E-Newsletter No. 123 March 2024
The list is long, and we don’t have enough space this month to go into a detailed discussion about these incidents, but we are providing a partial list of some of the federal government’s recent transgressions: Lois Lerner and the IRS targeted conservative groups by screening for key words such as “patriot” or “tea party” when processing the groups’ applications for Not for Profit status; the FBI (at the behest of the teachers unions) labeled parents who protested at school board meetings as being domestic terrorists; the FBI characterized Catholics with a devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass as possible domestic threats; and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), the Office of the US Surgeon General, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, and the White House colluded with Big Tech companies (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, et al) to censor free speech that deviated from the Left’s narrative(s) about vaccines and the pandemic.
And let’s not forget the suppression of the New York Post’s reporting on the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the month prior to the 2020 election.
Our unalienable rights are under attack by the Left. It is oftentimes said that the Second Amendment is necessary to provide protection for a person’s life as well as their unalienable rights. We will go into a further discussion about the federal government’s attacks on freedom of speech, religious liberties, and the right to peaceably assemble in next month’s newsletter.
During a recent session of the US Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made a comment that the First Amendment “hamstrings” the federal government. Yep. Our Founders were very wise when they listed these unalienable rights that need protection from the overreach of government (because that is what governments eventually attempt to do). Either she is incredibly ignorant about the reasons behind the Bill of Rights, or she doesn’t care about our citizens’ rights. Should we expect more of someone who sits on the country’s top court? Absolutely, yes. Unfortunately, this is what you get when it’s more important to fulfill DEI quotas rather than choose someone who respects the oath of office they take to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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Well, the federal government’s budget for the fiscal year that began last October 1st has finally been passed by Congress. This year, we didn’t suffer from Congress passing an Omnibus spending bill. Instead, we got two “minibus” bills. Could it have been worse? Without a doubt. Many of the Left’s spending requests were eventually denied. Could it have been better? Absolutely. We have included a link to Rand Paul’s 14-minute speech on the Senate floor about earmarks and pork barrel spending. More importantly, he reinforced the fundamental concepts espoused by our country’s Founders in the US Constitution, and he clarified the meaning of the General Welfare clause, which has been perverted by the Left.
Sen. Rand Paul exposes shocking pork barrel spending
Special interest spending is not for the general welfare of the country. This unconstitutional spending leads to generalized inflation, and inflation is a general punishment on our country’s citizens. The resulting deficit and the growing debt problem are an immoral punishment that is being inflicted upon our children and grandchildren.
It just so happens that on Monday, March 11th, the Biden administration released its proposed $7.3 trillion spending plan and budget for fiscal 2025. The $1.5 trillion deficit projected for the current year is projected to rise to $1.8 trillion next year. The ten-year projection foresees no discernable decrease in the amount of the annual deficit, because there is no change in the Democrat party’s desire to buy more votes and further bankrupt our country.
US Debt Clock – – February 1st – $101,640 per citizen / March 1st – $102,350