"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 by Ayn Rand, 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!