The Contract From America
This was a grassroots-generated concept springing from this year’s Tea Parties across the USA. [Emphasis added by me below.]
We, the citizens of the United States of America, in order to protect our country from those who seek power and authoritarian control under the false guise of compassion and altruism, call upon our elected representatives to sign this Contract and by doing so commit to upholding the principles herein:
Individual Liberty
Our moral, political, and economic liberties are inherent, not gifts from the government. It is essential to the practice of these liberties that we be free from restriction over our peaceful political expression and free from excessive control over our economic choices.
Limited Government
The purpose of our government is to protect our liberties by administering justice and ensuring our safety from threats arising inside or outside our country’s sovereign borders. When our government ventures beyond these functions and attempts to increase its power over the marketplace and the economic decisions of individuals, our liberties are diminished and the probability of corruption, internal strife, economic depression, and poverty increases.
Economic Freedom
The most powerful, proven instrument of material and social progress is the free market. The market economy, driven by the accumulated expressions of individual economic choices, is the only economic system that preserves and enhances individual liberty. Any other economic system, regardless of its intended pragmatic benefits, undermines our fundamental rights as free people.
I’ve signed up. You should too. And take it to your Member of Congress to sign.
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
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A question that I thought had been settled by the American Revolution. But that wasn’t, alas.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — September 21, 2009 @ 4:57 pm - September 21, 2009
Ah free-market fundamentalism. Welcome to the 19th century. The ability to ignore the lessons of history is just stunning. You guys are in far worse intellectual shape than even I imagined.
Comment by Tano — September 21, 2009 @ 9:08 pm - September 21, 2009
#2: “The ability to ignore the lessons of history is just stunning.”
Right back at you, Tano. In under 250 years, America became the richest, most powerful, most benevolent society in recorded history. We’ve flown to the fu*king Moon and back and the United Kingdom still hasn’t triumphed over the challenge of basic orthodontics. The only one ignoring the lessons of history is you.
“You guys are in far worse intellectual shape than even I imagined.”
So says the mealy-mouthed enemy of freedom who returns every 20 minutes to get his a*s unceremoniously handed to him.
Comment by Sean A — September 21, 2009 @ 10:35 pm - September 21, 2009
Tano…your observations that sound so “heavy intellectually” are but “dust in the wind.” However, that being said, keep on blogging my friend.
Comment by Duffy - Native Intelligence — September 21, 2009 @ 11:26 pm - September 21, 2009
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Pingback by GayPatriot » Standing for Smaller Government Will Help GOP Win Perot Voters — September 22, 2009 @ 3:56 am - September 22, 2009
Oh no…not another one of these bogus documents. As if the last Contract With America wasn’t horribly breached over the past 8 years:
Largest Government expansion in history — no 9/12 protests
Borrowed more money than all previous 42 Presidents combined — no tea-baggers
2 Patriot Acts and the largest assault on liberties in our country’s history — terrorist sympathizers
Worst rampant cronyism and out of control corruption than any previous presidential administration — what, no ACORN videos?
Amnesty for the terrorist leaders responsible for 9/11 — so much for justice
Iraq war killed more Americans than 9/11 — We will never forget them too
You want to win back Perot voters? What a freakin’ joke. As if in 8 short months, America is supposed to be this freakin’ dumb to forget the REAL enemies of the state…YOU!
Comment by Syntax — September 22, 2009 @ 9:13 am - September 22, 2009
Oh did I mention Bush’s record setting deficit? Socialists!
Comment by Syntax — September 22, 2009 @ 9:16 am - September 22, 2009
Sorry, Syntax, but your Obama owns the deficit records, government expansion records, and everything for which you’re criticizing Bush. Indeed, Obama makes Bush look like a piker in every single respect for those.
And since you’re criticizing Bush for all of those while supporting Obama, that merely demonstrates what a complete and total hypocrite you are.
But we expected that. You and your party haven’t demonstrated any intelligent thoughts in the past, so we certainly wouldn’t expect you to do so now or in the future.
Comment by North Dallas Thirty — September 23, 2009 @ 1:45 am - September 23, 2009
Syntax world.
Contract with America = Bogus documents though some of them were followed through.
Dan Rather/TANG = Legit documents that should have been treated as such.
Comment by The_Livewire — September 23, 2009 @ 11:40 am - September 23, 2009