***************************************************** THE NATIONAL TAX REVOLT - CHAPTER ONE NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY! Do you remember this sentence from High School? It was written by an anymous typist who merely wanted to devise a clever sentence for the beginning typing student. But the words were significant and they are in excellent call to every patriotic American citizen who loves their country and who also believes that THIS IS THE TIME FOR A BIG CHANGE in the way we govern ourselves. EVEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON has recently stated that he wants us to "RE-INVENT OUR GOVERNMENT." These are historic words and they are the most important words ever uttered by an American President since George Washington uttered similar words over 200 years ago. Since that time the world has changed enormously. Presidents, Senators, Congressmen were used to travel to Washington on horseback or in horse-drawn wagons. A small portion of their journey might have been made in a boat, drawn by "asses" or mules or even in a wagon drawn by mules or "asses". Today, things have reversed themselves and it is the 'asses' who travel to Washington propelled into office by people donating money to their 'assinine' campaigns. But no matter what you call them, the people we send to Washington are merely messengers bringing the supposed 'Will of the People' to a central meeting place where they can turn this will of their constituents into law. Unfortunately, there is much to go wrong before this theoretically democratic government can transform the will of the ordinary voting public into public law. Lobbyists are the number one enemy of good law. Case in point, the gun lobbyists, the oil lobbyists, the Drug lobbyists. It is obvious to most thinking people that we should have tougher regulations regarding the purchase of a hand-gun and yet, the gun lobbyists stifle all laws regulating these purchases and as a result thousands of innocent people die every day in our cities. It is obvious to most thinking and voting people that there should be millions of electric powered vehicles on the road today, more mass transit, several viable alternatives to the gasoline powered vehicles we are all forced to drive, and yet the oil lobbyists prevent any legislation that might cost the oil industry a few bucks. It is obvious to most thinking people that we should have cleaner air, quieter streets, safer streets, drug free cities. But these lobbyist, or 'LEGALIZED BRIBERY EXPERTS' as I like to call them, prevent any real good laws from being passed. As a consequence, the 'Will of the People' is no longer the driving force in American Government. President Clinton knows this and he also knows about the terrible waste, fraud and abuse in our government. But even the President of the United States is powerless to make any real changes unless the people of the United States are behind him in very real and effective ways of being counted. We have written this publication to give you, the American People, the most effective way to show your support for Real Change in American Government. We have put together a Poltical Action Kit that everyone can use to make it crystal clear to all Washington politicians that a Real Change is underway and that they'd better stand clear and stay out of the way of the changes we want to make now and for all future generations of Americans still to come. We don't want just cosmetic changes, however, because we've had cosmetic changes for decades and they've done no good. We don't even want a change in the people who represent us because one set of burglars is indistinguishable from any other set of burglars. Either one will steal from you. The end result of either party in office is always the same, more decay in the cities, more injustice, less freedom, a worsening economy. We can't put up with these worsening American conditions any longer or we will soon be thrust into the same terrible situation as any other third world nation. The burglars in Washington have already turned this greatest of nations into the world's largest debtor nation. India has a fraction of the debt we now have. In fact, the combined debt of all the nations of the world are about one percent the debt burden of the United States! This is intolerable and it is insupportable by future generations of Americans because already the National debt requires that every man, woman and child living today would have to pay the government over $50,000 to the treasury in order to pay it off. AND IT GETS WORSE each second. Despite recent Congressional approval of another debt-reduction plan, the National Budget Deficit still continues to grow at an uncontrollable rate. The only thing the burglars did in Washington, after years of debate and hard work, was to REDUCE THE RATE AT WHICH IT WILL GROW. They cut nothing! They did nothing to reduce the deficit. They met yet another crisis head-on and once again shirked their responsibility. They knew, then and they know now that the only answer is a 'Cap' on spending. They know that's the only way to reduce the deficit and yet they refuse to do it. They know that the only way to bring down a deficit in a household budget is to reduce spending to a level under the income. They know that and yet they refused to do exactly that. Yet, they came out with so many speeches about what a great job they did. Yet, they did nothing except to curb their projected increases in spending a tiny bit! Not enough to lower the burden of your children and mine and their children who will have to work until November OR December of every year just to pay off the tremendous Deficit left by the Reagan, Bush, and now the Clinton Administration. Surely, it is clear to all thinking and voting American people that something far more drastic has to be done to get this country back in control of common sense! But wasting your vote on one burglar or another will always result in the same thing, burglary. And that is exactly what they are doing to each one of us. They are systematically and with malice aforethought, robbing the Treasury of every dime they can get their hands on. The recent 'Check cashing scheme' in Washington is proof of their real passion & greed for money. They don't have time to pay attention to the real wishes of the citizenry because they spend so much of it at social events and fund-raisers and at parties, trying to raise enough money for their next campaign. So, GOVERNMENT REALLY NEEDS YOUR HELP. Any honest politician will admit that, and what better way to help them make up their minds, than by telling them your own mind? There is no better way. They are supposed to represent the will of the majority of people. Surely the majority of American tax-payers would like their taxes to be reduced or eliminated entirely. If only they could be assured that their government would have adequate funds to continue to do something to benefit society. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS PETITION WILL DO. Please print it and sign it and send it in today! It will take the active participation of millions of citizens to re-invent the government in any meaningful way. In truth, Bill Clinton is pleading with us all to join him in making for some real changes and the only real changes that will do us any good is a change that will give the Average American Taxpayer more power, more say, over where his/her money is going. This is the ONLY REAL CHANGE THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! By taking away their credit card, us, we force them to live within their means. Government spending will have to be cut significantly. The manner in which they make these cuts can be altered and controlled by more of us signing more of these petitions. What we need is MORE PARTICIPATION BY THE PEOPLE, not less! Please remember that, no matter what arguments they use to dissuade us. We can never be hurt through more participation, only by less participation are we hurt as a nation. <<<<<<<<<<<< GO TO CHAPTER 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>