USMC
2nd Force Recon (sniper)
1967 to 1973

Who are we? Free Republic is a loosely organized group of grassroots Americans who support our Constitution and look for honesty, integrity and honor from those in government. Like millions of Americans, we are fed up with our out of control federal government. Therefore, we are working together to roll back decades of liberal/socialist public policy and eliminate the waste, fraud, abuse and corruption pervasive in Washington today.

It is not necessary for everyone to hold the same views to be members of Free Republic, however, many of us do share many of the following as common beliefs and goals:

• The preservation and complete restoration of our Constitution and Bill of Rights with special emphasis on the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, ninth and tenth amendments and, of course, our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness -- free of government intervention.
• We call for the repeal of the 17th amendment, which will reverse the independence of the Senate and reestablish the Senate as a representative of the State governments, as intended by the Founding Fathers. This arrangement was intended to be a critical check against illegal federal expansion over the States, and the people residing in the various States, and will act to return the powers not granted to the federal government, as enumerated in the Constitution, to the states.
• We call for the repeal of the 16th amendment and to abolish the income tax and the IRS. Revenues to the federal government should come from excise taxes and tariffs.
• We call for the repeal of the Emergency and War Powers Acts, an end to all national emergencies and a ban on the unilateral creation of law by Presidential edict. We are also working for the repeal all laws created by unconstitutional and extraconstitutional devices, such as Executive Order or Presidential Directive.
• Repeal of the war and emergency powers acts and the various states of national emergencies will allow the abolishing of all unconstitutional federal law, agencies and departments. This will return us to a Federalist system of government and return many responsibilities to the States and personal rights to the citizens.
• A return to a strictly Constitutional form of federal government will automatically repeal and abolish all unconstitutional federal involvement in states issues such as: crime, health, education, welfare and the environment. The Tenth Amendment will again be in effect, which will bar all federal attempts at legislating social issues. This will also require that social programs such as Social Security, welfare and Medicare be repealed. So too, will most federal subsidies.
• We further call for the rescinding of all treaties and/or International Agreements which are not in perfect agreement with the federal government’s Constitutionally mandated task of protecting the rights of the people.
• We believe that the United States should disassociate itself from the U.N. and that the U.N. should be forced to leave the United States. Furthermore, we demand that the federal government refrain from meddling in the business and squabbles of foreign nations, unless there is an imminent threat to the people of the United States.
• We also call for the strengthening of our military and defenses; the effective control over illegal immigration and smuggling; the paying down the national debt; and strict control over federal agencies like the CIA and the FBI.

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You'll notice that most of my links on the left deal with our abusive, intrusive, incomprehensible income tax system, and their Gestapo collection agents, the IRS.

A progressive/graduated income tax is the second plank in Karl Marx Communist Manifesto! So any sane thinking American citizen should wonder What was the original intent of the income tax? [see link]

As a result of my intensive study of various tax plans, I have determined that the only way to accomplish the original intent of our Founding Fathers is to abide by Article 1 Section 8 of our Constitution:

"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"

A National Retail Sales Tax is an "excise" tax that is "uniform". There are two NRST bills before congress, HR2001 and HR2525. My preference is HR2525 that funds Social Security and Medicare from the FairTax revenue, rather than paychecks as HR2001 does.

In the fall of 1998, FReepers pigdog, Taxman and myself organized the FairTax FReeper Cyber Warriors to contact the media and Congress about this better method in which to tax ourselves. Our membership now totals over 500 concerned citizens! Americans for Fair Taxation support HR2525. Most of your questions about the FairTax are answered at Frequently Asked Questions and Research and Analysis.

Why would any politician demand that we continue to report our income to the Gestapo IRS - face penalties, interest, audits, liens, searches, seizures, garnishment of wages and even PRISON, when there is a better method to fund government?

If American citizens do not petition government about the major advantages of the FairTax, expect another 88 years of "tinkering with the taxcode".

If you are interested in becoming a FairTax FReeper Cyber Warrior, just send me a FReep-mail with your real email address with a note, "I want to be a Cyber Warrior". I will forward the list to pigdog who will send you the rules and regs, and a list of our lastest email "targets". We will not provide anyone a list of Cyber Warriors!

"Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come."