MJ, quit repeating you dribble! Our Constitution has failed us by allowing government to evolve away from the ideals of the Founding Fathers. I can guarantee you that under MY New Constitution government will never get "out-of-line" again! — J. A. A. — > On May 26, 1:12 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > MJ > As has been explained time and time again, people seek to influence because > influence can be mandated -- contrary to the Constitution. Absolutely not! > No person can have (or have others mandate) an > influence greater that our FAIR, Representative Republic will allow! > The political parties constantly try to get more power & influence > than one-person-one vote, and THAT is UNCONSTITUTIONAL! You have not proven > my statement to be incorrect. > Here is the Constitution:http://www.constitution.org/cons/constitu.txt > Do point to the Article, Section and Clause or Amendment where you imagine > this one-person-one vote sham exists.I've > repeatedly written that the entire space-out primaries are > UNCONSTITUTIONAL, because they give the most power to the God-damned > people of IOWA! And *I* (and others) have repeatedly requested that you > bolster this claim. You have not. You cannot. The reality that is the > Constitution does not support your claim. > The Constitution provides the State Legislatures with the Power To choose > Electors in whatever manner they desire. Those Electors, then, choose a > Candidate. > Again, the problem is NOT the Parties nor their machinations per se, but that > they have enacted unconstitutional legislation that have been put into law. > It, however, remains that people seek influence because influence can be > mandated -- contrary to the Constitution. > Regard$, > --MJ > (W)e ought to be asking ourselves why corporations and interests groups are > willing to give politicians millions of dollars in the first place. > Obviously their motives are not altruistic. Simply put, they do it because > the stakes are so high. They know government controls virtually every aspect > of our economy and our lives, and that they must influence government to > protect their interests. > Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited > constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan > that redistributes trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when > countless special interests fight for the money. The only true solution to > the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government > that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go > hand in hand. > -- Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), "Texas Straight Talk," 2/4/02
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