[SinglePic not found]Dear Representative,

In December of 1773, the British government gave special tax incentives to the East India Company. In effect, the British government created a monopoly in the tea market that local merchants could not compete with.

As a reaction to British legislation, the original American patriots protested the unfair treatment by dumping several crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

In 2009, Americans are once again unsettled by the political favoritism that plagues Washington D.C. Whatever good intentions you have, per the Constitution and under the principles of self-responsibility and respect for every single American citizen, nobody in Washington D.C. has the right to take the fruits of our labor to try and solve problems that We the People did not create.

ENOUGH!
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Next week, a UN Panel of economic experts will recommend that the global community ditch the dollar as the world’s reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies. Russia even plans to propose a new, supranational reserve currency at next month’s G20 summit.

Despite serving as the world’s most valued reserve currency, the dollar has seen 30% devaluation since 2002 and is currently taking a big hit with the recent $1 trillion printing spree by the Fed. In addition, the world is growing more worried as the Federal government continues to skyrocket its budget deficit and national debt.

Read the article here.