They’re doing exactly what the Declaration of Independence Rejected

[HereSince1628]

Is It Time to Oppose Them, Now?

The Privateers have corrupted state government and used their puppets to create a false crisis for the purpose of stealing publicly held assets. The Enabling Acts aka the Financial Marshall Law Acts in force in Michigan and coming to Wisconsin are intended to do nothing more than secure the theft of public goods. The Privateers have their eyes on ‘real’ assets that are local, and they have their eyes on the Power of Eminent Domain. At present, the power to divest citizens of their wealth held in common through municipalities and towns lies in the hands of Emergency Financial Managers such as the Privateer appointed to Benton Harbor, Michigan. From his position, he will make available, probably for mere pennies on the dollar any public asset he or his fellow Privateers greedy hearts desire.

How did it come to this? Easily. The Privateers elected a puppet state government, and exploited the economic downturn to slash state funds to local government. Using documents written by shills, the Privateers pushed their pawns in state government to pass ENABLING ACTS that give to the Privateer's puppet governor, the power to appoint an all-powerful Emergency Financial Manager to any city in economic distress. These men seek nothing other than the pillage of community assets.

In 1776 Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Sherman and Livingston drafted a list of nearly 30 complaints against the tyranny of British rule over the American colonies. Most Americans remember little of the Declaration of Independence so let me point out some rather eye-widening statements related to the current crisis and EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

The 5th complaint against the king was that: ‘He has dissolved Representative Houses…’. The emergency act in Michigan ALSO DISSOLVES local elected government, and strips them of their power to act in any meaningful manner.

The 21st complaint against the king was ‘For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments.’ The Michigan law, soon to also be law in Wisconsin, has abolished the power of local government and cannot be seen as anything other than a fundamental change in the form of local government.

The 22nd complaint against the king was ‘For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.’ The Michigan law suspends local government and gives to an appointee of the privateers the power to make all manner of financial decisions by fiat.

The 23rd complaint against the king was ‘He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his Protection, and by waging war against us.’ What if not abdication of government is the dissolution of existing employee contracts, benefit packages, and Medicaid for the people?

Do we need to experience all 27 of the grievances of the Signers of the Declaration before we stand up and proclaim, “Enough is TOO much!” IS IT NOT TIME? Should we not be sounding the alarm that this is not tin-foilery but rather an authentic state of hostilities between the citizens of the several states and the corrupt Privateers who have attacked the People ’s Republic from within during a time of crisis and weakness?

[catbyte]

1. We're trying. Go to www.firericksnyder.org We're gearing up for a fight!

[HereSince1628]

2. And WE ALL must join you!!!!!!!!

I do mean all of us.

[htuttle]

3. The mafia call it a bust-out scam

They take over a business, sell off it's assets, liquidate the stock, and close it down. Sometimes they burn it down.

[HereSince1628]

4. Except for the burn down part

it sounded like Wall St, rather than the back room at the Badda Bing!

But, you know...maybe even with the burny part it's still Wall St.

[hootinholler]

5. Metaphorically the burn down part is there on Wall St. n/t

[Sentath]

6. Agreed,

Why waste the last physical asset?

Even if its just ripped apart for scrap the building can have value. And, its more important to maintain the veneer of legality than to get that last penny out of the insurance firm. Besides, depending on the scale of the players, the insurance might have to sell off investments in the player to pay the player, and thats no good ( ;

[Bandit]

8. Sounded exactly what Trump was bragging about in interview recently.

:shrug:

[closeupready]

7. For many of us, it's taxation without representation, since Congress takes our money but

represents only the rich and well-connected cronies next to whom they live in Georgetown and Westchester County, and with whom they went to Harvard and Yale.

[Lorien]

12. But we keep voting for the candidates that they choose for us

thinking that THIS TIME things will be different. Until that insanity ends nothing will change.

[MedleyMisty]

15. Notice the thought police around DU?

Vote for the corporate candidate! Vote for us or you're against us! "There is no other pill to take, so swallow the one that makes you ill!" The Republicans are worse! You're responsible for the death of the country!

We need to learn from the Arabs. Strike like a Tunisian and an Egyptian.

[HereSince1628]

9. kick for input from lunch hour DU'ers

[L0oniX]

10. K & R

[malaise]

11. K & R

Great post :hi:

[Kurovski]

13. K&R. (nt)

[felix_numinous]

14. K&R!!

[white_wolf]

16. We do need to fight back as hard as we can.

However, as fucked up and undemocratic as it is, the law in MI may be legal. City and local governments are not sovereign, they are created by acts of incorporation by the State governments. State governments may very well have the power under the Constitution to do this. I'm not saying its right, I'm just saying we can't expect the Courts to helps us.

[HereSince1628]

19. For me the issues are democratic governance involving ELECTED leaders

and the property that is held in common through being a resident.

Many towns have professional city managers that work in conjunction with the elected government. I don't have a problem with this part of it. Even if the manager were appointed by the state I could accept it IF there were an elected body that actually voted before the manager could act. Governance by dictators is wholly unacceptable to me.

Much of the infrastructure of cities...city halls, fire dept buildings and equipment, schools, etc are built through bond issues for which the residents take on responsibility through public referendum. Although sale of public assets is one means to raise money to pay off these bonds that shouldn't happen without a public referendum.

This system of brinksmanship based emergency management is undemocratic and a playground for corruption. The People are very vulnerable to getting ripped off, and in the end not even owning in common assets that can be used to finance future referendums for long-term financing of large scale projects such as public buildings.

[white_wolf]

20. I completely agree with you.

The problem, is the Courts may not agree with us.

[MedleyMisty]

17. Appropriate quote

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.


—Samuel Adams

[HereSince1628]

18. Powerful. Thanks for that. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

21. K&R

Powerful post.

[Mnemosyne]

22. K&R for truth. n/t