To: President Donald Trump and The United States Senate
Additional definition of "domestic terrorism"
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Resolved: That the definition of domestic terrorism include such acts as deliberately intend to hobble the government's functioning in its duty to provide protection and services to the American People (e.g. Congress' efforts to shut down the government no matter the consequences; or to deprive the People of rightful benefits, such as efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act) be deemed acts of domestic terrorism; that the perpetrators of such actions be charged and prosecuted by all legal and effective means.
Why is this important?
The Republicans in Congress have by their actions degenerated into political lunacy, and are no longer functioning for the beneficial interests of the American People. When congressional action redounds to the harm of the People, appropriate measures must be taken to stop it.
As of 9/30/13, a government shutdown, led by Republican Tea Party extremists, is inevitable. No matter which side of the issue you are on, here is just some of what will happen to the economy as the shutdown extends from days to weeks:
1. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will go without a paycheck, having an extremely deleterious effect on families.
2. Food imports will not be monitored for quality.
3. Federal housing loans will not be processed.
4. Tourism will be very badly affected, as national parks, museums (e.g. the Smithsonian), the Library of Congress all will close for lack of funds.
5. The ripple effect from that means that hotels and restaurants will lose great amounts of money for lack of tourists.
6. Although active military will still be funded, disabled vets will lose *their* funding and benefits. But the Tea Party extremists don't care one whit.
All this because the Tea Party extremists — funded by the Koch Brothers — want the "Top 1%" to hold all the political cards and power, never mind the real-world consequences. These extremists are holding the country prisoner. Some people even believe that they want to replace democracy with an oligarchy.
But the main reason for doing this is because of "Obamacare." They know that once it is implemented — which it surely will be — that it will be of great benefit to the American people, and that it will be ensconced in a position of importance equal to Medicare and Social Security (and will generate more Democratic/liberal voters). A few super-rich are spending millions to prevent this because parity for the middle and lower classes will take away from their power.
That's why I say that extremist action that hobbles the government and wreaks havoc on the People should be included as acts of domestic terrorism. PLEASE — SIGN THE PETITION and FORWARD IT ON to all of your friends WHO CARE about such things. We need government by GROWNUPS, not extremist lunatics.
As of 9/30/13, a government shutdown, led by Republican Tea Party extremists, is inevitable. No matter which side of the issue you are on, here is just some of what will happen to the economy as the shutdown extends from days to weeks:
1. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees will go without a paycheck, having an extremely deleterious effect on families.
2. Food imports will not be monitored for quality.
3. Federal housing loans will not be processed.
4. Tourism will be very badly affected, as national parks, museums (e.g. the Smithsonian), the Library of Congress all will close for lack of funds.
5. The ripple effect from that means that hotels and restaurants will lose great amounts of money for lack of tourists.
6. Although active military will still be funded, disabled vets will lose *their* funding and benefits. But the Tea Party extremists don't care one whit.
All this because the Tea Party extremists — funded by the Koch Brothers — want the "Top 1%" to hold all the political cards and power, never mind the real-world consequences. These extremists are holding the country prisoner. Some people even believe that they want to replace democracy with an oligarchy.
But the main reason for doing this is because of "Obamacare." They know that once it is implemented — which it surely will be — that it will be of great benefit to the American people, and that it will be ensconced in a position of importance equal to Medicare and Social Security (and will generate more Democratic/liberal voters). A few super-rich are spending millions to prevent this because parity for the middle and lower classes will take away from their power.
That's why I say that extremist action that hobbles the government and wreaks havoc on the People should be included as acts of domestic terrorism. PLEASE — SIGN THE PETITION and FORWARD IT ON to all of your friends WHO CARE about such things. We need government by GROWNUPS, not extremist lunatics.