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WHAT CONCERNS AMERICANS THE MOST

THE BIGGEST RIPE OFF IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND IT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY

THE FOUNDING FATHERS WHEN WRITING THE CONSTITUTION DECIDED THAT NO ONE GROUP OR CLASS OF INDIVIDUALS COULD CONTROL ALL THREE BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT. JUDICIAL BRANCH 100% LAWYERS, LEGISITATIVE BRANCH 72% LAWYERS AND IF A LAWYER IS APPOINTED PREIDENT 100% LAWYERS CONTROL. LAWYERS HAVE SCREWED UP AMERICA AND AMERICANS ENOUGH. WE HAVE 95% OF THE WORLD LAWYERS, FOR A SMALL TOTAL POPULATION OF ONLY 6.5% OF THE WORLD POPULATION.

I HATE LAWYERS AND BANKERS JUST AS MUCH AS MOST AMERICANS!!!!!

HOWEVER, PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA AND HIS WIFE WHO ARE BOTH LAWYERS, I HAVE DEEP RESPECT AND HOPE THAT THE TWO OF THEM WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BRING BACK THE TIME WHEN AMERICANS ARE OUR FIRST CONCERN AND CARE. THAT HE DOES PUSH TO DO A MASSIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF OUR NATION INFERSTRUCTURE AND BRING ALL OUR MILITARY PERSONAL HOME, LET THEM HELP GUARDING AND SECURING OUR BORDERS AND REBUILDING AMERICA ALONG WITH ALL THE UNEMPLOYED.

IT IS UP TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO RESOLVE AND USE MILIARY ACTION WHEN NECESSARY TO PROTECT OTHER COUNTRIES!!! AMERICA NEEDS TO BACK OFF AND DEAL WITH OUR PROBLEMS.

THERE ARE OVER 400,000 HOMELESS VETERANS IN OUR COUNTRY. I HAVE MET SENIORS THAT STARTED WORKING WHEN THEY WERE 15, PAID THEIR TAXES AND SOCIAL SECURITY UNTIL THEY WERE TOO OLD TO WORK. DURING THEIR LIFE, THEY NEVER ONCE ASK FOR GOVERNMENT HELP OR ASSISTANCE. SOME OF THEM AFTER WORKING 60 YEARS OR MORE DURING THEIR LIFE TIME, STARTED DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS; SOME RECEIVED LESS THAN $200.00 A MONTH AND UP TO $600.00 A MONTH. THEY NEEDED A PLACE TO LIVE, PAY FOR THEIR MEDICATIONS FIRST. THEN PURCHASE FOOD. A LOT OF THEM WOULD BUY THESE LARGE CANS OF DOG FOOD, COSTING LESS THAN 60 CENTS A CAN. THEY WOULD CUT OPEN BOTH ENDS THEN SLIDE THE R0LL OF DOG FOOD OUT OF THE CAN AND SLICE IT INTO PATTIES. COOK IT AND EAT IT. FOR FOUR YEARS I GAVE MY TIME FREELY TO HELPING THE VETERANS AND SENIORS, GATHERING CLOTHING WHERE EVER I COULD, PICKING UP HYGENE ITEMS AND FROM THE LOCAL FOOD BANK RECEIVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF FOOD TO PASS OUT TO THE HOMELESS AND SENIORS.

WHEN I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE VA, LIKE DROP OFF CLOTHING AND COATS FOR THE VETERANS, THEY WOULD STAY STORED IN CLOSETS FOR MONTHS. THE VA MADE YOU SICK AND I HEARD 1000S OF HOROR STORIES. A LOT OF THE HOMELESS VETERANS STOPS DEALING WITH THE VA ALL TOGETHER.

IN TWO HUNDRED YEARS LAWYERS HAVE BEEN WRITING OUR LAWS AND NOT ONE OF THEM EVER COMPLETELY ACCOMPLISHED ITS GOAL. LAWYERS HAVE MADE OUR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX, OUT OF CONTROL, AND HAVE GOTTEN US INTO MORE THAN 200 WARS. However, they have made our society become dependent on Lawyers.

LOOK AT ALL THE LAW BOOKS COVERING OUR TAX CODES, WHEN IN FACT WE NEED NO MORE THAN 5 LAWS AND OUR TAX REVENUE WOULD GREATLY INCREASE.

#1

ONE SIMPLE LAW THAT READS EVERYONE, EVERY ORGANIZATION, CORPORATION AND TRUST PAY 10% GROSS ANNUAL INC

WITH THIS ONE

War

Whew ---- I am surprised this close to the election of a new president that is going to be opposed to the continuing American bloodshed, in a worthless war that has nothing to do with the protection of the American homeland. But then why not war because global US corporations and the crazy religious right want war.

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