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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
not surprised, in fact predicted, that he would not relinquish powers that were grabbed by previous administrations, no matter how facially unconstitutional.
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No one relinquishes power once the door has been opened and no one did anything to truly stop it. Look at the Income tax, welfare, the telephone tax, "sin taxes" on alcohol, tobacco and so on.
Once we give government power, they take more and more.
Healthcare.... make it unaffordable and the people will want government to help them and give government power over that part of their lives.
Gun control.... give government power to make laws on guns then usurp rights of ownership slowly and over time.
Abortion...... give government the power to control who can or can't, give government control
Gay Marriage.... allow government to dictate what marriage is and who can become married to whom.... give government control
The above 4 are issues that either side you are on you are asking for government to take control. The above 4 have been issues as long as I can remember, nothing in there truly changes except government's control whether usurped overnight or in time.... BUT those issues provide the greatest smokescreens so that people don't truly see how they are being stolen from, how they are losing more and more rights and ownership of the country, how they are in essence being led to the gallows. It also helps when the ultra rich control both parties and almost all the media (Clear Channel, Disney, Microsoft, GE, Westinghouse, and so on). Local papers, radio stations television news.... it's all controlled by the same people who control the political parties..... in doing so they can control what media gets out and keep the masses in a haze.
But people are waking, the internet has helped... they don't control the internet yet..... but once they do, then there will never be an organized nationwide resistance.
But what do I know....
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
"We must all hang together, or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
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What did he know, he flew a kite in an electrical storm.