The Stimulus Is the New Imperialism

The West has been expanding its empire for centuries. But expansion of control around the globe is a tyranny that damages us here at home also.

I've learned quite a bit in the process of helping to prepare for the Patriot Expo that is scheduled for June 27. The former World Bank economist, Peter Koenig, who is slated to speak at the expo, has seen in his career as an economist enough corporate intervention to know what's at its roots.

Koenig has watched global financiers inflict an inescapable debt on developing nations around the globe. Those bankers simultaneously impose restrictions on those countries, essentially stifling their development--and their freedoms to live as they see fit.

You see, with corporate funding, strings are always attached. And be not deceived, the corporation that is the Federal Reserve is the Geppetto inflicting the debt of the stimulus, thereby imposing restrictions on Americans' rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

If you read the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and wade through the cross-referenced sections of the bill, you'll notice that this bill exceeds our expectations. The stimulus is more than a job creator. It's a debt instrument. The bill does more than stabilize the economy. It imposes restrictions and strict requirements on the people under that economy. The catch for this government funding is that it takes an ax to state sovereignty. The U.S., the scalpel of the Federal Reserve, can now expand its empire into South Carolina's back yard--into your back yard.






A letter the Campaign for Liberty submitted in April to the Governor after he announced he would request the stimulus funds on his terms

"And to each of those dollars, strings are attached. An example of this is the bill’s provision for funding the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (p. 50.) And under section 723 of this law is a provision for enhanced driver’s licenses that contain machine-readable technology and act as a quasi-passport. We are grateful that you rejected these kinds of programs before on the basis of protecting privacy and security when you stood against the implementation of the Real ID Act. But you will have little hope of rejecting them in the future based on your acceptance of stimulus funds on behalf of South Carolina."