By Curtis W Caine, Sr., MD
When the repeated petitions by the Colonists for redress of their grievances against the King of England met only with additional injury and abuse, the Colonists felt compelled to sever their relationship with the Crown in the Year of our Lord 1776. They listed 27 “causes that impel[led] them to the separation” and declared themselves to be “Free and Independent States.”(1)
Here are a few of the 1776 “Facts…submitted to a candid world” in support of their Declaration of Independence vis-a-vis 1996 imposed reincarnations:
#10. 1776 — “He [the King] has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”
1996 — OSHA, EPA,(2) Department of Education, Legal Services Corporation, FTC, ICC, IRS, HHS, FDA, NIH, Department of Agriculture, etc. All unconstitutional.
#13. 1776 — “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended legislation.”
1996 — UN, NAFTA, GATT, WHO, WTO, NATO, SEATO, UN “Conventions,” etc. All unconstitutional.
#17. 1776 — “For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.”
1996 — A legion of examples go beyond the authority delegated in Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 2. “To borrow Money on the credit of the[ se] United States,” temporarily. The “Money” “borrowed” on “credit” in paragraph 2 is ordered to be paid back in paragraph 1 “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect (certain monies)…to PAY the Debts…of the[se] United States.” That’s a command! The “governed” have not “consent[ ed]” (Declaration of Independence, Paragraph 2) in their Constitution to a staggering, permanent, unpaid, exponentially increasing debt — and its attendant encumbering, compounding interest.
#18. 1776 — “For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by jury.”
1996 — Contrary to Article I, Section 1 which vests in the House and Senate of Congress alone “All legislative Powers,” Federal regulatory agency rules have the force of law once published in the Federal Register. “Administrative law” judges and courts are not authorized in the Constitution and are, therefore, iIIicit.(3)
#19. 1776 — “For [trying us] for pretended offenses.”
1996 — Fines and imprisonment for not obeying fiat rules and regulations illegally promulgated by the fourth branch of government. We are guilty until we can prove our innocence. Usurpation.
#21. 1776 — “For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Government.”
1996 — Transforming our just rule of law (Constitutional Republic) into a capricious rule of man (democratic socialism).(4)
#22. 1776 — “For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.”
1996 — District boundary gerrymandering, voter qualifications and registrations, posting of federal speed limits, federalizing state crime, forbidding prayer and Bible reading in public buildings, “owning” vast tracts of land, etc. These functions are not delegated to the federal government in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution and therefore are not authorized. In addition, they are forbidden by Amendments IX and X.
These declared words alone were not sufficient to remove the tentacles of King George and send his oppressive troops back to England two centuries ago. It required the sweat, tears, and blood of a dreadful war for these States “to be free” and “assume…separate and equal station…among the powers of the earth,” “dissolved” of “all political connection,” and “Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown.”
After that sacrificial victory, to insure the preservation and perpetuation of their recently hard won freedom, they were bound and determined to make sure that under the new government not one of those 27 cited “abuses,” “injuries,” “usurpations,” acts of “absolute tyranny,” and “absolute despotism” would ever happen again. On September 17, 1787, these American States constituted themselves into a Union, a confederation, under a charter of incorporation that bound down the central government from mischief with the chains(5) of a written instrument which they labeled the CONSTITUTION and which they designated to “be the supreme Law of the Land.”
In the intervening years, due to intentional erosion of the safeguards of the Constitution by political activists, and the inattention by most of us to aggressively “support this Constitution,” and “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,”(6) “We, the People” now again suffer under many of those same 27 despotic acts of 220 years ago, making that list sound like it could have been written today.
Analysis reveals that 80% of federal activities were not delegated to it and are unconstitutional. Restated — 80% of the size, power, and cost of government is illegal. A cathartic dose of Constitution, putting it back in full force and effect, would purge the federal government down to 20% of its present size, scope, power, cost, and tyranny. Were the federal government forced back to Constitutional size and boundaries, the revenues authorized in Article i, Section 8, Paragraph 1 — “Taxes, Duties, imposts, and Excises” would again, as they were for 137 years (1776-1913), be sufficient to support a lawful and therefore lean, benign, and friendly Uncle Sam.
With the Constitution once again the “supreme Law of the Land,” the true free market would be restored. The economy would boom. The superfluous alphabet agencies of no commercial worth would be closed. Those of value would be sold to private owners with the proceeds applied to the national debt. As private businesses, they would then become tax-payers, instead of tax leeches. There would be no swarms of officers to harass us and eat out our substance. The expansive “Federal lands” would revert to the States, much of it sold making the States debt free, and put on the property tax rolls to generate revenue instead of consuming it. The tax rate would be minuscule, but tax revenues would rise due to a broader base and increased commerce. The budget would be balanced. There would be no deficits. The national debt would be paid off. Thus, there would be no interest due on a nonexistent public debt.
The 16th Amendment (1913) imposing the personal income tax could be repealed. inheritance, estate, and gift taxes could be eliminated. The dollar would be worth 100 cents, not 2¢. Consequently, personal, private, true charity could be compassionately extended to the grateful, truly unfortunate, eliminating the public welfare state dole. Illegitimacy and abortion would shrink. The practice of private medicine would be freed of unwarranted rules and regulations, and flourish. Life long marriage and the traditional family would be the warp and woof of our culture. Schools would graduate literate, articulate, fluent in English, knowledgeable, self-disciplined, upstanding, moral ladies and gentleman. The work ethic would be restored. Accordingly, crime would shrivel and jail cells be sparsely inhabited. America would again be respected, envied, and emulated.
All of this and — FREEDOM — too!
It is the privilege and responsibility of a physician to examine, diagnose, and treat his ill patient.
It is the privilege and responsibility of a patriot of this Republic to examine, diagnose, and treat his sick country. When you and i, individually, bravely and resolutely do so, we will again collectively hoist high the Star Spangled Banner to proudly wave over our land and restore the freedom bequeathed us by our forefathers. Freedom exists when the citizens of a nation are free of oppression by their own government.
For the loss of a nail, the shoe was lost. For the loss of a shoe, the horse was lost. For the loss of a horse, the General was lost. For the loss of a Genera!, the battle was lost. For the loss of a battle, the war was lost. For the loss of the war, the Kingdom was lost. All for the loss of a nail.(7) The foundation nail that holds America together is the Constitution in full force and effect. Let’s resolutely and stalwartly hammer that nail solidly back in place by seeing to it our servants in government honor their oaths of office(6) by obeying the Constitution; otherwise, let’s vote them out of office or impeach them.
There has been (and there still is) a war going on to destroy America by destroying our Constitution. To the degree the Constitution is violated, to that degree America is destroyed. With the loss of the Constitution, America is lost.
Spectacular waterfalls are on every continent. Magnificent mountains dot the globe. Artists abound worldwide. Beautiful women are indigenous everywhere. Yet the USA has no peer. Why is America so different? Because, in essence, America is her Constitution, and no other nation has it. Our Constitution secures and insures America and Americans.
References
1. The Declaration of Independence. July 4, 1776.
2. Robinson A. Access to Energy 1996;23(9).
3. Lee RW. Toward a responsible Congress. The New American 1996;12(11):17.
4. Loftman BA. The sixteenth amendment. Medical Sentinel 1996;1(1):28.
5. Jefferson T. Kentucky Resolution,1798.
6. Oaths of Office. U.S. Constitution, Article VI, Paragraph 3, and Article n, Section I,Paragraph 7.
7. Paraphrased from a Mother Goose Rhyme cited by George Herbert (1593-1633).
Dr. Caine is an anesthesiologist in Jackson, Mississippi, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Medical Sentinel. His e-mail address is [email protected].
Originally published in the Medical Sentinel 1996;1(2):25-26. Copyright ©1996 Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
(This column on the Constitution appears in the Medical Sentinel to remind us that it is the unConstitutional (and thus illegal) activities in medicine and all other facets of our lives that have trampled on and outlawed our God-endowed freedom and liberty.)
