Cyclical History

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June 17, 2013

That Cyclical History Thing

We've all heard the saying that history is cyclical. The reason given is that those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. Yet, what happens when you don't know the right history or the crucial context of it? You're right back to repeating it or making a worse decision based on false information.

 

A recent online newsletter described a hypothetical scenario for readers: Think about being kidnapped and whisked away to an undisclosed location with your senses impaired. You don't know where you are, how you got there, and anything that might provide clues or guidelines has been obscured or hidden from you.

 

You're in the same situation if you do not know your history. How do you know solutions to problems if you don't know how it was handled in the past?

 

Case in point. What is the solution to ObamaCare? Are you willing to get into a spirited debate over all of its negatives as you get pummeled by all the positives it supposedly delivers? Have you read through the thousands of pages of the law and the many more thousands of the regulations, which they are still writing? Have you immersed yourself in the law to see whether or not state health care exchanges are a good idea?

 

Let us save you some time and a whole lot of reading. We know from history that America was founded as a constitutional republic. We know that there are a number of checks and balances included in this republic. We know the Constitution lays out the infrastructure and a list of enumerated powers for the federal government and leaves all other powers to the individual states. We know from studying original intent and from reading the Constitution that health care does not fall within the scope of the federal government. We know health care is a service provided in the marketplace to purchase, trade, barter or work toward. We know the states are sovereign entities that need to stand up to protect citizens from the heavy hand of unconstitutional government. We know that Supreme Court justices are not appointed for life, but rather "during good behavior."

 

We also know Congress has the ability to fix many of its unconstitutional measures simply by chronologically repealing many of its measures, beginning with the most recent.

 

All of these stated facts lead to their own solutions because of the proper historical perspective and proper knowledge of limited government under the Constitution. Knowing this can provide citizens with a road map for restoring the federal government back to its proper limitations, restore individual liberties, and shift our responsibilities back to our families and local communities.

 

However, we cannot sit back and let someone else do this. The John Birch Society provides the perspective, the plan, and the tools for victory. If you're not already involved, you're invited to do so.  http://www.jbs.org/join-jbs/join-jbs