Forum Post: Elect our Children as President

Elect Our Children as President

No 1 There is a crime being perpetrated upon our children.

no 2 This crime is supported by our elected officials, educational institutions, and even parents, as well as the rest of us who have allowed this violation to continue for far too long.

Our children have been raised and educated to live in a state of legal intimidation, generation to generation. The purpose of this intimidation is to keep the corrupt in power. Greedy, power-hungry individuals use it in order to remain successful in government and corporate America.

no 4 How do those in power retain power? How do the affluent amass more wealth? The answer is the same for both questions: by exploiting and manipulating the legal system to the detriment of those who do not have the knowledge or means to protect themselves.

This exploitation affects us, “Main Street” Americans, in countless ways: city and county planning departments conveniently misinterpret codes to push through projects wanted by prominent members of the community;

No 6 District Attorneys abuse the rule of law; powerful corporations practice price gouging; Eminent Domain is used fraudulently to gain land for businesses or influential special interests; and even our own law enforcement officials breach the laws we live by.

No 7 Financial institutions fill contracts with small print and “legalese", making it necessary for borrowers, buyers, or investors to pay an attorney simply to explain the contract language, or risk financial ruin because of some obscure clause.

No 8 Those controlling the media use propaganda to distort or cover up facts that could make the common citizens’ lives better. All of these abuses of the system are possible due to the common people’s lack of knowledge of U.S. law and the legal system.

no 9 Those who do not understand the law do not have the tools to protect their own rights. There is a provision in the law that states “Ignorance of the law is not freedom from the law.”

No 10Not knowing that you are committing a crime does not release you from prosecution for that crime. Not understanding a clause in a contract does not prevent you from being held to that contract.

No 11 And the general public’s lack of awareness about zoning or environmental protection laws makes it possible for special interests to ignore or manipulate such laws to their own advantage.

no 12 Our laws and legal system were originally instituted to protect the rights of all citizens, regardless of financial status. Unfortunately, only a very small percentage of American citizens have the money either to attend law school themselves, or to retain the services of a legal expert.

No 13 This has enabled the powerful and wealthy few to use the law for personal gain, while the average American cannot hope to compete within today’s legal system; in fact, the average American is often unaware of his or her own rights or the laws on the books to protect them.

no 14 Our children will remain under the thumb of those in power, and the Good Old Boys’ club will continue to thrive, as long as the common citizens remain uninformed and ignorant.

When our children are deprived of an education in the language of law and due process, the powers of the greedy and the oppressors are protected. Those who are not conversant in the language of law are easily railroaded by those who are.

no 16 The reality of this abuse is best revealed with one question to Barack Obama, President of the United States. We ask you, President Obama: Why are our children being deprived of a basic education in the language of law, beginning at a primary level?

no 17 Unless our children learn the language of law and gain a true understanding of legal procedures, this and future generations will remain in the dark, and be unable to protect their own rights or fight corruption.

No 18 Without responsible legal education in public schools, the powerful and affluent few will continue to prosper, taking advantage of those in America’s middle- and lower-classes.

President Obama, we await your answer. We hope to see changes in our no 19 education system that will provide for an education in the language and procedures of law for all.

If you fail to act, you will reveal the reality of this abuse and expose the truth: that the President of the United States also belongs to the Good Old Boys’ club, along with other powerful members of the government, both Democrat and Republican.