More Tax Revenues and Less Crime or the Way to Solve the Mexican Drug War and reduce the American National Debt

This is to simple and I know others have thought of this, but I am going to put it out there and get booed and hissed at by some and others will love the idea. Let's face a few simple facts first.
1) The American national debt is freaking out of control and no one is willing or able to stop it.
2) Illegal drugs will not go away, no matter how much is spent on enforcement or education people are still going to use, buy and sell drugs. During the 1930 when the United States completely prohibited the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages, there was a huge illegal business in that exact thing.
3) The government (state and national) want more tax money and the people in control are willing to take that money from you.
4) The problems in Mexico are being blamed on the USA, because we are the biggest user of the drugs they supply, no we do not supply the guns to the cartels, no matter what the ATF or any government idiot tells you.
The USA should legalize all drugs, from marijuana to the  hardest opium based drug, I am talking about all of the drugs. The next step would be to tax the usage of these drugs, much like liquor and cigarette taxes. I can promise you this businesses would start making these high quality clean drugs, regulate how they are sold like smokes, liquor and other controlled items and let the users purchase and use them. It goes with out saying that  working and driving and things that are prohibited while under the influence of any intoxicant would remain so.
Once manufactures started producing cost effective and safe drugs the illegal trade would decrease greatly and the tax base would increase greatly. Those folks who are employed trying stop the drugs could simply start managing the manufacture, sale and regulation of the new legal drugs. I know that there will always be someone who wants to sell, manufacture and distributed drugs illegally and therefore we will need some enforcement people for combating  that group.
I know this is a wild idea, but I think it would work, we will never win the war on drugs until we cut of the money supply and the way to do that is redirect it.

Time to Overhaul the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

The more I watch the news about the BATFE  (Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives) and the Fast and Furious, Gun Runner investigation, the more I think it is time to overhaul the Federal law enforcement agencies.
 Many of the men and women who work for these agencies are great and honorable people who have dedicated their lives to public service and law enforcement and I salute them and say thank you.
However it would appear that as certain individuals move up through the ranks they develop a sense that they know better what needs to be enforced, than the law they are sworn to enforce. I will grant that some laws are stupid and should not be enforced, however when administrators in a law enforcement agency decide to violate the law to pursue a political agenda something has to be done. It is time for the US Congress to take a long hard look at the Federal Law Enforcement agencies, of which there are many.
Is it possible that some agencies have out lived there useful life and need to be abolished or merged with another agency to stream line enforcement. The BATFE has long history of trying to go undercover into motorcycle gangs that trade in firearms, good idea, but the FBI has a very effective organized crime unit and motorcycle gangs that traffic guns are organized crime. The BATFE has a group that looks for smugglers of all types weapons, explosives, alcohol, tobacco,  yet the are limited to working with in the USA and have a very small presence out side the borders of America. The DEA engages in anti-smuggling operations on a regular basis and we have operators with the DEA around the world. Trust me on this guns and drugs go together.
I could list many more examples, but I won't take up your valuable time. The question arises, what can I do about all this, simply put: write, call or email your elected Congressional Representative and Senator and ask them to investigate. You are slowly losing your freedoms unless you stand and stop the theft.

Freedom Under Assault

Our freedoms in America are under a slow, steady, sneaky assault, not just one, but all. It is important to understand that there are individuals in the current government that want to regulate one of your rights for the well being of the mass population, and they will try to regulate all of those rights. How do they do this you might ask? Let me share some thoughts with you.
If someone wants to restrict one of your rights, they first must make you believe and think it is for your own good, and the good of everyone. For example, if the government wants to restrict what a pastor can say in his or her pulpit, they simply must make people think that any statement disagreeing with current politically correct thought or verbiage is hate speech and must be outlawed. It makes no difference if the statements are true or factual, these statement offended some overly sensitive individual and there fore it must be hate speech. The next step must be making sure that everyone with differing views on anything, (most importantly those that agree with the power brokers) have equal or more time to make their case in the media. Finally the the last step is to have complete control of the media(radio, television, and print), thus eliminating the right of free speech. If you would like to see how that plays out take a look at the countries in the Middle East of late. State run TV and news, communications shut down by the state, only what the power brokers want on the news got there. Complete control of the freedom speech, really means no freedom of speech.
Gun control supporters use the same type of plot.  I read a quote from and Egyptian citizen the other day and he made the statement: " I always thought gun ownership was just an American thing, after the police left the streets I got a gun from my grandfather and now I have it all the time, it is a good thing to be able to protect my family. Now I understand the American thing about guns." Make no mistake about it your Second Amendment rights are under attack also.
The First Amendment is under attack on the religion side of things also. The government will someday wish to tell you what you can believe in and worship, my bet is it will be the "god" of Environmentalism and "green". Soon, if the current administration in the USA has its way there will be a tax on operation of your private vehicle. How about that for restrictive.
What can you do about this? Good question, I have few answers.
1) Pray to God that our country will be a light on a hill for Jesus, and all those that disagree with this idea will see the love of Jesus in His followers.
2) Work with in the system to vote into office defenders of freedom.
3) Stop asking the government to do things that the government should not worry about, no the government can not take care of your every need or want from the cradle to the grave.
4) Demand the governing people return to the Constitution of the United States.
5) Demand that the United State withdraw from the United Nations, and stop funding that organization.
Your continued freedom or lack there of depend upon what you do.

Mission Trip Support

May 18, 2011

Dear Christian Brother and Sister,

                It is my prayer and hope that this letter finds you well and living in the love of God through Jesus Christ our Savior. I understand that your time of valuable, and therefore I will not ask you to labor through a great deal of introduction as to the purpose of this letter.

                The Bible tells us in the Old Testament and the New Testament that evangelism is one of the most important works in which we are to be engaged. Proverbs 24:11 tells us to “rescue those being led away to death” and 12 tells us that “each person will be rewarded according to what he has done”. Jesus gave us commands to teach others what He taught us, Matthew, Mark and Luke all have the theme of evangelism in the last writing of each book.

                I have been afforded the opportunity to go on a short term mission/relief trip to Haiti this summer. As you know that little island country is one of the poorest in the entire world and for years suffered one disaster on top of another. Hurricanes, earthquakes and sickness have ravaged the population of this tiny country. This poor nation does not have the government or the resources to rebuild and is in great need of help; the people are at the point of losing all hope of ever recovering.

                The cost of this trip is 1800 to 2000 dollars, depending upon air fare prices; I have the personal goal of taking 500 dollars of over the counter medical supplies to several clinics there. I also would like to take with me 500 dollars worth of wrapped candy to give to the children of this country. I truly believe that the Lord has commission me to make this trip. In order to make this trip and provide medical supplies and candy I am in need of 3000 dollars total.

                I am sending out 30 letters asking for support for this trip. I believe that God will lay it on your heart to support me with a minimum gift of 100 dollars from each letter and prayers. I understand that these are tough economic times and we all struggle with rising prices for everything. I don’t need to tell you that God honors offering and gifts to expand His kingdom, prayerfully consider supporting me as your representative on this mission trip.  Please be in prayer for me and this mission trip.

                If you would be interested in helping support me in this mission trip please email me at dick.bowiebuilders@gmail.com for details. I need support in by June 20

Thank you in advance for your help.

In His Service,

Dick Bowie

Easter 2011

In the words of a great sermon:
It is Friday, but Sunday is Acomin'.
The day is dark, but Light is Acomin'
Sickness and death surrounds, but Victory is Acomin'
It is Friday, but Sunday is Acomin'
Glory to God, Glory to God
It is Friday, but SUNDAY is Acoming.

Do you understand the meaning behind the great words of this sermon, this is not my sermon but I heard years ago on a tape. It still resounds in my heart like it was yesterday.
Friday of the first Easter was a dark and dreadful day, worse than the worse day of any of our lives. I know you may say how can that be? God allowed His one and only Son, Jesus to be beaten, torture and killed for our sins. Jesus gave up His life for you, and when He died the sky turned dark at noon. That would be a sad story if it ended there, but it didn't.
Sunday came and the stone was rolled away and the tomb was empty. Jesus who was dead, was alive again. No the disciples did not come and steal the body, there were professional soldiers on guard, and the women didn't roll the stone away, that stone would have taken several large men to move.
God love raised His son Jesus from the dead and opened the grave by rolling the stone back.

Yes it may be Friday in your life today, but if you will let Jesus take control, Sunday is Acomin'.
Will you allow Jesus to bring Sunday into your life today? It is my prayer that Jesus reaches your heart today.

How to save the American Tax payers Millions

If we would simply insist that Congress do away with Federal Government agencies that are not needed the budget could be balanced and the tax rate could go down. Let me give you some examples.
Home Land Security agency is a joke, even in law enforcement circles. The FBI has done a great job of preventing attacks on "home soil" and has a long history of doing so. The TSA really means Thousands Standing Around, proper use of Border Patrol, US Marshall Service, Customs and several other agencies would allow the TSA and homeland security to be done away with. Provide the funds and people that are really needed to get the job done properly.
Do away with the Department of Education on the federal level, schools are a local responsibility, why should the local government send monies to Washington DC and then DC simply send it back, if the local districts jump through the right hoops. This not a circus, let the local districts keep their money.
Do away with the Federal Department of Transportation, the building of roads should be left up to the states, don't take our tax money to pay someones do nothing salary and then give us only part of it back. Leave the money on the state level and we can take care of our own roads. The Federal grants are really money taken away from the state and local government.
Do away with the social welfare agencies on the Federal level, return that power and money to the local government and let the local government meet the area needs, they know the needs better than someone in Washington.
Do away with the IRS as it is today, flat tax everyone and business at a rate of 10% and you will not need the HUGE Internal Revenue Service, the IRS could go back to what they should be doing. Perhaps the "Fair Tax" method would work and in a nut shell that is a Federal/Local sales tax.
There are ways to reduce the Federal government, it will take people with back bones and courage to do it.

True Government Down-Sizing

By a large majority, the people of the USA voted last fall for smaller and leaner government, that has yet to materialize in any real form. The American people sent a message to Congress to reduce the out of control spending and taxing of the Federal government. Yet we have seen that the Congress continues to spend and the President called for more investments (spending) from the government in areas that should be private industrial development, if there is real money to be made the private sector will get busy on the development. So how in the world can we reduce the Federal spending and "get our house in order"? I think there are ways to do this and not gut social security and the department of defense and the department of justice.
First abolish the department of education on the federal level, return the power to the states where in belongs in the first place and let the states keep the money that was sent to the federal level. Part of your tax dollar is sent to Washington D.C. for the federal department of education, people with good educations in offices that have no idea about what happens in a classroom day and day out, spend days just moving that money around and then sending it back to the states, of course they divide it up so that the states with the more powerful Congress-persons, get the bigger share. Do away with the waste of time and energy and leave the money in the state where it is collected, allow the states and the local government to have the money and spent it the way they need to.
Secondly do away with the federal department of transportation and return the money and power over roads and transportation to the state level. The federal DOT follows the same pattern as the federal department of education and it is wasteful.
Thirdly return welfare and public assistance to the state and local level, allow the states to have the monies raised by their own taxes to provide public assistance as the individual state voters see fit. Include in this some law enforcement and one could reduce the size of the department of justice and homeland security while maintaining the effectiveness. Do the people the USA really need as many Federal law enforcement agencies as we have? It would seem to me that some of the agencies could be merged and managed more effectively.
Local governments are having to take drastic steps to maintain services such as fire and police protection, and to keep the local class rooms filled with quality teachers and assistances.The question is always raised can we get help from the Federal level? What would it be like if we kept our education and transportation and security tax money locally? Better I am willing to bet.
Notice that I did not mention cutting the Department of  Defense or the Social Security. I think that there are many other areas that could be returned to the state and local level, this would reduce the national spending level and there by reducing our national debt level. The jobs lost at the federal level would to some extent be off set by new local government jobs.
Goggle USA.gov and see how heavy the federal government really is and this listing will only provide you some the departments, there are those things that for security reasons can not be listed. After looking at the list  you will agree that the federal government is to big and people depend on it to much.