A Letter to the President

This is a copy of a letter I just sent to the President.


Mr. President,

With the 234th Anniversary of our countries independence from England just a few days away, it is with a heavy heart and deep concern for our country that I am writing this. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he did so only after years of the Colonies trying to address their grievances, diplomatically, with the British Crown. Now reading over this historical document it is disturbing how the grievances of the original Colonies are so eerily similar to the grievances of the American people today. The Federal Government today is no longer a Government of the people, by the people and for the people. It mirrors the Government that the original Colonists left behind them in England, the very Government that the original Colonies declared their independence from. The Constitution of the United States was written to ensure the citizens of the United States never lived under a tyrannical Government again, to ensure they lived under a Government that truly believed in listening to the people and doing the peoples bidding. The 13 Colonies, now known as the 13 Independent States of America, created the Federal Government to serve the States; the Federal Government did not create the 13 States to be its servants, but that is where we are now. I do not lay complete blame for the state of our Nation on you and your administration, the blame is to be shared by every administration and every citizen of the United States over the past century. The citizens became comfortable with the Federal and State Governments running the affairs of state unchecked. The Nation has been through both trying times and prosperous times, always trusting the Government to do the proper thing. With the public turning a blind eye to the workings of our Government and the actions of our Government officials the administrations knowingly and gradually created more and more programs and regulations that ensured the dependency of the American people on the Government. During this process the Federal Government not only created the welfare class of citizens, they also transformed the Independent States into the Welfare States, also dependent on the Federal Government. Our Nation was created as a Republic, not as a Socialist Nation. Our Nation was established to have a small central Government with limited enumerated powers, powers granted to it by the States and the Citizens. Over the years the Federal Government has gradually usurped powers not granted to it within the Constitution and has attempted at every turn to mold the Constitution to fit whichever social agenda the current administration is supporting. We used to have Statesmen that would sacrifice their time, their families, their businesses and even in some cases, their fortunes to serve their country. We now have ever increasing power hungry career politicians with more concern for pleasing which ever voting block will get them re-elected and increase their personal fortunes and power base then they have for being good stewards of the Nations and the citizens’ welfare. You Sir are not a King, there is no royal family or royalty class in the United States of America, we left all that behind in England. You, your administration, and every administration for the past century evidently do not believe this, as evidenced by the out of control spending, the backdoor taxing, the attempts to control every aspect of our lives and the outright disregard for the Constitution, the very document all of you took an oath to support and defend. The true patriots to America are now awakened and we have been silent for far too long. While you intend to continue on the path to “fundamentally transform” America we intend to “restore” America to the America the Founding Fathers created. I urge you to stop piling on debt and start following the Constitution as it is written before you doom future generations of Americans to a life of serfdom just to pay for the follies of your administration and those that started us on this path. The movement has already started to “fundamentally transform” the Congress at the ballot box in November of 2010 by dismantling your Congress. The movement has already started to unseat you from you “throne” and give the White House back to the citizens of the United States in November of 2012. You have shown that you believe yourself to be a monarch of sorts and do not believe you need Congress to wield your power. I remind you Sir; you are bound by oath to follow the Constitution of the United States. In closing I would like to remind you and every member of Congress that you, as elected officials, work for the American citizens, you do not rule over us.

Respectfully,
Steven K. Avery
MMC(SS/SW) USN Retired
A Patriot of the Constitution
30 June 2010