Op-Ed and Letters

The Truth About the Social Security “Trust Fund” by Ray Uhric July 22, 2016

I hear young people say they don't depend on social security because “it won't be there when they retire.” I tell them that's exactly what the politicians want you to think. Why do so many young people tolerate the politicians stealing their money? Trillions of dollars of our money has been stolen from social security. And the politicians have no way to pay it back within the framework of our existing monetary system. The conservatives and Republicans want us to fall for the scam that they have to “cut social security in order to save it” The liberals and Democrats say they have to raise “taxes” to save social security. I have a much better idea.

Conservatives, Republicans, liberals and Democrats all ignore these very embarrassing facts: The federal budget was “unified” in 1969. Money from the social security system was put directly into the federal general revenue fund. As the cost of the unnecessary Vietnam war skyrocketed, money was sucked out of the social security system to pay for the war. I want the politicians to answer this important question: How much money was stolen from social security from 1969 to 1983 when Ronald Reagan and Alan Greenspan “reformed” social security?

On May 21, 1981, President Ronald Reagan told the American people and Congress “the social security system is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy...” That was a lie. Lying to Congress is a felony, obviously an impeachable offense. Why wasn't Reagan impeached by the Democrats? In 1983, it was Reagan's Greenspan Social Security Commission that put a TAX on social security benefits that continues to this day. Reagan raised the retirement age, cut benefits and increased the FICA contribution to create the so-called $2.8 trillion “trust fund.” But all the money that went into the mythical trust fund was actually put into the federal general revenue fund. The money was then stolen and spent by the politicians. I consider Reagan's “reforms” a breech of contract with the American people. Politicians, answer this question: if there is a “$2.8 trillion trust fund surplus, why are social security benefits going to be cut in 2017, after the election? More questions: What bank holds the social security trust fund and where is the $2.8 trillion?

The FICA social security payroll deduction is NOT A TAX. It is a premium payment to a government administered insurance program. The acronym FICA stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act. Why do Americans tolerate politicians stealing their FICA money? Would we tolerate politicians intercepting and spending our premium payments for our car insurance or life insurance? Stealing tax dollars and debt money from the federal general revenue fund to pay social security benefits does not replace the stolen money. It only compounds the theft.

There is no trust fund! The trust fund money has been stolen and spent by the politicians. And to make matters worse, because of stagnant or declining wages since the late 1970s, the sub prime mortgage disaster and the Great Recession, in 2010 the social security system went into the red. Increasing wages could reduce or even eliminate the shortfall. But this is unlikely to happen in our globalized, free market economy. The FICA funding shortfall is made up out of the federal general revenue fund, which means increased taxes and borrowed money are paying social security benefits. The mythical $2.8 trillion trust fund reflects the amount of money that has been stolen from social security since Reagan's Greenspan Social Security Commission set up the trust fund in 1983. The trust fund contains the infamous and worthless IOUs. And, the non-existent $2.8 trillion trust fund doesn't include the money that was stolen from 1969 to 1983 and the money stolen from Medicare and the other federal trust funds.

In 2034, there will be no more IOUs in the trust fund. Benefits will be cut twenty-three percent because only FICA money will be paying benefits. As a presidential candidate, I have the right to demand an uncorupted audit to determine the amount that has been stolen from social security and all federal trust funds since 1969. This money is owed to the American people by the politicians. But, it is impossible for them to actually replace the money without an enormous tax increase and/or borrowing a huge amount of money. There is always a budget deficit, thus, a part of social security benefits will always be paid with borrowed money. This is a liability on the backs of American taxpayers. The national debt is increasing exponentially. Obviously, hard times are coming for the people on social security unless Congress accepts my proposal to replace the stolen money with U. S. Treasury issued debt-free United States Notes (U. S. Notes). This proposal is explained in detail on my web site: rayuhric.com. There I explain how we can ACTUALLY replace the stolen money with legal tender United States Notes. My proposal is perfectly legal. Per the U. S. Constitution, art. 1, sec. 8, par. 5, U. S. Notes were issued under Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and John F. Kennedy in 1963. After they were assassinated, Congress withdrew their debt-free money from circulation! BUT $300 MILLION OF DEBT-FREE MONEY STILL EXISTS, UNCIRCULATED. And, the Legal Tender Act of 1862 gives Congress the authority to increase this $300 million to any amount. This link on my web site to the U. S. Treasury Department web site: U. S. Treasury - FAQ: Legal Tender Status of Currency will verify that what I say about U. S. Notes is true and based on existing law.

Today, many people have lost faith in their government. But the government isn't the problem. The problem is the politicians that we elect to the government. I consider politicians distinct from the Constitution-based institution of government. The government is neutral. Bad politicians cause bad government. Good politicians result in good government. The greatest threat to our social security and our other “entitlements” is our elected politicians. They start enormously expensive unnecessary wars and they pass deregulation that wrecks the economy, lowers wages and cuts tax revenue. They waste lots of money and borrow trillions of dollars that could be issued debt-free by the government. U. S. Treasury issued debt-free money is enumerated in the Constitution. The Constitution says nothing about the Federal Reserve.

I have been a candidate for president of the United States, registered with the Federal Election Commission, since April 21, 2015. Unfortunately, my voice has been ignored and suppressed by the media and stonewalled by the politicians since June of 2004. On my web site I explain how U. S. Notes can provide a Constitution-based, tax-free, debt-free solution to America's fiscal, economic, and social problems.

Support for my candidacy can be sent to: Committee to elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. Thank you.

Ray Uhric Democratic Candidate for President of the United States

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Dear Opinion Editor,

I am a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. I have been registered with the Federal Election Commission since April 21, 2015. Despite my best efforts, I have been ignored by the mainstream media. An account of my political activity can be found on my web site: rayuhric.com.

I was unable to access your guidelines for submissions for Perspectives and Sunday Forum. At 986 words, I hope my essay conforms to your requirements. Since my essay is an Op-Ed piece, I hope the text will be unchanged except for grammatical corrections.

I've written to the other presidential candidates. I had hoped to debate them in the mainstream media before the Democratic convention, but they ignored me. With the convention less than a week away, it would be great if you could publish my essay as soon as possible. I know this will be difficult but the voters should know that there has been an alternative Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton since April 21, 2015. In fact, I was registered with the Federal Election Commission before Hillary Clinton and most of the other candidates.

Needless to say, the "establishment" has no interest in an unanointed outsider. Hopefully, my social security essay will direct people to my campaign web site. There they will learn that there is more to public policy than a soap opera of claptrap speeches and vapid sound bites.

Thank you.

Ray Uhric Democratic candidate for President of the United States

Dear Opinion Editor,

I had hoped to have received an acknowledgement of my E-mail by now. Please forgive my impatience, but my experience over the last twelve years of my political activity is that virtually all of my correspondence to the media and politicians goes into a black hole of silence. If you refuse to acknowledge my correspondence, you will be in "good" company. Below is a list of the top American media people who refused to acknowledge my correspondence. This list is taken from my web site. The media big shots are also in "good" company. I've been stonewalled by virtually every politician from Tom Wolf to Barck Obama.

I you refuse to publish my Op-Ed, at least inform me of that fact so that I don't wait forever for a response that never comes. Incidentally, I have been waiting for years for a response from your boss David Shribman. You will find his name on the list below.

Ray Uhric Democratic candidate for President of the United States

Update 12/12/15

My Challenge to the Other Presidential Candidates and the Media

A Partial List of Media Organizations and Individuals Who Did Not Respond to My Correspondence Regarding Debt-Free Money

[Date mailed]: [8-29-15] Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation magazine; [8-31-15] David Rhodes, president of CBS News; Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes; [9-8-15] Sara Just, executive producer of the PBS NewsHour; Gwen Ifill, co-host of the PBS NewsHour; Judy Woodruff, co-host of the PBS NewsHour; James Goldston, president of ABC News; Roxanna Sherwood, executive producer of ABC News Nightline; David Sloan, executive producer of ABC News 20/20; George Stephanopoulos, chief anchor for ABC This Week; David Muir, managing editor of ABC World News Tonight; Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News/MSNBC; John Reiss, executive producer of NBC News Meet the Press; Chuck Todd, host of NBC News Meet the Press; Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC The Last Word; Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show; Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC All In; Court Harson, senior producer of MSNBC Hardball; Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC Hardball; Bill Wolff, Cory Gnazzo, executive producers of MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show; Denis Horgan, executive producer of All In with Chris Hayes; David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; [9-11-15] David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker magazine; Matt Taibbi, journalist for Rolling Stone magazine; Clara Jeffery, editor-in chief of Mother Jones magazine; David Corn, Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine; Nancy Gibbs, managing editor of Time magazine; James Bennet, editor-in chief of The Atlantic magazine; Jess Cagle, editor of People magazine; Jeff Zucker president of CNN Cable News Network; Erin Burnett, host for CNN Cable News Network; Anderson Cooper host for CNN Cable News Network; Wolf Blitzer anchor for CNN Cable News Network; Larry Kramer, editor of USA Today; Dean Baquet, editor of the New York Times; Martin Baron, Editor of the Washington Post; Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times.

Dear letters editor: Sep 29, 2016

The letter to the editor below, excluding the title, is 247 words. I hope it can be printed without changes, except for corrections, of course. Since I am a presidential candidate, it would be helpful if this letter is printed as soon as possible. My phone number is /// /// //// Thank you.

Ray Uhric Democratic candidate for President of the United States

Debt-Free Government Funding

I ran for Pennsylvania State Representative in 2006 and 2010. I have been a Democratic candidate for President of the United States, registered with the Federal Election Commission, since April 21, 2015. My web site: rayuhric.com documents my twelve year battle to bring the enormous benefits of debt-free monetary reform to the attention of the American people.

What is debt-free monetary reform? According to the United States Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5 and the Legal Tender Act of 1862, the United States Treasury can issue debt-free money – United States Notes (U. S. Notes) – in any amount. This link on my web site to the U. S. Treasury Department web site: U. S. Treasury - FAQ: Legal Tender Status of Currency will verify that what I say about United States Notes is true and based on existing law.

United States Notes can be used to generously fund the Veterans Administration, social security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Pension Benefit guarantee Corporation. With a stroke of the Congressional pen, these vitally important government agencies can be made permanently solvent. United States Notes can provide an enormous tax-free, debt-free economic stimulus. But for twelve years no politician, including Governor Tom Wolf and President Barack Obama, will discuss this issue with me. Except for KDKA's Chris Moore, there has been a total media blackout on this issue and my Presidential candidacy.

I can be contacted at: Committee to Elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108.

[These three E-mails and all the other E-mails that I sent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editors were ignored as I explain in Update]

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October 18, 2016

KDKA- TV

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Dear Mr. ////////////

You are probably unaware of the fact that I have been a candidate for President of the United States since April 21, 2015. With the exception of KDKA's singularly excellent Chris Moore, my campaign has been ignored and suppressed by the mainstream media (MSM). This problem is the subject of this letter. There are several possible explanations for the media's reluctance to publicize my campaign. The one I prefer is that my economic and monetary reform proposals are so politically incorrect and explosive that they must be suppressed. I know this sounds implausibly conspiratorial. However, when you read my enclosed two page Op-Ed that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette refused to publish, my conspiracy theory might not seem so implausible.

The third page of this letter contains a list of thirty-six members of the mainstream media who not only refused to publicize my campaign, they would not even acknowledge my correspondence. This list includes CBS News and 60 Minutes. The form letter that I sent to the MSM organizations can be found on my web site, rayuhric.com. Scroll down to my December 12, 2015 post if you want to read the letter. The stonewalling extends beyond the media. It includes the dozens of politicians who I have written to in the last twelve years. This time period includes my campaigns for the Pennsylvania state legislature in 2006 and 2010.

My experience with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in my opinion, perfectly illustrates why the American people have such a low regard for the MSM. The P-G not only refused to publish an Op-Ed submitted by a legitimate presidential candidate, they refused to even acknowledge the several e-mails that I sent them. When I e-mailed the P-G local news editor requesting an article about my campaign, my e-mail was ignored. This is remarkable and strange. Surely, a man from Pittsburgh running for President is worthy of a local news story.

The upshot of this unconscionable suppression of my candidacy is that the American people are unaware of the greatest financial scandal in American history. An unnecessary $19 trillion nation debt and the theft of trillions of dollars from the social security system is a scandal that dwarfs anything revealed in the ludicrous 2016 election soap opera. This scandal is the subject of my Op-Ed piece. My latest web site post contains a letter that I sent to the other major presidential candidates dated June 11, 2016. It also addresses this scandal. All the candidates ignored my letter. Interestingly, the sample letter on my site is addressed to Donald Trump.

I greatly appreciate the three interviews that I was granted by Chris Moore. However, the fiscal, economic and monetary reforms that I propose in my presidential campaign and on my web site can't be addressed properly even in a one hour interview. Economics, government funding and monetary theory are complex, arcane subjects. And my proposals have explosive implications that politicians obviously don't want the public to know about. What I need is an opportunity to have a real time on-air confrontation with the politicians who refuse to honor my Constitutional right to “petition the government for the redress of grievances.” The 2015/2016 presidential election cycle has been like an endless, disgusting Jerry Springer episode. Please give me the opportunity to inject vitally important substance into the 2016 presidential election. And after the election, the American people need to know what I have to say about the important local and national issues.

Thank you.

Ray Uhric

Democratic candidate for President of the United States

PO Box 815

Coraopolis, PA 15108

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October 17, 2016

KDKA NewsRadio 1020 AM

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Dear Ms. /////////

The third page of this letter contains a list of thirty-six members of the mainstream media who not only refused to publicize my campaign, they would not even acknowledge my correspondence. The form letter that I sent to the MSM organizations can be found on my web site, rayuhric.com. Scroll down to my December 12, 2015 post if you want to read the letter. The stonewalling extends beyond the media. It includes the dozens of politicians who I have written to in the last twelve years. This time period includes my campaigns for the Pennsylvania state legislature in 2006 and 2010.

I greatly appreciate the three interviews that I was granted by Chris Moore. However, the fiscal, economic and monetary reforms that I propose in my presidential campaign and on my web site can't be addressed properly even in a one hour interview. Economics, government funding and monetary theory are complex, arcane subjects. And my proposals have explosive implications that politicians obviously don't want the public to know about. What I need is an opportunity to have a real time on-air confrontation with the politicians who refuse to honor my Constitutional right to “petition the government for the redress of grievances.” The 2015/2016 presidential election cycle has been like a endless, disgusting Jerry Springer episode. Please give me the opportunity to inject vitally important substance into the 2016 presidential election. And after the election, the American people need to know what I have to say about the important local and national issues.

Thank you.

Ray Uhric

Democratic candidate for President of the United States

PO Box 815

Coraopolis, PA 15108

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October 28, 2016

KDKA- Radio

Mike Pintek

Dear Mr. Pintek:

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain the issue of debt-free money to your listeners. It is unfortunate that what I said “made no sense” to you. However, if you objectively listen to a recording of our conversation, you might realize that I explained debt-free money in a way that anybody could understand.

You said “nobody suppressed my candidacy.” Thirty-six members of the mainstream media refused to even acknowledge my letters that clearly stated that I am a presidential candidate. This fact was even stated on the envelope. A 60 Minutes interview and or an interview on any of the thirty-six national media outlets that I contacted would have put my candidacy and the debt-free money issue in the national spotlight. If I could have successfully explained the debt-free money issue and my entire platform to a national audience, my name might have been on the ballot in every state. My presidential candidacy died when I was smacked down by the mainstream media. I consider that monolithic silence obvious suppression. That's why you never heard of my candidacy. I blame your parent company, CBS, and the other media for my obscurity.

You kept mocking me with the statement: “You don't know where the ($300 million of) debt-free money is.” The official U. S. Treasury web site states: “United States Notes [U. S. Notes] were the first national currency.” “The Treasury Department issued these notes directly into circulation.” There was no need for a Federal Reserve System. In fact, U. S. Notes were our only national currency for 109 years before they were withdrawn from circulation by Congress in 1971. Our $19 trillion national debt is a direct result of this stupid act of Congress. The Treasury web site states: “Both United States Notes and Federal Reserve notes are parts of our national currency and both are legal tender. They circulate as money in the same way. ...both currencies have served essentially the same purpose, and they have the same value.” “The issuance of United States Notes is subject to the limitations established by Congress. It established a statutory limitation of $300 million on the amount of United States Notes authorized to be outstanding and in circulation.” The Treasury site specifically states that the debt-free $300 million exists but, unfortunately, it doesn't say where the money is. I can't change that. However, I have been trying for twelve years to get our elected politicians to answer the question of where the money is. But, as I said, they refuse to talk to me or even acknowledge to my correspondence. Are the politicians and media acting as agents for the bond market that stuck us taxpayers with the $19 trillion national debt?

Mr Pintek, surely can you grasp the massive difference between U. S. Notes and Federal Reserve notes. U. S. Notes incur NO Debt to the American taxpayers. Conversely, Federal Reserve Notes (according to the Treasury web site) are ”obligations of the United States Government.” And the “collateral” for the Federal Reserve Notes is “United States securities.” That is, government debt. The Treasury site explains: “This provides the backing for the note issue.” In simple terms, U. S. government debt backs the Federal Reserve Notes. In the words of former Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles (1934 to 1948), “Without the debt, we have no money.” Now can you grasp the tremendous advantage of debt-free U. S. Notes over Federal Reserve Notes? The difference is the $19 trillion dollar national debt. I do not propose to abolish the Federal Reserve. My proposal is to supplement the Federal Reserve Notes in the national money supply with United States Notes. This was done for 58 years between 1913 and 1971. Congress must take this action before the national debt destroys social security, Medicare, the Veterans Administration and the country.

For some inexplicable reason you couldn't grasp how United State Notes could save social security. As I explained in my letter and on your program, there is no social security “trust fund.” The trust fund money was put into the federal general revenue fund, stolen and spent by the politicians. The only way the trillions of dollars of stolen money can be replaced (within the structure of our current monetary system) is with a massive tax increase and or massive government borrowing. The only alternative to this fiscal disaster is U. S. Treasury issuance of U. S. Notes directly into the social security system. How is this possible?

The original issuance of U. S. Notes under President Abraham Lincoln was $449.338,902. Congress reduced this amount to $300 million under the authority of the Legal Tender Act of 1862. This same law gives Congress the authority to increase the amount of U. S. Notes “outstanding and in circulation” to any amount because the law sets no limitations. Thus, I call for an uncorrupted audit to determine exactly how much money has been stolen from the social security system since 1969 when the federal budget was “unified” and social security money was first stolen. This amount can be issued by the Treasury and put directly into the social system. Benefits can be generously increased and social security will be permanently solvent. Forget about cutting benefits, ever. You and your listeners scoffed at $300 million to replace the trillions stolen from the social security system. Apparently, you and they didn't comprehend that Congress can, by law, increase the $300 million to any amount. I know I told you and your listeners that.

As for inflation, I tried to explain to you that “printing money” does not cause inflation. That's a cruel myth. When the global financial system was on the verge of collapse in 2007/2008, central banks around the world “printed” trillions of dollars and other currencies to prop up the global money supply that was partially destroyed by Wall Street. (I explained how this happened on my web site: rayuhric.com.) The central banks “printed the money” to prevent a second Great Depression. Wall Street “economists” warned that global central bank “money printing” would cause massive hyperinflation. That, of course, never happened.

Do you remember that I told you that Lincoln's $300 million of debt-free money increased the national money supply by twenty-five percent? (Depending on how you calculate the current money supply, that would be at least three trillion dollars today.) And there was no inflation. If you don't believe me, check the historical record. Why did Lincoln have U. S. Notes issued? America was on the gold standard and there wasn't enough gold to back the currency needed to fight and win the Civil War. Lincoln saved America with U. S. Notes!

There is a myth that the Wiemar Republic of Germany in the early 1920s inexplicably printed huge amounts of money and destroyed the value of their currency with hyperinflation. They said it took a “wheel barrel of money to buy a loaf of bread.” In fact, the opposite is true. The inflation began before the money printing. War reparations, out of control market forces, default on external debt, commodity speculation and explosive social instability called into question the survival of the Wiemar Republic. This is what devalued the German currency relative to the U. S. dollar. The German government printed more and more money in order to maintain an adequate money supply to sustain the economy. The Wiemar Republic was too weak to control the market forces that were destroying it. And the Nazis took full advantage of this situation.

In my interview, you kept saying “This doesn't make sense to me.” I hope you can grasp the simple facts above that I explained as carefully as possible. During the interview, by sarcastically interrupting me; talking over me; not letting me finish my sentences and mocking my ideas, you actually discredited yourself. You denied your listeners the opportunity to learn about a vitally important national issue. You also displayed a shocking inability to grasp simple, straightforward concepts. Your boorish attempt to make a fool out of me actually made you look foolish and stupid. We should have had a logical discussion so the listeners could get the facts and make an objective analysis of the debt-free money issue. Your unprofessional behavior prevented this from happening. Although my interview was a very unpleasant experience, I will come back on your show or any KDKA-TV or radio show any time.

Sincerely,

Ray Uhric Democratic candidate for President of the United States

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PO Box 815

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January 24, 2016

Ms. Lisa J. Stevenson

Acting General Counsel

Federal Election Commission

999 E Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20463

Dear Ms. Stevenson:

I was a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate registered with the Federal Election Commission on April 21, 2015. My committee name is Committee to Elect Ray Uhric, Committee ID: C00576447. My complaint is probably unusual and it may not be a violation of FEC regulations. However, I want to make you and the Commission aware of a problem that I feel tainted the election: Information about my campaign and my platform was, in my opinion, suppressed by the media organizations and individuals who I contacted. This denied the American voters and the American people in general all knowledge of the important national issues and problems that I raised in my campaign. As a result, my proposals to address those issues and problems were never seen by the American voters. Besides tainting the election, I consider this a suppression and denial of my First Amendment right of free speech.

My complaint is described in detail in my upcoming post election campaign web site Update. My campaign web site is: rayuhric.com. Think excerpting the relevant passages from my web site would be the easiest way to explain why I believe the mainstream media's refusal to acknowledge my campaign was unethical if not illegal. I suspect the reason the “Establishment” media suppressed public knowledge campaign is that my debt-free economic and monetary reform proposals have explosively embarrassing implications and far reaching consequences. Below are the excerpts:

POST ELECTION UPDATE

I'm not surprised that I wasn't elected president. But I am surprised and shocked at what I consider the despicable cowardice and corruption of the American Establishment. My 12-12- 2015 Update contains a copy of the letter that I mailed to thirty-six prominent members of the mainstream media (MSM). The letter and the envelope clearly stated that I was a legitimate presidential candidate. The letter contained my platform and a detailed explanation of my proposals for debt-free economic and monetary reforms. I received no response. Incredibly, none of my letters were even acknowledged! This is the standard pattern I have encountered for twelve years! Had I been granted a serious interview by even a handful of the thirty-six cable “news” and network “news” shows and the national “news” magazines that I contacted, my debt-free monetary reforms would have received national attention. The worthless American media hacks won't dare acknowledge my correspondence and give me an opportunity to open a dialogue or even have a paper trail. This is blatant cowardice, corruption and suppression of legitimate news and information! All the names of the presstitutes who suppressed the vitally important national issue of U. S. Treasury issued, legal tender, debt-free money can be found in the 12-12-2015 Update on this web site. But it gets worse, as I will explain below.

this is a good place to finish my Post Election Update. Well, I accomplished at least one thing with my presidential campaign. I proved that the American “news” media (except for one individual) suppressed public knowledge of my presidential campaign and the vitally important national issue of U. S. Treasury issued debt-free money. This flies in the face of my presidential campaign that was primarily an educational exercise. It is a spectacular irony that my Constitutional right to free speech was abridged by our so-called “free press.”

My political objectives seemed, to me, irresistibly altruistic, patriotic and sensible: reduce the national debt, reduce taxes, increase social security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits, make those vitally important government programs permanently solvent, do the same for the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), provide unlimited funding for wounded and disabled veterans and the Veterans Administration. Provide full employment with good wages and benefits and FULL COVERAGE universal healthcare (with no stupid “choices”) for all American workers. All this would be accomplished without raising taxes or government borrowing and no inflation using U. S. Constitution-based, U. S. Treasury issued, legal tender, debt-free United States Notes. The platforms of the other presidential candidates were preposterous, pie in the sky nonsense by comparison.

I even have a debt-free money way to get money out of politics. Political contributions could be made illegal! All qualified candidates would have equal access to a government run information exchange. The 2016 presidential election alone cost over $6 billion. (I received not one penny for my campaign.) Add up Congressional, state and local elections and the cost of all the elections since the cost of elections began skyrocketing. Would the number be a trillion dollars? Since a large amount of the money comes from businesses, billions could have gone for better wages, benefits and full coverage healthcare (with no stupid “choices”). The contributions from individuals and organizations could have significantly raised the standard of living of those contributors. But, are the American people ready for uncorrupted elections or are we stuck in the political dark ages?

I expected tremendous support from the voters. Instead, my campaign was a miserable waste of time, effort and money. Over and over, I explained on my web site that my debt-free money proposals had been done before by Presidents Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and John F. Kennedy in 1963. I revealed that their debt-free money was pulled from circulation by Congress after these great presidents were assassinated. This link to the U. S. Treasury Department web site: U. S. Treasury - FAQ: Legal Tender Status of Currency proves that uncirculated debt-free money currently exists and it can be increased to any amount by Congress! I explained why the “hyperinflation” objection is a myth and a scam. But I got nowhere with the voters. What happened? What happened was that the election was rigged but not the way Donald Trump says it was. Trump had massive media coverage. I had virtually no media coverage. I was stonewalled and ignored by all the politicians. None of them would dare to engage me in a public debate. They knew it would be political suicide. And, despite numerous letters and E- mails, the stooges in academia pretended that I didn't exist. Why? I challenged their lucrative, self-serving and bogus Establishment dogmas.

My June 11, 2016 letters challenging the other presidential candidates to address the issues and questions that I raise on my web site was ignored by all of them. The cowards never gave me a chance to engage them in a public debate. They (or somebody in their front office) didn't dare give me a public forum. Were they afraid that I would expose them all as fraudulent hacks? My contact information remains: Committee to Elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. I dare ANY politician, particularly President Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to engage me in a public debate about ANY issue facing America, AFTER the issue of debt-free money is resolved to my satisfaction. Incidentally, I sent letters to Mr. Trump on November-13, 16, 17, 22, and 23-2016. [On January 16, 2016 I received a form letter from Mr. Trump. This is all I ever got from the numerous letters I sent to President Barack Obama. Hopefully, I will receive something more substantive from President Trump in the future.]

My debt-free economic and monetary reform proposals and my other articles have been totally stonewalled by the mainstream media. Obviously, the MSM is the ministry of propaganda for entrenched financial and political interests, to the detriment of the American people. And here is my proof: I've been trying for years to get something published in the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, my local newspaper. I would think a Pittsburgh man running for President of the United States would be a big local news story and worthy of coverage. But not in my case. On July 21, 2016 I E-mailed an Op-Ed titled: “The Truth About The Social Security 'Trust Fund'” to the P-G Opinion editors. I clearly pointed out that I was a presidential candidate. The E-mail was ignored. No rejection notice and thus, no paper trail. The P-G used this stonewall tactic on me several times before over the years. I resent the E-mail, again but it was ignored. I E- mailed another P-G editor. He forwarded the E-mail to the Opinion editors. Again it was ignored. He forwarded it again. Again it was ignored! On August 5, 2016 I E-mailed prominent P-G editor and former U. S. Ambassador Dan Simpson. I included a copy of the Op-Ed and told him about my problems with the news about my presidential campaign being suppressed. He ignored my E-mail. On August 5, 2016 I E-mailed the P-G local news editor. I gave her a brief bio and told her about my presidential campaign and my platform. And I included the social security Op-Ed. My E-mail was ignored. On August 7, 2016 I resent the E- mail to Simpson asking if he would at least acknowledge receipt of my E-mail. Again, my E- mail was ignored. On September 29, 2016 I E-mailed a brief “letter to the editor” to the Post- Gazette. My E-mail was ignored even though I explained that I was a presidential candidate. This is beyond odd. This is astounding and outrageous! You might suggest that I write to their boss P-G executive editor David Shribman and complain about the unconscionable stonewalling of his editors. I've lost track of how many times I've written to him and how many times he ignored me. But wait, it gets worse.

On October-18 and 19-2016 I mailed letters to all of the hosts, news people and the man in charge of “editorials” at KDKA radio and television, a total of thirty-nine letters. I know this was very late in the presidential election cycle, but remember, my campaign was primarily about educating the American people about important national issues. I explained that news and information about my campaign had been suppressed and I listed all the news organizations and people who refused to cover the vitally important national issue of debt-free money. I asked for an opportunity to have a real time on-air confrontation with the politicians who were suppressing the debt-free money issue. Except for conservative radio host Mike Pintek,all the letters were ignored. Mr. Pintek did grant me an interview but it was a total hatchet job. (The interview is probably archived somewhere.) I mailed him a rebuttal letter on October 29, 2016 and requested another on-air interview with him or anybody in the KDKA organization. The letter was ignored.

Please click on the link to Op-Ed and Letters There you can read my social security Op-Ed, my correspondence to the P-G Opinion editors and my “letter to the editor” that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suppressed. You can also read my initial KDKA letter and my Mike Pintek rebuttal letter. Mr. Pintek can't complain that I'm “blindsiding” him by publishing the rebuttal letter. On January 5, 2017 I E-mailed Mr. Pintek and told him that I was putting the rebuttal letter on this web site. And I included a copy of the letter. So far, he and the entire KDKA organization have ignored the E-mail. There is also a draft of a letter that I will send to the Federal Election Commission complaining that information about my presidential campaign and my platform was suppressed by the mainstream media. I have not yet determined if this is a violation of FEC regulations, but it is certainly unethical and a possible violation of my First Amendment rights. It is vitally important that the American people read my social security Op- Ed that the Post-Gazette suppressed. Why? I just read an garbage article on a “highly respected” business web site that referred to the social security trust fund's “$2.8 trillion cash balance.” This is a LIE that is repeated over and over in the MSM. There is no “cash” in the so-called “trust fund.” The cash has been stolen and spent by the politicians. The trust fund contains tax dollars and debt. This is the ugly, scandalous TRUTH that the Post-Gazette, KDKA, the mainstream media, “academia” and even Senator Bernie Sanders and the Democrats have suppressed for decades! And, even more despicable, they all suppressed the TRUTH that my debt-free monetary reforms are the only way to fix underfunded social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, the PBGC and America's many other economic and fiscal problems, including the unsustainable national debt.

For twelve years I've been trying to get the support of the Democratic Party and organized labor. But rather than support my debt-free monetary and economic reforms, the feckless, clueless Democrats and lefties hope for another disastrous Republican administration like Bush/Cheney. That is their standard plan for winning elections. Hey, it worked for Obama! When will my fellow Democrats realize that we don't have to win elections to make change happen. We just need good ideas, a plan and a public dialogue. Give me access to the MSM and I'll take on anybody, any time. The good ideas and the plan are on this web site. But, thanks to the MSM, I never got the chance to talk to the American people and I'm still stuck in the political wilderness. What would have happened if I had been given a 60 Minutes interview? What if my articles would have been published in Time magazine? What if my social security Op-Ed had been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette? I'm not saying I would have been elected president but I would have forced the other candidates to answer some very tough questions. Instead, we got another stupid, vapid, worthless soap opera election cycle. Do I envy President Trump? No. For me, at my age, the pomp and glitter of the presidency would be tedious and boring. My presidency would have been like four years of boot camp. I would have battled the neo cons and the Establishment and attacked America's problems with logical and uncorrupted solutions. The battle would have taken every ounce of my strength. After four years, I'm sure I would have been totally burned out and ready for a wheelchair. I think it would have been a terrible experience because there is nobody in Washington or in the Washington “think” tanks who I would have trusted to advise me. Am I being too hard on the Establishment? No. And I believe the historical record confirms my judgment.

These excerpts explain very well the difficulty I have encountered trying to get publicity for my presidential campaign. My experience may not be a violation of Federal Election Commission regulations or law. But surely it is a violation of the spirit of the law. The issues and questions that I tried to raise in my campaign are extremely important national issues. But they were suppressed by the media. For this reason, I believe the election was tainted. I don't know if there is anything that the FEC can do to redress this gross injustice and this blatant mockery of my right of free speech. What a spectacular irony that the government has to hold our free press accountable for a violation of the First Amendment.

Thank you for looking into this matter.

Sincerely,

Ray Uhric former candidate for President of the United States

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Post Office Box 815

Coraopolis, PA 15108

June 21, 2011

Senator Pat Toomey

502 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Toomey,

You have refused to acknowledge my December 10, 2010, letter, my February 6, 2011, e-mailed copy of that letter and my February 7, 2011, phone call confirming that your Washington, DC, office received the e-mail. I would like to remind you, Senator, that I have a Constitutional right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” To date, you have denied me this right.

My grievance has to do with the $4.6 trillion intergovernmental debt. As you know, the intergovernmental debt is the money that politicians have raided from the trust funds and spent. These trust funds include social security, Medicare, federal civil service retirement, and military retirement. In the current public “debate” regarding the budget deficit and the national debt ceiling, the fact that this $4.6 trillion is owed to the American people is rarely mentioned. Until this money is returned to the American people, in the form of cash, (not IOUs), the money is stolen. Politicians claim that they will repay the missing money out of future tax revenue. This will only perpetuate the theft. You don’t repay the taxpayers with their own money. The money must come from a source other than the victims of the theft.

You should know that you can repay the $4.6 trillion to the American people without raising taxes or borrowing from the credit markets. And you can use the same revenue source to solve the budget deficit and national debt problems. How? Simply follow the instructions in the United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5, states: “Congress shall have [the] power to coin money [and] regulate the value thereof.” The word “coin” can also mean create, as in the expression “to coin a phrase.” Thus, Congress can create money. There is nothing in the Constitution about the Federal Reserve or a central bank.

As you know, in 1913, in defiance of the Constitution, Congress gave the power to issue money to the Federal Reserve. Some scholars believe this action was illegal because it was done without a Constitutional amendment. I agree, but I am not recommending the abolition of the Federal Reserve. My objective is to tell the American people (and to remind you) that Congress and the Treasury still have the authority to issue debt free money without involving the Federal Reserve. There is an extremely important distinction between money issued by the Federal Reserve and money issued by the Treasury. Money issued by the Federal Reserve is based on debt. In fact, the Federal Reserve Notes we spend every day are responsible for our $14.3 trillion national debt. Treasury issued United States Notes (Greenbacks) are based on the law as stated

in the Constitution above. And, unlike federal Reserve Notes, United States Notes carry no debt.

In 1862, at President Abraham Lincoln’s request, Congress directed the Treasury to issue $60 million worth of United States Notes. Under the authority of the Legal Tender Act of 1862, during the course of the Civil War, $449 million worth of this legal tender currency was issued (The Federal Reserve didn’t exist in 1862.) This caused no inflation even though the money supply was increased by 25%. After President Lincoln was assassinated, Congress reduced that amount to $300 million and froze it at that level. Subsequently, Congress refused to authorize the issuance of any more debt free money. However, the original $300 million is still an uncirculated part of our national money supply. The $300 million amount can be increased by Congress and put into circulation immediately.

On June 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive order 11110 (amending E.O. 10289) authorizing the Treasury to issue billions of dollars of United States Notes. Although the actual amount and the function of the E.O. are debated, the fact that Kennedy was responsible for the issuance of debt free money is not questioned. After President Kennedy was assassinated, the United States Notes were withdrawn from circulation and no more debt free money was issued. In 1966, Congress repealed the original 1933 legislation that gave Kennedy the authority to issue E.O. 11110. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan repealed E.O. 11110 with E.O. 12608.

I don’t want to promote or endorse the conspiracy theories. However, I mention these historical facts to prove that issuing debt free money is legal and practicable. The only thing preventing debt free money from reentering our currently debt based national money supply is the United States Congress.

Therefore, I am publicly calling upon Representatives Tim Murphy, Jason Altmire, Mike Kelly and Mike Doyle to introduce legislation authorizing the Treasury to issue United States Notes. This will be the same currency that was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and by John F. Kennedy in 1963. This legal tender currency can be used to pay off the entire $4.6 trillion intergovernmental debt: $2.6 trillion owed to social security; $317 billion owed to Medicare; $780 billion owed to the federal civil service retirement fund and $308 billion owed to the military retirement fund. At the same time, the $23 billion funding shortfall of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) can be eliminated.

In addition to this, I am asking you and Senator Bob Casey to support this legislation. If you choose to withhold your support, please explain your reasons, in writing, and send them to me at: Ray Uhric, Post Office Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. I will put your letter on my blog site www.rayuhric.com along with my response to your objections. Then, the public can judge who is really following his Constitutional mandate to “promote the general welfare of the American people.”

The financial markets have nothing to say about repaying the trust funds with Treasury issued debt free money. This is money that is owed to the American people. Supplementing our debt based money supply with debt free money is perfectly legal. And, there is no reason for this action to cause inflation. The notion that dollars are just another commodity and that increasing the supply reduces the value is nonsense. Commodities are things with intrinsic value, such as corn, wheat or copper. Dollars are just paper. They get their value from the law as stated in the Constitution above. The fact that currency speculators can attack the value of the dollar is a clear violation of the Constitution. That our political leaders would let them get away with it is a scandal. The size of our money supply and the value of the dollar are determined by Congress. It’s the law. It may be ignored by the politicians, but it is still the law

Forgive me if I am highly suspicious of the motives of conservative politicians who claim that they must attack social security and Medicare in order to deal with our massive national debt. It sounds like the same old “starve the beast” game plan to me. A quick check of the historical record will illustrate the fact that Republicans, conservatives and the financial markets have despised and opposed social security and Medicare from the first day these programs were proposed. Why would the financial markets and the financial services “industry” want to see social security and Medicare destroyed? That would eliminate the competition, of course. They want ALL the money for themselves and their shareholders.

Apparently, the conservative “starve the beast” strategy to destroy social security and Medicare began with the Reagan administration. Of course, this plan backfired when Congress simply borrowed more money to offset the lost revenue from the tax cuts and to fund the various wars and other government expenditures. But now, with a $14.3 trillion national debt and the national debt ceiling looming, it looks like the government haters have the so-called “beast” by the throat. But to the millions of people whose very survival depends on social security and Medicare, calling these great and vital programs “the beast” is a despicable example of conservative Republican spin.

It is interesting to note how the Cold War, tax cuts, the Iraq war, the mortgage meltdown, the global credit crisis, Dick Cheney’s idea that “Deficit don’t matter,” and other policy blunders have put social security and Medicare right where the government haters want it. The “privatizers” and the financial markets must have been delighted as the politicians, year after year, weakened social security and Medicare by raiding the trust funds. Then, in a vicious and diabolical act of cruelty, they added every penny of the stolen money onto the national debt! Is this scandalous economic policy really a legitimate way to conduct our nation’s fiscal business? Is this a viable monetary system or a scam designed to fleece the taxpayers with debt?

Replacing the missing $4.6 trillion with debt free United States Notes can be accomplished in a matter of days. Supplementing our current debt based money supply with debt free United States Notes will instantly solve the contrived budget crisis and eliminate the “need” to raise the debt ceiling. Who could be opposed to that? Obviously, the funding to make social security, Medicare, Medicaid and the PBGC permanently solvent is at the fingertips of Congress. Politicians say we must endure austerity and slash social security and Medicare to send a signal to the markets (the bond vigilantes) so they will loan us more money and get us deeper in debt. The only message we should send to the bond vigilantes is: Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5, of the United States Constitution.

This letter will be posted on my blog site www.rayuhric.com. If you have any objections to my debt free monetary reform proposals, please send them to me at Ray Uhric, Post Office Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. I will put your letter and my response to it on my blog site. This will make our debate a matter of public record. The American people can then judge the relative merits of our respective arguments.

Thank you for your attention to this vitally important matter. I await your timely reply.

Sincerely,

Ray Uhric

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UPDATE 2-23-2013

It’s the Stupidity, Stupid

Part 4

Actually, I’m not calling everyone who reads this blog update stupid (despite the attention grabbing title). My objective is to warn people about the dangers and consequences of accepting stupid ideas as revealed wisdom. After more than eight years of stonewalling and silence, it is obvious that I have to try harder to get the attention of the politicians, the pundits, the mainstream media (MSM) and the general public. Calling people stupid will usually get their attention. I am not running again for public office (calling people stupid is not a good way to get votes). As a non candidate, I don’t have to pander to anyone. I have a populist message, that is: economic and social justice based on the U.S. Constitution and existing law.

Below is an open letter to my Senator, Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey. (Democrat Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey still refuses to answer, or even acknowledge, my correspondence.) This letter is strident and demanding. However, the current bipartisan attack on social security, Medicare, Medicaid and the solvency and power of the American government demands nothing less. A copy of this letter will be sent to the local and national media via e-mail and the U.S. Postal Service. I will communicate in the same way with politicians from the local to the national level and organizations that purport to defend the interests of senior citizens and American’s in general. The names of these individuals and organizations will be published on the home page of this blog. I will continue this effort until I get a fair public hearing on the issue of U.S. Treasury issued debt-free legal tender United States Notes.

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Moon Township, PA 15108

February 23, 2013

Senator Pat Toomey

502 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Toomey:

I just finished reading the part of your web site that deals with “Budget, Jobs and the Economy.” Your proposals prompted me to write to you again. First, I would like to remind you that I began writing to you on the day were you elected to your current office. I sent you a letter on December 11, 2010. I later e-mailed a copy of that letter to your Washington office and called to confirm that the e-mail was received. The letter, the e-mail and the call were never acknowledged. I wrote to you again on February 6, 2011. This letter was also ignored. I published all of my correspondence to you on my web site/blog, www.rayuhric.com, hoping that public pressure would force you to publicly debate the issue of U.S. Treasury issued debt-free, legal tender United States Notes (U.S. Notes or Greenbacks) on my web site/blog. That didn’t work. You are still totally insulated and totally silent. And, you still deny me my first amendment right “to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

What are my grievances? Approximately $5 trillion has been stolen from the federal “trust funds” and spent by politicians. This $5 trillion is now the infamous IOUs – intergovernmental debt – that was/is added to the national debt and loaded onto the backs of American taxpayers. As you know, the only way these IOUs (government bonds) can be “redeemed” is by stealing more money from the taxpayers and/or borrowing more money, which is a liability on the taxpayers. Then, to add injury to injury, the national debt is used by conservative Republicans (and Democrat fellow travelers) as a bogus “justification” to attack and slash social security, Medicaid, Medicaid and the power and solvency of the American government. This is an outrageous and scandalous scam against America. Politicians owe the current and future trust fund beneficiaries every penny of that $5 trillion. The only way that trust fund money can be truly replaced is with U.S. Treasury issued debt-free, legal tender United States Notes. Redeeming the IOUs with future tax dollars and/or with borrowed money only compounds the theft.

I concluded my December 10, 2010, letter with this paragraph: “As an elected official, you are no longer a member of the private sector. You are part of the federal government. You are required, by law, to do what is best for the country. The desires of Wall Street and the financial services “industry” are irrelevant to your job. America can no longer afford the deregulated, “free market,” financial blunders that have brought America to the point of economic and financial ruin. I await your timely reply.”

Well, your reply was certainly not timely, it is nonexistent. The reason for your silence is obvious to me. You never changed your allegiance from Wall Street to the American people. Your statements on your web site make this fact disgustingly clear. Here are some samples:

You write that you want to “streamline burdensome regulations.” I want to know exactly what regulations you are referring to. It was financial deregulation that destroyed the global and national economies and was/is responsible for our current and ongoing economic and fiscal problems. It is a scandal and a national disgrace that the monstrous actions of Wall Street and the financial services “industry” can be judged “legal” by the U.S. Justice Department. (This fact was revealed by Lanny Breuer in the famous November 30, 2012, Frontline interview.) Thanks to financial deregulation, the destructive derivative “products” that you pioneered on Wall Street were also legal. Who would deny that regulatory and legislative oversight in this country is a joke? But, from what I have read on your web site, you want to make a bad situation even worse. You were labeled a “financial guru” in a February 17, 2013, puff piece in the “liberal” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. If you are so “principled and well versed in financial issues,” why did you do nothing to stop the catastrophic housing bubble that was inflating during the entire time that you held office in the U.S. House of Representatives?

I want you to tell me exactly how “tax policies are hindering job creation and economic growth.” Could it be that the private sector and their shill politicians are blackmailing the American government into cutting taxes in order to get the business community to drop some crumbs to the American workers? In my February 11, 2012, Update on my blog, I proposed a “Jobs Bill” that would dramatically reduce unemployment and underemployment, stimulate the economy and increase the gross domestic product (GDP). This jobs bill would require no Keynesian borrowing from the global credit markets, no legislation from our catatonic Congress and no tax dollars. My proposal is for a New Deal type full employment program that would be paid for totally with U.S. Treasury issued debt-free legal tender United States Notes. If you go to my blog site, www.rayuhric.com, you will find a link to the U.S. Treasury Department web site. There you will learn that everything I say about debt-free legal tender money is true and based on existing law. You will also learn that U.S. Notes are currently an unissued part of our national money supply! If you claim that my proposals will cause inflation, I will challenge you to a debate, and I will prove that printing money DOES NOT cause inflation.

You say you want to “undo Washington’s costly healthcare mandates.” Alright, what is your solution for affordable, universal full healthcare coverage for all American workers? Let’s hear it, and we will see how it stacks up against the proposal that I outline on my blog.

What is “the red tape that undermines economic growth and affordable energy?” Be specific, so I can determine if your explanation makes sense. On the subject of energy, what will you do if a fracking pipe going through an aquifer bursts and poisons the water? I would like to have a comprehensive public discussion with you about America’s energy policy. We need a reality check.

You worry about taxing the “job creators.” Are you talking about the people who destroyed American industry in order to ship jobs to low wage countries like Vietnam? Did America (mostly the poor and working class) fight that terrible war to make Vietnam the preferred low wage production and investment choice for “American” capitalists and investors? Are you talking about the “job creators” who are making record profits and sitting on trillions of dollars of cash? Incidentally, this stash of cash continues to grow even after billions of dollars have been spit out in dividends and stock buy backs. This windfall goes to people who didn’t lift a finger to earn that money. For a humorous examination of the notion that “cutting taxes increases tax revenue,” please read my essay titled “Taxation.” You can link to it from the home page of my blog.

You want to “make American companies more competitive.” American worker’s wages have been stagnant or declining for forty years. Lack of universal full healthcare for American workers is a national scandal. Unions have been beaten into submission by the private sector and their goon politicians. Tell me which businesses pay the mythical thirty-five percent corporate tax rate. And then tell me which ones pay no taxes at all. The private sector continues to whine and cry about paying the minimum wage. But, in order for low wage workers to survive, taxpayers must subsidize their employers by providing food stamps and Medicaid to low wage workers. Still, you want American workers to be more competitive. Would legalized slavery satisfy you?

I want you to explain exactly how “job creation and putting our federal government on a sustainable fiscal path are inextricably connected.” Is the budget deficit and the national debt a red herring that the “job creators” use to blackmail and bamboozle the weakling politicians into slashing or even eliminating social security, Medicare, Medicaid and many other excellent things that our government does? I have been telling people for more than eight years that the very existence of the national debt is a scam and a scandal. Why is this true? Our currency is based on U.S. government debt – Treasury bills, bonds and notes. This means that the national debt will never be paid off and the debt ceiling will always be raised under our current debt based monetary system. Do you plan to use the totally unnecessary national debt as a destructive weapon to “starve the beast”? As a patriotic American, I take great offense when conservatives, especially chicken hawk conservatives, call the American government (that I defended for four years in the military), a beast!

If you really cared about America and if you really cared about our national debt crisis, you would demand that the Republican controlled House of Representatives authorize the U.S. Treasury to issue debt-free, legal tender United States Notes. With U.S. Notes, we can finally start PAYING OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT. Let’s get rid of the debt burden that is crushing the taxpayers, social security, Medicare, Medicaid and the government’s ability to promote the general welfare of the American people. And while they’re at it, Congress can eliminate the budget deficit by funding it with debt-free legal tender United States Notes. WE DON’T HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM, WE HAVE A DEBT PROBLEM. WE DON’T HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM, WE HAVE A WALL STREET, “FREE MARKET,” GLOBALIZED ECONOMY PROBLEM. America’s current fiscal and economic problems are undeniable proof of the failure of our economic, monetary and political systems. I could go on with my thesis, but I’m sure I have effectively made my point.

The proposals for “Budget, Jobs and the Economy” on your web site are a Wall Street wish list so transparent that it is shameful. And, your proposals prove that your allegiance remains with Wall Street and not with the American people. The conflict of interest between Wall Street, the financial services “industry” and the American people was brutally exposed by the 2007/2008 subprime mortgage disaster/global credit crisis. After that debacle, there is only one explanation that can account for how a Wall Street banker/derivatives salesman like you can win an election: The Democrat Party is a political joke.

I challenge you to go to my blog site, www.rayuhric.com, and find anything that is in error. If you find something, put it in writing and send it to PO box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. I will publish your comments and my rebuttal on my blog. Our debate will be public and in the historical record. The American people deserve to know the whole truth about the issues that impact our lives. They certainly won’t learn it from you. The financial “industry” parasites (aka bond vigilantes) are threatening the American people with their usurious debt weapon. This is a criminal act, in my opinion. The legal term for this act is EXTORTION!

Since June of 2004, I have been writing to politicians, the media, pundits, policy makers and academics. After more than eight years, I have never received a serious rebuttal to anything that I have said on my web site/blog. Therefore, everything that I have written stands unchallenged. With this fact as my authority, I am requesting that you publicly explain to the American people why the Republican controlled Congress can’t direct the U.S. Treasury to immediately begin issuing debt-free legal tender United States Notes. This money could immediately replace the approximately $5 trillion stolen from the federal trust funds. U.S. Notes could fund the $1 trillion plus federal budget deficit. U.S. Notes could fund the New Deal type full employment “jobs bill” that I proposed in my February 11, 2012, blog Update.

Also, I am requesting that Congress partially fund the federal government with U.S. Notes. This would reduce taxes and give Congress the ability to begin paying off the national debt. I request that U.S. Notes be sent to the states to solve the budget problems that were caused by the actions of the private sector. I request that a sufficient supply of U.S. Notes be available for disaster relief. I request that NASA be deprivatized and returned to its original form, as I proposed on my blog site. I request that the Post Office be deprivatized and funded totally with U.S. Notes. The Post Office was established by the Constitution as a government service, not a business. Instead of borrowing and taxing to pay for a “National Infrastructure Bank,” the money could simply be issued debt and tax free by the U.S. Treasury. I would be happy to debate privatization and so-called “public/private partnerships” with you anytime. And if you say that my proposals are inflationary, I will debate you and prove you wrong.

Senator Toomey, I want you to publicly explain to the American people why my Lincoln/Kennedy Monetary Reform proposals, as outlined in this letter and on my blog site, can’t be implemented immediately. Your explanation will be put on my blog site, www.rayuhric.com, and we will debate the issues publicly. In this way, our debate will be included permanently in the historical record. The time has come for the American people to escape the debt slavery imposed on us by the financial markets. I’ve been waiting since December of 2010 to talk to you, Senator Toomey. I await your timely reply.

Sincerely,

Ray Uhric

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