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Title: GOA Chief: Super Congress ‘Will Lead Us Into Dictatorship’
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URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/goa-chief-s ... ill-lead-us-into-dictatorship/
Published: Aug 3, 2011
Author: Paul Joseph Watson
Post Date: 2011-08-03 13:51:50 by Capitalist Eric
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Gun Owners of America chief Larry Pratt warns that the new “Super Congress” created by the debt deal will lead America into dictatorship, labeling the move a “coup d’état” by the political class aimed at transforming the entire structure of government in the United States. Comparing the super committee to Plato’s council, Pratt pointed out that it would take just 34 Senate votes to sustain a bill put forward by the group, noting that it has been set up specifically to prevent lawmakers getting in the way of its agenda by necessitating a super majority to overturn anything introduced by the committee. “The first act of the next Congress hopefully is going to be to repeal this horrible piece of legislation, Pratt told the Alex Jones Show, adding that the committee could be used to target gun owners, property owners, taxpayers and businesses. “This is a game changer, they’ve decided that we don’t need the House of Representatives to originate revenue bills, we’ll just have the ‘super 1282; do that,” said Pratt, adding that Barack Obama would become the de facto deciding 13th member. Legislation decided on by the Super Congress would be immune from amendment and lawmakers would only be able to register an up or down vote, eliminating the ability to filibuster. Pratt warned that John Boehner and Mitch McConnell would appoint “wusses” to the committee, a point emphasized by reports which indicate lawmakers who voted against the debt hike will be barred from selection for the Super Congress. Just two weeks ago McConnell himself argued that the power of the purse, constitutionally ascribed to Congress, should be turned over wholesale to Barack Obama. “They’re going to put ‘reasonable people’ on there – and these reasonable people will be the ones that continue to lead us into dictatorship,” said the Gun Owners chief, adding that the move represented a coup d’état by the ruling political class, who are now busy characterizing those who oppose their agenda as “terrorists”. Pratt noted how the debt bill was passed on the back of similar threats made before the 2008 bailout vote that warned of an economic apocalypse if an agreement was not reached. “They had us all breathless that the country, if we didn’t have something happening today, was going to default. That was a lie and they continued to use it even after members of Congress explained many times, no we don’t default….they stampeded a lot of members of Congress into this,” said Pratt, adding that lawmakers figuratively had a gun put to their head. Republican David Vitter shares Pratt’s concern over the intentions of the so-called Super Congress. He has introduced a bill that will “require the real time disclosure of campaign contributions to members” of the committee. The bill requires members of the Super Congress to report campaign contributions over $1000 dollars within 48 hours. The legislation is aimed at discovering “what special interests are trying to influence the committee,” according to Vitter. “We’re talking trillions in cuts, and there are already threats to increase taxes on many job creators. We need to see full transparency and accountability because these committee members will be making huge decisions with a lot on the line,” he added. The whole partisan theater behind the debt debate appears to have been largely “manufactured,” as President Obama himself labeled it, as a smokescreen behind which to implement the unconstitutional Super Congress. The so-called “cuts” enshrined in the debt deal aren’t even cuts. Talking points based around the notion that the “Tea Party won the debt battle” are a complete misnomer. All the bill does is put spending caps on already planned expenditures towards the end of a ten year period. The “spending cuts” are virtually non-existent, yet a further crippling $9.5 trillion will be added in debt over the next decade.
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#1. To: Capitalist Eric (#0)
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In a statement made yesterday in response to the passage of the Budget Control Act, Congressman Ron Paul expressed his alarm at the establishment of this “disturbing” new committee, and warned that it would be used to ram through tax increases. “The legislation produced by this commission will be fast-tracked, and Members will not have the opportunity to offer amendments,” said Paul. “Approval of the recommendations of the “Super Congress” is tied to yet another debt ceiling increase. This guarantees that Members will face tremendous pressure to vote for whatever comes out of this commission– even if it includes tax increases. This provision is an excellent way to keep spending decisions out of the reach of members who are not on board with the leadership’s agenda.” The Congressman added that the committee represents “Nothing more than a way to disenfranchise the majority of Congress by denying them the chance for meaningful participation in the crucial areas of entitlement and tax reform. It cedes power to draft legislation to a special commission, hand-picked by the House and Senate leadership.” The US is now under the rule of the Super Council of 13. 12 Super Congress-criters + 1 President.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The "Super Congress" isn't likely to be able to agree on anything. In the remote possibility that they can reach an agreement, it will never pass the House or Senate. So, we will see the automatic "cuts" (tiny, slight reductions in pre- programmed spending increases) in Medicare and the DOD take place. It's a start, but not good enough given where we are. "Democracies" are failing all over the western world. Why is this surprise? Political thinkers from Aristotle to Jefferson warned us about the consequences of unrestricted democracy, where every thing is put up for auction in the political sphere to the highest bidder. America was supposed to be different. First, very few things were supposed to be the political sphere. American life was suppose to be largely private and voluntary. Businesses, Charities, Cooperatives, Mutual Aid Societies -- this was the American envisioned by the framers. Second, of the very few things that were supposed to be in the political sphere, we had very undemocratic institutions like the Senate (appointed by governors with equal representation for each state regardless of population) and the Supreme Court that were designed to protect us against the passions of the majority. The government was designed to do a small number of things at a snail's pace. Unfortunately, over the last 100 years, the government has slowly expanded it's footprint far beyond what the framers envisioned. Today the government does way too many things. It doesn't do them well. As a result, the government has become the biggest impediment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the country. Given our system, how do we unwind it quickly? I don't think we can. We need to start over. The question is how?
Congressman Ron Paul warns that the all-powerful new “Super Congress” created by the vote on the debt ceiling will be used to fast-track tax increases while concentrating more power over the nation’s purse strings in the hands of the Washington elite.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: Capitalist Eric (#0)
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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. -- Voltaire
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