Stan and I can no longer stand by and remain silent over the direction that our nation is heading. We are so concerned that our current elected representatives are ignoring the United States Constitution. We will be writing our local representatives to let them know how we feel! We may even participate in a local Boston Tea Party on April 15th. We hope that our family and friends will raise their voices of concern as well as the government continues to waste money, expand government and over step into our lives! My Father was always against government being to involved in our lives. The current administration is doing just that! I want to share with you just one concern of many that we have. Glenn Beck recently interviewed (March 27, 2009) Michelle Bachmann, a Congresswoman from Minnesota...Go Michelle!Glenn: I want to talk to you a little bit about Timothy Geithner. Explain to America what is happening with how close we are to having Timothy Geithner being able to SHUT down PRIVATE businesses if they feel it's a threat to the economy?
Congresswoman Bachmann: Well, it's very close. That's exactly what was before our committee today. As if there wasn't enough on the treasury secretary's plate, he wants to broaden his power to a level never seen before and it's President Obama that's giving this directive. So this is at his directive that now the treasury secretary would have the authority to come in and essentially nationalize the private business before it's at the point of failure. He would be able to go and nationalize it and then also reset all of the employee wage contracts.
Glenn: Your question was so fantastic. Where in the Constitution do you have the right? How did he answer that?
Congresswoman Bachmann: He did not give me an answer regarding where in the Constitution it is. So I repeatedly went back to the same question, "Not there. Where." He was saying congress passed a law that said and I said, no, not that; where in the Constitution. Because he raises his right hand and takes an oath to the Constitution as treasury secretary, as I do as a member of congress. Everything we need, to everything we do, needs to be in accordance with the Constitution.
Be educated about what is happening in our country. If you are concerned, raise your voice!
