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  • Government Overspending must be addressed

    Government Overspending must be addressed

    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION PARTY CHAIRMAN

    Justin Magill

    No amount of taxing or borrowing can keep up with a government that overspends

    One of the primary ways that our governments overspend is in buying us off with our own money. Governments buy cooperation by passing out money in grants, subsidies, welfare, credits, and bailouts. Our State, County, and Municipal governments get hooked on the money that is offered to them by other government institutions. But this money, not only has strings attached, but it must come from somewhere.

    This money comes from taxes taken from us, from the hidden tax of the FED inflating our currency, and through trillions of debt being accumulated. This cost is borne by us, but it also sells the future of generations to come. As our public functionaries continue to take from us, they are also destroying our economy.

    How do we get government back under control?

    We need to be attending our local municipal and school board meetings and holding our public functionaries accountable for their overspending. They need to be encouraged to not take any money from the State or U.S. government programs so we can be free from the strings that come with, both the program, and the debt and taxes.

    We must also be, individually and in private organizations, taking care of our communities in a way that makes the draw of government programs obsolete!

    What can you do for your community?

  • Cost Of Big Government

    Cost Of Big Government

    A legitimate and primary purpose of civil government is to safeguard the God-given rights of its citizens; namely, life, liberty, and property. Only those duties, functions, and programs specifically assigned to the federal government by the Constitution should be funded. 

    THE PRINCIPLES

    James Madison, Federalist Papers #45:  

    “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.” 

     U.S. Constitution, 10th Amendment  

    “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” 

    THE PROBLEM

    Budget considerations are greatly impacted by the ever-rising national debt. Interest on the debt is one of the largest expenses of government, and unless the interest is paid, the debt will continue to grow as interest is added to interest. 

    One of the greatest contributors to deficit spending is war. If the country is to eliminate debt, these United States cannot become gratuitously involved in constant wars. 

    THE SOLUTION

    STOP DEFICIT SPENDING.

    We call upon Congress and the President to stop all federal expenditures which are not specifically authorized by the U.S. Constitution, and to restore to the states those powers, programs, and sources of revenue that the federal government has usurped.  

    The President can use his veto power to stop irresponsible and unconstitutional appropriations and refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress for unconstitutional programs, or in excess of tax revenue collected. 

    Reject the misleading use of the terms “surplus” and “balanced budget” as long as we have public debt. 

    Oppose dishonest accounting practices such as “off-budget items” used to hide unconstitutional spending practices. 

    End federal government raiding of the Social Security, Railroad Retirement and Medicare funds to fund current accounts.  

    Abolish the Civil Service system, which is perceived to confer on government employees a “property right” regarding their jobs.

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Budget considerations are greatly impacted by the ever-rising national debt. Interest on the debt is one of the largest expenses of government, and unless the interest is paid, the debt will continue to grow as interest is added to interest. 

    We will eliminate the debt in the shortest reasonable time by: 

    • Not spending more than collected revenues; 
    • Paying interest as it accrues; and 
    • Making annual reductions in the principal 

    Constitutional government, as the founders envisioned it, was not imperial. It was certainly not contemplated that America would police the world at the taxpayers’ expense. 

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