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FROM Americans Abandon the Right to Privacy

By Jocelynn Smith, Sr. Managing Editor

Don’t lock your front door before going to bed tonight.

And when you run to the store next, don’t lock your car doors.

It only makes sense, right? You’ve got nothing to hide so why take those seemingly common sense steps to protect yourself?

That’s certainly what the government propaganda machines would have you believe.

In a recent poll of 500 Americans, Pew Research reported that while 90% had heard of the government’s surveillance programs, only 10% considered using email encryption tools. In fact, 49% believed it was acceptable for the government to monitor Americans if they “used encryption software to hide files.”

Since the Edward Snowden revelations, Americans have been worn down by the frustrating thinking of “If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’ve got nothing to worry about.” But we have a right to our privacy. Bob Bauman, Chairman of Freedom Alliance, eloquently stated in a recent article to subscribers, “Privacy is an inherent human right, essential for us to live in dignity and respect. The choice here is liberty versus insidious official control of our lives and fortunes.”

And yet, Pew reports that only 2% of those polled had actually started using encryption tools to protect their email. Too few are willing to take the steps to guard their privacy.

Protecting your privacy isn’t about having something illegal to hide, but protecting what is yours from intruders. Just like the safe in your house protecting your important documents and the lock on your front door.

I would love to hear from you. Do you have a right to protect your privacy from the government and others such as hackers? Is using encryption only giving the government an excuse to monitor you? Do you think you have a right to use encryption to protect your information? Write me at sovereigndigest@gmail.com.

Regards,
Jocelynn Smith,
Sr. Managing Editor, Sovereign Investor Daily

[Editor's Note: The Right to Privacy against government intrusion is guaranteed by the 4th Amendment. The 4th refers explicitly to Search & Seizure and the Legislative-Executive-Judicial Cabal (Federal Dictatorship) has weakened this Amendment by allowing random traffic stops and search & seizure at airports. Although not explicitly stated in the 9th Amendment, the Right to Privacy is implied or encompassed by the 9th since any Rights not specified by Amendments are provided by the 9th. Read for yourself.]

FROM The Crux

A new Congress has been seated, and it brings the prospect of perhaps, maybe, potentially, in a possible way doing something about the runaway federal deficits. And in other news, several New York area bridges are for sale, which you can acquire at a bargain price.

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10/23/14 FROM The Hill

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to detail under oath how some of former agency official Lois Lerner’s emails went missing, as well as any potential methods for recovering them.

Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington gave the Internal Revenue Service exactly a month — until Aug. 10 — to file a report, which he demanded as part of a lawsuit from a conservative watchdog, Judicial Watch, against the agency.

Judicial Watch is seeking a wide range of documents from the IRS, including Lerner’s emails, as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. It has complained that the IRS didn’t tell it that the agency couldn’t recover all of Lerner’s emails from 2009 to 2011.

Sullivan cast his ruling as a compromise, and a potential way for Judicial Watch to get answers without the court wading any deeper into the matter. Judicial Watch had asked the court to potentially compel IRS officials to testify about the lost emails, through a process called limited discovery.

FROM Project to RESTORE AMERICA

The FairTax is a consumption tax unilaterally applied to all Americans at the same rate. For businesses, payroll taxes would no longer exist. Our exports would include a heavy tax for overseas buyers purchasing our products, while our imports would be cheaper for us to purchase. I'm not sure how this would affect GDP, as more information is necessary.

According to the FairTax website, "Under the FairTax, every person living in the United States pays a sales tax on purchases of new goods and services, excluding necessities due to the prebate." The prebate gives every legal resident household an "advance refund" at the beginning of each month so that purchases made up to the poverty level are tax-free.

So a family of four making something like $50,000/year should not have to pay taxes, thus preventing an unfair burden on low-income families. Since the FairTax eliminates both federal and payroll taxes, you get to keep your gross pay amount of each paycheck earned.

Why Do We Need Term Limits?

John Adams said, “Without [term limits] every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey”. That being said, here are some of the reasons we believe our country needs Term Limits.

1. Term Limits can help break the cycle of corruption in Congress. Case studies show that the longer an individual stays in office, the more likely they are to stop serving the public and begin serving their own interests.
2. Term Limits will encourage regular citizens to run for office. Presently, there is a 94% re-election rate in the House and 83% in the Senate. Because of name recognition, and usually the advantage of money, it can be easy to stay in office. Without legitimate competition, what is the incentive for a member of Congress to serve the public? Furthermore, it is almost a lost cause for the average citizen to try to campaign against current members of Congress.
3. Term Limits will break the power special interest groups have in Congress.
4. Term Limits will force politicians to think about the impact of their legislation because they will be returning to their communities shortly to live under the laws they enacted.
5. Term Limits will bring diversity of people and fresh ideas to Congress.

Term limits for lawmakers: when is enough, enough?

[Editor's Note: If you want to get rich, i.e. advance from a low paying government bureaucrat job on the local or state level, THEN GET ELECTED TO THE US CONGRESS (House or Senate). Once you're elected, it's easy to steal from your campaign contributions or the Congressional budget allocated to your seat and staff. You can go on a government-funded junket with 'lavishly' paid expenses. The list of ways to steal from the government while in office is inexhaustible. There are only a few Congressmen who left Congress just wealthy instead of a multi-millionaire. Of course, there are several who arrived in Congress as multi-millionaires and don't need to steal from the government.]