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How We Can Affect It All

Americans can affect it all by demanding (through political involvement via polls, letters, and petitions) that the following scenario becomes ludicrous and unthinkable in America. Though exaggerated, the scenario rings appallingly true. Do Americans laugh at such hogwash to keep from crying?

MAKE BIG MONEY!

Enter the Lucrative "Not Raising Hogs" Business Today!

Mr. Clayton Yeutter

Secretary of Agriculture

Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,

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·  My friends, Wayne and Janelle, over at Witchita Falls, Texas, received a check the other day for $1,000 from the government for not raising hogs. So, I want to go into the "not raising hogs" business next year.

What I want to know is, in your opinion, what is the best type of farm not to raise hogs on, and what is the best breed of hogs not to raise? I want to be sure that I approach this endeavor in keeping with all government policies. I would prefer not to raise Razor hogs, but if that isn’t a good breed not to raise, then I can just as easily not raise Yorkshires or Durocs.

As I see it, the hardest part of this program will be in keeping an accurate inventory of how many hogs I haven’t raised.

My friend Wayne is very excited about the future of the business. He has been raising hogs for 20 years and the most he ever made was $420 in 1970, until this year when he got your check for $1,000 for not raising hogs.

If I can get $1,000 for not raising 50 hogs, will I get $2,000 for not raising 100 hogs? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4,000 "not raised" hogs, which will give me $80,000 income the first year. Then I can afford an airplane.

Now another thing, these hogs I will not raise will not eat 100,000 bushels of corn. I understand that you also pay farmers for not raising corn and wheat. Will I qualify for payments for not raising wheat and corn not to feed the 4,000 hogs I am not going to raise?

I want to get started not feeding as soon as possible as this seems to be a good time of year not to raise hogs and grain.

I am also considering the "not milking cows" business, so please send me any information on that also.

In view of these circumstances, I understand that the government will consider me totally unemployed, so I plan to file for unemployment and food stamps.

Be assured that you will have my vote in the coming elections.

Patriotically yours,

Otis Deal

P.S. Would you please notify me when you plan to distribute more free cheese? d

(Reprinted with permission from the Advocates for Self-Government: http://www.self-gov.org.)

Americans can best affect America by (1) voting and (2) using freedom of the press. Too many Americans quickly label groups such as the Libertarian Party, the Drug Policy Foundation, the Advocates for Self-Government, the U. S. Taxpayer’s Party, and the John Birch Society "extreme." How better to deal with extreme problems than with extreme solutions? Nonetheless, they label without refuting the charges of these "extremists." Americans would benefit both themselves and their country by acquainting themselves with disparate viewpoints.

Swindall dismisses the U. S. Taxpayer’s party as not viable to win office. If the party were larger, it would most likely win his heartfelt support. His political stance suggests a libertarian basis, but he harbors moral conflicts with the Libertarian Party.

Many voting citizens (Democrat and Republican) feel disgruntled with their choices of candidates at the polls. Should they, combined with the non-voting disgruntled Americans, vote outside the two established parties, an outside party could win.

Commonly, disgruntled voters espouse off-party ideals, yet vote for traditional party candidates. Their reasoning? "One of the two [Republican or Democrat] will win. ‘So and so’ is the lesser evil." Not surprisingly, both democratic and republican voters often feel disgruntled and "hold their noses" while voting.

In America’s 1994 major election, Republicans won both Houses. Subsequently, however, republican voters expressed disgruntlement over an ensuing slow, indeed imperceptible, movement toward conservative ideals.

Perhaps the cause of the two major parties’ appoggiatura is that most high-level politicians of both parties belong to entities such as the Council on Foreign Relations and/or the Tri-lateral Commission. If a reader enjoys a fright, a look into, and an understanding of those entities will facilitate thrills. Indeed, most democrats and republicans serve in the same battalion. The two parties present adversarial relationships with each other (not unlike championship wrestlers professing a desire to wrest their counterparts limb by limb). Nevertheless, they pursue the same goal (keep the viewers’ focus). To this end, they convince the public they are enemies and the battle rages. The public, distracted by the skirmishes, loses its focus and subsequently the war.

Christians supporting America’s Republican Party should heed Ms. Jo Jorgensen’s (Libertarian Party 1996 vice-presidential candidate) insight. At the 1996 Libertarian Convention she expertly depicted the two major parties’ appoggiatura:

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·  Republican politicians give us the political equivalence of 1-900 phone sex. They tell us that we’re special. They ask us what we really want, and tell us that they want it too. Then they start breathing heavy and get excited by what we want. They tell us their fantasy for us. They tease us and tempt us. They arouse our passions. They tell us how much they want it and how good it’s going to be. When we hang up from the 1-900 Republican tax-cut fantasy line, we realize three things: They cost us a lot of money, the real thing is more satisfying, and they’re never going to come over....The republican politicians have given us a huge, bloated government that the socialists in 1930 never even dreamed of....We’ve heard also the big budget battles. They [Republicans and Democrats] can’t agree because Republicans supposedly want smaller government. Read the fine print. The Democrats want to increase spending $55 billion a year. The Republicans want to increase spending $45 billion dollars a year. Do the math. Divide that over the population of the United States. The difference is only ten and a half cents per person per day. So, whoever said, "There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the parties" is wrong. There is a dime—just a dime!...We are the only one [political party] offering what they [Republicans] have been begging for.

(As broadcast on C-SPAN 1996.)

Many groups advocate constitutional conservatism. Their foci differ; yet each offers educational materials and approaches to excoriating America’s unconstitutional totalitarianism.

Contact information for advocates of constitutional government (listed alphabetically) follows. A listing here does not imply Swindall’s endorsement. Instead, it offers readers varied limited-government perspectives. Some are theistic; others are not. Each contains intertwining ideals for readers to evaluate for themselves.

Advocates for Self-Government, 1202 N. Tennessee St., Suite 202, Cartersville, GA 30120 , or call : 770-386-8372, Fax: 770-386-8373 or 800-932-1776, e-mail: advocates@self-gov.org , or visit: http://www.self-gov.org

Drug Policy Foundation, 4455 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite B-500, Washington, DC 20008-2328, (202) 537-5005, Fax:(202) 537-3007, email:dpf@dpf.org, web: http://www.dpf.org.

Fully Informed Jury Association, 406-793-5550, P. O. Box 59, Helmville, MT 59843, web: http://www.FIJA.org

John Birch Society, P. O. Box 8040, Appleton, WI 54913-8040, 414-749-3784, Fax: 414-749-3785, e-mail: tna@jbs.org, or visit the website: http://www.jbs.org/tna.htm

Libertarian Party, 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20037, 800-682-1776, 202-333-0008, Fax: 202-333-0072, New Member Information: 800-ELECT-US (353-2887) http://www.lp.org

U. S. Taxpayer’s Party, contact information is currently unavailable.

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