John Adams

Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

John Adams, letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814

We are on the brink of that suicide.  The plans coming out of the democrats would add trillions to our government spending.  How are they going to get that money?  Taxation.  No matter what they say on lowering taxes for us lowly middle class they will raise our expenses!  One of two things happen, they tax us directly or they tax the upper class very heavily which will force a couple things to occur.  First as many businesses that can leave, will.  Why would they stay and pay the taxes?  I wouldn't.  Secondly, the businesses that must stay will have to up the prices of the things they are selling which we lowly middle classers have to pay.  Lose; lose with the democratic economic policies.

That, as a republic is the best of governments, so that particular arrangements of the powers of society, or, in other words, that form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the laws, is the best of republics.

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776

Impartial and exact execution of the law, are the lingering words from that quote.  Our judges are inputting their opinions everywhere they can stick them in.  In a previous post I went through the judges using foreign laws to make decisions.  This only opens them up to use their opinions even more and validating them in the process.  We must get back to a supreme court that will interpret the laws instead of making them.

Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest numbers of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best.

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776

Happiness to the greatest number of persons is what is best.  Our government has a do something problem that hurts the people of this nation.  Their war on poverty helped nobody and hurt the people paying taxes.  What is a hate crime anyways?  Aren’t they all hate crimes?  Our government regulates so many things it takes away from the freedom and pursuit of happiness of the people. 

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Alexander Hamilton

The 4 principal reasons why a federal government was formed: "(1) The common defense (national security); (2) the preservation of public peace, as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; (3) the regulation of commerce with other nations and between states; (4) the superintendent of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries (foreign affairs)." - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No.23, 1787

This is a very direct quote.  Our government has strayed so far from these 4 it’s beyond explaining.  The conservatives want to get back to the basics of what our government is supposed to do while the liberals want to extend it until we turn into the USSR and go bankrupt.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

Alexander Hamilton, Pacificus, No. 6, July 17, 1793

This is happening everywhere you look.  The post I previously posted, with the judges using foreign laws, is a very direct violation of what we should be doing with foreign influence.  This is also seen with all the political correctness going around.  We are accommodating each person in every possible way.  The English language is even under attack by the infiltrating illegal’s not knowing any.  I went to an ATM last weekend and bam, had to select English from a list.  Our foreign policies are run through the UN, who has no business telling us what we can and cannot do.  The democrats go on polls from other countries to run their foreign policies.

If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when they are confined within proper and moderate bounds. This forms a complete barrier against any material oppression of the citizens by taxes of this class, and is itself a natural limitation of the power of imposing them.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 21, 1787

This was only true for sales tax, which was how they collected taxes in those days.  This has a direct link to the trickledown effect the liberals claim does not work.  If we lower taxes on all, people have more money to spend and the businesses will have more with lower taxes and can sell at lower prices and make more from more sales due to the people have more and it’s a big snowball effect.  The income tax has no barrier of which Alexander Hamilton speaks of.  There is no way for the middle class people to avoid the income tax; therefore they can oppress us with the income tax.  This is happening little by little like a frog in heating water.

It is a singular advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit, which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end purposed — that is, an extension of the revenue.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 21

This is basically another way of saying the previous quote.  We should go back to sales tax only.  Lower the amount to like 10-15% and people will have much more money, as well as businesses being able to lower the prices.  Liberal logic is infallibly false.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 34, January 4, 1788

Here is where the liberals are complete and utter morons.  This war on terrorism was thrust upon us and we must respond.  We did not choose to enter the war, but rather Osama Bin Laden cast the first stone.  If the liberals would get out of the political war and let our soldiers get the job done we will win this war on terror.  How they cannot see they are aiding the enemy is beyond me.

The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of its political cares.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 12, November 27, 1787

Whoa!!  Don’t the liberals spout that the government must jump start our economy?  How wrong!!  The private sector will always outperform the government when given the chance.  The cold war proved just that.  USSR had the government running commerce while the USA had capitalism.  Who had more money?  Ahem...WE DID!  I sometimes wonder if the liberals believe the lies they spout from the podium while giving speeches. 

There is no part of the administration of government that requires extensive information and a thorough knowledge of the principles of political economy, so much as the business of taxation. The man who understands those principles best will be least likely to resort to oppressive expedients, or sacrifice any particular class of citizens to the procurement of revenue. It might be demonstrated that the most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 35, 1788

The sentence of the man who understands...etc. is a perfect example of what the libs are doing today.  Oppressive taxes and/or sacrificing the wealthy for procurement of revenue.  The flat tax or sales tax should be moved into effect as to avoid the exact things he says in this quote.  The most productive system is always least burdensome.  Libs: can you believe the blasphemy!  Our government has lost all accountability for finances and we will continue to spiral downward until they start changing their spending habits.