At your suggestion, i am going to "let 'r buck"
First, let us get the pleasantries out of the way. I am happy that you enjoyed your vacation, and the Pendleton Round Up. As i do not have the transportation available, i could not attend.
According to the LAw of the Land, the civilian need is to take precedent over the military need, therefore would it not be better if the Navy could arrange the training around an agreedupon timetable with the local community, instead of determining how the civilian agenda would conflict with military agenda? (referring to this line "The Navy and the Oregon National Guard want to make sure any additional uses do not conflict with their training needs..." ) Yes, training is needed to maintain our defense forces. and yes, we need those forces to protect our Republic, and yes, we need to insure that the citizen use of land does not make it impossible for that training to be done. But again, the way you say it, it appears the civilian population must work itself around the Republic Military schedule instead of compromise. I am probably reading that wrong but that is what i read.
"Of course, paying taxes is a fundamental obligation of all Americans, but especially so for the federal employees that rely on the taxpayers' hard-earned money for their paycheck." Now think about this. if the 'federal employee' is paid with tax moneys, then taking taxes, with all the involved bookkeeping, from said pay is more expensive than the tax gathered. Why not just CUT the pay the amount of the tax? With "salary workers" that is easy, just give them a lower salary. In this way, you are INSURED that the tax is 'paid'. But it is my understanding that a personal direct tax is Unconstitutional to force, making it a VOLUNTARY exercise, not an OBLIGATION. Now, if a person accepts a responsibility that someone else offers him/her, then yes, it IS an obligation. The Part of the Constitution i am referring to is, of course, Article I, Section 9, paragraph 4 and Amendment XVI, whcih, because the Amendment deals explicitly with the paragraph, should be read together. To help you in this, it says "No Capitaion, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken...The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." Now, the way i read that is that yes, Congress IS authorized to collect income taxes, by in Proportion to the (C)ensus directed by the Constitution ONLY. All other (c)ensus are null in this respect. THAT is the way i read that, but again, i COULD BE wrong.
I too would like to congratulate the Sgt.s Walker and Moore, and to thank them for their service to the Republic. I do not personally know these individuals, but they have earned the respect of all of us, as has every person that has served or will serve in defense of this Republic.
As for the debt we owe those that have given the ultimate sacrafice, yes we do have that debt, and we are failing in pay it. I am referring the shameful way in which those WOUNDED and disabled while in the Service of the Republic are being treated. Things like if they retire, and have less than a certain percentage of service related disability, the disablitiy payment is removed from their retirement payment. Would you care to tell me how such an arrangement is HONEST, much less FAIR? And what, if anything, you are currently doing to correct this?
WHY do we set aside a day to remember those captured ON THE SAME DAY that we celebrate the LAW of our Republic? I am saying that we should not remember our captured brothers, but i am saying that we must not forget what they were fighting for when they were captured eithered. And putting the one together with the other dilutes the tribute to both.
What part of the Constitution authorized the EPA? Or, for that matter, the USFS, BLM, USPS, or any of the other 'alphabet soup' from the Nixon years? If the Republic Government were to get out of the wya of the State, are we afraid that the State would NOT regulate the businesses that affect the quality of the environment? Are we afraid that the State would not maintain a wilderness that supplies our clean air, while responsibly using the resources available in that wildness? Here in The Columbia Gorge area, because the river was declared a 'National Scenic Area' (again, by what Constitutional authority?), a person cannot do on his land as he sees fit. Is this a republic instance of governance? I mean, when i have to have an environmental statement AND unelected BOARD approval to build a toolshed in my backyard, how does that make it MY land?
In closing, i wish to extend to the 3/116th Calvary godspeed and safe return. I may not agree with the way we went to Afghanistan, but we are there now and i support our troops in way. I hope that their tour is successful in their eyes, because those are the eyes that matter.
From: greg.walden@congressnewsletter.net
Subject: Rep. Greg Walden`s Oregon Congressional Connection
To: danielseigler@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:43:57 -0700
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