INTRODUCTION
\nOur nation has been drifting, now running away from the basic principles it was founded upon . This loss of freedom accelerated in 1913 with the passage of the progressive income tax (Karl Marx insisted on this, you know) and the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank. The \u201cGreat Depression\u201d of the thirties gave rise to a host of statist programs promulgated by both Hoover and Roosevelt that plunged our nation even further toward a society dependent on government for control and direction. During the \u201csixties\u201d, Lyndon Johnson\u2019s \u201cGreat Society\u201d edged us even closer to the \u201cNannie State\u201d with all of the high taxes, mandatory laws and strangling regulations that accompany a command economy.
\nNixon\u2019s price controls, Carter\u2019s stagflation and the two Bush\u2019s attempts at \u201cInternational Adventurism\u201d (read One-World-Government) and deficit spending pushed our nation ever closer to the precipice.
\nWe had a brief respite during Clinton\u2019s term because he was absorbed with sexual peccadilloes and the Republican Congress, with their \u201cContract With America\u201d provided a temporary brake on the advance of the State. It was sad the GOP\u2019ers did not exhibit the same fiscal integrity when George W. Bush was President. And now we have Barak Hussein Obama. Our nation has never seen such a surge toward state-ism as we have seen since this man took office and the Democrats gained control of both houses of Congress. The obscene deficit spending, the quasi-nationalization of the auto industry, the banks, the insurance industry, much of the investment sector and the health care industry has precipitated a gigantic leap toward an actual socialist\/fascist state.
\n Many citizens see so much of this as a tragic event but yet feel helpless to stop this disaster. Apathy and hopelessness has gripped much of the country. This has enabled those on the left to take advantage of this appalling lack of resistance, thus leading our nation toward totalitarianism.
\nWe must not let this continue. We can and should rise up and defend the freedoms that so many have died to secure for us. Many individuals have said, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do\u201d. This brief brochure is an attempt to show you what you can do. Fortunately there are a host of organizations trying to preserve our free-market, private property, capitalistic form of government. These principles have provided more freedom and a much higher standard of living for our people than any other nation in history.
\nYou can either join one of these groups and actively participate or you can support them financially. But it is equally important that you educate yourself in the ideology of freedom by reading, listening and watching. To this aim, we are including a list of organizations, electronic media resources, periodicals and books.
\nWe apologize for those we may have inadvertently omitted. We will have another printing of this pamphlet and anyone who wishes to add additional material, please notify us at maurice@idaland.com. We hope this information will assist you in your better-late-than-never quest for more knowledge about the disappearing freedom philosophy.
\nThe future of our country, of course, depends on us. We cannot rely on someone else to do this for us. Therefore we invite you to join us in the most important challenge that has faced our nation since 1776.
\nHere\u2019s hoping our efforts are not too late.
\nYours for a lot less government !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INTRODUCTION Our nation has been drifting, now running away from the basic principles it was founded upon . This loss of freedom accelerated in 1913 with the passage of the progressive income tax (Karl Marx insisted on this, you know) … Continue reading