April 13, 2000 Volume 3,
Issue 7
Catherine Ellis, Editor
Phone calls, letters and e-mails are still needed to your Congressman
in support of Rep. Ron Paul’s efforts to pass H. J. RES. 90, a
resolution to withdraw the United States from the World Trade
Organization. The U.S. Constitution confers upon Congress the power
"to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations." Yet, as Congress
has relinquished some of its duties to the "Imperial
Presidency," it is set to relinquish a major power—the power to
regulate commerce—to an international bureaucracy! The passage of
this Resolution to withdraw from the WTO bureaucracy will be a major
victory for American Sovereignty.
An inside source on Capitol Hill estimates that the vote on H.J. Res.
90 will occur the last week of May. That means we only have a few weeks to
educate our friends and acquaintances, to build enough support to convince
our Congressmen to pass this Resolution. We must begin to contact our
Congressman NOW and keep calling until the vote!
"The U.S. should be part of a global economy –
but not part of global government."— Rep. Ron Paul
***ACTION TO TAKE***
1. Join Rep. Paul’s "electronic march" on Washington in
support of H.J. Res. 90. Visit
www.StopWTO.org.
By going to this web site you can see if your Representative is
currently a cosponsor and if not, you may send him/her an e-mail through
this site urging his/her support.
2. Call your Congressman and request that he/she cosponsors
and votes for H.J. Res. 90 which would withdraw the approval of
the United States from the agreement establishing the World Trade
Organization. Capitol Hill Switchboard (202) 225-3121.
The City Set High on the Hill
Remember the House Banking Scandal or the House Post Office
Scandal of 1992 when Members of Congress were caught
participating in illegal schemes to raid the Treasury? Well, the
saga of the ethically challenged continues with recently released data
from the IRS stating that Members of Congress and their staffs owe
approximately $10.5 million in unpaid taxes.
Yes, you read right. In this
period of unprecedented prosperity, we are also taxed more than at any
other time in U.S. history. Incredibly, there are some in Congress (that
same body whose appetites for your money appears insatiable) who fail to
adhere to the same tax laws in which they preside over, laws they
administer to you. Sound hypocritical? It gets worse. It was
just two years ago that this body voted for the Internal
Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, a law that called
for the immediate firing for those agency workers who failed to pay their
taxes. Doubt they would pass a law to hold themselves to the same
standards.
Lest by any means we single out just Congress, may it be noted that
this $10.5 million is just a slice of the pie. The total amount of taxes
owed by those employed by the federal government is estimated at $2.4
billion.
Apparently the bottom line is this: Americans are constrained by law to
work until May in order to pay enough money to appease the insatiable
federal government. Nevertheless, many federal government employees, whose
paycheck is subsidized by these taxes, refuse to do the same. How fair. In
another slap to the taxpayers’ faces, the federal IRS agency has not
released the names of those federal employees who have not paid their
taxes. How fitting.
***ACTION TO TAKE***
As you and other U.S. citizens are rushing to file your own tax return,
call your Congressman and express your outrage that Congress fails to
adhere to the same rules that they demand of us. (202) 225-3121.
Why Senator Lott Makes Us Dizzy…
Just when you want to shout,
"Three cheers for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott!!!" he does
something so outrageous, so egregious, to leave you in a state of
confusion muttering, "Huh???"
THE GOOD
Last week Senator Lott became a cosponsor of the American Land
Sovereignty Protection Act. Thank you to all of you who made calls
to the Senate in support of this bill. This is a MAJOR victory in the war
to keep America’s land free from the UN bureaucracy and its policy
setting agenda and it is because of your effort that we are making
the progress we have on this issue. We also would like to thank the Senate
Majority Leader for his support and hope he will use his powerful position
to bring S. 510 to a full Senate vote.
THE BAD
Unfortunately, that isn’t all Senator Lott has been up to these days.
As reported in "Inside the Ring" of the Washington Times,
our Senate Majority Leader is about to cut a deal with the Clinton
Administration to scuttle the House-passed Taiwan Security Enhancement Act
that would strengthen U.S. ties to Taiwan in favor of a Clinton promise to
instead sell them four Aegis destroyers. Did we mention that two of the $1
billion warships will be built in Lott’s home state of Mississippi? Did
we mention that some in the Pentagon wants to "allay Chinese
fears" by offering a "dumbed-down" version of the warship,
excluding missile defense-capable software and hardware, and Tomahawk
land-attack cruise missiles"?
How grossly inappropriate for a Senator to compromise U.S. relations
with Taiwan, a loyal ally, for some good ‘ole fashioned pork barreling.
The people of Taiwan are dedicated to freedom and liberty. They fought for
their country against the Chinese Communists fifty years ago and were
forced to flee to the island of Formosa where today, they still fight for
democracy, for their existence. They live under the constant fear that the
Chinese Communists will invade their land, as they have verbally
threatened they will. They look to the U.S. for continued help and yet, we
are concerned of appeasing the Chinese, whom ironically have also said
that even war with the U.S. is inevitable.
This is an issue of national security, Senator Lott, not a money game.
Shame on you for putting greed above liberty.
***ACTION TO TAKE***
To express your gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott for
cosponsoring S. 510, or to express your outrage over the possibility of
his scuttling the House-passed Taiwan Security (or both) call him at (202)
224-3135.
