WHY I JOINED THE CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY

I like many of you went to college, graduated got married to a college graduate and set off on life's journey toward prosperity and happiness. My wife and I brought three children into the world, bought a house and did everything we've been conditioned to do throughout our youth. Buy a home it's the lifeblood of a successful financial future we were told. All I've ever wanted was to provide a better future for my children and aid to maturity. It is my hope by the time they get to maturity I've done a good enough job equipping them with the skills they need to succeed.

I am a high school teacher and my wife is a registered nurse. I went to a very liberal university and voted Democrat since I was eligible to vote, and voted three straight times for Democratic Presidents (Gore, Kerry, Obama)

When I was attending college I was under the assumption of "Clinton balanced the budget and did a good job, Ill just vote Democratic to keep things going the way they are."

Then Bush got elected, ran up the budget and deficit all the while trampling on the Constitutional rights of ALL Americans. Therefore I was very fervent in my WANT for Obama to win the Presidency, as I put it just a few days ago, "I was justifying my choices by saying that Bush did such a terrible job that we should give the other guys a try"

Now just short weeks into his Presidency I realize that the Democrats in power are only going to exacerbate the problem and unless some sound minded economists lead the way for him I fear we are going to fall farther down this deep hole into a full scale massive depression.

Here I was in the late winter of 2009 (Feb-March), at risk of losing my job, costs of everyday materials going through the roof and a house that lost 110k in value since I purchased it. We have never been late on a payment; we didn't get an adjustable rate or a reverse amortization loan. We financed the house with a fixed rate.

So a few weeks ago I started thinking..."I've been responsible my entire life with the choices I've made. Yes some have been wrong, but I've owned up to those mistakes and have always done my best to take care of my family." So I thought, if I've done everything I could to make this work then where is the problem? Why can't I "get ahead" in a household with two college educated wage earners? In my search for answers I started listening to different messages to see which ones had merit. With my search I eventually ended up here, because I thought to myself, "I must raise and provide for my children. The government cannot do it; they are inept and only making matters worse. I can provide for my family IF I wasn't forced to give control of my future over to the government. It is not the government's responsibility to raise my children that is MINE and my WIFE's. Why won't the government simply get out of the way?"

To make matters even worse still the government won't OWN up to its own problems. Obama proposes a hazardous budget, the Fed continues to inflate the money supply and those "tax breaks" that were supposed to come....if they ever do come, will only then be surrendered back to the government in any one of the myriad of schemes they use to continue the gravy train rolling to pay for all their "project" while honest hardworking Americans suffer. If you want to talk about tax breaks, how about eliminating the IRS?

How long can we let this continue? Our government has hijacked our future and that of our children and grandchildren. Therefore I joined the Campaign for Liberty precisely for that reason. So I can actually give my children and all our children the future they deserve, one where the constitution and the basic freedom of all Americans is cherished by our government; and where we can truly be a FREE REPUBLIC.