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I usually don’t crosspost articles, but this one was too good to pass up. We’ve said repeatedly that the USA has transformed from a free republic to an oppressive empire: in a free republic, each member state is sovereign, in the US Empire, unelected bureaucrats in Washington set “policy” on all things imaginable: from what elements you can get out of the ground to what foods you can grow on your land. Anyhow, as this article points out, it appears the Federal Government is poised to remove all doubt about the state of the Republic:
It has become clear the Federal government is the driving force behind the financial troubles of the States; every Federal incentive
is for the States to overspend as explained in The Nature of the Beast, judicial activism, the general welfare, and the butterfly effect, and What went wrong with our Republic.
Who benefits when the States go bankrupt?
This recent article from the New York Times lets the cat out of the bag.
“Some states are so burdened that the only feasible way out may be bankruptcy, giving Illinois, for example, the opportunity to do what General Motors did with the federal government’s aid.”
Do what General Motors DID? Would the Federal government now come in and OWN the State thus replacing the Governor with a hand-picked buddy of the President? Would the State Legislature be dissolved and replaced with advisors to the President? Or would it all be done behind the scenes as a “shadow government” to let us keep the illusion of a Republic?
Dan Kanna [send him email] is the outreach director for the New Hampshire Tenth Amendment Center
link: The United State of DC? – Tenth Amendment Center Blog
Alan Caruba has an excellent article over at Warning Signs on the subject of nullifcation and its necessity. Here is an excerpt:
The great issue of our times is the same great issue of the 1830s. The question is whether Congress can pass legislation or the President issue executive orders that are not authorized by or consistent with the Constitution?
The federal government is a republic composed of separate and sovereign republics.
What recourse do the States have individually and in combination when the central government acts in a fashion that is contrary to the limits and enumerated powers of the Constitution?
The answer, other than an appeal to the courts, is nullification. This term is defined as the assertion that States can and should refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal laws.
In this piece the great classical liberal Molinari explains how the individual has not escaped subjection. Earlier he was subject to a king. Now he is subject to a monopoly government. And he can not secede. What is his reward for being under this government? He gets a share in the sovereignty of the regime. But he is only one person and as such he has no real power. He is a subject just as much as if he had a king ruling over him.
[T]he theory of national indivisibility… refuses any right of secession from the State, and this refusal has been sanctioned by rigorous penalties, as if the right of accession to a State did not include the liberty of a withdrawal. The United States interpreted the modern theory of sovereignty thus. The English Colonies voluntarily incorporated themselves in the Union, but when the Southern States desired to withdraw the Northern States compelled them to remain in it by force of arms. In point of fact, the liberty enjoyed by populations voluntarily annexed or united is limited to a right of changing the form of their subjection. They were subject to an oligarchy, personified in a more or less absolute king; they are now the subjects of a nation, whose mouthpiece is a constitutional or republican government. The individual subject enjoys the compensation of a share in the national sovereignty, but the degree, as may be imagined, is not large. In France it is one in thirty-eight million parts.
-Gustave de Molinari, The Society of Tomorrow, pages 52-53
Hi everyone, here is the recording of our latest podcast. Tonight we had more guests than usual so the show ran a little long but it was a lot of fun and we talked about some interesting topics, including our recent rally in Augusta (pictures on the media page.)
Listen and enjoy, and don’t forget to tune in next week – Sunday at 8PM!
PS – Unfortunately the video from the rally didn’t turn out very well. We had planned on making a “Why are you here today” video where everyone gave an answer as to why they were showing support for a free South Carolina. However, the wind and road noise made everyone’s answers inaudible. Sorry about that! We’ll do better next time.
I took some time this evening to get ready for tomorrow’s secession rally in North Augusta. The flags and signs are in the truck waiting on tomorrow where they will once again proclaim our desire to be free and independent of Washington, DC. I’ll see y’all at the rally!
We have a lot more video coming, but I just wanted to post a few pictures and a pretty cool video from today’s rally. Enjoy!
Today I received a banner that I ordered from http://www.buildasign.com/ for our upcoming rally and future functions:
It’s 3′ by 8′ and it surprisingly wasn’t that expensive. I based the design on the Ft. Moultrie Flag which is my personal favorite flag of South Carolina, and is a prominent symbol in the fight for independence during the revolutionary war.
I’ll have to get some better pictures of it at the rally. Now it’s off to the hardware store to get something to mount it on.
Come on out and join us on July 3rd in Mount Pleasant!
