Thanks for all you are doing to keep the constitution alive and hopeful, instead of dead. If polititions had their way the constitution would be history. Thanks Michael.
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As I was traveling overnight in the middle seat of an overpacked coach flight to South Carolina, all I could think of was….thanks.
I’ll be speaking at the presidential debate after event rally/party today. The full lineup is pretty much this… Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Jordan Page, Stewart Rhodes…and me.
Getting an opportunity to speak at this event is a big thing for little ole TAC…and for me personally.
So, I wanted to take a minute to thank you…our readers and supporters…who keep pushing our tenther message and placing the Center in a place of growing prominence around the country. Thank you. Without your support and belief in our message, we’d be nothing more than a website. But ideas are stronger than anything tangible, and great ideas cannot be stopped in the long run. Your help has transformed a good idea into a national movement.
We’ve got an amazing group of five dozen volunteers who help as they can with their own busy lives to make this organization hum like a finely tuned sports car even though our budget is more like a pile of scrap metal. Plus we couldn’t do this without the multi-year dedication of our deputy director, and my personal friend, Bryce Shonka. He gets paid, like I do, low enough that we’d qualify for government handouts. But we don’t take them on principle.
And, I can never find a way to properly thank my life’s love, Sarah Rosa, who not only designs flyer after flyer for free, on a deadline, but is so supportive of all the endless 14 hour days that are required to make this thing happen.
And thanks to Nicole Quinn, Stewart Rhodes, Chris Lawton, who’ve actually made this S.C. speaking engagement happen.
So what am I writing all this for? Sometimes I feel like the never-ending workload and the brutally long workweeks are going to finally crush me, but they don’t. Every time I want to throw in the towel and just sleep for a couple weeks, something really good happens and reminds me why I keep pushing onward.
We’re fast-approaching our five year anniversary. Our funding is minimal, but with your help, our impact has been big. (Our yearly budget is matched by the Heritage foundation every six hours. Seriously.)
There’s a nullification movement all across the country. It has grown big enough that Tom Woods wrote a book about it and helped it grow even more. We’re running a nationwide tour (next up, Los Angeles). And the media and pundits alike are talking about our work. It is you who’ve taken these ideas and made them grow so much that in a few week span we were publicly attacked by both Rachel Maddow and the SPLC. Feathers are surely being ruffled and we must be doing something right!
We’re really going to need your help to continue our work and growth. Please stay tuned as we reach out to you for our 5-year anniversary celebration throughout June and July.
I am humbled and honored to lead our efforts here at TAC. With your help, we’ll continue to do so. Together we can take this message to the next level.
Many, many thanks.
Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. He was raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on twitter - @michaelboldin, on LinkedIn, and on Facebook.
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Thanks for all you are doing to keep the constitution alive and hopeful, instead of dead. If polititions had their way the constitution would be history. Thanks Michael.
Jatinder, It's great to have you with the TAC! Michael, Bryce, and others have made the TAC the premiere Constitution-supporting group in the nation precisely because of its recognition and advocacy of the fact that the states created the federal government and not the other way around as
Zombies would have us believe either out of outright stupidity, ignorance, or pathetic homage to
and dependence on the big centralized federal government .
I think we should get a hold of Heritage's donor list and try to siphon off some of their bucks. How does that sound?
Thanks, Michael, for founding the TAC! And Bryce as well! You definitely are "refounding fathers."
Oops! Wrong book. However, I do have "The Original Constitution". I have not finished it yet, but it's giving me a much better understanding of what our Founders intended... and wht they did not intend. I greatly appreciate your efforts. Thank you!
Thank you, Michael, for what you are doing. Thank you, especially, for turning me on to "Liberty of Contract". With all the propaganda out there, it can be difficult to ID the real issues at stake. FYI: Cato Institute has a new book out called "Rehabilitating Lochner". I wouldn't have known what that book is about without first reading "Liberty of Contract". Anyway, thanks again. Keep the faith!
The Tenth Amendment Center, in my humble opinion, is THE ANSWER to what ails this great nation. I am an immigrant from India who has tasted the fruits of the work of the Founding Fathers. Its time to be thankful. I will be there with whatever I can, although donor fatigue is an issue.
Thank you Michael and all who keep the wheels turning. Through the TAC website's encouragement and information learned here, my knowledge has gained signifigantly! Thank you. Nullification by Tom Woods sits by my bedside along with The Original Constitution by Robert G. Natelson. Yes, studying the constitution...I am! I have your articles posted on my facebook account and have even directed my local state representative your way to find a nullification template to go by as he is interested in what I learned from this webpage about Texas handling of TSA..... because most certainly "Those who would trade their liberty for a sense of security will ultimately end up with neither."
I've noticed you have tenther coins. Maybe you can sell those and fund this website and its operations with that? I know gold and silver are huge with libertarians, tenthers, conservatives, and such. Its just an idea. Also, why can't people contribute without using money such as allowing you to use their speaking halls for free or office space and things you normally pay for.
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And thank you Michael, along with the rest of the tireless folks at the TAC. Without your hard work we would not be seeing the results we are in the move back to states' rights and the original intent of the founders.
Keep up the good work.
You are welcome, Michael!
My financial contributions pale in comparison to the work you guys are doing at TAC. But at least I put my money where my mouth is.
It's not easy doing what you do - passing up regular, real wage-earning employment in order to do what you do, while hoping that people with similar sentiments (and 9 to 5 jobs) will provide the financial backing TAC needs. It's so much easier to just throw in the towel and get a job, as opposed to busting your tail to spread an important political message. Your efforts have definitely paid us back in multiples. Mention of the Constitution in political debates and discourse was almost non-existent until you came along. Congratulations for all you have helped us achieve.
I will keep doing my part.
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