The 2020 Election

E-Newsletter No. 83                       November 2020          

If you haven’t voted already with a Mail-in Ballot, or if you haven’t taken advantage of early voting, there is still time to cast your ballot on Tuesday, November 3rd.  

When our Foundation was established in 2013, our initial goal was to encourage our country’s citizens to re-embrace our traditional values of self-reliance, self-determination, self-actualization, and social responsibility.  We wanted to re-invigorate civil society, shrink the size and scope of the federal government, and to have each and every individual take personal responsibility for their own life, rather than become dependent upon the federal government.  When we published The 2020 Initiative in June 2016, our primary demand was that the federal government re-establish fiscal responsibility and eliminate the annual deficit.  (Didn’t happen).  Our recommendations included implementing Term Limits, minimizing the federal government’s involvement in our country’s healthcare marketplace, and transforming Social Security into a means-tested welfare benefit.  (Didn’t happen).  It should be readily apparent that each of these initiatives continue to be of utmost importance, because if we do not accomplish these goals, our federal government will continue to coerce huge sums of money from our children and grandchildren and bankrupt the country.  This is an indisputable fact and an inconvenient truth that confronts our country’s citizens.

For anyone who has been paying attention this past year, it is quite apparent that our unalienable rights spelled out in the First, Second and Fourth Amendments are also under attack by the Left. Our country is at the crossroads. We can make a hard left and accept the radical Left’s agenda, or we can move forward with a conservative agenda that advances the concepts of personal responsibility, a limited federal government (“one so small you can barely see it”), a re-energized civil society, and a free market / not socialism.  

George Orwell wrote a book entitled 1984 where he warned his readers about a coercive totalitarian regime, the rise of Big Brother, loyalty to the party, the Thought Police, the Hate Song, the Hate Week Celebration, the loss of individualism, and the loss of all civil Liberties.  Orwell might have been off by thirty-six years, but he wrote his book because he knew the Left’s ultimate goals.

This year’s elections represent yet another round in the ongoing battle to protect our freedoms, Liberty and unalienable rights.  Our country’s citizens need to soundly reject the idea of Bigger Government and additional “government-granted rights.”  We need to shrink the size and scope (and intrusiveness) of the federal government.  Make your vote count.

US Debt Clock – – October 1st – $81,200 per citizen / November 1st – $82,270

How The 2020 Initiative can help address what’s wrong with the federal government

E-Newsletter No. 82                       October 2020     

The underlying concepts behind The 2020 Initiative are based on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Tenth Amendment.  Thomas Paine wrote – Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.   Society is produced by our want, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices…. Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one….  

The Tenth Amendment reads – The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

As we have written the past several months, our federal government has managed to escape the confines of the US Constitution.  One of the biggest problems our country faces today is that we have collectively lost our Common Sense.  Governments inevitably try to grow and assume more power over people’s lives.  The normal progression is from freedom and liberty, to coercion, to tyranny.  Our country has reached a tipping point regarding socialism because of the ongoing march of the “progressive” movement.  Career politicians are buying huge numbers of votes with baskets full of money.

The 2020 Initiative represents an attempt to use the federal income tax code to help resurrect civil society and take money and power out of the hands of the federal government.  The first step in this process is to implement Term Limits, to reduce the power of career politicians, who will unfortunately try to thwart these efforts and cling to power.  Our country would be much better served, if our elected legislators were to go to Washington DC to advance the interests of the country as a whole and then return home to live under the laws they have passed.  There are plenty of talented people in our country who could make this happen going forward.  We do not need “political elites” in Washington DC to run our lives for us.

We propose taking funds out of the hands of the federal government by letting We-the-People decide where we want to invest our funds.  In connection with the federal government’s annual budgeting process, our elected legislators debate and ultimately decide how much individuals and families will be required to “contribute to society”, but we get to decide where most of those dollars go.  Tax credits for contributions to charities will serve two purposes – the funds will naturally flow to the most pressing issues and to those groups that best fulfill their organization’s mission, and those dollars will not get into the hands of the federal government to be consumed by waste, fraud and abuse.

We recommend (unfortunately) that the regressive taxes associated with the various socialist programs (Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security) will need to stay in place until those programs are fundamentally transformed.  We also believe that no individual / family should pay federal income taxes until their taxable income is sufficient to cover their own cost of living, which needs to include the cost of their own health insurance plan.

We recognize that many of our country’s citizens need assistance from time to time, and therefore, we propose two new questions on the annual federal income tax form where people can request to be eligible for welfare benefits.  BTW, we also believe that every citizen should be counted in an “annual census process” that is accomplished via a requirement that every person needs to be included on a federal income tax return.  The current tax system, which is based on a minimum threshold of income for filing needs to be eliminated, and every citizen should be required to fulfill their obligation to file an annual federal income tax return, even if they do not have any taxable income.  This would also be the means by which they elect to receive welfare benefits.  And we recommend that the Social Security Administration be transformed into an agency that can help those citizens who say they need assistance, by directing those individuals / families to the appropriate local civil society charity(s) that can best help them meet their specific needs.

Our country is at the crossroads.  We can make a hard left and accept the radical Left’s agenda and socialism.  Or we can move forward with a conservative agenda that advances the concepts of personal responsibility, a (very) limited government, a re-energized civil society (that remains civil), and a free market.  This year’s elections represent yet another battle in the ongoing fight to protect our freedoms, Liberty, and unalienable rights. Our country’s citizens need to soundly reject the progressives’ ideas about additional “government-granted rights” (entitlements) which can only be fulfilled by continuing to increase the size and scope of the federal government.

US Debt Clock – – September 1st – $80,888 per citizen / October 1st – $81,200

How a Convention of States Can Help Fix What’s Wrong with the Federal Government

E-Newsletter No. 81                      September 2020   

These past few months, we have been writing about what’s wrong with the federal government and what We-the-People should do to fix these problems.  Unfortunately, the political elites in Washington DC have very little incentive to make the changes that are needed.  But the Constitution does include Article V, which discusses two methods that can be used to amend the Constitution and make “structural” changes regarding the operation of the federal government.  One method is for Congress to pass a proposed amendment and send it to the states for ratification.   This is the method that has been used so far for each of the 27 amendments that have been made to the Constitution.

But what happens if Congress doesn’t want to make the changes that are needed?  And what happens when the federal government has grown to a point where it has become overly intrusive and coercive?  Fortunately, during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, George Mason, a delegate from Virginia, anticipated the situation that we are now facing today.  He put forward a solution that was incorporated into Article V.  The second method to amend the Constitution is to have two-thirds of the states (34 states) pass a pre-defined resolution to call a Convention of States, to draft proposed amendment(s) that address the issue(s) listed in the resolution.

Currently fifteen states have approved calling such a convention.  We encourage you to go to the website www.conventionofstates.com and learn more about the resolution that has been passed by these fifteen states.  The resolution calls for preparing proposed amendments that would impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.

When our Foundation was started in 2013, our primary focus was on the federal government’s growing debt problem.  We have always pushed for Term Limits as part of the solution to this problem.  However, over the course of the past few years, it now appears that the most important “plank” of the resolution is limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. 

Unfortunately, it will be some time yet before such a convention can be held.  So in the meantime, we have some very critical decisions that need to be made in the upcoming elections in November.  The essence of the question has now become a choice between Big Government collectivism versus an individual’s Freedom and Liberty.  We have added a new Conversation Piece to our Foundation’s website entitled “Left / Right Choices” –

http://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Left-Right-Choices.pdf

Next month, we will discuss how implementing the recommendations in The 2020 Initiative could also serve to fix a lot of what is wrong with the federal government.

US Debt Clock – – August 1st – $80,525 per citizen / September 1st – $80,888

What’s Wrong with the Administrative State

E-Newsletter No. 80                      August 2020     

This month we wrap up our series of newsletters on what’s wrong with the federal government, and our Editorial Board’s recommendations on what we should do about it.  If you go back to our newsletters the past few months you will note a common theme – – the federal government has simply grown too large and is becoming unmanageable.  This fact is readily apparent when you look at the federal bureaucracy, which is oftentimes referred to as the Administrative State – – the various departments in the unelected “fourth branch” of the federal government.  The massive growth in the federal government since the 1960s has been accompanied by a similar increase in the amount of waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government.

Because of the massive size of the Administrative State, we needed to prepare a separate Conversation Piece to discuss our recommendations on how to drain the swamp – 

https://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Whats-Wrong-with-the-Administratvei-State.pdf

Please note that this piece does not address the military, because that is a proper role of the federal government, as spelled out in the Constitution.  This piece also does not cover the massive amounts of money spent on the “non-constitutional” “entitlement” programs that have been approved by Congress over the years.  However, we have already laid out our recommendations for transforming these entitlement programs in The 2020 Initiativehttps://f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-2020-Initiative.pdf

In the above piece, we discuss the federal agencies that are totally appropriate, because they play a vital role in protecting our country’s citizens.  And certain departments are needed to ensure the proper functioning of the federal government.  We also identify and discuss those departments that should be transformed into being a “knowledge resource” for the states, but the day-to-day operations and the administration for those functions should be moved to the states, with appropriate “policy oversight” and support from the federal government.  And lastly, we list those departments that serve no useful purpose and should be eliminated.  The bottom line is that if we were to restructure the Administrative State along these lines, we would be able to significantly reduce the amount of the federal government’s annual deficit.  The remaining spending reductions that would need to occur to eliminate the annual deficit will still need to be accomplished by transforming the various socialist entitlement programs.

As we head into the election season, we wanted to remind everyone that a variety of conservative-themed yard signs are available (for free) in our Store on our website.  https://www.f2ppr.org/store/  

We also have a Videos page on our website –    https://www.f2ppr.org/videos/   Our lead video is entitled “How Big Should Government Be?”  Simply put (and as Dennis Prager explains) “The more control the government has over people’s lives, the less Liberty people have.”

US Debt Clock – – July 1st – $80,200 per citizen / August 1st – $80,525

What’s Wrong with the Judiciary

E-Newsletter No. 79                       July 2020       

This is the fourth installment in a series of monthly newsletters that discuss our Editorial Board’s views on what is wrong with the federal government, and what we should do about it.

Article III of the US Constitution is where the duties and responsibilities of the Judiciary are laid out.  Article III states that… The Judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish…  The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their offices during good Behaviour…  The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution…

In our review of the Federalist Papers, it is quite clear that the Framers of the Constitution intended to have the Judiciary be a co-equal branch of the government.  Each of the branches of government has a distinct role and set of responsibilities.  The courts’ responsibilities are to protect the Constitution, as it was written.  Judges who follow this line of thinking are called “originalists”.  Justices are not supposed to “Legislate from the Bench.”  Unfortunately, this happens from time to time, and this is our biggest complaint about the Supreme Court.  By not following the original intent of the Constitution as written, this has allowed each of the other pieces of the federal government (including the Judiciary) to expand outside its “box” (its constraints) established under the Constitution. 

Pretty much every expansion of the federal government that has occurred since our country’s founding is a “non-constitutional” expansion of the federal government, and a violation of the Tenth Amendment.

As mentioned above, the original intent of the Judiciary was to protect the Constitution as it was written.  Unfortunately in the past, certain Presidents, in collaboration with an amenable legislature, have enabled this expansion of the government.  Some of the worst examples of this expansion stem from a re-interpretation of the General Welfare Clause and the Commerce Clause. 

This leads to our second primary complaint – the “politicization” of the Supreme Court.  Instead of approving only those Justices who agree to adhere to the original constitution as written, Presidents will nominate potential Justices who might share their own political philosophy and agenda.  The worst examples of this occurred during the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and there was a subsequent massive increase in the size and scope of the federal government.

This is also the reason why the process of nominating (and having the Senate confirm) Justices to the Supreme Court has become so contentious in recent years.  This fact, coupled with the fact that these are (currently) lifetime appointments is the cause of most of this “angst”.    

We put forward the following recommendations –

The Supreme Court should not be allowed to Legislate from the Bench.  The worst example of this occurred in 2015 when the Supreme Court ruled in the King v Burwell matter regarding Obamacare that the law written by the legislature regarding the state-operated health insurance exchanges was not the intent of the legislature.  In this particular case, the Court should have ruled – “This is what you wrote.  If that is not what you intended, then you need to fix this legislatively”.

We also make the following recommendation for Term Limits for the Judiciary for several reasons.  We believe there are many well-qualified individuals who can carry out these duties.  Our proposal would cap the length of service at either 25 years in a particular position, or until a maximum age of 80.  Federal judges in the “inferior” courts would be able to have a lengthy career as a federal judge, and if appropriate, finish their career on the Supreme Court until the age of 80.  Our country has a more than adequate pipeline of potential judges who can serve in these roles in the future.  How much this Term Limit proposal could help dampen the politicization of the judiciary is yet to be seen.

US Debt Clock – – June 1st – $77,993 per citizen / July 1st – $80.200

What’s Wrong with the Executive Branch

E-Newsletter No. 78                     June 2020      

This is the third installment in a series of monthly newsletters that discuss our Editorial Board’s views on what is wrong with the federal government, and what we should do about it.

The President’s duties and responsibilities are spelled out in the Constitution in Article II, Sections 2 and 3.  Section 2 begins with the following statement – The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States…  Section 2 goes on to say that the President “shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties…  and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States…” 

The Framers of the Constitution established a federal government with limited, enumerated powers that are focused on protecting the unalienable rights of our country’s citizens and defending our country against any other nation that might want to do us harm.  Unfortunately, due to “Progressive” (expansive) laws that have been passed by the Legislature over the years, the Executive Branch has grown well beyond the intended functions listed above.  Section 2 refers to “principal officers of the executive departments”, which are now commonly referred to as the President’s cabinet.  These executive departments (the Administrative State) are where the growth in the size and scope of the federal government has occurred. 

The various departments of the Administrative State can be sorted into two lists – a list of those vital, appropriate departments that were envisioned in the original Constitution and a list of the other departments that represent a violation of the Tenth Amendment.  The appropriate departments are Defense, State, Commerce (for international and interstate commerce issues), Justice, and Treasury. 

There is also a third “hybrid” list of a few additional departments that are probably OK, because they fall under the federal government’s responsibility to protect our country’s citizens.  These departments (and the year in which it was established) are as follows – Interior (1849), EPA (1970) and Homeland Security (2002).  However, the scope and operations of these three bureaucracies should be drastically curtailed and transformed.  These departments should become “think tanks” (policy advocates) but should not have any employees who actually administer any specific programs.  The execution of these departments’ policies and programs should be performed at the state and local level, and not run by the federal government.

And then there is the list of departments that are a violation of the Tenth Amendment.  It should be noted that it would be OK to maintain a “think tank” department that could serve as a resource to State governments.  However, the administration of any specific policies and programs should be at the state and local level.  The “non-constitutional” departments are as follows – Agriculture (1862), Labor (1913), Health and Human Services (1953), Housing and Urban Development (1965), Transportation (1966), Energy (1977) and Education (1979).  We believe that each of these departments should be required to justify its existence each year in connection with the preparation of the federal government’s annual budget.  And the President needs the power of the Line Item Veto, to eliminate any unnecessary spending.

By now, it should be readily apparent how the federal government has managed to keep growing over the years.  This growth has been caused by the progressive movement, and it has been facilitated by Congress, which has authorized this expansion of the federal government.  Article 1 states that …all legislative powers are vested in a Congress…  The worst aspect of these agencies is that each agency issues its own rules and regulations, which are, in effect, laws.  Congress has not only violated the Tenth Amendment, but it has also abdicated its legislative responsibilities under the Constitution. 

A similar problem that needs to be addressed is the President’s use of Executive Orders.  The President is not the Legislature.  However, due to the cumbersome nature of the legislative process, we generally accept the need for Executive Orders.  However, in those situations where the President has exceeded his authority, such as President Obama’s DACA Executive Order, Congress should have the ability to override and nullify any such Executive Order with a simple majority vote in the House and Senate.

Another issue that needs attention relates to the commitment of US troops in armed conflicts overseas.  Article 1 gives to Congress the sole responsibility to declare war.  A declaration of war cannot be issued by the President.  However, the President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces and has the responsibility to protect the country.  This inherent conflict between the Legislative branch and the Executive branch was somewhat resolved by the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which was passed by Congress in connection with the undeclared war in Viet Nam.  This Act was intended to check the President’s power to commit US troops in armed conflict without the consent of Congress.  It provides that the President can send troops into action only by a declaration of war by Congress, or by “statutory authorization”, or in the case of a “national emergency.”  The Act requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing our armed forces to a war zone, and it forbids the troops from remaining more than 60 days without congressional authorization.   It appears that our current ongoing multi-year deployment of troops overseas has been covered in the past by the “statutory authorization” of Congress to provide funds for armed conflicts in those countries where there has not been a formal declaration of war.  We recommend that for transparency purposes, Congress needs to specifically vote each year on each armed conflict that is “in process” to either issue a declaration of war or confirm the continued statutory authorization for that war.

US Debt Clock – – May 1st – $75,432 per citizen / June 1st – $77,993

What’s Wrong with the Legislative Branch

E-Newsletter No. 77                     May 2020     

As we mentioned last month, we are starting a series of newsletters about What’s Wrong with the Federal Government.  This month, we take a look at the Legislative Branch (aka Congress) aka the House of Representatives and Senate.  Unfortunately (and as we anticipated) the list of issues is extensive, and we also want to provide our Editorial Board’s recommendations on what We-the-People can do about it.  Therefore, we have added the following new Conversation Piece to our website (on our “Join the Conversation” page) –

http://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Whats-Wrong-with-the-Legislative-Branch.pdf

In our opinion, many of the laws that have been passed by Congress have created many of the problems we see with the federal government.  And in a few instances, the legislative branch has failed to do what it needs to do.

Congress has passed many laws over the years that have enabled the federal government to grow well beyond its enumerated powers.  Our elected representatives, who pledge to uphold the Constitution, have been the worst violators of the Tenth Amendment, which states that  “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.” 

As we discuss in our analysis of the legislative branch, Article 1 specifically states that “The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts [etc.]…..”

Our federal government has allowed its “on-book” debt to rise to $24.9 trillion as of May 1st.  In addition, the “off book” liabilities for Social Security, Medicare, and other “entitlements” are multiples of this amount.  The cumulative historical dysfunction of Congress represents an abject failure of our country’s “leaders”.

US Debt Clock – – April 1st – $71,888 per citizen / May 1st – $75,432

What’s Wrong with the Federal Government

E-Newsletter No. 76                     April 2020     

This month, we are starting a series of newsletters regarding our Editorial Board’s views on why our federal government has become dysfunctional, and why this dysfunction is contributing to the growing divide between conservatives and the radical Left.  This month’s letter will address some of the “root causes” of this dysfunction and why, over time, our federal government has become “not so great.”  The members of our Editorial Board continue to believe in American Exceptionalism, and we want to ensure that we can keep it that way for future generations.  Therefore, we must begin to fix our federal government.   Next month, we are going to discuss the legislative branch, then the executive branch, then the judiciary, and lastly, the unelected / unaccountable “fourth branch of government” aka the Administrative State / the Bureaucracy / the Deep State.

America continues to be the most successful “melting pot” in world history.  People want to live here.  We take in more immigrants (by far) than any other country in the world.  And why is that?  We believe the primary reasons are Liberty and Freedom (which are under attack by the Left).  And we also believe in the power of E Pluribus Unum – our ability to help new legal immigrants learn and embrace our shared values and effectively assimilate to life in our country.  Unfortunately, because of the Left’s obsession with identity politics, this shared American value is also under constant attack. 

What is even more alarming is that the radical Left has now come to believe our country is fatally flawed.  The radical Left (the New York Times, etc.) believe our country is flawed because slaves were brought to our shores in 1619.  Therefore, last year, the New York Times launched The 1619 Project to “re-interpret” (spin) our country’s history to fit their (Leftist) narrative.  Please keep in mind that slavery was not an uncommon phenomenon throughout the world in 1619.  And even though slavery was ended in America in the 1860s (after a massive loss of life during the Civil War) the radical Left and The New York Times believe this stain on our country’s history is the root cause of all of our country’s current ills.  We have a different assessment of history and a different viewpoint regarding the trendlines of our country’s history, especially since the 1920s.  We believe the root cause of our growing divide is the steady (relentless) onward march of the “progressive” movement, which has as its primary goal the fundamental “transformation” of our country.

The members of our Editorial Board have grave concerns about the size and scope and growing intrusiveness of the federal government.  The Framers of our Constitution put into place a unique form of government, centered on the individual.   The federal government is supposed to be subservient to We-the-People (not the other way around).  The Constitution was based on sound, time-tested principles, and was based on the Framers’ study of history and their assessment of what has worked in the past.  We have strayed from the Framers’ original vision of a small, effective federal government that has specific (limited) powers and responsibilities, which focus on protecting the general welfare of the country as a whole and protecting each individual’s rights.  We reject the concept of a “living constitution.”   Unfortunately, the seed of the progressive movement was planted a long time ago, and it has given root to a constantly expanding federal government. 

We believe in the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution – “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.”  These delegated (limited) powers of the federal government are enumerated in Article 1 of the constitution.

US Debt Clock – – March 1st – $71,024 per citizen / April 1st – $71,888

Free Videos

E-Newsletter No. 75                    March 2020     

Last month, we made an offer to mail a free yard sign (with a conservative theme) to anyone who wanted to request a sign (or two).  Please note that we still have a supply on hand that will continue to be available for the upcoming elections in November.

This month, we are offering some new free videos that we have posted to the Videos page on our website.  The only “cost decision” that you will need to make is whether you want to invest some time to watch these timely (and pertinent) videos.  (“Time is money” – Benjamin Franklin, 1748). 

Candace Owens’ Congressional Testimony on Nationalism –

Candace Owens’ Congressional Testimony on Being Black in America –

Joe Biden on Bribery –

Brian Riedl on the Federal Government’s Growing Debt Blob –

https://www.prageru.com/video/national-debt-who-cares/   

And because the purpose of our Foundation is to promote the concept of personal responsibility, we are providing the following link to a video about fixing yourself –

https://www.prageru.com/video/fix-yourself/

Please note that in addition to the five videos listed above, we added ten other video links on our website this month –  

Unfortunately, we have a bit of sobering news this month – – The $1,808 increase in the amount of federal government debt per person is the highest monthly increase since we began tracking this statistic these past six years.  With $23.6 trillion already borrowed, we should all brace ourselves for the fact that the hole our federal government has been digging is going to get a lot deeper over the course of the next few months. 

US Debt Clock – – February 1st – $70,539 per citizen / March 1st – $72,347

“Free” Yard Signs

E-Newsletter No. 74                     February 2020     

Last month, we discussed how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants our country’s citizens to stop using the term “Free Stuff” when she discusses all of the new programs and giveaways that the radical Left is proposing.  Instead, she wants us to use the term “Public Goods”, even if those goodies aren’t necessarily provided to (or even available to) everyone in our country.  (Some of our country’s citizens have actually already paid the cost for their own college education).

The members of our Foundation know that nothing in life is “free”.  However, it should be noted that it’s quite possible you may receive something from someone without being asked to pay for it.  But in those situations, the provider has freely agreed (without coercion) to bear the cost (because nothing in life is free). 

Our Editorial Board is pleased to announce this month that we have added a new page to our website for our new on-line Store.  We are also providing the following links, so you can check out our initial offering of “free” yard signs.  We initially discussed whether we should ask for a small donation to cover the cost of postage, but then decided we would cover that cost, too.  However, there is a small catch.  We are not going to be able to ship you the wire frame for your yard sign, so you will have to bear the cost of obtaining 7 – 8 feet of 9-gauge wire from your local hardware store.  Once you have your wire, you will need to make two 90-degree bends about 22 inches apart, plant your wire frame into the ground, and then slip your yard sign over the frame.    

Here is the link to our on-line Store

 https://www.f2ppr.org/store/

The above link will take you to our website, where you can find additional details, along with a link to a template that can be used to email your order form to   info @ f2ppr.org.

And here is the link to the catalogue of available yard signs –

http://www.f2ppr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/F2PPR-Yard-Signs.pdf

It’s time for our conservative messages to be heard. 

Don’t be shy about sharing your views.

US Debt Clock – – January 1st – $70,096 per citizen / February 1st – $70,539