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A comment on the Federal government.

The Preamble By Franklin Price 12/13/2020 The Constitution is the U.S.A. It is our Federal pact. Says how our country's organized; defines how we should act. Preamble to it, sets it up, shows us all the reasons why it was written in the first place; to whom and what it should apply. Our government has lost the way. They have no reason now to boast. The Preamble is not welcome. Washington is not the host I give you the Preamble. Please determine for yourself; Whether it is being followed, or being put upon the shelf. Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Now that you have read it and, I hope took time to think. Do you believe it's still considered, or been tossed into the drink? We the People are the reason that we have a Washington Seems to me we've been forgotten, in a lot of things they've done The Union's more imperfect, common justice on the fence, tranquility is gone, we rely on self defense. General welfare is suggested, that takes away our liberty If we continue on this road we're on, we'll lose posterity. It's time that We the People made the parties toe the line. Govern by the Constitution that our founding fathers signed They are not our royalty, no matter what they think They should honor the preamble, or be thrown into the drink

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Date: 12/13/2020 10:06:00 AM
Well done, but George Washington predicted political parties would be the ruination of the Republic. Neither Trump nor McDonnell have done anything to make the USA a better place to live because their focus is entirely on making the GOP the wealthiest, most powerful organisation in the USA. Aloha! Rico
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Rico Leffanta
Date: 12/14/2020 11:30:00 AM
During the 1980s, there was an Arizona man elected to the House of Representatives who resigned after discovering the House was, "more corrupt than the Mafia". Certainly no place for people with integrity! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 12/14/2020 4:57:00 AM
Thank you, Rico, for visiting and commenting. This poem, in no way was meant to be leaning toward either party. It is my opinion, that most of the people in office, in Washington, are there for what it will get them, not for the people they are supposed to represent. Most leave richer than when they arrived; much richer than their federal salaries, alone, would permit.

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