•8:47 PM
One additional area I would focus on if I were the leader of this Nation at this important time would be a return to the virtues of Freedom and Accountability. Across this Globe the word "America" is synonyms with "Freedom." America is, or should be, Freedom. I would remind the citizens of our great land that America was founded by men and women who craved for personal responsibility. They craved the opportunity to be able to enjoy the fruits of their labors because they had been deprived of them by a Colonial Empire. They craved the opportunity to succeed - even if in the attempt they would fail. I would remind our people that this country was founded to reduce government - not to embolden it. I would tell the leaders of business and industry that the very bedrock of America is not the government but the Freedom the government is to sustain and that Freedom cannot exist without Accountability. They are two sides of the same coin. Once cannot exist without the other. Corporations are not people and, they have no right and no place, especially not multi-billion dollar businesses, to ask the Government of a Free people to lift their responsibility and to take away their Accountability for their Freedom and choices and to place that burden on those who had nothing to do with their poor decisions.
It is absolutely un-American to support and sustain the endless bailout of corporations at the expense of every man, woman and child for generations to come. Let us get out of this mess. Let us not protract their painful death but let us be true to Principle - true to our Fathers and true to America - that Freedom which we once fought for and held so dear. The Constitution begins, "We the People... " It does not begin, "We Citi Group...", "We Bank of America..." "We General Motors..." "We Chrysler..." "We the Corporation of the State of California..." It starts off, "We the People of the United States of America!"
I would tell our people, "Let Freedom Ring from sea to shining sea! Let the people of this land know that they will not be burdened with the poor choices of others any more than the natural consequences of such. Let the people know that they have the power in their hands to make their destiny and that they will be supported by a government that will protect those freedoms with Liberty and Justice for all."
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