By Jeffrey Reeves
1776 - 1789...
Brave men came together in Philadelphia in 1776 to write and publish the Declaration of Independence. Many of them were ideologues. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston were appointed to draft the Declaration.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were at decidedly different points on the ideological spectrum. However, they wrote an amazing document that, based only on its content, emancipated the United States of America and millions of people since.The question is, "How did Jefferson and Adams overcome their ideological differences?" The answers are many, but one can sum them up in two words: ideas and ideals.
The third major force on that committee, Benjamin Franklin was a man of ideas and ideals. He was not an ideologue. Benjamin Franklin was a man of principles - just as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were. However, his principles grew from ideas and ideals, not from an ideology.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were familiar with Benjamin Franklin and his patient ways from years of interaction. They both respected his wisdom. As they were also men of ideas and ideals, they willingly laid down their ideological swords and took up the battle for American Independence with ideas and ideals as their primary weapons.
About fifty-five new Americans met in Philadelphia in 1787. Among them were James Madison, George Mason, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Their goal was to debate the Articles of Confederation and draft a new constitution for the fledgling United States of America.
Almost every participant came equipped with an ideology about what the U.S. Constitution should look like. Over an arduous two years (1787-1789), those clashing ideologies lost their power. Ideas and ideals won out and young America adopted the purest governing document ever devised. It included the first ever Bill of Rights that guarantees individual rights over government control.
What's Wrong With Ideology...
Ideologues claim leadership by self-reference. They demand rigid adherence to self-proclaimed dogmatic declarations. These are pseudo-leaders. They don't encourage ideas and ideals. In fact, they legislate against them and sometimes even punish them.
The history of 20th century Europe, Russia, China, Japan, South Africa, Afghanistan, and others clearly demonstrate these facts. If that doesn't convince you, do you remember reading 1984 by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding in high school and college?
Ideologues only masquerade as leaders. They are not interested in the wealth and well-being of We the People. They adhere to a set of principles regardless of how their ideology affects the rest of us. They accomplish their goals just because they are their goals.
Act I - Enter The Federal Government
The National debt is almost twelve trillion dollars - that's 12,000 x $1,000,000,000. There are only about 310,000,000 Americans to pay that debt. That's about 100,000,000 American families. Many calculators don't have enough digits to even figure out how much each American individual and family owes based on these numbers. You can find out the details if you visit bigredcalculator.com.
This massive debt is the result of an ideology of profligate spending in Washington DC. The U.S Congress abandoned the American ideas and ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Our government is corrupt. The oligarchy that resides in Washington DC is more interested in power and personal wealth than in the wealth and well-being of Americans.
Act II - Enter a Model of Personal Economics
Individual American citizens and citizen families are the only hope to resurrect those ideas and ideals that are the foundation of our country and of our personal economies.
A model for personal economics allows Americans to create and manage their money. It does not address the addiction of the Federal Government to power and money. Political action will dethrone the self-appointed gods of government, but individuals practicing money management based on American ideas and ideals will survive and succeed.
Americans need a model that empowers individuals and families to thrive regardless of the foolishness in DC. Americans need a model that embodies the laws of personal economics and incorporates the simple steps that assure financial success.
Act III - Americans Take Action
Millions of Americans have tested and proven the ideas and ideals that the Founding Fathers laid down over two hundred years ago. They have shown that those simple ideas and ideals work in good times and bad: Industriousness, frugality, prudence, humility, saving money instead of risking it to every quick money scheme or hot mutual fund or investment that comes along.
Americans have proven millions of times over that personal effort and free markets are the surest and best way to insure and preserve individual liberty. It's time to demand that the government and the Behemoths of big business, big unions, big Pharma, big everything get the heck out of our way and let us grow rich without risk and secure wealth without worry.
1776 - 1789...
Brave men came together in Philadelphia in 1776 to write and publish the Declaration of Independence. Many of them were ideologues. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston were appointed to draft the Declaration.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were at decidedly different points on the ideological spectrum. However, they wrote an amazing document that, based only on its content, emancipated the United States of America and millions of people since.The question is, "How did Jefferson and Adams overcome their ideological differences?" The answers are many, but one can sum them up in two words: ideas and ideals.
The third major force on that committee, Benjamin Franklin was a man of ideas and ideals. He was not an ideologue. Benjamin Franklin was a man of principles - just as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were. However, his principles grew from ideas and ideals, not from an ideology.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were familiar with Benjamin Franklin and his patient ways from years of interaction. They both respected his wisdom. As they were also men of ideas and ideals, they willingly laid down their ideological swords and took up the battle for American Independence with ideas and ideals as their primary weapons.
About fifty-five new Americans met in Philadelphia in 1787. Among them were James Madison, George Mason, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Their goal was to debate the Articles of Confederation and draft a new constitution for the fledgling United States of America.
Almost every participant came equipped with an ideology about what the U.S. Constitution should look like. Over an arduous two years (1787-1789), those clashing ideologies lost their power. Ideas and ideals won out and young America adopted the purest governing document ever devised. It included the first ever Bill of Rights that guarantees individual rights over government control.
What's Wrong With Ideology...
Ideologues claim leadership by self-reference. They demand rigid adherence to self-proclaimed dogmatic declarations. These are pseudo-leaders. They don't encourage ideas and ideals. In fact, they legislate against them and sometimes even punish them.
The history of 20th century Europe, Russia, China, Japan, South Africa, Afghanistan, and others clearly demonstrate these facts. If that doesn't convince you, do you remember reading 1984 by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding in high school and college?
Ideologues only masquerade as leaders. They are not interested in the wealth and well-being of We the People. They adhere to a set of principles regardless of how their ideology affects the rest of us. They accomplish their goals just because they are their goals.
Act I - Enter The Federal Government
The National debt is almost twelve trillion dollars - that's 12,000 x $1,000,000,000. There are only about 310,000,000 Americans to pay that debt. That's about 100,000,000 American families. Many calculators don't have enough digits to even figure out how much each American individual and family owes based on these numbers. You can find out the details if you visit bigredcalculator.com.
This massive debt is the result of an ideology of profligate spending in Washington DC. The U.S Congress abandoned the American ideas and ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Our government is corrupt. The oligarchy that resides in Washington DC is more interested in power and personal wealth than in the wealth and well-being of Americans.
Act II - Enter a Model of Personal Economics
Individual American citizens and citizen families are the only hope to resurrect those ideas and ideals that are the foundation of our country and of our personal economies.
A model for personal economics allows Americans to create and manage their money. It does not address the addiction of the Federal Government to power and money. Political action will dethrone the self-appointed gods of government, but individuals practicing money management based on American ideas and ideals will survive and succeed.
Americans need a model that empowers individuals and families to thrive regardless of the foolishness in DC. Americans need a model that embodies the laws of personal economics and incorporates the simple steps that assure financial success.
Act III - Americans Take Action
Millions of Americans have tested and proven the ideas and ideals that the Founding Fathers laid down over two hundred years ago. They have shown that those simple ideas and ideals work in good times and bad: Industriousness, frugality, prudence, humility, saving money instead of risking it to every quick money scheme or hot mutual fund or investment that comes along.
Americans have proven millions of times over that personal effort and free markets are the surest and best way to insure and preserve individual liberty. It's time to demand that the government and the Behemoths of big business, big unions, big Pharma, big everything get the heck out of our way and let us grow rich without risk and secure wealth without worry.
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