Knowledge Is Power
To The Editor:

In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah (5:13) laments, "Therefore my people have gone into captivity because they have no knowledge." Today, people are very concerned about our poor economy. However, most are unaware that it was caused by their lack of knowledge and/or unwillingness to do something about it. Most citizens are not very familiar with the marvelous system of government that our Founders gave us. We are a constitutional republic, not a democracy that many people believe we are. Visit www.thenewamerican.com for details. All federally elected and appointed officials take an oath to obey and uphold our U.S. Constitution and then most promptly ignore it. If we had enough informed citizens, we could quickly make the officials strictly obey our Constitution.

For example, the federal government is allowed to coin money but it is not allowed to print fiat money. Therefore, the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Bank would be eliminated and we could get back to the gold and silver system that made the dollar the world's safest money. We could then get rid of the inflation that is caused by paper money not backed by gold or silver. Also, we could eliminate foreign aid and many other unconstitutional programs. Each state would then be responsible for any necessary programs as the original 13 states planned when they established the federal government.
Dominick J. Odorizzi
Porter Ranch, California