en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/350421 Comments by Bill http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18645567 Our visa and imigration policies are not working for you and me... we need to change that... I don't advocate legalizing victimless crimes such as drug use and killing one to many deer but we don't need to imprison these folks at a cost of 30 plus thousand dollars per year, lets find an alternative like community service that does twice as much good. At least we will get something in return. I am tired of white collar crime that destroys many lives with impuenity... lets put some detering penalties on these crimes... The left has put all of our energy eggs in a pie in the sky basket. we need diversification until the next technology can not only come along but force out fossil fuels... I live in Maine and there are way to many people that are brilliantly inventive but lack parralell skills. There is no doubt in my mind that this country is full of people that will seek higher education at some time in there lives if it is free to them... even if it is not the best, one that has a burning desire to learn something will find his or her way... this is truley the American way... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:19:26 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18645567 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18645551 term limits is just a good idea that will work... bringing our lawmakers home will force them to be accountable, especially if we can vote them out in the middle of their term with a special election... A hybrid tax will offer us a daul origin tax revenue that will give us time to discover what amount of income is needed and from where... Securing our border is just a No-Brainer.. Ditto for getting rid of the scum that fills our courts and prison systems... I beleive that most people in America will not have the heart to just throw all illeagals in a bucket and deport them. We should stop the money made here being sent south and I believe that if people have to support a home here they will be less able to just suck off of the American people... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:19:02 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18645551 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18644432 #1 Term Limits #2 Bring our lawmakers home #3 Replace the existing tax code with a hybrid fair tax/ declining, sunsetting capitol gains tax #4 secure our southern border. #5 remove all illeagal felons. #6 put all non felon illeagals that own a home here on a five to ten year path to citazenship which includes maintaining a home and staying out of trouble, but does not include bringing there family members here. #7 Get controll of our visa and imigration policies. #8 decriminalize non victim type offenses and stiffen the penalties for white collar crimes that have many victims. #9 Drill here and drill now. Build refineries in states that want them Build Nuke plants in states that want them. #10 All states will have free school up to masters degree ... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:44:25 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18644432 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18642797 Well said Carolyn... Tell me... do you think that we are in the majority, and if so are we all going to voice our opinion by the vote... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:59:10 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18642797 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18639959 You know I like the "Don't Tread On Me" flag... I really like the yellow flag with the cannon on it that say's "Come And Get It"... but at the end of the day the stars and stripes is our flag... Remember... I pledge alliegence to this flag... One Nation... Under God... INDEVISABLE... So Help Me God... if we ever needed his help as a nation it is Now... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:35:24 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18639959 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18639078 After our NEW congressmen and senators have termed out and proven themselves to, we the people, we can vote them into a panel that will begin to research and suggest changes or abolishment of useless or unwanted laws. We can limit this gig to 4 years per term and 2 term limit... In 20 years we should have an America that our children can be proud of... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:27:41 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18639078 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18637434 So here we are folks... standing knee deep in a swamp that is about to drown us all... its time we think like our founding fathers did when they were as unhappy with what they were facing as we are today with what we are facing... let us dream and write the rules for our New Nation, Under God, With Liberty, and Justice for ALL... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:17:42 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18637434 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18637072 In my selfish opinion we must strive to shrink government... we must remove the barriors that have been placed on free growth since Linclons time... we should strive to become free again. Life. liberty, and the persuit of happiness. We need to use common sence when making laws that restrict such endevors and always apply the founding fathers pricipals of "not only the letter of the law but equally the intent of the law... so lets give ALL of todays polititions the old heave-hoe... revoke all of the cushy entitlements of these crooks and replace them with a severance package. We should allow all of the special interest lobiest groups to stay in Washington and bring all of our polititions home. In todays age our polititions can vote from home... its high time that our polititions were held accountable... for this there is no place like home... Washington is nothing but a swamp of corruption and I for one am sick and tired of our representatives representing whatever they believe that they can get away with... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:10:51 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18637072 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18635763 As for now we have a very serious delema... if the people in power put us into a debt hole that we can not get out of , the growing pains that we will face, will put us on par with East Africa, as far as per capita income... and more importantly our most precious commodity, our American spirit, our young brains that are born here along with the brains who come here to live out the "American Dream", and the American dream itsself, will be history for the majority of Americans... we will all be forced to depend on the U.S. Government for our meager survival... this is the ultimate dream for the left... we need to fight now, and fight hard, and win because the alternative is the opposite of the real American Way... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:36:17 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18635763 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18634683 In doing so we will shift traditional manufacturing out of this country which means job displacement... we are in an era where the baby boomers will be through this economy in less than 20 years... so we have a target... a 20 year window in which to develope a plan that will prepare America to position herself to once again be the envy of the world mainly due to our high standard of living... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:18:31 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18634683 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18634408 I also believe that a ruler must be fair handed... we cannot leave the poor out in the cold... so untill we come up with propper alternatives we MUST keep entitlements in place as they are today... If the majority of Americans are not taxed to death and allowed to keep what they earn our generocity will not allow our fellow citizen to suffer... if small businesses are encouraged to make money by not being taxed to death then each community will grow its own filanthropists who in turn will be honored to give back to the community that has put him or her on a pedastool... As this nation grows its economy of scale raising the per capita income we will be faced with much downward pressure on our exports... the only way to keep high demand for export in to manufacture cutting edge technology... to do this we must totally revamp our education system$$$ Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:10:09 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18634408 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18633845 We need to locate, vet, and authorize independant representatives in each state. Someone who has sworn to adhere to our 10 most important changes of law, ie termlimits, fair and or flat tax, abolish the entire tax code and most of its employees, etc. Then we must put these people in front of the voters and let the voters know what they will do if elected as a majority... I believe that the majority in America wants change that is simple, fair, and condusive to the promotion of a free market economy... I do not believe that a tax on wages is right, but a sliding scale that starts at $300,000.00 for a family of 4 at say 10%, coupled with a user tax would allow us to iron out the bugs so we can eventually survive on a fair tax(user tax) alone... I also believe that we must establish a party name that is relatively new but not unheard of... that is why I have chosen the Independant party... I beleive that most Americans are very independant when it counts... Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:55:30 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=820#IDComment18633845 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17322575 Let us create a ground swell that can not be denied... we need to create a new party name... if possible one that says it all... if we can deny both parties re-election and elect only independants and our new party we will be well on our way to success... everyone loves a winner, and with a platform that is truley for the people we can easily gain support from the majority... the reps and dems left in office will be terrified and many not wanting to loose their gravy train will tow the line... although I hate the Obama tactic of "a chicken in every pot" campaign you must agree that it works well with a certian block of voters... Its more than likely that this is all just a pipe dream but hey... this dream is by far better than the "new world Obama order"... May God guide our hand... enough said... Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:05:59 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=533#IDComment17322575 http://theglennbeck912project.com/missionstatement/#IDComment16907795 How can we save the republic if we are not political? Its one thing to unite but to make change we must act, and in this country many must act as one. This is a great opportunity but will not succed unless we act. I will follow Glen all the way to hell if he is going to not only unite us but also take the lead and lead us to action. Glen must collect and put foward potential lawmakers that we can send to Washinton to do our bidding. Without this action we may as well go home. Glen has the podium and the warewithall. I'd rather give my money to Glen than to some idiot and his bridge to no where. If our economy tanks there will be no better time to change this countries polotics than now. I am willing to follow Glen but I don't need to be abandoned half way there. Its not enough for me to scare our present polititions into voting our way. I want polititions that think and vote our way. Term limits, fair tax, smaller, less powerful government, welfare that is a hand up not a hand out, and so on.. Bill... Maine Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:43:02 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/missionstatement/#IDComment16907795