Radioactive Constitution

  Goolsbee says Failure to Raise  US Debt Ceiling would Be ‘Catastrophic.’  What a statement. We currently have a Debt Ceiling of 14.3 Trillion Dollars.  The fed has been Spending money like Money goes on trees. Wait Paper is made from trees so I guess it does go on trees.  Just keep printing it.  This is a debt to be put on our Children and Grandchildren. 

We can look at the debt at the start of the Obama Administration which on Jan 1 2009  was 10.64 Trillion dollars

Or we can look at the debt limit when Democrats took over the House and Senate in Jan 2007 which was 9.14 Trillion dollars. 

Please note in two years the debt only increased 1.5 Trillion dollars and around 900 Billion of that was due to the bailout for the banks.  Due to the Sub-prime Mortgage issues that caused many banks to suffer losses. 

So we take that starting point of Democrat control of House, Senate and WhiteHouse.   No checks on the spending. and in a two year period we raised the debt limit several times.  The current Debt the federal Government has on the books is 13.8 Trillion dollars. This is an increase on the Debt by 3.16 Trillion Dollars. 
But wait. Much of the money from the first bailout had been paid back much of it was for slight profit.  Banks paid back the money they were loaned.  I think Bank of America still has some outstanding loans. But they had the biggest amount of money given to them.  We recovered much of the money President Bush had for saving the banks returned.   Yet that money paid back where is it now.  Why did not the total debt drop as the money was paid back?  The US Government recovered recovered over 200 Billion dollars of the TARP  money for the banks. And this is just a guess at what has been paid back. That means the total Debt since The democrats controlled all branches of the Legislature and Executive branch could be as high as 3.3 Trillion dollars of increased spending in two years.  And that is double the rate of the Two years where the Democrats controlled just the Legislature. 

TreasuryDirect  is the source of the information I am using for the debt.   I know the actual debt is a lot larger.  But it is good to compare apples to apples.

Spending is way out of control in Washington DC.  Where did all this money go?  Has it created jobs in the economy?  Wait Unemployment levels still above 9%.  Has it improved the lives of the People in the US?  Expanded jobless benefits now at over 2 years in length.  Why because no new jobs have been produced to get the American people working again. Where is the money being spent?  Has it helped anyone? 

So the question is do we need to increase the Debt limit?  I know that republicans will increase this debt limit but they need to play hard ball to do spending cuts.  Yes people will blame Republicans for all the pain and suffering that is taking place.  But our politicians have to start fixing the problems the Democrats of 4 years in control of the Legislative branch have caused. The democrat answer is always lets cut Defense spending and raise taxes.   Raising taxes means less money to grow the economy.  Means less jobs.   The bottom line is we need to get tax cuts to businesses so that the US is not the highest business taxed country in the world.   Japan who was the highest just cut business taxes. So US is the highest taxed. Since it is so high maybe that is the reason so many jobs move overseas.  Other countries are seeing a growth in jobs why does not the US see the same thing.  Will raising the debt limit create jobs in the US? 

Washington DC has a spending problem.  And it is very obvious the Newspapers or should I say the Democrat Press Corp is keeping quiet about it.  They just want to keep we the American people in the dark.  Think about the information I have presented.  There are always excuses of why spending and bailouts going to political supporters.  And that is an entirely different blog for another day.

Remember it is job creation that will increase revenue to the federal government.  It is not increase in the tax rates.

  I see in an article on the Politico that Darrell Issa has a list of Investigations he wants to investigate.  This is a good move.  Lots of investigations are needed due to the way the Obama Administration is doing a lot in the background and will take the Unelected Government Officials many of which have never gone through Senate review for Obama Appointee’s.  The whole Czar issue is a troublesome one. Who keeps the Czars in check from abusing their power.  What kind of regulations are they putting on Businesses?  Are they causing businesses more expenses on the Day to Day work of a business? 

Another question to ask is do excessive regulations cause businesses not to expand. 

Over Christmas I was talking to my Brother who works for one of the largest Banks in the United States.  He always gives the excuse “It is the cost of doing business in the US.”  Defending regulations that has been put on the banking industry.  He told me a year ago that the cost of taking over more banks they must give sub-prime loans.  Again the Cost of expanding the bank they had to have a certain percentage of those evil Sub Prime loans. There bank was one of the few that was healthy during the Banking Crisis Because they limited their exposure to the subprime loan problems.  

    The interesting fact is that he estimated that thier bank has to spend a BILLION dollars a year just to follow all the federal regulations that have been imposed on thier bank alone. And they are not the largest Bank in the US.  Think of it A billion dollars of profits that the bank has to make by increasing interest rate or fees to cover the Government Regulation Mandates. All under the name of the Cost of doing business.  

  People rationalize that regulations are good on the evil Banking industry.   I look at it in a different light.  More regulations. The Higher the costs. The less money to give for loans to businesses.  The higher the interest rate has to be to cover those expenses.  And maybe they have to lay off people to cover those regulatory costs.  The bigger the chunk the Government costs a business means the smaller the amount of money to expand a business which could mean more jobs for we the people.  Only by expanding or starting new businesses can new jobs be created.

Love to hear comments on these thoughts.  Remember always sometimes it is Government Regulations that cause a lot of problems in our economy.  Not all regulations are created equal.  And often times Big Business loves more regulations because it hurts their competition more than it hurts them.  Less competition means they have a bigger piece of the economic pie in their field.

 I see that many times the politicians that get elected are great at speaking and getting the crowd involved in there ideas.  The Fire and Brimstone Politicians is what I see get elected they add fear to the name of those they are against in the election.  Fear not personal politics are used often to get politicians elected.  

  Democrats love to say Republicans are the evil ones. They are part of evil big business.  Yet Democrats historically have gotten a lot of money from those evil companies.   Look at the Millions of dollars that Sorus has put into a lot of different Democrat front groups like Moveon.org.   Republicans are going to take away social security and Medicare.  Yet it is the latest Democrat elected officials are taking money from Medicare to fund other programs.  

  The lies told on stage to get elected have nothing to do in reality.  It is the passion of the moment.   The promises that will be broken that get politicians elected.   If every politician had to pay for all the promises each of them made there is not enough money in the Galaxy to fund them all.   I mean it the promises too good to be true.  Are too good to be true and freedoms are removed as they take away more and more of our earnings in the Name of social justice.  If you got a job you have to give all your money to fund a government employee and fund someone out of work. You the worker have to pay for two other people.   Because like every government program they get a cut of the money. 

   When you hear the mantras from the democrats here is the real translation:

“Republicans are for Big Business”   means “Come on you have to vote for me because big business is evil and the more I keep saying it the more money Big Business will put into my campaign.  Big Business does not want to be considered evil so they will give more and more of their money at the cost of jobs for the voters.”

“Our programs work they just need MORE MONEY”  means  “Trust me I know this program will fix everything we just need all your money and cut police, Fire, Court funding to get the program working correctly. Plus my cousin needs his/her government job.  I need to keep my family members with jobs.  The voters do not need it.”

“Tax the rich” means “Take more money for government programs and more government employees and remove jobs from the voters.  Keep the voters on the dole.  So they will have to vote for me because I am promising them the Moon.  The poor are just useful idiots to give a few crumbs to. ”

“Republicans are going to cut Social Security” means “We the democrats need all that Social security money to fund our programs.  WE do not care that we spending trillions of dollars that are suppose to help pay for retirement in the future.  I will just give them an IOU.  And will not pay it back. It is my money to spend as I see fit and I will let others after me clean up the mess I am making of the system.”

“America needs American jobs”  means “Only Unions have the right to have work. The rest of you have to join a union who gives us a cut of the money.  Love the Unions because they know we will make promises we can not keep to keep their union people in line. Plus the unions will  provide people to knock on doors.  We do not need the rest of the people. The unions will help us keep our job.  And if it looks like we will use. They know how to use muscle to ensure we get elected again.”

“Republicans are blocking Stimulus money”  means “Our stimulus plan is so bad we have to claim it is the Republican fault that it is not working. Unions got their payoff. Big Business is getting their payoff.  Nothing left over to cause job growth. Have to take care of my friends and allies first. We just have to say we need more money to make our plan work.”

When the Democrats lose the argument they change the words they use to describe what they are doing. So if the words change keep the original term because you know you are winning the argument.  Keep throwing it in their face. Change the name of something does not change what they are doing. It just adds to the confusion.

 What is Freedom?  Can you tell me what you consider to be freedom? 

My concept of Freedom is to be left alone. As long as I follow the laws Government at any level should not be telling me what to do.  Look at New York City, the Mayor is a big joke. He tells people what they can eat.  He tells Christian Church that was destroyed on 9-11 how big they can build their Church yet Allows a Mosque to be built that is even bigger than the Greek Orthodox Church wanted to be.  Government restricting Christian Churches but bends over backwards for another religion.  Soon the Mayor will say you can only buy products that provides political support to him.  Tyranny takes many forms.  Sometimes it is slow and you do not notice it until too late.

  Lets look at the destruction of the Greatness of America.  What makes America the Greatest nation on this Earth.  It is Freedom of the people from the tyranny of government.  So many nations in the world Governments are there to control the people. Limit what the people can do. And take what they want from the people.  So often our support to help third world nations ends up in Swiss Bank Accounts.  Because the Government takes it to fill thier coffers first before they let the penny or two get to the people. 

   In the past 18 months or so. We see our federal government mandidate Health Care.  Requiring everyone to have health insurance or pay a fine.  When they are taken to court they change the description as a tax on those who do not have health Insurance that is equal to what Government says you have to have.

  What about our borders? The federal government is looking at releasing all illegals if they have not committed a crime and not deport them.   Lets see high unemployment bring in more illegals into this country.  So will our next election be determined by non US Citizens. Because you know these illegals do vote in many areas.  New York State has non citizens voting in elections.  So what prevents other states from doing the same thing.  Vote Democrat and we will not kick you out of the country. Vote Republican you must be a criminal and need to be deported immediately.

  Cap and Trade discussions passed the House.  Government increasing the cost of the people to have homes due to higher cost of energy. Limiting choices of products we can buy because now we have to bring goods from other countries because it will be far cheaper to build products in the rest of the world.  Energy is consumption must be controlled by the government.

  Bailouts.  How many trillions of dollars have been spent on bailouts.   Where are the jobs? Most of the money was spent growing government size.  Does that grow the economy or like cancer eats away at our freedom of Choice. More money will be required to be given to Federal, State, and local governments to maintain these new employees. Where does the money come from. Small Businesses and Large Businesses will have a larger tax burden. That will cause prices to go up on goods made in the US or people get laid off in the private sector to pay for all these new taxes.  The bottom line it is you and me that will have to pay. Again loss of freedom on choice of where to work.   Maybe the federal government will assign you a job like the Old Soviet Union.  You do the job they say and like it.  No freedom there.  Once again a little more freedom is lost. 

  Where is our freedom?  Our country was built on Freedom of Religion yet Government wants to remove any reference to Religion from our Schools, From Government Buildings and even monuments.  Because it offends someone.  So the American concept of freedom offends someone like politicians they will want to do away with it. Because they know what is best for us.  Only they know what is good for the people. Like New York City one restriction after another Until we the people are serfs like so many other citizens in other third world Countries. 

  I wonder when the Federal government will outlaw the US Constitution.  Our politicians say an oath of office saying they will uphold it yet many of them seem to have crossed their fingers when they took this oath. Because they seem to forget that the US Constitution was written to limit the Federal Government. Yet they want it to grow and grow.  A cancer to the freedom of we the American people.

  So tell me what is freedom to you?  Is it removing the Evil Christians from the country?  Is it removing personal responsibility and have government give you what you need. Is Government your new god. 

  Is it to shop around for a judge that will support your idea of a perfect nation?  Allow a judge to prevent any development or use the courts to prevent competition that could put you out of business.  Or fake an injury and use the court to get a million dollars. Or spill a cup of coffee on yourself. And blame the company you purchased it from.  Who wins. Lawyers they get richer and richer using victim hood to take from those who work hard and try to get ahead in this world. 

So what is Freedom?

    I want you to think back to 1978.  In Guyana a settlement called Jonestown where 909 members of the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones died.  Rev Jones was a Socialist/Communist who was selectively teaching verses from the Bible. Claiming to be Christian but in fact was a Cult.  (http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/DeathTape/death.html)

   I have had some discussions with my dad over the last year talking about the Church Leadership of the Church I grew up in.  The discussions we had talked about how the Church Leadership was to limit what can be discussed in Sermons at the various Church Pulpits.

  I fear that once you tell ministers what you can preach and what topics you are not allowed to preach that have Biblical Truths you are turning your back on the Bible.  It is like the Church I grew up in is becoming a CULT.   Because only what they want preached is allowed.  Church leadership controlling what is allowed to be taught from the Bible.  Ministers who fail to follow their orders could lose their churches.  In some cases Community Churches are threatened by the Church Leadership that they will lose their church buildings because they belong to the Leadership not those who built and paid for them in their small towns.

  Rev Jones was about control and Manipulation.  Are our American Churches going down this same road? Are they manipulating the Bible to teach what they feel is socially Acceptable?

   Are our American Churches turning their back on God and the words he provided in the Bible?  It brings to mind the 7^th Church listed in Revelations 3:14 to 3:19. The key part where God rebukes the church “So then because thou are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”  A hot church is one that is faithful and Active.  A Cold church is one that is dead.   Many Church leaders see us as a Social Life.  Not a growth in our beliefs in God.  To be a good Christian one must continue to grow and understand.  Church is not there to feel good but to challenge us to grow in our Faith in God.   You cannot buy your way into heaven.  It is by faith not works.  On Judgment Day it each of us must face God and stand on what we as individuals have done.  You cannot blame others.  You cannot claim I did not know.  We are saved by Grace But we have to use our knowledge share and grow.

   Yes we are human no one is perfect but just as it is written in Revelations 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” 

  To the Churches of America, Jesus is knocking at the door. What will He say about your stewardship and guidance of the Churches that you have supervised?  Will he say you were a good and Faithful Servant or will He turn you aside?  Do not turn your back to all that the Bible talks about.  There are lessons to be learned. We grow as we study the whole Bible not selected portions.   We are to be challenged because only then can we grow as Christians.

  Recently a study was released showing where the greatest job creation/Losses are over the last 5 years.  This is a pretty good indication of what has happened over this period of time. 

  So 40 states had fewer jobs in May 2010 than they had in May of 2005.  I highly recommend reading it. Because in that period of time North Dakota and Alaska have the largest job growth. Both states have an economies that have weathered the storm of the current recession. 

Overall, the United States lost 4.51 million private-sector jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2010, it said. The study used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia

  A true measure of the amount of work that needs to be done to fix our job creation.  The last 2 years has lost a lot of jobs.  No way can we recover to the number of jobs in this country with the way things are going. With the pending tax increases next year when all the Bush Tax cuts go away. Do you think we will get job growth with all the increase costs of doing business including more paperwork and a bigger tax bite? 

   So I say where are the future jobs going to come from?  I wish I knew.   I know so many people that are out of work and want to work.  Who is going to be able to work to pay for our Growing Government. Because they are growing bigger and bigger. Private sector is not growing but Government employment sure is.  Think about it.

 Yes the Bush Tax cuts are going away.  How does that affect each and every one of us.  Tax law has changed many times since it was initiated originally as a tax on the rich.  And over time it has affected everyone. 

Historically I saw the table for when I was born. This same tax table was used from 1954 to 1963 Page 47 in the PDF file I have linked here.

Individual Income Tax Parameters
Married Filing Jointly
1954-1963
Taxable Income			Rate
$0	-	$4,000	20.0%
$4,000	-	$8,000	22.0%
$8,000	-	$12,000	26.0%
$12,000	-	$16,000	30.0%
$16,000	-	$20,000	34.0%
$20,000	-	$24,000	38.0%
$24,000	-	$28,000	43.0%
$28,000	-	$32,000	47.0%
$32,000	-	$36,000	50.0%
$36,000	-	$40,000	53.0%
$40,000	-	$44,000	56.0%
$44,000	-	$52,000	59.0%
$52,000	-	$64,000	62.0%
$64,000	-	$76,000	65.0%
$76,000	-	$88,000	69.0%
$88,000	-	$100,000	72.0%
$100,000	-	$120,000	75.0%
$120,000	-	$140,000	78.0%
$140,000	-	$160,000	81.0%
$160,000	-	$180,000	84.0%
$180,000	-	$200,000	87.0%
$200,000	-	$300,000	89.0%
$300,000	-	$400,000	90.0%
$400,000	-	and overa	91.0%

So you can see a various large amount of tax was taking more and more money from people when the higher the income the government took a bigger bite.  IF you made over 36K over half of the money you made went to the IRS for every dollar you made.  So where was the incentive to work hard.   The government was taking a bigger and bigger bite.

The Current Tax rate

If your filing status is Married filing jointly
			Taxable Income
	But not	Marginal Rate
Over —	over —
$0	$16,750	10%
$16,750	$68,000	15%
$68,000	$137,300	25%
$137,300	$209,250	28%
$209,250	$373,650	33%
$373,650	and over	35%

So what will the new tax rate be that we will be facing.

If your filing status is Married filing jointly
			Taxable Income
	But not	Marginal Rate
Over —	over —
$0	$45,200	15.0%
$45,200	$109,250	27.5%
$109,250	$166,500	30.5%
$166,500	$297,350	35.5%
$297,350	and over	39.1%

I am providing the tables for Married Filing Jointly. Since that is all I have from the 50′s. Remember no matter what your income you taxes will go up.  The BUSH TAX CUTS were for everyone.  Sure this is just a guess but by current law this is where it will be at.  There is a lot of laws out there that may do some adjustments to this tax increase.  The exact brackets may changethe Max level may go up or down before it hits a person. 

  Listening to Obama they may lower the Max rate to $250K to hide the fact that everyone will have less money in each pay check.  How the tax increase affects you will be noticed when you compare your take home pay on Dec 31 to the Take home pay on Jan 15 or Jan 31.  Your take home pay will go down.  Keep that in mind as you look at what you spend for Christmas or Christmas Holidays.   

  Now add in the increase in Medicare Taxes we have had already taken out for the last half of this year.  Any new taxes on Oil due the spill. Increase costs to banks to lower income from our savings.  We are going to be hit from all sides.

Things I see is a tighter lending to buy anything.  Loans will be harder to get.  Some people think this will increase the tax revenues to the federal government. But the unfortunate side affect is that they get more money this year as people take profits before the tax increases next year. People may move money out of the Stock Market.  People will move to investments that pay the greatest group. 

  That may mean less money available for farmers to plant there crops which could mean less food produced in the US.  Increased spending by the Federal government is weakening our Dollar which could mean less buying power due to inflation.   Uncontrolled spending reminds me of Nero.

Nero needed more money to rebuild Rome after he burned it down and he blamed the Christians for the fire.  His solution. Since he only had so much gold.  He added slugs to the gold.  By Roman law the coin was suppose to be solid gold.  He put a slug in the middle and coated it with gold so that he could stretch his gold supply.  He thereby made his money worth less than it really suppose to be.  So he was doing what congress is doing today printing currency that has no added value. IF not lowered the true value of their currency.

  The cause and effect is less purchase capability.  So it becomes inflation.  I know that the Federal government changes what they track so they can claim that there is no inflation or very little. I have seen my food cost go up.  Is that not inflation.   If something was $1 three years ago and today it costs $2.  The increase in cost means If I want to buy that product I have to pay more for it the price is inflated.

The cause and effect of the tax increase is there will be less money in our pockets to buy items to grow the economy.  This will slow down the economic growth.  If not kill it for a year or two.  Everything depends on what happens in Washington DC on Federal tax rates and Spending.

  No wonder the Democrats in Congress refuse to vote on a budget. They do not want the people to know how much they are spending. How much more debt they are adding.  They will just claim it is BUSH’S Fault. And take no responsibility for their spending habits. They have been spending like Republican but on STEROIDS. 

  I want to ensure everyone knows that the last two Bush Budgets where approved by the Democrats but they spent more money than Bush Requested.  The budgets were considered dead on arrival because not enough money was spent.   Who is to really blame for the last two years of excessive spending. Bush is partially to blame because he would not veto any spending bill no matter how much it was increased.  But Democrats are to blame for most of the deficits in those last two years because of their spending.

So what happens in the next few months can have a big effect on what will happen next year.  The more money taken out of the economy means the less to grow the economy.

 Mike Flynn at Big Governmentbroke this news.  Have not had a chance to see everything.  Here is a Republican for State Senate being kept off the ballot by Democrats. They do not want anyone to contest their right to Maintain their seat in the State Senate.  Maybe that is the only way Democrats can win elections this cycle is to prevent any opponent from being on the ballot. That the Hope and Change requires a rubber stamp. Democrats only on the ballot. Sounds like the 43rd State Senate District is trying to be a Banana Republic.    You get only one choice.

   The sad part is that this is a Black Woman could there be other reasons why Chicago wants to prevent her from being on the ballot.   Maybe she can out talk the Democrat Candidate.  Maybe she has better ideas than the Democrats. OR is it just because she is a Republican. Or is it because she is Black.  Who knows.  Democrat Machine in Chicago is doing its best to keep thier power.  Maybe they could not see a way to stuff the ballot boxes to keep the seat. So they had to resort to removing her from the Ballot

   An interesting article found on AgWeb.com They talked about a survey of Farmers in Minnesota.  They were summarizing the PDF file from the Minnesota Farm Financial Update 

I provide the links so you can read the articles.  But over all The total debt on farmers in Going up.  The value of the land is going up so the farms are not in too much danger of going broke.  But still you have to make a certain amount of money to feed your family.

The debt repayment capacity of these farms fell dramatically in 2009. The average farm generated only $1.03 of earnings to pay each $1.00 of scheduled term debt payments (Figure 7). Most lenders are very concerned when TDCR declines below 1.1:1.

But that means in English is that the farmers profit on average is 3 cents after paying their lenders.

The median net farm income for last year was only  $33,417  but as shown in the the PDF file the income in 2008 was nearly three times that level.   $91,242.   So the recession has lowered the net income for farmers to 1/3 the levels of the previous years. Yes there are up and down years.  I would recommend all people to read the pdf file and see what factors have affected one state.  Still looking for information for other states. 

   I know my food prices have been going up. It sure has not been going into the farmers pockets.  If a farmer can not feed his own family that is a problem.  Who can keep making food to feed the rest of us if they can no longer afford to grow crops or heard cattle. So who is going to feed America in the future?????

  I was reading the Declaration of Independence the important point to understand is that it listed the problems the Americans had with King George.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Looking at this list though it is over 200 years ago. Has tyranny changed?  Are any of theses items taking place today in our society? It is important to read this section and look at how far we have fallen from the ideals of Government.   Look at your Federal Government, Look at your state Government

Look at the problems our founding Fathers faced.  They put their lives on the line.  By signing this document with these accusations would be considered treason.  Questioning the King of England was  a very dangerous thing.

Today are people trying to make a new king?   Our future will be determined by the actions of our elected officials.   Are our elected officials repeating the mistakes of King of England that caused our rebellion.  Is History going to repeat again?