Proper Role of Government

Economy, Bailouts

Debt, Spending, and Taxes

Monetary Policy

The Federal Reserve

The General Welfare

National Defense

Foreign Policy

Life, Abortion

The 2nd Amendment

Delegation of Congressional Power

Sovereignty

Education

Global Warming, Environment

Health Care

War on Drugs

Border Security, Immigration, Fences

Crime, Punishment, Mandatory Sentencing

Civil Liberty

Tort Reform

Reading Bills

To repay the debt we have allowed our Congress to accumulate, every citizen owes $34,778.50. Soon, interest payments on this debt will exceed tax revenues. Article I § 8 of the Constitution states “…Congress shall have the 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;…” Thus, my position allows only these things be paid for through our legally generated revenues. Additionally, even if there are legitimate expenditures that may be justified, budgetary constraints are supposed to force a prioritization process upon Congressional spending. However, to get around these legal and economical limitations the Congress has devised a new tax, which is not ever referred to as such but is otherwise known as deficit spending.

The Congress deficit spends when it does not have enough tax revenue for all the expenditures it wants. Deficit spending requires the creation of new Currency in the form of Federal Reserve Notes. This new currency dilutes that which is already in circulation, which in turn results in the loss of value of that circulating currency. The end result is an inflationary cycle which slowly destroys the value of our collective savings and requires investment in “ponzi schemes” to generate inflated gains simply to keep up with inflation. Compare this to constitutional gold and silver Money where inflation has been and always will be relatively flat.

This deficit spending behavior is allowed by the tyranny of the majority and their ability to vote themselves, and their States, Money from the Treasury. Sadly, I cannot ascribe this spending to out-of-control democrats in the federal government because—shamefully—the previous Republican ran government outspent the Clinton administration by a 3:1 ratio. Providing for the general Welfare requires prioritization, which takes into account how much the country actually has to spend on such things. However, rather than be bound by this natural restriction, the Federal Government spends far more than the humble authorizations given to it in the Constitution.

An independent Auditor should be appointed to make a report on all the illegal and un-constitutional expenditures currently being allowed by the Congress and any that are found should be immediately discontinued or slowly eliminated. I say slowly eliminated because some entitlements have become detrimentally relied upon for survival by large segments of the population. However, even these should be ended at a certain point and the young required to begin their own savings/investment retirement plans administered by the market.



FOR LIBERTY!

RJ Harris
Constitutional Conservative Republican
US Congressional Candidate
Oklahoma 4th District