1= Opposition to NAFTA
2= Defend the constitution
3= Stimulus package is like pouring gas on fire
4= NAFTA is for rich, powerful
1- Sent to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Nov. 9, 1993 -- NOT published.
To the Editor:
I oppose NAFTA - it's unconstitutional.
NAFTA promoters ignore our Constitution which says the President can make Treaties if two-thirds of the Senate concur. Treaty: "formal agreement between two or more [nations] in reference to ... commerce or other international relations." (1,000+ pages is pretty formal!) Therefore, two-thirds of the Senate, not Congress must concur.
NAFTA drowns in commissions, secretariats, review boards, dispute panels, tribunals, and evaluation committees - none responsible to the people - insulating decision-makers from us and creating tyranny.
Our forefathers, in their excessive personal experience with tyranny, wrote an inspired constitution protecting our God-given rights. This constitution, accepted by the people, embodies principles we agree will govern us. There's no justification for overturning this document.
NAFTA governs by bureaucrats we have no effective access to nor relief from - mostly those who don't understand or won't operate under our form of government. Oaths of allegiance to our Constitution won't be required, so they'll ignore and trample it.
NAFTA removes constitutional states' rights. "If the Constitution be picked away by piecemeal, it is gone -- and gone just as effectually as if some military despot had trampled it beneath his feet." (Daniel Webster)
It's sad when our President and some Congressmen seek to circumvent our Constitution. Where are the honest who ask, "Is it right?" not "How can I profit?" Who'll emulate our Founding Fathers, standing for right because it is right; voting down what weakens our Constitution. We need citizens who will use their influence to protect our constitution.
Sincerely,
Becky Maddox
2- Published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner on Sunday, July 22, 2007:
Defend the Constitution
Each July, when celebrating the commitment, courage and wisdom of the Founding Fathers who wrote our Constitution, how do you feel about them and their work? Have constitutional truths changed, or has technology changed, leaving human nature and constitutional principles unchanged? Do you support and protect the constitutional principles of three equal branches of government having separate duties that cannot be traded nor given away -- constitutional changes can only be made by amendment, and our basic rights are God-given?
Do you believe that by honoring and obeying God and befriending the Constitution, we are the most blessed of nations? Do you share the Founders' commitment to eternal principles of good government? Can you understand and help preserve the constitution by reading it and the words of the Founders, learn how and by whom it is threatened and then act upon that knowledge?
Do you approve of agreements like the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), which commits us to merge with Canada and Mexico into the North American Union, and will destroy our Constitution? Did you know that Congress has never approved the SPP, even though the president is implementing it?
If you understood the real goals and objectives behind this and similar plans, would you help stop them? When did you last read the Constitution and send a letter to your congressperson asking for their support of that document? Will you do this to help preserve our Constitution, freedom and sovereignty?
Becky Maddox
3- Published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner on Wednesday, January 23, 2008:
Stimulus package is like pouring gas on fire
We are going into a recession and the president intends to speed up the process by doling out what one news source described as "an economic rescue package ... (including) tax rebates of hundreds of dollars each for millions of Americans."
A major cause of the problem is government interference. Remember, the only source for the government to get money is you and I, the taxpayers. The private sector (banks, credit unions, etc.) have strong incentives to loan only to those with enough income, capacity and willingness to pay back on time.
The government has no such incentives and, showing a misplaced solicitude for the "downtrodden," rushed to pass laws penalizing financial institutions for not giving enough money (yours and mine), in high-risk loans, to those most likely to default. Then we are stuck bailing out the financial institutions.
Now our legislators and president want to pour gas on the fire via "a stimulus package" to hasten and stimulate our downward economic spiral. If politicians really want to help, they will get out of the business of "stimulating and rescuing" the economy which raises prices, and go back to our Constitution.
We need to care for ourselves without government "charity," and vote out of office those who think the government is and should be a charitable organization.
Where is our sense of independence? In a truly free society, citizens do all they can to care for themselves. True charity comes voluntarily from sources other than government.
Becky Maddox
Washington Terrace
4- Published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner on Wednesday, March 12, 2008:
NAFTA designed to benefit rich, powerful
Those who claim the North American Free Trade Agreement is good for America haven't done enough homework.
I've researched the subject extensively. "Free trade" agreements are tightly managed agreements designed to benefit the rich and powerful, and severely handicap you and me. Professor Robert Pastor, a major NAFTA designer, said in 2002: "NAFTA has been encouraging illegal migration, not reducing it."
In his speech, "NAFTA Is Not Enough," (Brookings Institution, Dec. 2001), he said, "A North American federal union (Canada, Mexico and the U.S.) would require that the federal governments in Canada and the United States retrieve authority from their provinces and states, and then divide power between the union and the three countries. The unified, multinational-state option would eliminate or fundamentally alter the three existing nation-states."
There goes our Constitution! "... the three governments should also exchange legislative and executive branch personnel for temporary assignments," he continued. What a convenient excuse for poor legislation or to make a good legislator ineffective. Some politicians would say, "It's not my fault (whatever) did (or didn't) happen, I wasn't there," or "I would have done it differently."
A very telling statement from Brookings reveals what NAFTA is really about. It came from the editor's introduction: "Policy harmonization might eventually aim toward a common currency (although a consensus at the December Brookings meeting was that talk of a common currency is premature ...)"
You think we'll get the full story, from them, in time to negate their plans? Don't count on it!
Becky Maddox
Washington Terrace
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
2008 Walking Piece
Vote for BECKY MADDOX – Utah House District 11
4970 S. 350 E. #H-8 Washington Terrace UT 84405 801-645-4548
Blog: maddox4uthouse.blogspot.com
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains taken to bring it to light.” (George Washington)
“That which is right does not become wrong merely because it may be deserted by the majority, neither does that which is wrong today become right tomorrow by the chance circumstance that it has won the approval or been adopted by overwhelmingly predominant numbers. Principles cannot be changed by nor accommodate themselves to the vagaries of popular sentiment.” (Albert E. Bowen)
As a candidate for political office I believe in & follow these principles:
A- The only function of government is to protect life, liberty, & property.
B- Government can take individual life, liberty, or property in only four cases:
● to punish crime & provide for justice;
● to protect the right to private property & the right to control it;
● to provide for national defense & to wage defensive not preemptive war; &
● to compel all who are thus protected to bear their “fair share” of the burden. (See F, below.)
C- There is no justice in taking innocent life for convenience or to lessen our burdens. The preborn, elderly & handicapped deserve the same protections of the law given to all citizens.
D- Never should we allow freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights to be infringed.
E- Property rights are violated when government takes our property or money to give to foreign governments or citizens, or to compete against private industries, businesses & citizens.
F- Fairness & justice require all taxes to be uniform so each person's property, business, etc. is taxed at the same rate, thus ensuring everyone pays their “fair share.”
G- We lose our liberty & freedom when we let government ignore our Constitution.
SUPPORT ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNMENT!
∙ JUDGES should be elected each & every time, not retained. When judges rely on politicians to get into office, they often are more concerned with pleasing politicians than doing what is right.
∙ MERGING our policies & regulations with other nations’ is unconstitutional & destroys God-given rights, Constitutional protections, independence & sovereignty. Sovereignty can’t be shared.
∙ MURDER is a capital crime whoever the victim is & whatever their age. What is done after death doesn’t affect punishment because death is the greater crime - you don’t get well from it.
∙ WEALTH is only created by work. The workers' “bread” belongs to neither government nor the idler but to whomever earned it. We need to put government on a diet & a budget.
∙ GOVERNMENT VOUCHERS for private educational institutions are always a misuse of tax money.
∙ GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE partnerships are a form of socialism & should be discontinued.
∙ CRIME rises & property & lives are at risk when immigration laws are not enforced.
Becky Maddox: was born/raised in Corvallis, OR, & graduated from Oregon State University in Physical Education. She lived in Indiana 2 years; Las Vegas, NV 24 years; & UT 4 years. She’s been a Physical Therapist Assistant in hospital, outpatient, & home health settings for 10 years. Political experience: 13 years – Board of Directors of “Nevada Concerned Citizens” (NCC), a grassroots political group; 3 years – Board for Nevada "Coalition for the Protection of Marriage"; 2 years – Chairman of the “Preserve, Restore, & Expand U.S. Sovereignty, Today" (PREST) Committee in UT; & 1 year with “United Families” in Corvallis, OR. Becky has also spoken before state, county & city legislative bodies, school boards & at Town Hall Meetings in OR, NV & UT; & to high school students. Teamwork experience includes several collegiate & recreational sports. Other related experiences: administrative & teaching positions in her church.
WHY vote for a Constitution Party candidate?
1. Our economic & political mess comes because our elected leaders disregard the Constitution & we vote them back in, expecting different results. Their behavior is too entrenched to change.
2. The Declaration of Independence & Constitution make our nation unique - they clearly state basic human rights come from God & cannot be taken away by man.
3. Voting for “Third Party” candidates gives us more choices to find honest & wise people to represent us.
WHY you should vote for BECKY MADDOX:
1. Most economic problems are caused by government interference & control in the form of more socialism which only benefits some government officials & their friends. We must solve our own problems. Government has no money except what it takes from us or what it prints. When more money is printed, its value is less, causing increased prices. Bailouts will only hasten & deepen our problems.
2. I’ll vote to cut Utah property taxes. Since we always owe property tax we essentially rent our property from government & are forced to sell when taxes are too high. Thus taxation is the back door for government confiscation of private property. The Founding Fathers never envisioned such a thing.
3. I’ll vote to reduce all Utah taxes to their constitutional & proper levels so you can keep more of your own money. Utahns are always generous to the truly needy without government forcing "charity” through taxation.
4. I’ll vote “No” on education vouchers. Government money should only be spent on government projects. Public-private enterprises are socialistic & have no place in our form of government. Government projects have no incentive to be profitable – private business & industry does.
5. Merging policies & regulations with other nations will destroy our Constitution. I understand the dangers (which many politicians choose to ignore) & urgency of stopping these plans. I’ll continue to fight the plans here & encourage our delegation to fight them in Washington D.C.
6. I’ll support Immigration laws making illegals go home to the back of the line & wait before coming legally to Utah. Places where it’s a crime to house or hire illegals find they self-deport. People choose to come illegally, but they can’t choose the consequences to themselves & their families. It’s our right to protect ourselves & country from lawbreakers, violent gangs & individuals, drunk drivers, & those who take jobs from our citizens. There are no honest jobs Americans won’t do if they can provide for their family.
7. I’ll help pass Identity Theft & Fraud laws. ID Theft & Fraud are rampant. Laws to prevent businesses from using birth dates (DOB) & Social Security numbers (SS#) for ID (except when you’re hired) are needed. Then, your employer must have another identifier for your use that doesn’t include DOB- or SS#-related data. SS paperwork still says SS#’s are not to be used for ID except for employment.
8. I’ll sponsor a law making it illegal for phone companies to put unregulated or 3rd party charges on your bill. Phone companies get lots of money by billing you. It’s dishonest & customers must get their money back & phone companies must pay court costs + fines each time they engage in this &/or similar dishonest practices. Whoever makes the call, pays.
9. Homosexual “marriage” isn’t, by definition, & is illegal (as are “civil unions,” etc.) according to our Utah Constitution. They are a travesty (false or impudent imitation) of marriage. Elected officials pretending otherwise who provide insurance, etc. for such arrangements are unworthy of the office they hold.
Helpful Resources: (These can be ordered on the internet. I don’t know if they are found elsewhere. They are easy to understand as you think about their messages.)
Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (Republican 2006 website endorsed it. Wish they followed its principles.)
Murray N. Rothbard, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Mr. Rothbard was an Economics professor at UNLV.
CONSTITUTION PARTY OF UTAH
Paid for by the: BECKY MADDOX FOR UTAH HOUSE CAMPAIGN
4970 S. 350 E. #H-8 Washington Terrace UT 84405 801-645-4548
Blog: maddox4uthouse.blogspot.com
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains taken to bring it to light.” (George Washington)
“That which is right does not become wrong merely because it may be deserted by the majority, neither does that which is wrong today become right tomorrow by the chance circumstance that it has won the approval or been adopted by overwhelmingly predominant numbers. Principles cannot be changed by nor accommodate themselves to the vagaries of popular sentiment.” (Albert E. Bowen)
As a candidate for political office I believe in & follow these principles:
A- The only function of government is to protect life, liberty, & property.
B- Government can take individual life, liberty, or property in only four cases:
● to punish crime & provide for justice;
● to protect the right to private property & the right to control it;
● to provide for national defense & to wage defensive not preemptive war; &
● to compel all who are thus protected to bear their “fair share” of the burden. (See F, below.)
C- There is no justice in taking innocent life for convenience or to lessen our burdens. The preborn, elderly & handicapped deserve the same protections of the law given to all citizens.
D- Never should we allow freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights to be infringed.
E- Property rights are violated when government takes our property or money to give to foreign governments or citizens, or to compete against private industries, businesses & citizens.
F- Fairness & justice require all taxes to be uniform so each person's property, business, etc. is taxed at the same rate, thus ensuring everyone pays their “fair share.”
G- We lose our liberty & freedom when we let government ignore our Constitution.
SUPPORT ENDURING PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNMENT!
∙ JUDGES should be elected each & every time, not retained. When judges rely on politicians to get into office, they often are more concerned with pleasing politicians than doing what is right.
∙ MERGING our policies & regulations with other nations’ is unconstitutional & destroys God-given rights, Constitutional protections, independence & sovereignty. Sovereignty can’t be shared.
∙ MURDER is a capital crime whoever the victim is & whatever their age. What is done after death doesn’t affect punishment because death is the greater crime - you don’t get well from it.
∙ WEALTH is only created by work. The workers' “bread” belongs to neither government nor the idler but to whomever earned it. We need to put government on a diet & a budget.
∙ GOVERNMENT VOUCHERS for private educational institutions are always a misuse of tax money.
∙ GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE partnerships are a form of socialism & should be discontinued.
∙ CRIME rises & property & lives are at risk when immigration laws are not enforced.
Becky Maddox: was born/raised in Corvallis, OR, & graduated from Oregon State University in Physical Education. She lived in Indiana 2 years; Las Vegas, NV 24 years; & UT 4 years. She’s been a Physical Therapist Assistant in hospital, outpatient, & home health settings for 10 years. Political experience: 13 years – Board of Directors of “Nevada Concerned Citizens” (NCC), a grassroots political group; 3 years – Board for Nevada "Coalition for the Protection of Marriage"; 2 years – Chairman of the “Preserve, Restore, & Expand U.S. Sovereignty, Today" (PREST) Committee in UT; & 1 year with “United Families” in Corvallis, OR. Becky has also spoken before state, county & city legislative bodies, school boards & at Town Hall Meetings in OR, NV & UT; & to high school students. Teamwork experience includes several collegiate & recreational sports. Other related experiences: administrative & teaching positions in her church.
WHY vote for a Constitution Party candidate?
1. Our economic & political mess comes because our elected leaders disregard the Constitution & we vote them back in, expecting different results. Their behavior is too entrenched to change.
2. The Declaration of Independence & Constitution make our nation unique - they clearly state basic human rights come from God & cannot be taken away by man.
3. Voting for “Third Party” candidates gives us more choices to find honest & wise people to represent us.
WHY you should vote for BECKY MADDOX:
1. Most economic problems are caused by government interference & control in the form of more socialism which only benefits some government officials & their friends. We must solve our own problems. Government has no money except what it takes from us or what it prints. When more money is printed, its value is less, causing increased prices. Bailouts will only hasten & deepen our problems.
2. I’ll vote to cut Utah property taxes. Since we always owe property tax we essentially rent our property from government & are forced to sell when taxes are too high. Thus taxation is the back door for government confiscation of private property. The Founding Fathers never envisioned such a thing.
3. I’ll vote to reduce all Utah taxes to their constitutional & proper levels so you can keep more of your own money. Utahns are always generous to the truly needy without government forcing "charity” through taxation.
4. I’ll vote “No” on education vouchers. Government money should only be spent on government projects. Public-private enterprises are socialistic & have no place in our form of government. Government projects have no incentive to be profitable – private business & industry does.
5. Merging policies & regulations with other nations will destroy our Constitution. I understand the dangers (which many politicians choose to ignore) & urgency of stopping these plans. I’ll continue to fight the plans here & encourage our delegation to fight them in Washington D.C.
6. I’ll support Immigration laws making illegals go home to the back of the line & wait before coming legally to Utah. Places where it’s a crime to house or hire illegals find they self-deport. People choose to come illegally, but they can’t choose the consequences to themselves & their families. It’s our right to protect ourselves & country from lawbreakers, violent gangs & individuals, drunk drivers, & those who take jobs from our citizens. There are no honest jobs Americans won’t do if they can provide for their family.
7. I’ll help pass Identity Theft & Fraud laws. ID Theft & Fraud are rampant. Laws to prevent businesses from using birth dates (DOB) & Social Security numbers (SS#) for ID (except when you’re hired) are needed. Then, your employer must have another identifier for your use that doesn’t include DOB- or SS#-related data. SS paperwork still says SS#’s are not to be used for ID except for employment.
8. I’ll sponsor a law making it illegal for phone companies to put unregulated or 3rd party charges on your bill. Phone companies get lots of money by billing you. It’s dishonest & customers must get their money back & phone companies must pay court costs + fines each time they engage in this &/or similar dishonest practices. Whoever makes the call, pays.
9. Homosexual “marriage” isn’t, by definition, & is illegal (as are “civil unions,” etc.) according to our Utah Constitution. They are a travesty (false or impudent imitation) of marriage. Elected officials pretending otherwise who provide insurance, etc. for such arrangements are unworthy of the office they hold.
Helpful Resources: (These can be ordered on the internet. I don’t know if they are found elsewhere. They are easy to understand as you think about their messages.)
Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (Republican 2006 website endorsed it. Wish they followed its principles.)
Murray N. Rothbard, What Has Government Done to Our Money? Mr. Rothbard was an Economics professor at UNLV.
CONSTITUTION PARTY OF UTAH
Paid for by the: BECKY MADDOX FOR UTAH HOUSE CAMPAIGN
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