Samuel Tilden formulated a Plan for the Peoples' Government that Works!

Why is it that we treat our elected officials like Royalty? In America they are not…they work for the people…at least they are supposed to.
Recently I have had the opportunity to read volume one of the “The Life of Samuel Tilden” and am discovering more about corruption in politics
and what the real role of the people’s government should be. From what I have read and learned is that in Tilden’s tenor as Governor of New York - it ain’t nothing like it is supposed to be.

We have politicians riding around in limousines with bodyguards protecting them who eat in the finest restaurants and go to events neither you nor I would be able to afford on a middle class salary. These people are wasting and spending taxpayer dollars like movie stars…They take no responsibility whatsoever in wasting tax dollars and why should they? It is the fault of the people who voted for them then sit back and do nothing while they rob the coffers of the government blind. The people sit back and watch with disgust day after day when it is reported on the news about their thefts and misconduct… One has to question why? I know I question why – but like the rest of the people – I sit on my laurels and do nothing to stop them.

Just yesterday I read that Congress and the President signed into law a budget that made my eyes pop. Five hundred and fifty five billion dollars!!! I will repeat that - $555 billions of dollars that include 70 billions dollars for the Iraq war and Bush was disappointed because that’s all he got. He wanted 196 billions of dollars to blow and our stingy Congress only gave him 70 billions. Bush complained about earmarks… he criticized the thousands of "earmarks" -- specific spending allocations for projects and programs favored by specific members of Congress, often for their home states and districts -- included in the budget… Uh duh – isn’t that what the money is supposed to be for? American taxpayer pork projects like the infamous bridge to no where.

I like millions of other Americans are disgusted over the entire situation – but we still sit on our laurels and do nothing. Are we waiting for a new leader to take over and fix it? With the current crop of Presidential candidates running for office – we will once again – vote them another money waster into power. There is not a one, except Ron Paul who is talking about the waste…he’s the guy who is raising money by the millions from group of citizens that are trying to get him elected so we can change government waste. He is out there promising to do all kinds of things to stop it…but like the majority of us who have heard him speak and know he is right are afraid this doctor from Texas that could destroy this country with the stroke of his pen if put into power. We fear this big of change in the right direction like we fear the fictitious role play by Al Pacino when he portrayed the Godfather. So if not Ron Paul – who do we think we can vote into office to run our government the way it is supposed to be? Hillary? Obama? Rudi? Fred? Mitt? Huckabee? Edwards? Dodd? Biden? All of these people scare the hell out of me…because each and every one of them are not saying the word or want to take the action to fix what’s broken in America…Each and every one of them in my opinion have new ideas that are going to cost MORE MONEY and they will fix nothing…each and everyone of these limo riding political celebrities made popular by the press and paid for by the corporations are drooling to sit in the Oval office and biting at the bit waiting for their chance to waste one of the biggest bank accounts in the world, our money. None of them have uttered the word, REFORM.

Like I said, after reading Tilden’s life story, I learned what needs to be done to fix our broken government… I just don’t know how to get the rest of you to take the time to read how our government is supposed to be working for us – but if I ever do – you will learn what our government is supposed to be and how to fix it…The facts are all in Volume one of, “The Life of Samuel J. Tilden” which I will publish in time…but not in time for the 2008 elections. I only wish I had the means and the influence to bring to you a Hollywood film about Tilden - then you too would know how your government, and the reform formual Tilden used worked. He worked 24/7 to bring the truth to the people and taught them what it takes to make the Peoples' Government work. He nailed Government Reform down to a science and our Politicians, Corporations and Media are surpressing the plan from you, Joe and Jane citizens.

One of Tilden's most famous statements engraved on his tombstone is: "I Still Trust in the People." He knew we knew how to get it right if we stuck together to get the work done.