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Here’s a good start – watch this video by Ronald Reagan. It is his famous “A Time for Choosing” speech from 1964.
Pay special attention to the video at:
1:25 – 2:15 Debt
3:00 – 3:30 Freedom
3:45 – 4:00 Self government
5:00 – 6:25 Constitution
8:55 – 9:15 Government inefficency
13:30 – 15:30 Social Security
15:45 – 16:05 Healthcare
17:50 – 18:40 Size of government

With the shennanigans that have recently been going on in Washington DC, it’s more important than ever to get involved. We need to stick to the Constitution and choose elected officials that will do the same. At the very minimum, vote! Vote for people that don’t want to re-invent our country. Find those that want to get back to the roots of our country. Like Inigo Montoya says in The Princess Bride:

                            INIGO
             I am waiting for you, Vizzini.
             You told me to go back to the
             beginning. So I have. This is
             where I am, and this is where
             I’ll stay. I will not be moved.

He takes a long pull from his brandy bottle. He stops as the
Assistant Brute comes into view.

                         ASSISTANT BRUTE
             Ho there.

                         INIGO
             I do not budge. Keep your “Ho
             there.”

He waves his sword dangerously.

                         ASSISTANT BRUTE
             But the Prince gave orders –

                         INIGO
             — So did Vizzini — when a job
             went wrong, you went back to the
             beginning. And this is where we
             got the job. So it’s the
             beginning, and I’m staying till
             Vizzini comes.

Our government has gone wrong. Very wrong. We need to go back to the beginning of our country. Back to the reasons our government was formed – personal freedom, free from government oppression, personal liberty. But, it’s not as simple as just getting the government back down to size and influence. The hard part will be to get the people weaned off the government pocketbook and to be willing to work, take responsibility and break free of dependence on the government. Do we as a group of people have the will and desire to shed the baggage of our bloated government? Or, are we really going to become another socialist European country?

Watch the video of Ronald Reagan’s speech and really listen to his words. Don’t forget about those Milton Friedman videos, either. Reagan and Friedman together with the Constitution. That’s the way it should be – back to the beginning.