Our Problem

“The Constitution...plainly is not adequate to protect the individual against the growing bureaucracy.... The individual is almost certain to be plowed under, unless he has a well-organized active political group to speak for him. ... But if a powerful sponsor is lack, individual liberty withers”. Justice William O. Douglas 1968

People often wonder how it is that our servants seem to dictate “Public Policy” that seems to go against what the majority of People would want done. The quote above has a clue that most People do not seem to understand. The Constitution[s] (State and Federal) provides the means for the People to elect ‘servants’, as well as provide the means to control them once elected.

When the People elect a servant they are ‘hiring a servant’. Our bodies of government are much like a business. The owners hire people to work for them. In the case of the American People electing ‘Public servants’ the People are the owners of the company (State and Federal Government) and the Public servants are their employee’s.

Once a business owner hires an employee they give their employee’s instructions as to what they expect their employee’s to do for them. Each employee in a company has a job description that defines their position in the company and what their obligations to the company and its owners are. The job descriptions authorize the employee’s to do certain things, and prohibit them from doing others.

Generally, janitors do not hire, fire, or give orders to the Stock holders, Board of Directors, CEOs, Vice Presidents, Supervisors, Safety Directors, Managers or the owner[s] of the company. This is the same way the American People’s companies (City, State, and Federal government) function. The People are the stock holders in our companies (bodies of government).

Generally the stock holders of companies advise the Board of Directors, and CEOs to manage their companies in a fashion beneficial to all the share holders. When they fail to do what is best for the stock holders they are replaced, and if the stock holders don’t hold their managers to their obligations the companies fail.

What is happening I America today is that only a few of the stock (share) holders are advising their managers as to what they want done, while the majority don’t participate any further than the election (hiring) process.

The few that are advising the managers (Public servants) of the People’s companies (government) hold interests in other ‘private enterprises’ (companies). By directing the People’s companies in a specific direction and having Public Policies (Laws, rules, regulations, tax incentives, etc.) created which is beneficial to them and their own ‘special interests’ their private enterprises are profiting at the expense of the majority of People who do not participate in the management of the People’s companies (government).

While the majority of the share holders of the People’s companies are not organized, and do not bother to instruct their employee’s (Public servants) a small fraction of the share holders of the People’s companies are. They are ‘well organized special interest groups’, that frequently assemble, discus among each other what they want done, share and publish written information, then draft petitions and have them served to the managers of the People’s companies via ‘lobbyists’.

These groups are exercising their inalienable rights secured Constitutions of the People’s companies (City, County, State, and Federal governments). The managers (Public Servants) of the People’s companies are ‘bound by the Laws’ of the companies (Constitutions) to act on the information (Petitions) they are receiving.

Hence the words of Justice William O. Douglas are true. The majority of American individuals are not well organized as a ‘unified politically active group’ with any powerful sponsor, and their individual liberty is withering. While a small fraction of the share holders of the People’s companies (governments) are well organized, and do solicit funding via various contributions to fund, and create a powerful sponsor (Lobbyists) to deliver their petitions and promote their own special interests.

If the majority of share holders would take the time to ‘unite, assemble, share oral, and written information, draft petitions, solicit funds to create and sponsor their own Lobbyists, they could regain control of their companies, as well as their freedoms and liberties.

Jimmy Freeman founder of the American People's Party