Our Attitude Towards Money Matters

Sat, 4-Apr-2015Mon, 21-Oct-2019 Garrett O'Brien 246 Views 0 Comments America, attitude towards money, constitutional republic, Declaration of Independence, democracy, Democrats, Franklin Roosevelt, God in government, Princeton University, progressivism, Republic min read

Words Mean Everything

Last summer, Princeton University noted in one of their researches that the U.S. is no longer an actual democracy…

OK, stop…

From that one statement alone, if I had graduated from Princeton I would seriously be pursuing a refund — you would think in all their researches they would have found out the U.S. was NEVER a democracy as our founding fathers went out of their way to be sure one was not set up…

You will not find the word Democracy in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, ANY of the State Constitutions, the Pledge of Allegiance, nor our National Anthem.

You will however find the word Republic once in the U.S. Constitution — Article 4, Section 4 — as follows…

“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.”

By definition, a Democracy is mob rule — 50%+1 on ANY vote, which means the favored laws of the day would be subject to the fickleness of feelings for the day…

By definition, a Republic is ruled by laws where one person can challenge any law through a judicial process.

The majority is defined by law as well (50%+1; 60%; 67%; etc.)

Ours is a Constitutional Republic which uses a democratIC process…

A democratic process in a government does not make it a Democracy.

If that were the case, and based upon their actions for the past few decades, then the left should be saying they are Tyrannists and not Democrats as they have been suppressing and attempting to stifle any opposing views…

To wit:

Ferguson
New York
Indiana

Attitude Towards Money

Returning to the research…

By asking “[w]ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that over the past few decades America’s political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where wealthy elites wield most power.

To this part, I believe most will agree no matter what side the political aisle you are on.

But hold on…

When has anyone who has been poor really been in office?

Even better, why would we want anyone of average means in the office?

Throughout the Bible even many of the leaders were wealthy, a few were even notably elite (such as Job)…

So, is it the money?

Or is it the attitude towards faith of those with the money?

It is not any big secret that Democrats in general are stingy when it comes to giving money to charity.

You would also be hard-pressed to find Democrats in a church that follows the Bible closely as well (notice I didn’t say they didn’t attend church, but rarely do we find a Democrat in a church that follows the Word of God as written instead of a doctrine of an organized religion).

Republicans aren’t saints by any means either — but they are much more generous towards charity and many of them are familiar with the Word of God over church doctrine of an organized religion.

The other difference towards money by both parties is this…

Democrats are notorious for starting all sorts of social programs just as long as they are using someone else’s money (usually the taxpayer).

True Republicans will find means to fund a project through various means, while minimizing or eliminating any tax on the people.

There is another factor to take into consideration….

Our Third Crisis

Since the 63rd Congress, the United States has been under a continuous crisis in its political history — that of Progressivism.

This is the 3rd crisis of our political history — the first two being our Revolution and our Civil War.

This movement was started with Woodrow Wilson in 1913, which is also the start of the 63rd Congress, and has been aided by Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, the Clintons and others.

The Progressives reject the our Judeo-Christian principles, including our notions of a fixed human nature and inalienable natural rights.

Instead, Progressives believe in a human nature that evolves and changes, which in turn justifies their efforts to break down separation of powers in order to expand the size and scope of government far beyond our Founders’ intent.

Our Causes

In order to understand fully this crisis, we must understand the causes of America.

America has 4 causes…

A Material Cause — primarily the land and the people

An Efficient Cause — the Founding Founders who led the Revolution in the name of the American people

A Formal Cause — the Constitution, especially the structure of government it establishes, and

A Final Cause — the principles of free government outlined in the Declaration of Independence

The American Founding sought to conserve the oldest and highest law, which according to the Declaration of Independence is “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

The Founders compared the natural law to the conventional law under which they lived, and—as described so eloquently and succinctly in the Declaration of Independence—determined that a revolution was justified in the name of this higher law.

Again, the Progressives reject all this as it goes against their belief in a human nature that evolves and changes, which nullifies their justification and efforts to break down separation of powers in order to expand the size and scope of government.

So, who has had the majority control of Congress starting with the 63rd Congress?

		Senate					House
Congress	Years	Total	Dems	Reps	Others	Vacant	Total	Dems	Reps	Others	Vacant
63rd	1913–1915	96	51	44	1	—	435	290	127	18	—
64th	1915–1917	96	56	39	1	—	435	231	193	8	3
65th	1917–1919	96	53	42	1	—	435	210¹	216	9	—
66th	1919–1921	96	47	48	1	—	435	191	237	7	—
67th	1921–1923	96	37	59	—	—	435	132	300	1	2
68th	1923–1925	96	43	51	2	—	435	207	225	3	—
69th	1925–1927	96	40	54	1	1	435	183	247	5	—
70th	1927–1929	96	47	48	1	—	435	195	237	3	—
71st	1929–1931	96	39	56	1	—	435	163	267	1	4
72nd	1931–1933	96	47	48	1	—	435	216²	218	1	—
73rd	1933–1935	96	59	36	1	—	435	313	117	5	—
74th	1935–1937	96	69	25	2	—	435	322	103	10	—
75th	1937–1939	96	75	17	4	—	435	333	89	13	—
76th	1939–1941	96	69	23	4	—	435	262	169	4	—
77th	1941–1943	96	66	28	2	—	435	267	162	6	—
78th	1943–1945	96	57	38	1	—	435	222	209	4	—
79th	1945–1947	96	57	38	1	—	435	243	190	2	—
80th	1947–1949	96	45	51	—	—	435	188	246	1	—
81st	1949–1951	96	54	42	—	—	435	263	171	1	—
82nd	1951–1953	96	48	47	1	—	435	234	199	2	—
83rd	1953–1955	96	46	48	2	—	435	213	221	1	—
84th	1955–1957	96	48	47	1	—	435	232	203	—	—
85th	1957–1959	96	49	47	—	—	435	234	201	—	—
86th	1959–1961	98	64	34	—	—	436³	283	153	—	—
87th	1961–1963	100	64	36	—	—	437⁴	262	175	—	—
88th	1963–1965	100	67	33	—	—	435	258	176	—	1
89th	1965–1967	100	68	32	—	—	435	295	140	—	—
90th	1967–1969	100	64	36	—	—	435	248	187	—	—
91st	1969–1971	100	58	42	—	—	435	243	192	—	—
92nd	1971–1973	100	54	44	2	—	435	255	180	—	—
93rd	1973–1975	100	56	42	2	—	435	242	192	1	—
94th	1975–1977	100	61	37	2	—	435	291	144	—	—
95th	1977–1979	100	61	38	1	—	435	292	143	—	—
96th	1979–1981	100	58	41	1	—	435	277	158	—	—
97th	1981–1983	100	46	53	1	—	435	242	192	1	—
98th	1983–1985	100	46	54	—	—	435	269	166	—	—
99th	1985–1987	100	47	53	—	—	435	253	182	—	—
100th	1987–1989	100	55	45	—	—	435	258	177	—	—
101st	1989–1991	100	55	45	—	—	435	260	175	—	—
102nd	1991–1993	100	56	44	—	—	435	267	167	1	—
103rd	1993–1995	100	57	43	—	—	435	258	176	1	—
104th	1995–1997	100	48	52	—	—	435	204	230	1	—
105th	1997–1999	100	45	55	—	—	435	207	226	2	—
106th	1999–2001	100	45	55	—	—	435	211	223	1	—
107th	2001–2003	100	50	50	—	—	435	212	221	2	—
108th	2003–2005	100	48	51	1	—	435	205	229	1	—
109th	2005–2007	100	44	55	1	—	435	202	231	1	1
110th	2007–2009	100	49	49	2	—	435	233	198	—	4
111th	2009–2011	100	57	41	2	2	435	256	178	—	1
112th	2011–2013	100	51	47	2	—	435	193	242	—	—
113th	2013–2015	100	54	45	1	—	435	201	234	—	—
114th	2015–2017	100	44	54	2	—	435	188	246	—	1

NOTE: All figures reflect immediate results of elections.

1. Democrats organized House with help of other parties.

2. Democrats organized House due to Republican deaths.

3. Proclamation declaring Alaska a state issued Jan 3., 1959.

4. Proclamation declaring Hawaii a state issued Aug. 21, 1959.

Source: Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

We the People are the ones to blame for this — but that does NOT mean the Progressives are free from blame.

They did whatever they could in their power to get into power — and now that they are they there?

We need to do whatever we can in our power to remove them from office — mostly through educating ourselves as well as educating others.

There will be those that will be adamant — don’t bother with them, they would rather embrace audacity than embrace liberty.

But others can be persuaded — and many have been already by their own kind…

Just remember, Progressivism — and anything else not of our Founding Father’s vision — is nothing more than a gradual and silent encroachment by those in power.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
— James Madison

Final return to the research and the oligarchy being formed — many Republicans can’t walk away from this as they are just as guilty as most, if not all, left wingers.

However, we have been walking through our history for far too long asking God to stand aside instead of us taking a stand by His side…

How much longer do you think an oligarchy will exist live if we do?

How quickly will the oligarchy take over everything if we don’t?