Dear friends and fellow Americans,
This is going to be a very different kind of letter from what we normally send out. It is significantly more personal.
The Liberty Bell Center for Constitutional Studies focuses on history because that is the best way to understand the present. We can listen to the current lies and make base our decision-making on those, or we can look at true history and see the bigger picture. One thing we can see from our nation’s history is that Americans take care of themselves. We believe in the indigenous power of the individual and therefore believe that we as individuals are the first line of defense when it comes to our rights. In the 1700s, the American colonists understood this and made it a point to prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. That is why in the 1770s they were storing up weapons and ammunition. Did they want or expect war with Britain? No. On the contrary, they were proud to be British, but knew that they must do whatever it took to protect themselves and their families. When the worst came (war with Britain), they were prepared and stood their ground.
Modern Americans have a tendency to live in the present with little thought of potential disasters, and therefore do nothing to prepare. But that old proverb still remains true, we must prepare for the worst and hope for the best. So what is it that we should prepare for?
Well, we have over the last few years been told that our greatest danger came from terrorists, but it is becoming more and more clear that our greatest danger comes not from without, but from within. The more that government gets involved in our lives, the more potential there is for catastrophic disasters. Are you prepared for if the government starts home quarantining as result of the hyped up H1N1 virus? Are you prepared for the collapse of the dollar? What if there was a problem at the local water plant and too much chlorine leaked into the water and you could not use your tap for a week? And apart from government disasters, there is always the possibility of natural disasters. Natural disasters are not confined to tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes in the south and earthquakes in the west. One example of a natural disaster in the area was some major flooding near Pottstown in the 1970s. I had a friend who lived through that. Floodwaters came and engulfed a number of neighborhoods… and with the floodwater came looters pouring out of Philadelphia. My friend was prepared and sat outside of his house, gun in hand, and kept looters from taking what belonged to him and his family. Are you prepared?
What if the water went out? What if the electric went out? What if you were quarantined in your home? What if you dollar bills became worthless? These are all perfectly legitimate concerns that should at least warrant a little thought on our part. For these disasters, and others like them, you should make it a point to prepare.
Do you have weapons to defend your family and property against thugs and looters? Do you have non-perishable food stored up? Do you have water stored for both sanitation and hydration? Do you have a hand-powered crank radio and battery powered lights? Do you have cash AND non-cash hard money on hand? Do you have a family emergency plan for if a disaster struck quickly and you were separated from your family with no communication?
Lucky for us, there are many resources out there to help us prepare for what might come our way. One of the best is, surprisingly enough, a government website: Ready.gov. There you will find lists and recommendations for preparing for disasters. For disaster preparation supplies that you cannot get from local stores, check out Survivormall.com. You MUST have a plan and you MUST be prepared for whatever comes, it is the only prudent thing to do.
Please do not trust the government to take care of you, because you will only be disappointed. First of all, they have the worst track record possible. Remember Katrina? And second, by trusting them with this task, you are handing over a responsibility that should be yours to them and giving them power over your life that is not theirs to have. If the government is responsible for you, then they can do whatever they think is best for you. But only you know what is best for yourself and your family. Hold on to your indigenous power and take responsibility.
We must do as our founders did and prepare for the worst while hoping for the best.
Blessings in liberty,
Ryan Burgett
Chairman - L.B.C.C.S.
ryan_burgett@hotmail.com
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Meeting Review and Resources
Students of Liberty,
Thanks to all who joined our Discussion Group on Friday. With the Campaign for Liberty conference going on at the same time we thought we were going to have a very small meeting, but ended up with sixteen people including some new faces. We had a great time of learning and productive discussion. Paul opened up the meeting with the Pledge of Alegiance and then the Invocation. Following that, I led a presentation on the History, Philosophy, and Lasting Significance of the Declaration of Independence. For the text of that presentation, and links to all the resources used to put it together, click here. During our discussion, Paul referenced the following websites for those interested:
http://www.usa1911.com/
http://www.sheriffmack.com/
http://www.fourthturning.com/
Art brought up the following links and videos:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFGLXLFzzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3MNu8BRwQ
And for those who have not yet joined, please join our Facebook group so you can RSVP for upcoming meetings:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130186049828
Yours in liberty,
Ryan Burgett
Chairman - L.B.C.C.S.
Thanks to all who joined our Discussion Group on Friday. With the Campaign for Liberty conference going on at the same time we thought we were going to have a very small meeting, but ended up with sixteen people including some new faces. We had a great time of learning and productive discussion. Paul opened up the meeting with the Pledge of Alegiance and then the Invocation. Following that, I led a presentation on the History, Philosophy, and Lasting Significance of the Declaration of Independence. For the text of that presentation, and links to all the resources used to put it together, click here. During our discussion, Paul referenced the following websites for those interested:
http://www.usa1911.com/
http://www.sheriffmack.com/
http://www.fourthturning.com/
Art brought up the following links and videos:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFGLXLFzzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3MNu8BRwQ
And for those who have not yet joined, please join our Facebook group so you can RSVP for upcoming meetings:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130186049828
Yours in liberty,
Ryan Burgett
Chairman - L.B.C.C.S.
"Monsieur Bastiat, Call Your Office"
From FEE.org
"Tomorrow I’ll lecture at the Liberty Weekend Dedicated to Frédéric Bastiat, sponsored by the Polish-American Foundation for Economic Research and Education (PAFERE) in Warsaw. Preparing for my visit, I reread Bastiat’s great book The Law. Oh do we need Bastiat today..."
To read the entire article, click here.
"Tomorrow I’ll lecture at the Liberty Weekend Dedicated to Frédéric Bastiat, sponsored by the Polish-American Foundation for Economic Research and Education (PAFERE) in Warsaw. Preparing for my visit, I reread Bastiat’s great book The Law. Oh do we need Bastiat today..."
To read the entire article, click here.
The History, Philosophy, and Lasting Significance of the Declaration of Independence
The following was presented to the LBCCS discussion group at the September 18 meeting.
The History of the Declaration:
The Declaration of Independence was the culmination of a long series of offenses against the American colonists. The colonists were British citizens and were proud of it until their rights started being infringed upon. Here is a basic history of the build-up to the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence.
In 1765, the Stamp Act was passed which caused an uproar within in the colonies. Each colony had a legislature of their own, but Britain had bypassed the elected officials of the people and had put a direct tax on all paper goods from mail to newspapers to playing cards.
In 1766, Britain abandoned the Stamp Act, but then proceeded to pass the Declaratory Act which stated that Britain had full authority over the colonies and could do whatever they wanted regardless of local authorities. This started an even bigger firestorm.
In 1768 Britain declared marshal law in Boston and brought troops in to keep order. The colonists for the first time realized that they might need to use force to protect themselves, and as result started gathering weapons and ammunition.
In 1775, British troops left Boston to seize the rebels stores in Concord but the colonists were warned and the first shots of the Revolution were fired in the town of Lexington. The Continental Congress convened and decided to raise an army with George Washington as the head.
In 1776, the British fled Boston following Washington's brilliant taking of Dorchester Heights above the city. In Boston they found correspondence showing that King George was hiring Hessian mercenaries (ruthless killers from Germany) to join the British troops in America. Soon afterward, the booklet Common Sense was released to the public and instantly became a bestseller. So while there was still opposition among many high-level officials (specifically in Pennsylvania and South Carolina), the common folk of America took a stand firmly for Independence.
In June of that year, Richard Henry Lee called for independence but was strongly opposed by many in the Congress. But regardless, they decided to form a committee to draft a declaration, and then they would convene in three weeks to debate whether or not to accept it. The committee they chose included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson (among a few others). John Adams refused to write it because he was unpopular among many in the Congress, and Benjamin Franklin's own son was the royal governor of New Jersey which disqualified him from writing such a document. So Thomas Jefferson, the shy philosopher from Virginia was chosen to write the Declaration. Following completion of that draft, Franklin and Adams joined with Jefferson to hammer out the final product.
On June 28, the Declaration was presented to the Continental Congress and after much deliberation, was adopted by vote on July 2 (although signatures did not start being collected until July 4). Until his death, John Adams refused to celebrate the Fourth of July, insisting that the correct day to celebrate was July 2.
The Philosophy Behind the Declaration:
It is clear in the Declaration that our founders in general, and Thomas Jefferson in particular, understood the difference between indigenous power and surrogate power. Indigenous power is that natural power given to man by his Creator. When a person wakes up in the morning, he decides what he wants to have for breakfast, then prepares it. He decides where he wants to go and what he wants to do. He can produce, or destroy. He can think and reason and act on decisions. That is what makes up man's indigenous power. And reason leads us to conclude that with that indigenous (natural) power comes natural rights. God endowed us with indigenous power, and rights to protect that power. We have a right to our life, liberty and earned property. God gave us that power and those rights, and therefore it is only He that can take them away (not any individual or government). That is called the "laws of nature and nature's God." Jefferson initially wrote that all men were "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and property." Adams and Franklin, both firmly opposed to slavery, convinced him to change the wording to "pursuit of happiness" so the South would not see it as legitimizing their keeping of slaves, whom they considered "property." But regardless, the meaning was understood by all at the time. And they also understood "that to secure these rights, government are instituted among men."
Surrogate power is power granted by individuals to a surrogate entity. Governments and businesses are examples of surrogate entities. Does a business have any natural power? Can a business in and of itself make decisions and act on those decisions? A business only has what power is given it by the individuals that make it up. So when people start a business, they plug some of their indigenous power into it, which gives it surrogate power. It is the same way with governments; people take some of their indigenous power and plug it into the government to give it power. But problems arise when a surrogate power forgets that it has no power of its own and starts usurping the natural power and rights of others. That is a corrupt surrogate that needs to be stopped.
Our founders understood that governments have only surrogate power and derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" (the indigenous power of the individuals within it). And why are governments created? "To secure these rights" of life, liberty and earned property. And when "any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government."
One single individual has more power than any government does of itself. Individuals have natural power and natural rights and governments have only the power granted to them by the individuals who make up society.
When a person understands this, he can understand why our founders felt that they had a "right" and "duty" to "throw off such government" as the tyrannical Great Britain and "institute new government."
The Lasting Significance of the Declaration:
Progressives will say that the Constitution is "vague" and more of a "theory" than an actual manual for our government. They see the Constitution as a short document created to get the wheels of government turning but that would become irrelevant once the government was firmly in place and be replaced by some form of glorified pragmatism. They can believe this because they separate the Constitution from the Declaration of Independence. We know that those two documents are inseparable.
The Declaration declares the purpose of government, and the Constitution declares the means of accomplishing that purpose.
The purpose is simply to protect man's natural rights, and that is the reason why the Constitution is so short. There is a short list of responsibilities within the Constitution itself and the 10th Amendment clearly states that those are the ONLY responsibilities of our government. The lasting significance of the Declaration of Independence is that it is the lens with which to look at and understand the Constitution. Using it we are able to understand that the Constitution is a small document because our government was designed to be a very small government.
Sources:
The Declaration of Independence (read online or download free MP3)
Common Sense; Revisited (commonsenserevisited.com)
Liberty! The American Revolution (Amazon.com)
The 5000 Year Leap (Amazon.com; NCCS.net, download free MP3)
The Real Thomas Jefferson (Amazon.com; NCCS.net)
Second Treatise of Civil Government (Amazon.com, read online or download free MP3)
Common Sense (Amazon.com, read online or download free MP3)
The Constitution in Exile (Amazon.com)
The History of the Declaration:
The Declaration of Independence was the culmination of a long series of offenses against the American colonists. The colonists were British citizens and were proud of it until their rights started being infringed upon. Here is a basic history of the build-up to the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence.
In 1765, the Stamp Act was passed which caused an uproar within in the colonies. Each colony had a legislature of their own, but Britain had bypassed the elected officials of the people and had put a direct tax on all paper goods from mail to newspapers to playing cards.
In 1766, Britain abandoned the Stamp Act, but then proceeded to pass the Declaratory Act which stated that Britain had full authority over the colonies and could do whatever they wanted regardless of local authorities. This started an even bigger firestorm.
In 1768 Britain declared marshal law in Boston and brought troops in to keep order. The colonists for the first time realized that they might need to use force to protect themselves, and as result started gathering weapons and ammunition.
In 1775, British troops left Boston to seize the rebels stores in Concord but the colonists were warned and the first shots of the Revolution were fired in the town of Lexington. The Continental Congress convened and decided to raise an army with George Washington as the head.
In 1776, the British fled Boston following Washington's brilliant taking of Dorchester Heights above the city. In Boston they found correspondence showing that King George was hiring Hessian mercenaries (ruthless killers from Germany) to join the British troops in America. Soon afterward, the booklet Common Sense was released to the public and instantly became a bestseller. So while there was still opposition among many high-level officials (specifically in Pennsylvania and South Carolina), the common folk of America took a stand firmly for Independence.
In June of that year, Richard Henry Lee called for independence but was strongly opposed by many in the Congress. But regardless, they decided to form a committee to draft a declaration, and then they would convene in three weeks to debate whether or not to accept it. The committee they chose included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson (among a few others). John Adams refused to write it because he was unpopular among many in the Congress, and Benjamin Franklin's own son was the royal governor of New Jersey which disqualified him from writing such a document. So Thomas Jefferson, the shy philosopher from Virginia was chosen to write the Declaration. Following completion of that draft, Franklin and Adams joined with Jefferson to hammer out the final product.
On June 28, the Declaration was presented to the Continental Congress and after much deliberation, was adopted by vote on July 2 (although signatures did not start being collected until July 4). Until his death, John Adams refused to celebrate the Fourth of July, insisting that the correct day to celebrate was July 2.
The Philosophy Behind the Declaration:
It is clear in the Declaration that our founders in general, and Thomas Jefferson in particular, understood the difference between indigenous power and surrogate power. Indigenous power is that natural power given to man by his Creator. When a person wakes up in the morning, he decides what he wants to have for breakfast, then prepares it. He decides where he wants to go and what he wants to do. He can produce, or destroy. He can think and reason and act on decisions. That is what makes up man's indigenous power. And reason leads us to conclude that with that indigenous (natural) power comes natural rights. God endowed us with indigenous power, and rights to protect that power. We have a right to our life, liberty and earned property. God gave us that power and those rights, and therefore it is only He that can take them away (not any individual or government). That is called the "laws of nature and nature's God." Jefferson initially wrote that all men were "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and property." Adams and Franklin, both firmly opposed to slavery, convinced him to change the wording to "pursuit of happiness" so the South would not see it as legitimizing their keeping of slaves, whom they considered "property." But regardless, the meaning was understood by all at the time. And they also understood "that to secure these rights, government are instituted among men."
Surrogate power is power granted by individuals to a surrogate entity. Governments and businesses are examples of surrogate entities. Does a business have any natural power? Can a business in and of itself make decisions and act on those decisions? A business only has what power is given it by the individuals that make it up. So when people start a business, they plug some of their indigenous power into it, which gives it surrogate power. It is the same way with governments; people take some of their indigenous power and plug it into the government to give it power. But problems arise when a surrogate power forgets that it has no power of its own and starts usurping the natural power and rights of others. That is a corrupt surrogate that needs to be stopped.
Our founders understood that governments have only surrogate power and derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" (the indigenous power of the individuals within it). And why are governments created? "To secure these rights" of life, liberty and earned property. And when "any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government."
One single individual has more power than any government does of itself. Individuals have natural power and natural rights and governments have only the power granted to them by the individuals who make up society.
When a person understands this, he can understand why our founders felt that they had a "right" and "duty" to "throw off such government" as the tyrannical Great Britain and "institute new government."
The Lasting Significance of the Declaration:
Progressives will say that the Constitution is "vague" and more of a "theory" than an actual manual for our government. They see the Constitution as a short document created to get the wheels of government turning but that would become irrelevant once the government was firmly in place and be replaced by some form of glorified pragmatism. They can believe this because they separate the Constitution from the Declaration of Independence. We know that those two documents are inseparable.
The Declaration declares the purpose of government, and the Constitution declares the means of accomplishing that purpose.
The purpose is simply to protect man's natural rights, and that is the reason why the Constitution is so short. There is a short list of responsibilities within the Constitution itself and the 10th Amendment clearly states that those are the ONLY responsibilities of our government. The lasting significance of the Declaration of Independence is that it is the lens with which to look at and understand the Constitution. Using it we are able to understand that the Constitution is a small document because our government was designed to be a very small government.
Sources:
The Declaration of Independence (read online or download free MP3)
Common Sense; Revisited (commonsenserevisited.com)
Liberty! The American Revolution (Amazon.com)
The 5000 Year Leap (Amazon.com; NCCS.net, download free MP3)
The Real Thomas Jefferson (Amazon.com; NCCS.net)
Second Treatise of Civil Government (Amazon.com, read online or download free MP3)
Common Sense (Amazon.com, read online or download free MP3)
The Constitution in Exile (Amazon.com)
Monday, September 14, 2009
Free Copy of Glenn Beck's Common Sense Audio Book!
I wanted to let you all know that we are going to be giving away a free copy of Glenn Beck's Common Sense Audio book (read by Glenn himself) at our discussion group meeting on Friday! For those interested, we will be talking about:
1. The History, Philosophy, and eternal significance of the Declaration of Independence
2. The 18 powers of Congress from Article 1 of the Constitution
There will also be coffee and snacks! So come and join us as we learn and have a good time... and you might get Common Sense FOR FREE!
For all the information, click here. Please be sure to RSVP either by email or on Facebook so we know how many people to prepare for.
Thanks and I hope to see you there!
Ryan Burgett
Chairman, LBCCS
1. The History, Philosophy, and eternal significance of the Declaration of Independence
2. The 18 powers of Congress from Article 1 of the Constitution
There will also be coffee and snacks! So come and join us as we learn and have a good time... and you might get Common Sense FOR FREE!
For all the information, click here. Please be sure to RSVP either by email or on Facebook so we know how many people to prepare for.
Thanks and I hope to see you there!
Ryan Burgett
Chairman, LBCCS
Saturday, September 12, 2009
LBCCS Meeting Agenda - September 18
Friends of LBCCS,
We have an exciting lineup for our upcoming discussion group meeting. Lots of preparation is going into our discussion and nobody will leave without having learned something new. Please invite your friends and family to join us in this venture! Here is the agenda for the September 18 meeting:
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Invocation
3. "The Broken Window" by Henry Hazlitt - Presented by Zach Parks
4. The History, Philosophy, and eternal significance of the Declaration of Independence - Ryan Burgett
-Discussion on the Declaration
5. Coffee and snacks
6. The 18 powers of Congress from Article 1 of the Constitution - Paul Fiske
-Discussion of the limited powers of Congress
7. Closing Remarks
8. Benediction
We hope you will all join us for this exciting night.
Your fellow American,
Ryan Burgett
Chairman, L.B.C.C.S.
We have an exciting lineup for our upcoming discussion group meeting. Lots of preparation is going into our discussion and nobody will leave without having learned something new. Please invite your friends and family to join us in this venture! Here is the agenda for the September 18 meeting:
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Invocation
3. "The Broken Window" by Henry Hazlitt - Presented by Zach Parks
4. The History, Philosophy, and eternal significance of the Declaration of Independence - Ryan Burgett
-Discussion on the Declaration
5. Coffee and snacks
6. The 18 powers of Congress from Article 1 of the Constitution - Paul Fiske
-Discussion of the limited powers of Congress
7. Closing Remarks
8. Benediction
We hope you will all join us for this exciting night.
Your fellow American,
Ryan Burgett
Chairman, L.B.C.C.S.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Hamilton Vs. Jefferson
The political debate of big government vs. small government, intellectual elites vs. common folks, centralized power vs. widely dispersed power has been going on since the beginning of history. This short video clip portrays how visible this struggle was even during our country's infancy.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Announcing our next Discussion Group Meeting!
Time:
Friday, September 18 at 7pm
Place:
The Historic Biery House
8 Race St
Catasauqua, PA 18032
I hope you all will join us for this next meeting! We will be cracking open the Heritage Guide to the Constitution and the 5000 Year Leap as we learn and discuss together. Remember, these discussion meeting are not forums for discussing current political issues, they are a forum for learning and discussing timeless truths and principles. The parties, our officials, and the media have been lying to us. The only way to understand what is going on is to look at history. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by email or on Facebook.
Finding the Biery House:
The house is on the left almost immediately after crossing the Race St bridge (heading East) in Catasauqua. Click here for a map.
Parking Information:
Follow the driveway beside the house all the way back to the parking lot.
Questions? Contact Ryan at 484-553-0956.
Friday, September 18 at 7pm
Place:
The Historic Biery House
8 Race St
Catasauqua, PA 18032
I hope you all will join us for this next meeting! We will be cracking open the Heritage Guide to the Constitution and the 5000 Year Leap as we learn and discuss together. Remember, these discussion meeting are not forums for discussing current political issues, they are a forum for learning and discussing timeless truths and principles. The parties, our officials, and the media have been lying to us. The only way to understand what is going on is to look at history. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP by email or on Facebook.
Finding the Biery House:
The house is on the left almost immediately after crossing the Race St bridge (heading East) in Catasauqua. Click here for a map.
Parking Information:
Follow the driveway beside the house all the way back to the parking lot.
Questions? Contact Ryan at 484-553-0956.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
LBCCS Movie Night Review and Resources
Defenders of Liberty,
Thanks to all who came to our recent meeting. We had a showing of fifteen people and had a great time of learning and discussion as we watched the first two parts of Liberty! The American Revolution. We learned about the years 1760-1776 following the overlapping stories of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and George Washington among others. For those who missed the showing, we have posted the episodes for free online viewing on our website (libertybellccs.blogspot.com). As per our discussion, here are further resources to learn about the Revolution and birth of our republic:
Liberty! The American Revolution, by Thomas Fleming
1776, by David McCullough
His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
All of the above books (except Liberty!) are available in both print and audio formats.
Also, here are some links you might be interested to check out:
http://www.usa1911.com/
http://www.sheriffmack.com/
http://www.fourthturning.com/
So always remember to (1) question with boldness, (2) search out and hold on to the truth (no matter what the consequences), and (3) speak without fear. Do not listen to the politicans, elites, the parties and the media. They are lying to you. At LBCCS we will continue to provide you with historical truth, but what you do with that truth is then up to you.
In liberty,
Ryan Burgett - Chairman
Thanks to all who came to our recent meeting. We had a showing of fifteen people and had a great time of learning and discussion as we watched the first two parts of Liberty! The American Revolution. We learned about the years 1760-1776 following the overlapping stories of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and George Washington among others. For those who missed the showing, we have posted the episodes for free online viewing on our website (libertybellccs.blogspot.com). As per our discussion, here are further resources to learn about the Revolution and birth of our republic:
Liberty! The American Revolution, by Thomas Fleming
1776, by David McCullough
His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
All of the above books (except Liberty!) are available in both print and audio formats.
Also, here are some links you might be interested to check out:
http://www.usa1911.com/
http://www.sheriffmack.com/
http://www.fourthturning.com/
So always remember to (1) question with boldness, (2) search out and hold on to the truth (no matter what the consequences), and (3) speak without fear. Do not listen to the politicans, elites, the parties and the media. They are lying to you. At LBCCS we will continue to provide you with historical truth, but what you do with that truth is then up to you.
In liberty,
Ryan Burgett - Chairman
Liberty! The American Revolution, Parts 1 & 2
For those who missed our movie night, here are the episodes we watched.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Jake Towne on the Financial Crisis
Our own Jake Towne will be presenting a lecture on the current financial crisis on Tuesday, September 22 @ 7pm. LBCCS is proud to sponsor this event and hope that many will come and learn the true nature of this economic meltdown. For more information on the event and to RSVP, visit:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149133597081
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149133597081
"The Legacy of Progressivism"
From the Foundation for Economic Education.
"The national debt runs out of control. The Federal Reserve System has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of private assets by creating new money out of thin air. The number of prisoners in the nation’s jails continues to grow to new records every year. Government at all levels systematically erodes our liberties.
All these things and more are symptomatic of the modern age, but the problems we face today are the legacy of a movement that occurred more than a century ago: the Progressive Era, which ran from the late 1800s to the end of World War I. Because most people are not aware of Progressivism and its legacies, I would like to educate the readers a bit."
To read the entire article, click here.
"The national debt runs out of control. The Federal Reserve System has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of private assets by creating new money out of thin air. The number of prisoners in the nation’s jails continues to grow to new records every year. Government at all levels systematically erodes our liberties.
All these things and more are symptomatic of the modern age, but the problems we face today are the legacy of a movement that occurred more than a century ago: the Progressive Era, which ran from the late 1800s to the end of World War I. Because most people are not aware of Progressivism and its legacies, I would like to educate the readers a bit."
To read the entire article, click here.
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