One hundred senators, 435 representatives, one president and nine Supreme Court justices are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country of ours.

They alone create deficits, inflation and high taxes. Special interest groups and lobbyists have no legal authority. They have no ability to force a senator, a congressman or a president to do one specific thing. It is the lawmakers’ responsibility to determine how they vote.

What is the legitimate role of government in a free society? Our founders answered this question when they created the Constitution. It outlines the legitimate powers of the federal government under Article 1-Section 8 "Powers Granted Congress."

Three-quarters of what Congress taxes us and spends our money for today is nowhere to be found on that list. To cite a few examples, there is no constitutional authority for Congress to subsidize farms, bail out banks or manage car companies.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of more than 300 million cannot control 545 people who stand convicted - by present facts - of incompetence and irresponsibility. If taxes and tax codes are unfair, it’s because they want it to be unfair. If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.

We deploy our military world-wide, but our own borders are insecure. President Teddy Roosevelt’s idea on foreign policy was to "walk silent and carry a big stick." Not a bad idea.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms so that, decades later, they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document, and open to their interpretation of what’s right and what’s wrong.

It is said that 86 percent of Americans believe in God. So what’s the problem in having "In God We Trust" on our money or having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why can’t we just tell the 14 percent to shut up and be quiet?