Thank you for posting the link and comments regarding Lincoln and the country’s evolution. Your conclusion is spot on at the end. No party ever wins regarding any war, except the bankers and their government supporters providing empowerment. The transition from a government founded on the principles of sovereign statehood into the current form of central Federal control has led to excessive control and loss of freedom. The Civil War led to the founding of federal taxation (prior to the war tariffs were the sole means of Federal Govt funding), the gold standard was quickly disrupted and abandoned, the military industrial complex was established, and govt agency bureaucracy flourished. My ancestors arrived at Charleston SC in 1752, leaving a life of serfdom in Germany to search for freedom in the new land. They moved inland and settled in what is known as Lexington county, a bordering county to Columbia. They acquired a small amount of land, bequeathed by the King of England and began a family farm. When they felt the infringement of freedom they did their part at both Cowpens and Kings Mountain to support the founding of a new nation. They helped build the first Church in Lexington county, St. Stephens Lutheran. My ancestors never owned slaves, I’d like to think that fleeing a life of serfdom had something to do with this, maybe they were just too poor, or maybe having ministers in the family had something to do with it. In 1865, General Kilpatrick, during Shermans march through the South, burned my family’s farm to the ground, destroyed their crops, and killed their livestock. They then burned the St. Stephens Church to the ground. They stole the best and destroyed the rest. Simply living in South Carolina was enough of a crime, the Federal Govt needed to pronounce punishment. So much for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. My family eventually returned to rebuild, but had to give most of their land to the bankers. Later in the 1920’s the government began impounding property to create a dam on the Saluda River and create a hydroelectric facility. People were required to take $15/acre for their land. My family contested this to no avail. Today, I am not able to visit the graves of my ancestors. Their bodies lie now deep beneath the cold waters of Lake Murray, South Carolina, their graves being flooded over. I now look at current events and think nothing has really changed for the better having the power/authority primarily being a Federal government. The Government continues to grow, our freedoms diminish and are under siege, we are told to abandon religious and moral principles, the government continues to confiscate land and possessions leading to the point that we will eventually own nothing, the need for control over the population cannot be satisfied, the bankers and uber wealthy (or lifetime politicians) make out like bandits while generation after generation die while being forced to pay our taxes and support the folly. How can people continue without asking, WHY?
Thank you. I am so heart broken where we find our country today. I do not want to be victimized, but it seems as if our government has been perfecting this for well over 100 years. I hate knowing the truth on how corruption has evolved. Thanks to the modern monetary policy of our government economists, our dollar is only worth 3 cents of its value when the Federal Reserve was created in 1913. This is an inflation rate of over 3,000%. In the last week, Janet Yellen has said we can support multiple war efforts across the globe simply by printing more money. The flawed modern monetary economists agree. People are wondering when the collapse will happen, it already has. The remaining collapse happens when we cannot even pay the interest on the debt and we have reached such a level of moral decay that economic collapse results in chaos. Our ability to sell or refinance our debt is drying up and the only option is to replace debt with higher interest paying debt. This is a fool’s game of economic suicide. This is planned as the illegal immigration effort will only enhance the level of anarchy. I believe that all Americans should pay their taxes, but should place the entire sum in escrow until the US Government can prove they are upholding the words of the US Constitution. As long as the Government refuses to uphold these principles, there should be no funding.
Sorry for rambling, but I feel my family has given its all for the success of our country. (There must be thousands of other family stories like this). My grandfather was also a WWI vet who served in the trenches in Belgium (he always wanted to go back and see the fields of Flanders), my father was a WWII vet who was part of the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge and remains my hero. I feel as if they were only pawns to be used in a game of deception. I have the greatest level of respect for our veterans of all wars. I only hope I am worthy to hug my father again in the House of Our Lord when God is willing. I respectfully thank you again for your kind words. The best for your family.
Thank you for posting the link and comments regarding Lincoln and the country’s evolution. Your conclusion is spot on at the end. No party ever wins regarding any war, except the bankers and their government supporters providing empowerment. The transition from a government founded on the principles of sovereign statehood into the current form of central Federal control has led to excessive control and loss of freedom. The Civil War led to the founding of federal taxation (prior to the war tariffs were the sole means of Federal Govt funding), the gold standard was quickly disrupted and abandoned, the military industrial complex was established, and govt agency bureaucracy flourished. My ancestors arrived at Charleston SC in 1752, leaving a life of serfdom in Germany to search for freedom in the new land. They moved inland and settled in what is known as Lexington county, a bordering county to Columbia. They acquired a small amount of land, bequeathed by the King of England and began a family farm. When they felt the infringement of freedom they did their part at both Cowpens and Kings Mountain to support the founding of a new nation. They helped build the first Church in Lexington county, St. Stephens Lutheran. My ancestors never owned slaves, I’d like to think that fleeing a life of serfdom had something to do with this, maybe they were just too poor, or maybe having ministers in the family had something to do with it. In 1865, General Kilpatrick, during Shermans march through the South, burned my family’s farm to the ground, destroyed their crops, and killed their livestock. They then burned the St. Stephens Church to the ground. They stole the best and destroyed the rest. Simply living in South Carolina was enough of a crime, the Federal Govt needed to pronounce punishment. So much for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. My family eventually returned to rebuild, but had to give most of their land to the bankers. Later in the 1920’s the government began impounding property to create a dam on the Saluda River and create a hydroelectric facility. People were required to take $15/acre for their land. My family contested this to no avail. Today, I am not able to visit the graves of my ancestors. Their bodies lie now deep beneath the cold waters of Lake Murray, South Carolina, their graves being flooded over. I now look at current events and think nothing has really changed for the better having the power/authority primarily being a Federal government. The Government continues to grow, our freedoms diminish and are under siege, we are told to abandon religious and moral principles, the government continues to confiscate land and possessions leading to the point that we will eventually own nothing, the need for control over the population cannot be satisfied, the bankers and uber wealthy (or lifetime politicians) make out like bandits while generation after generation die while being forced to pay our taxes and support the folly. How can people continue without asking, WHY?
Wow. Your words left me speechless
Thank you. I am so heart broken where we find our country today. I do not want to be victimized, but it seems as if our government has been perfecting this for well over 100 years. I hate knowing the truth on how corruption has evolved. Thanks to the modern monetary policy of our government economists, our dollar is only worth 3 cents of its value when the Federal Reserve was created in 1913. This is an inflation rate of over 3,000%. In the last week, Janet Yellen has said we can support multiple war efforts across the globe simply by printing more money. The flawed modern monetary economists agree. People are wondering when the collapse will happen, it already has. The remaining collapse happens when we cannot even pay the interest on the debt and we have reached such a level of moral decay that economic collapse results in chaos. Our ability to sell or refinance our debt is drying up and the only option is to replace debt with higher interest paying debt. This is a fool’s game of economic suicide. This is planned as the illegal immigration effort will only enhance the level of anarchy. I believe that all Americans should pay their taxes, but should place the entire sum in escrow until the US Government can prove they are upholding the words of the US Constitution. As long as the Government refuses to uphold these principles, there should be no funding.
Sorry for rambling, but I feel my family has given its all for the success of our country. (There must be thousands of other family stories like this). My grandfather was also a WWI vet who served in the trenches in Belgium (he always wanted to go back and see the fields of Flanders), my father was a WWII vet who was part of the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge and remains my hero. I feel as if they were only pawns to be used in a game of deception. I have the greatest level of respect for our veterans of all wars. I only hope I am worthy to hug my father again in the House of Our Lord when God is willing. I respectfully thank you again for your kind words. The best for your family.