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These are the 32 Words in the Bailout Bill intended To End Our Economic Freedom and Destroy the US Constitution as noted by a friend on my email network.

“Decisions by the (Treasury) Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” – Section 8 of the Paulson Proposal

Bluntly, this clause was put in the Bailout Bill to personally protect the authors of that bill. Why? Because they know it is a bad bill designed to harm the public while protecting the out-ethics companies and company executives whose money management mistakes got them into trouble.

Did you listen to President Bush’s 12 minute address to the nation on the evening of September 24th? In one breath he stated the economic crisis was caused by too much lending of credit. Then 3 times he stated that the solution to the problem is the Bailout Bill which would make it possible for more credit to be given to businesses and families.

So how can what created the problem also be the solution? It CANNOT.

Did you listen to Bush and watch the politicians and so called “experts” being interviewed about the Bailout Bill? Did you notice that rach one of them used the word “hopefully” more than once? – Hopefully this will help, hopefully the housing market will start to recover, hopefully the government can sell the distessed properties that they are buying that ‘We The People’ have to pay for now. The authors of this bill and our political representatives on Capitol Hill doubt this bill will be the real solution. That’s why the authors of the bill added the clause that protects them personally if it doesn’t work – they are merely “hopeful” and are nowhere near certain.

The Great Depression finally materialized when the amount of credit loaned reached a critical mass and far outweighed the public’s ability to pay. That exact same situation has happened and the public cannot pay the credit debt they have incurred. To extend more credit is to send us faster down the slippery slope toward a long and deep recession.

I am against the Bailout Bill. I am for letting the executives who make millions in salaries every year take the hit for their out-ethics money management that created their companys’ and Wall Street’s problems of greed and financial mismanagement. I refuse to bail them out when I have worked so hard to keep my business and household financially sound and out of debt. I don’t want to be punished as the producer while their non-production is rewarded.

President Bush, Mr. McCain, Mr. Obama and all members of Congress, GET OUT OF OUR WALLETS and pay for this out of YOUR multi-million dollar annual salaries instead, since you are so HOPEFUL that this Bailout Bill is the correct solution. Take the billions in salaries made by the executives of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG,  and Wall Street brokerages. You were elected to serve ‘We The People’. We don’t work for you!

While the media is spinning story after story about the Presidential Campaigns, and Obama and McCain are chanting “Change, Change, Change,” I am asking “How, How, How are you going to do that?”

First, and most obvious, there is no power vested in the power of the President to enact law. That power is fully invested in the power of the Congress according to our Constitution. Let me repeat that. The Constitution does not empower the President to make law.

Executive Orders issued by the President that bind the entire nation are illicit because, as noted above, “All legislative powers” are possessed by Congress. An Executive Order that binds only the employees of the federal government (such as granting a holiday) is proper because the President should be considered to be the holder of power much like that possessed by the CEO of a company. But the entire nation is not in the employ of the President.

What power does the elected President have? The President does have a role in lawmaking with his possession of a veto. He can veto a measure approved by Congress (which can be overturned by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress), or simply allow it to become law by doing nothing within 10 days, “Sundays excepted.”

Both candidates are saying they are going to cut income taxes, balance the budget deficit, straighten out the US economy, stop the wasteful spending, rehabilitate the Social Security system or provide affordable healthcare and health insurance to every citizen but, what they aren’t telling us is how they are going to get Congress to do that.

Second, it is an obvious mistake to think that cutting taxes will fix the government’s economy and allow the budget deficit to get handled. Any ordinary individual knows that in order to pay off debt, more income is needed. If enough income were made in the first place, of course, there would be no need to take on debt. Debt is simply a function of spending money you don’t have.

Since the government produces no income of their own and they just take it from us taxpayers, then if they take less income from us, they will have to borrow more money to fund all of their projects and that means a BIGGER budget deficit.

Smart money management requires working both ends; consistently raising gross income while cutting unnecessary spending to live within your budget. In all the years I have been around, I have never seen the US government demonstrate their ability to do this simple money management survival action.

What is the price of attaining financial freedom? It really is very simple. Make a ton of money, spend less than you make, don’t contract for any debt you cannot immediately pay with cash, and set money aside for the future survival of the organization.

Wednesday, September 17th, is Constitution Day – a day specifically designated by an act of Congress when Americans are supposed to honor the remarkable document that created our system of government. The date was chosen because the Constitution was approved at the original Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. How well do you know your Constitution? How well do Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain know our Constitution? Perhaps we should ask them about this by insisting they tell us HOW they intend to make all of these new changes which require new laws be passed.

If government really wanted to help stimulate the U.S. economy to the highest degree possible, they would change the tax system entirely. The Founding Fathers had it right when they prohibited taxes on income.

Here is a way to get rid of the IRS and never have to file another income tax return, or corporate return for that matter! Every dime you earn would be in your paycheck; no taxes would be withheld. It’s within your power to make it happen!

There is a tax bill before Congress right now that would abolish the IRS and get rid of income taxes, corporate taxes, death taxes, estate taxes, etc. It is called the FairTax Act, and I am here to tell you it is not only fair, it would solve our country’s economic problems overnight. Here’s a snapshot of how it works.

First I do want to say that The FairTax is resisted by a vocal minority precisely because it will do what it claims in eliminating the IRS, the more than $300 billion in tax return filing costs, and the corruption of the current system. Make no mistake, that adjustment will be hard for tax lawyers, special interest groups, lobbyists who make millions from our current tax system and those in Congress who see the current tax code as a way to get your campaign contributions to buy your votes.

What is the FairTax?

The FairTax is a retail consumption tax that is charged when you buy something new. It is a transparent tax. That means that the tax will be on your receipt in plain English so you can see it.

Right now you are paying those taxes when you buy something, but they are hidden in the cost of the item by all of the goods and services that go into making that item from raw materials to packaged product. Those are called embedded taxes because they are hidden from your view. Under the FairTax Act, you would be paying the same price for a loaf of bread but the loaf would have a lower shelf price and the tax would be added at the cash register and printed on your receipt.

Is the FairTax actually fair?

Yes, the FairTax is fair. In fact, it is really much fairer than the current income tax. You can control how much tax you pay simply by deciding what items you are going to buy.

Wealthy people spend more money on more expensive items than other individuals. The FairTax taxes them on these purchases. Tourists and illegal aliens, who pay no taxes now, would be paying their fair share every time they buy something. Someone who deals in cash and never reports it on an income tax return would now pay taxes on their income when they spend it at the cash register.

And yes, the government would still get as much tax revenue as they do now, but it would cost us a lot less to run the government. In addition, your Congressional Representatives who spend millions of your tax dollars to buy the votes of special interest groups by voting for insane programs, like studying the mating habits of wooly wingas, would stop. (A wooly winga is a made up name for an animal in case you were wondering.)

The FairTax would have a positive effect on the U.S. economy.

With the penalty for working harder and producing more removed, American businesses will experience a new era of economic growth and business expansion. Hidden taxes are history, Americans are able to save more, and businesses invest more. The FairTax, as proposed, would bring U.S. companies back home as it would no longer be an advantage to have U.S. companies in foreign countries hiring workers for low wages to do jobs that Americans should be doing here at home for a fair wage. In addition, other international investors will want to invest here to avoid taxes on income in their own countries, which would further spur the growth of our own economy.

The FairTax would have a positive effect on wages and prices.

Americans who produce goods and earn wages are currently required to pay significant tax and compliance costs under the current federal income tax. These taxes and costs both reduce after-tax wages and profits and are then passed on to the consumers of those goods and services in the form of price increases.

When the FairTax removes income, capital gains, payroll, and estate and gift taxes, the pre-FairTax prices of these goods and services will fall. The removal of these hidden taxes may also allow wages to rise. Exactly how much prices will fall and wages will rise depends on market forces. For example, in a profession with many jobs and too few to fill them, wages will likely increase more than in fields where there are too many employees and not enough jobs.

Workers would bring home what they earn.

It would put more money in the pockets of every U.S citizen by eliminating the income tax. There would be no deductions from what you earn to pay federal taxes, Social Security or Medicare. If you earned $100 you would get paid $100. Business would no longer be burdened with paying additional taxes on employee wages for Social Security/Medicare.

The FairTax has a positive effect on Social Security/Medicare.

Under the FairTax Act there would be plenty of money available for both these programs. Like all federal spending programs, Social Security would operate exactly as it does today, except that its funds come from a broad, progressive sales tax, rather than a narrow, regressive payroll tax.

Employers would continue to report the wages they pay to each employee to the Social Security Administration simply for the determination of benefits. The move to a reformed Social Security system is eased while ensuring there is sufficient funding to continue promised benefits.

In the meantime, Social Security/Medicare funds are no longer triple-taxed like they are under the current tax system: 1) when payroll taxes are initially withheld; 2) when those withheld payroll taxes are counted as part of the taxable base for income tax purposes; and 3) when the promised benefits are finally received.

The FairTax protects low-income and lower-middle-income families and individuals.

Under the FairTax Plan, poor people pay no net FairTax at all up to the poverty level! Every household receives a monthly prebate check that is equal to the FairTax paid on essential goods and services [groceries and medicine], and all wage earners are no longer subject to the most burdensome tax of all, the payroll tax.

The FairTax protects senior citizens.

Seniors do very well under the FairTax. Low-income seniors are much better off under the FairTax than under the current income tax system. Some people incorrectly believe that people who live exclusively on Social Security pay no taxes. They may not know it, but they are paying hidden corporate income taxes and employer payroll taxes whenever they buy anything. Under the FairTax, seniors pay $0.23 out of every dollar they choose to spend on new goods and services. Plus, seniors, like everyone else, receive the monthly prebate check, in advance of purchases, for taxes paid on the cost of necessities.

Yes, The FairTax CAN really be passed into law!

Do you have the right to vote in this country? Passing the original 16th Amendment and the income tax wasn’t easy, and repealing the income tax and the 16th Amendment won’t be easy either. That is why the FairTax has undertaken to build a grassroots movement and grassroots alliances to support the effort. But this will only happen when the American people rally behind the effort, throw off the yoke, and demand that their congressional representatives correct 90 years of wrongs done by the income tax.

What you can do RIGHT NOW to make sure this bill gets passed.

First, go to the website http://www.FairTax.org and sign the petition to let Congress and the President know that you want this bill passed into law.

Second, while you are on the website, look at the congressional scorecard to see whether your state congressional representatives support this bill. If they don’t, write them a letter and tell them that you think they should vote for it and that you will be watching this scorecard to see how they stand come election time.

Third, buy The FairTax Book: Saying Goodbye to the Income Tax and the IRS by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder. Read it so you understand what this bill actually says. The book is easy to understand. Then give it to a friend to read and ask them to pass it on.

Fourth, if you hear anyone, especially a politician, saying that the FairTax Bill will hurt the poor, or help the rich, or hurt senior citizens, then politely tell them that they either (A) have not read the FairTax Bill and understood it, or (B) they are intentionally misleading the public, so they must have a personal vested financial interest in keeping the current tax code in place.

Fifth, pass this article on to everyone you know and encourage them to join the grassroots movement to get this bill passed into law. Remember, our politicians serve us, we don’t serve them.

Sandra Simmons, President of Money Management Solutions, specializes in helping business owners and individuals manage their money to acheive financial freedom. Claim your FREE Debt Reduction Solutions Guide

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