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An Open Letter to John Boehner

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    The Judge addresses an open letter to the Speaker of the House re: raising the debt ceiling

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Does the government work for us -- -- we work for the government one of the House of Representatives gonna start speaking for the people.

Tonight.

An open letter to speaker John Boehner.

Dear mister speaker.

When the founders have the constitutional convention and 1787.

Created the House of Representatives.

It was fashion to act as the voice of the people within the institutional checks and balances the federal government.

That's why the entire house faces reelection every two years that's why constitutionally.

You don't have to even be a member of congress to service speaker.

And that's why the constitution allows for thousands of members of the house for our current population.

Is the people's house and the people spoke last November.

They -- out and cried out against a government completely out of control.

After President Bush grew the US debt by seven trillion dollars.

In eight years in office of President Obama added four trillion in just -- -- -- -- office the people cried out against big government policies.

That are sabotaging the economy and taking over our lives.

And because they cried out you are no longer just John Boehner from Ohio.

You are now the second in line to succeed to the presidency.

You -- the speaker of the House of Representatives.

Mr.

speaker.

The House of Representatives has just eight working days left before the August 2 debt deadlines ceiling.

And by wide margins in whatever way the question is asked.

Americans do not want to see the debt ceiling raised they're sick and tired of paying interest on borrowed money money borrowed in their name.

The federal government borrow so much money from so many sources mister speaker that.

No one -- street knows for sure just how much it owes to its lenders.

It already appears that it has exceeded the legal limit set by the congress at fourteen point 294 trillion.

And they actually at this moment in time be closer to fourteen point five trillion.

The White House is putting intense pressure on you and on congress to raise that limit.

The president's apologists.

Have even suggested invoking the fourteenth amendment to bypass the -- of congress and borrow money without legal authority.

Given away the White House has run roughshod over your house in the matter of the not war in Libya that our military is still not engaged in.

The word of the president's lawyer is that there is no presidential power and -- 1414 amendment to borrow money and -- can hardly be trusted.

This is a president who does not regard the constitution.

As a limit on the exercise of governmental power.

But the president can only get away with violating the constitution mister speaker if you let him do so if you stand up for the will of the people you will restrain him.

This is the moment of truth for the congress mr.

speaker.

The scare mongers and chicken -- in DC we'll tell you that the sky will come tumbling down.

If the debt ceiling isn't raised even though your colleagues senator Pat Toomey.

And representative Tom McClintock have introduced legislation that would prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt obligations.

I have two words for you mr.

speaker stop it.

That's right just stop.

For too long.

Our government has spent beyond its means and in our names sinking us in generations has yet unborn.

Into deeper and deeper debt and you mister speaker can stop it.

The president stands with a big business big banks big government complex and against the American people he's even prepared to defy the laws of economics.

But the American people are not ignorant as he thinks they are and you know that.

Mr.

speaker you have the opportunity to do something that no standard bearer of small government has ever been able to do in our modern era.

Get the government to live within its means you can do it.

By standing firm with your colleagues in the congress or leading the call for a change you can stop it.

You can force the federal government to make the difficult decisions to bring itself within its means and begin to loosen the chains of debt that have been forced -- on our country by a century's worth the progressive big government architects.

And it this summer mister speaker stop that.

Tell the president not a penny more stand up for the American people bring government within its means and begin the restoration of our republic.

If you do this mister speaker -- you restrain the federal beast you become one of history's great champions and heroes of freedom.

If you don't you'll go through this again the next time -- president wants to spending on the government's means and -- us all down to more debt.

Mister speaker.

Don't let staff.

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