-By Vince Johnson
If you are under the age of 18, listen up!
Are you aware that Congress has been borrowing vast sums of money from your future since the day you were born? In the Fall of 2007 your share of the federal debt exceeded $29,000 dollars! Your share of this debt is getting bigger every day. In September 2007 the debt ceiling was increased by $850 billion dollars and it is now at $9.8 trillion!
A huge amount of this money is being spent on questionable things like a $981 million “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska and $280 million for an indoor rainforest in Coralville, Iowa. The list of wasteful spending is unbelievably huge and you will be paying for highly questionable things like these as long as you live!
Don’t ever forget that all of this money has been borrowed from your future without your approval or consent. You will be making payments on it as soon as you get a job or have any kind of taxable income. If you do not make these payments (by paying your taxes) congress has enacted laws that allow the courts to levy large fines or have you sent to prison, or both!
Now get this straight. The act of forcing you to make payments on an debt as large as this, and incurred without your approval or consent, could be unconstitutional. It is urgent for you to find out how this matter can be brought before the Supreme Court. Ask your parents. Ask your teachers. Ask your principal. Ask a lawyer. Ask your Senators or Representative in Washington, D.C. There is nothing unreasonable about asking if it is constitutional to be forced to make payments on a horrendously excessive debt incurred without your knowledge, approval or consent.
If it is found to be unconstitutional, we can thank your generation for finding a way to convince congress to govern more effectively for all Americans including kids like you who will inherit the all of the responsibilities your elders were not able to handle.
If it is found to be constitutional to force you to make payments on an excessive and burdensome debt incurred without your consent, the entire world will finally realize the true nature of what the American people has become.
If you feel one single word of this poster is confusing or misleading in any way, please show it to your teacher or someone you can trust. Ask them what they think. Or send a copy of this to your Senator or Representative in Washington, D.C. They are the people who are borrowing trillions from your future. It is only fair that Congress has the opportunity to clearly explain why they believe it is proper and appropriate to pass this overwhelming burden on to you and each member of your generation. Thanks for reading this and good luck!
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Vince Johnson welcomes comments. Please send them to,Vince Johnson(vjadtrak@wvi.com)
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