James Carney
Founder and Chairman
Citizen
Guardian
(P.O. Box 96302, DC 20090-6302)
National Constitutional Straw Poll
Ballot
on a
Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Federal Control of Health Care
Dear Fellow Taxpayer,
If
you stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the massive, intrusive
"Obamacare" Federal Health Care Bill – and massive tax hikes with it –
your vote and opinions on the enclosed National
Constitutional Straw Poll Ballot are urgently needed.
It has been registered for your state
and is for your vote only.
You'll
also find enclosed an urgent Petition
to your State Legislature that has
been specially prepared for your signature.
Returning
your Straw Poll and Petition within the next 7 days is extremely important. Your
opinions will tell us whether you favor passage of a Constitutional Amendment
that would overturn the Supreme Court ruling this is a tax – and stop this
massive overreach of the Federal Government into our personal health care
decisions and assault on our individual freedoms
... because it strips away our
individual freedoms, forces you and me to toe the line to a massive new,
government-run health care bureaucracy – and be fined, even jailed, if we
don't.
But
many political and legal experts agree – with no guarantee Congress will defund
or repeal this monstrosity, a Constitutional Amendment is the sure way to
repeal it.
It's no secret that President Obama will
simply use his veto power on any congressional legislation to repeal Obamacare.
Yet,
many political and Constitutional scholars warn if the Obama Administration's
unprecedented federal power grab for socialist style control over our health
care and assault on our personal freedoms is not repealed it will set a
horrific precedent that will surely lead to other government
"mandates" over our personal choices and liberties.
The only SURE way the taxpaying majority
can win this Big Government, socialist power-grab is by a state-by-state effort
to force the adoption of a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Government
Control of Health Care.
A Constitutional Amendment cannot be
vetoed by the President or a liberal Supreme Court!
That's
why your help is needed as we here at Citizen Guardian spearhead this massive,
nationwide grassroots campaign to repeal Obamacare through state initiatives
like the one that we're gearing up in your state.
Your
participation in this state-by-state
National Constitutional Straw Poll Ballot and returning your signed
Petition to your State Legislature are critical to this historic effort. So
please take a moment to complete and return it in the envelope I've enclosed –
today if possible.
Now
many Americans are not aware that an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution can be
adopted one of two ways. It can be sent to the states for ratification by a 2/3
majority vote by Congress.
Or,
if Congress fails to vote the "public will", our Founding Fathers
provided a way for citizens to take matters into our own hands when they wrote
Article V in our Constitution.
Article
V says two-thirds of the States can call a Constitutional Convention to pass
the Amendment, and when ratified by 3/4 of the States, it becomes law of the
land.
And
I think you'll agree, if ever there were a time for us to utilize Article V
that our brilliant Founders left to us and harness the power of the public
MAJORITY – who do not want the Federal Government and a huge new bureaucracy
dictating our health care decisions – it is now!
It
will be a tough battle. And that's why I urgently need you and others I am
writing to today to get behind this critical effort.
The battle lines are drawn:
On
one side is the Obama Administration, their liberal allies in Congress, big
Labor Union bosses, and a cadre of powerful special interests who believe
Government knows "what is best" for us and our families.
As
we've already witnessed, they are pushing their agenda rapid-fire to
"transform" America into a vast, socialist welfare state – and keep
themselves in power by currying favor with these big special interests that
feed off the public trough.
And passage of this monstrous health
care "reform" bill - despite massive majority opposition – is their
cornerstone of creating a "new" society of European-styled Government
dependency.
On
the other side are you, me and the MAJORITY of Americans who believe in limited
government, individual liberty, fiscal responsibility and low taxation – and
who strongly believe individuals know what is best for them and their families
- not the government.
And
this principle – the cornerstone for the founding and success of our great
Republic - will continue to be legislated away if we don't defend it now!
I think you can see why your individual
participation is so important.
As I
mentioned before, answering your Straw Poll and signing your Petition will only
take a few minutes of your time today. It is enormously important to this
unprecedented grassroots effort.
Now
most people agree health care reform is needed. But every major poll shows the
American majority is against this legislation and wanted Congress to repeal
ObamaCare and start over.
I
have witnessed first-hand exactly how Congress works and why these politicians
run roughshod over majority opinion – and instead curry favor with powerful
special interests.
My
name is James Carney. I've been deeply involved in public policy in Washington for over 30 years. Never have I seen the kind of
arrogance and complete disregard for American majority opinion as I have with
the Obama Administration and their liberal allies in Congress...
...ramming
this bill through despite majority opinion outcries against it by millions of
everyday, freedom-loving Americans at Town Halls and "Tea Parties"
across the country.
And that is why I founded Citizen
Guardian.
Because
the hard truth is REAL and long-lasting reforms to reduce the size and scope of
government and restore honesty are not going to come from politicians in
Congress – it will come only through coordinated citizen pressure from OUTSIDE Washington.
Now
we here at Citizen Guardian have the people and the know-how to get the job
done. We supported the efforts of the 26 States that filed lawsuits against
Obamacare. And clearly, any legislation aimed at repealing Obamacare will not succeed
as long as he is in office.
That's
why we must take our battle to the STATE LEVEL – to "end run" around
the Federal Government, Congress and the Obama Administration – to get a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit
Government Control of Health Care adopted:
FIRST: We must educate and mobilize millions of Americans with letters like
this to create massive grassroots support behind the Amendment.
SECOND: We must print and distribute tens of millions of Straw Poll Ballots
and Petitions aimed at State Legislatures all across the country calling for
the Constitutional Convention to adopt the Amendment.
THIRD: We must create media attention as we barrage every State Legislature
with the Petitions to create a firestorm of public support behind the Amendment.
This includes issuing press-releases, taking out radio and even TV ads, if we
can afford it.
FOURTH: Citizen Guardian must meet with State legislative leadership
one-on-one and keep the pressure on them to get behind this critical national
effort to preserve our Republic – and States rights!
I
think you'll agree, with so many States "up-at-arms" about how
Obamacare will bankrupt them, I feel confident that with millions of petitions
signed by people like you we can get the 2/3 of the States needed to succeed
behind the Amendment.
But
we won't succeed without a lot of hard work and money to fund this historic
grassroot Campaign to stop the federal bureaucrats from taking away our
personal liberty over our own health care decisions. So I hope you will do your
part.
To
meet this challenge, we'll need to raise about $500,000 in the next 2 months.
Now that's a lot of money – especially for a non-profit organization like
Citizen Guardian.
But
that is the cost to distribute and mail letters, Straw Polls and Petitions to
just one million of your fellow Americans enlisting their help in pressuring
their States to support the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Federal Control of Health Care.
And
in the coming weeks and months, we'll need to reach tens of millions - as many
needed to win this battle.
We
here at Citizen Guardian receive no government funding, so we must rely solely
on voluntary contributions. We are careful how our money is spent. And today I
have contacted only people like you who I thought would be most likely to help.
So
in addition to completing your Straw
Poll Ballot and signing your State
Legislature Petition I hope I can count on you to enclose a generous
contribution to our effort.
With
the economy in shambles and creating financial hardships on so many people
these days, I hesitate to suggest an amount to you.
But the financial hardships we face
today will be a drop in the bucket compared to what this 2 TRILLION dollar Big
Government, federal grab for power will cost us, our personal liberties and our
wallets.
If
you can afford to write a check for $25, we could reach 50 other of your fellow
Americans and get them behind this effort. If you are able to send $50 or as
much as $100 or more it would be a tremendous help. Even a donation of $15
would be deeply appreciated and put to work immediately.
Our
biggest danger is if too many people think their contribution to this effort
will not matter – when nothing could be further from the truth!
Remember,
we are a citizen-based organization taking this bold step to ensure we put a
permanent end to the Federal Government ever taking control of our personal
health care decisions.
But
we have our work cut out for us. We will do the legwork to make this happen,
but we DO need to have good folks like you take just a few minutes today to get
behind our effort.
As I
said before, I could only afford to contact people like you today, who I
thought would understand what is at stake and would be most likely to help.
So
please – I hope you'll do your part by returning your National Constitutional Straw Poll Ballot and your State Legislature
Petition, today if at all possible.
Frankly,
unless the American majority – people like you and me – pull together in every State
to force the adoption of a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Federal Control
of Health Care I shudder to think how the tentacles of an ever-expanding
Federal Government will increase its stranglehold over the personal freedoms we
hold dear ... while bankrupting our great nation.
Please
– let me hear back from you today while it's fresh in your mind. I am eager to
hear back from you and thank you in advance for doing your part in this
critical and historic pro-citizen effort.
Sincerely,
James
Carney
Founder
and Chairman
P.S. Remember, many political
and legal experts agree – the only sure way to overturn oppressive and
monstrous legislation - and to protect our individual freedoms from the long
arms of an increasingly socialist Federal Government in the future – is if we,
the American majority, force the adoption of a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Federal Control of Health Care
as I detailed in my letter.
Never
before have we been dealt such an assault on our individual freedoms – being
forced to toe the line to a massive new, government-run health care bureaucracy
– and be fined, even jailed, if we don't.
Completing
your specially prepared National
Constitutional Straw Poll Ballot and your enclosed Petition to your State
Legislature will only take a few minutes of your time – and are urgently
needed back. And please be as generous as you possibly can to this
unprecedented, historic grassroots effort to preserve our personal liberty!
Thank you [Please request for "Straw Poll Ballot" (CG, P.O. Box 96302, Washington, D.C. 20090-6302)].
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National Constitutional Straw Poll
Ballot
Issue: Constitutional
Amendment to Prohibit Government Control of Health Care (REPEAL OBAMACARE)
1. Scientific polls show the majority of
Americans are strongly opposed to the passage of the massive, 2 trillion dollar
Federal Health Care Reform Bill, "Obamacare" – but politicians in
Congress passed it anyway. Did you support the passage of the Federal Obamacare
bill?
□ Yes □ No □ Undecided
2. No one, even the politicians who passed this
monstrous 2,000 page legislation really knows the exact economic impact it will
have on taxpayers or our nation. But they DO know it will drive up premiums,
cut Medicare, reduce quality care, create over 100 NEW federal bureaucracies,
impose the largest tax hike in history on the middle class, add a staggering
burden to our massive national debt – and will infringe on personal liberties
regarding one's own health care decisions.
Do you think Congress should start over
on health care reform – using free-market, competitive solutions to reduce
health care costs, without sacrificing of quality of care and personal
choices... and without raising taxes?
□ Yes □ No □ Undecided
3. For the
first time in America's history, the Federal Government is forcing us
citizens to toe the line to a massive new government bureaucracy -- or be
fined, even jailed.
Do you think this legislation sets a
dangerous precedent for further intrusions by the Federal Government into our
personal lives in the future?
□ Yes □ No □ Undecided
4. Many Constitutional scholars agree the only
sure way is for the American majority to overturn this outrageous, socialistic
bill is with a Constitutional Amendment
to Prohibit Federal Control of Health Care.
Do you support the idea of a
Constitutional Amendment to stop the Federal Government from increasing its
power over our individual liberties – and specifically, to protect our personal
health care rights and freedoms – now, and in the future?
□ Yes □ No □ Undecided
5. Many citizens may not be aware our Founding
Fathers provided Article V in our Constitution for the American majority to
override Congress when necessary. It says two-thirds of the States can call a
Constitutional Convention for the sole purpose of adopting this Amendment, and
when ratified by three-fourths of the States, it becomes law of the land,
regardless of what politicians in Congress think.
Do you think we citizens should utilize
Article V that our Founders left to us in the Constitution by getting our
States to call a Constitutional Convention for the sole purpose of getting this
Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Federal Control of Health Care adopted?
□ Yes □ No □ Undecided
6. We here at Citizen Guardian are spearheading
this National Constitutional Straw Poll and State Legislature Petition-signing
effort to harness the power of majority public opinion to overturn the massive
Federal Health Care bill by adopting a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit
Government Control of Health Care.
We
need to reach tens of millions of everyday Americans who oppose
"Obamacare" and create massive pressure on the States for a Constitutional
Convention to get this Amendment adopted quickly.
Will you help us reach millions of your
fellow citizens in your state and across America with
Ballots and Petitions by making a contribution to help us pay for this
unprecedented and historic pro-citizen effort?
□ YES, I am making my maximum donation to help you pay for the costs to
reach at least 2 million of my fellow taxpayers in the next 60 days to help
enact the Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Government Control of Health
Care in the amount of:
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OFFICIAL CITIZEN PETITION to the STATE
LEGISLATURE of LOUISIANA
Whereas,
every scientific national poll showed the vast majority of Americans did not
want Congress to pass the massive, 2 trillion dollar Federal Health Care
"reform" bill, but politicians in Congress passed it anyway,
Whereas,
polls STILL show the vast majority of
Americans oppose this massive expansion of Government and assault on their
personal freedom to decide what's best for themselves and their families,
Whereas,
passage of this legislation sets a dangerous precedent for future intrusions by an ever-expanding Federal
Government over our individual liberty which is the cornerstone our Founders
set in place for our great nation,
Whereas, 26
States filed lawsuits to overturn this outrageous legislation on the grounds it
is unconstitutional. But instead, the Supreme Court deemed it a tax – in fact the
most massive tax hike in history.
Whereas, the
only sure way to overturn this dangerous legislation is by getting two-thirds of the State Legislatures to
utilize Article V in our Constitution to call a Convention for the sole purpose
of passing a Constitutional Amendment to Prohibit Government Control of Health
Care. Even the President cannot veto a Constitutional Amendment passed "by
the people",
I Now Therefore,
as a Louisiana taxpayer and voter, respectfully and urgently request
the Louisiana State Legislature to take the lead in becoming one of the States
that will force the adoption of this badly-needed Amendment – to permanently
preserve and protect us from this Federal power grab over our individual
freedom and personal health care decisions.
SIGNED:________________________________
Date:_______________