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The Sum of Good Government

Today we are seeing a struggle between two seemingly different philosophies for governing our society.  Political parties are not the divide as members of both major parties share similar views while third party involvement has little impact on the daily government decisions.  Bill O’Reilly summed up the choices by stating the choice is self-reliance or entitlements.  That’s a very good view of where we are yet those in elected federal office seem to be divided more on the entitlement side of this divide. 

Liberty is a key principle in our history.  When government involves itself in daily life through entitlements, and a view they must guide economic activity while ‘caring’ for those in need, we must understand the tradeoff is

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Overcome your fear of a constitutional convention

It is time all who stand in opposition of a constitutional convention due to fear of it being a runaway toward tyranny consider the reasoning State’s were a part of Article V. Continue reading

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Where’s the Line?

A simple question each of us needs to learn.  As Ken Ivory (UT-HD47) has stated, “I don’t have all the answers but I have a really good question, where’s the line?”  We just came from a presentation by Mr. Ivory and he is creating a ground swell of excitement here in Utah that will be spreading across the country and you can help!  As a matter of fact this is so simple to grasp and powerful to enact you will want to help.

Anyone investing a few minutes to read this knows the 10th Amendment.  “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to… Continue reading

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Is the Repeal Amendment What We Need?

Is it easier to empower states by creating a series of new changes to our form of government or to use the same passion, energy, and effort to repeal errors of past changes? Continue reading

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Power positioning beyond our vote

Are you paying attention to the political news these days or are you simply glad the elections are over?  Many simply don’t want to be bothered with any more campaigns yet the major campaigns for all the power positions in legislative branches across the country are taking place right now.  It does not matter if you consider yourself an independent voter or if you do not want your representatives (agents and trustees) to play party politics because the campaigns and elections being held now do not care about you, these elections are all about power!

On November 2nd many wanted to know what influence the Tea Party was going to have.  Many were concerned with casting a ballot for someone, anyone, who may actually uphold their Oath of Office. … Continue reading

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