this tome come from as far back as hundreds of years...to the present. As this went to press, the absurdities continue.
26. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
"Verba volant; scripta manent" - Latin phrase
meaning "Spoken (words) fly; written (words) remain."
Books are supremely important. Books are your friends. Radio talk shows, TV shows, film, and play acting, quickly escape your vision, and even remembrance. Books can always be re-read, referred to, and can be a constant source of joy. Buy books and read them. Give them, study them, and love them. Read Atlas Shrugged a couple of times, give it to your friends, and maybe even the same with this book. I've probably given away a hundred copies of "Atlas Shrugged." Vote for, contribute to, and campaign for, libertarian thinking candidates, regardless of party. It is possible to get involved in saving America by becoming political, reading and learning about what is happening, and then introduce your friends and neighbors to your knowledge.
"Actions speak louder than words." - Old saying
Did you ever stop and think what would happen to the federal monster, and its bureaucratic and political creators and supporters, if its sustenance were denied? Is there a better way to stop something, than to starve it? If funds were cut off from government, they would have to print the money, (making it even more worthless) borrow it, or shut it down. As a supposition, let me refer to the previous example of Silverton Colorado, and their dump problem. They acted like wimps, gave in, allowed the feds to run over them, and they will pay forever. Suppose a group of people, numbering at least a few million, decided to suddenly claim 99 deductions on their income tax W-4 forms, publicly stated the fact, quoted statistics in this book, plus others that detail the utter folly, waste, and total unconstitutionality of governmental actions for the past 65 years? Suppose they gathered, say on the Internet, and millions decided they had enough, it was their money, not government's, and they were going to deny the continuous siphon to Washington and the IRS. What could they do? Could they arrest millions? Hardly. Could they audit millions? No. Seize millions of homes? No. And if these millions garnered publicity via the media, was a planned action, done suddenly and with great fanfare, what could they do? About all, would be to hope other millions wouldn't follow, but they undoubtedly would. That would be an effective revolution, without a single shot being fired. The movement would have begun, and it is doubtful it would stop until we descended to a fine plateau of government being where it ought to be. That is one possibility, the only one I can come up with, and it could happen if enough true patriots got "on line" and organized.
We have a distinct advantage that didn't exist when the first patriots told the British to go to hell, and that is communication. They had horses, but we have telephones, the Internet, mail, radio, and fast transport. We can organize and communicate instantly, whereas they couldn't. If such an action as has been proposed above got started, there is no way the members couldn't instantly communicate about their own or the enemy's actions and tactics. Remember also, the IRS recently spent $4 billion on a worthless computer system, plus the fact that anyone working for government is usually at the absolute bottom of the mental heap, or they wouldn't work there. Has there ever been a bureaucrat who could overwhelm you with their mental alacrity? Their power lies not in their mental ability. Could the bureaucracy handle millions of outraged citizens cutting off their source of money, with more joining every day? Think about the risks the Founders took, when they signed that Declaration, and fought for independence. They risked their "lives and sacred honor" without the communications, electricity, fast wheels, phone lines, and even the Constitution to back them. Can we do less? Isn't it about time to recognize that we are worse off now than were the over taxed, outraged subjects of the British? Washington D.C. is indeed the current King George, and is a prime target for a modern day revolution. A revolution that could be completed without a single shot being fired. It is my opinion that our chances of stopping this nonsense are about 10%, unless we step up and say, ENOUGH! In the past, most people get cold feet when it came time to act as a protest to the IRS, or other bureaucracy. There is a monumental amount of strength in huge numbers, rather than an individual protest. It is not sedition to suggest starving D.C. into submission, but rather, a patriotic thing to do. I do not want to overthrow the government...only bring it back to its Constitutionally authorized size.
On the top of the chair in which George Washington sat during the entire Constitutional Convention, is a carved sun that appears to be either rising or setting. Benjamin Franklin, after the Constitution had been voted on and approved, said that during the trying time of writing it, he had often wondered if that sun was America rising or setting, but was glad to know it had indeed been rising. At this time, over 200 years later, I ask the same question. Is our American sun rising, or is it quite possibly setting? Time will tell, but I dearly hope we aren't seeing the twilight of the American dream. When the Pilgrims landed in December of 1620, only half of them survived the first winter, so harsh were their new surroundings. Only four women lived. Thinking Americans must take a stand, and work for our very survival. It won't be easy, because we are in a fix just like the Pilgrims, only we are suffering not from a harsh winter, but a brainwashed, non-thinking, non-reading citizenry, who hasn't the slightest idea of what has happened to them. Lovers of liberty and freedom are being submerged by those who proliferate government, squash liberty, and punish and demean success, while praising and subsidizing non-achievement and non-effort.
I know this is extremely distasteful to most, and understandably so, but the other alternative is to sit by and watch America disintegrate, taking you and your family with it. If you are determined to do that, at least act economically smart by storing your assets in gold or silver, a home, antiques, and other tangible items, rather than pieces of paper with ink on them. I'll broker the metals for you. (1-888-786-8822 web site coloradogold.com) Everyone should own several unregistered guns, with lots of ammunition to protect yourself. Unregistered, because registered ones will be confiscated...they always have been, and are now in California, England and Australia. I am not being paranoid, just logical. Meantime, hope for the best, and let me know if you have any other ideas! |
