Chapter 17 -  What You Need To Know About Real Estate & Terrorism Risk

Chapter 18 -  Solutions To New Regulatory Burdens and Risks
Case Study # 10 Inadequate Due Diligence
Case Study # 11  Be Careful When Banking Offshore
Case Study # 12  The Snitch Factor

Section Five - How To Build Safe Protected Wealth

Chapter 19 - New & Enhanced Post 9/11 Wealth Planning & Protection Techniques

Chapter 20 - How To Choose an Investment Or Wealth Planning Advisor 

Chapter 21 - The Swiss Inner Circle

Chapter 22 - Other Global Consultants, Publications & Organizations 

Section Six - You’ve Protected Your Wealth Now Restore Your Liberty 
 
Chapter 23 -  Back To The Articles: Restoring the Republic With the Swiss Confederation Institute     

Chapter 24 – FreedomFest: Where Free Minds Meet  

Chapter 25- Don't Delay: Start Today To Preserve Your Wealth & Liberty  

Chapter 26 - Are You Willing To Pay the High Price For Freedom?  

Case Studies  

Resource Guide  

About the Author  

THE SWISS SOLUTION
Ron Holland's politically incorrect guide to defending your wealth & liberty
from attack & possible destruction during the latter-days of the American Empire. 

 

Section Six - You’ve Protected Your Wealth Now Restore Your Liberty 

Chapter 23 - Restoring America's Original Republic with the Swiss Confederation Institute

Talking Points: How improved communications, the internet, and the ease of travel make Switzerland’s decentralized direct democracy, like America's first government under the Articles of Confederation, worth considering again as the solution to many political problems in America today. The history of Switzerland shows that this is the best political system to limit government, advance liberty, and end the control of special interests over the political process in the United States.

Why The Swiss Confederation Institute?

“The people can never willfully betray their own interests; but they may possibly be betrayed by representatives of the people.”  - The Federalist, No. 63

       The Mission Statement reads as follows: We seek to promote a return to limited government and maximum liberty in the USA and around the world through decentralized confederation government combined with direct democracy. Our American history shows that pure representative democracy, although required during earlier times of limited communications and travel, has often failed to preserve liberty and limit the growth of government.  It has also failed in minimizing special interests control over government.

       The Swiss Confederation Institute will educate the public on the benefits of expanded direct democracy with the right of referendum & initiative in order for the citizens to curtail or introduce legislation and laws. We also favor the Swiss model of decentralized, limited confederation government as exists in Switzerland today and formerly in America's first government, The Articles of Confederation and later in the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

       In addition, we advocate The Swiss concept of “Willensnation,” a growth by attraction.  Specifically, it is the voluntary association of neighboring states, principalities, cities, and individuals that makes Switzerland a nation created by acts of the free will by voluntarily, peaceful, and democratic devolution from other government structures. We believe many nations around the world, including the United States of America, would do well to emulate the successful Swiss example. Aggressive war, growing religious extremism, terrorism, and ethnic and religious bigotry, as well as the often heavy handed tyranny of majorities and special interests, could be avoided and supplanted by the Swiss example of direct democracy and confederation.

       Our goal in the United States is to educate the public on the benefits of a return to a decentralized, limited, confederation style government similar to the Articles of Confederation, America's government established by our patriot Founding Fathers. In addition, we seek to promote Swiss style limited government around the world.

What Would Our Founding Fathers Say To Americans Today

“Freedom is under attack all over the world, and America is now far less free than it once was. We have reached a point where the level of freedom we currently enjoy is not significantly more than what we had when the Revolutionary War was fought. Religious freedom, though still greater than before the founding of America, is under attack. Taxes are high, and national and state debts are at all-time highs and still growing. Virtually every American is numbered and will soon be given ID's which put them in a de facto national database ("your papers please"). Property rights have been gutted in the last couple of years. The list goes on and on. The prevailing attitude is this: individual liberty is dead, even here in America”. - Varrin Swearingen, President of the Free State Project - www.freestateproject.org

       When you think back to the Boston Tea Party and our revolution against King George, let us look back at some of the apparent injustices that caused the American Declaration of Independence. Reading from The Declaration, you decide for yourself if the quote by Varrin Swearingen above is on the mark.

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. – Today, more than ever before, Washington has total power over and tyranny over the individual states.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. – Today, the majority of the American people want limits on immigration through secure borders, an orderly withdrawal from Iraq, prayer in schools, and numerous other laws and legislation.  On the other hand, Congress and the Executive Branch are unwilling to follow the will of the people to enact such legislation.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. - State laws and governors are superseded by federal authority on all issues.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. - Special interest groups--not the people-- control our state legislatures, as well as congress.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. - Today, distant Washington rules over states and individuals with an iron fist.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. - Our representatives at the local, state, and federal level subjugate themselves to the will of the federal government.  Moreover, I see little "manly firmness" against federal invasions on the rights of the people except by a few patriots like GOP Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. - Today, all states are exposed to invasion by illegal immigrants as the Feds have totally failed in their responsibilities to secure our nation's borders.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. - Back then, we needed more immigration to the colonies, while today we need immigration controls.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. - Today, we have too much judiciary power, and the people have no control over the legal system.  Rather, the Judicial powers are now controlled by the legal profession and other special interests.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. – Interestingly, we have the same problem with judges and the entire legal system.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. - Today the problem is thousands of time worse.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. - In our time, the President can nationalize the State National Guard troops and even send them to distant wars around the world without a declaration of war.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. – Today, our military is not the problem inside the United States, but rather the bureaucracy and those alphabet federal agencies with unlimited police powers and authority.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: -  Whether we are dealing with the United Nations, or unelected bureaucrats who create legislation at will without controls or approval of the people, the U.S. Constitution is essentially dead.  Furthermore, like the Constitution, nonexistent are local and state powers and authority, because all power is at the federal level.

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: - Again, today we have to deal with all the armed federal agents and organizations that threaten the liberty, privacy, and property of every American.

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: - Federal employees, agencies, and parasitical bureaucrats are protected from suit or punishment by the citizens.

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: - Today, Americans are prohibited from trading with some rogue nations.  However, the real outrage is Washington's "Iron Curtain", which prohibits non-registered investment firms and advisors from providing investment information to prospects inside the United States.

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: - Again, today it is the same-- only thousands of times worse than during Colonial times.

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury: - Since 9/11, this has gone out the window, not to mention the petty fines and harassment from government agencies where we have little or no opportunity for a fair trial by our peers.

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: - This is primarily happening to proported Islamic terrorists who happen to be US citizens, although this scary precedent means regular American citizens could be next.

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighboring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies Sound like the United States to you?  Me too.

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: - Today, this is the situation in the US concerning state and local laws and legislation that limits the federal government.

       Our patriot Founding Fathers would not be reading this book or complaining about the state of affairs today in the United States of America. They would have declared their opposition, the independence of the individual states, and seceded from the mess and tyranny in Washington many decades ago. The fact that most citizens complain but do nothing is why our nation is in the deep trouble it is today. 

Ron Fact, Book & Video Recommendations For This Page:
It is quite sad to read the excerpts above from the Declaration of Independence because it becomes quite clear that our Patriot Founding Fathers had the courage and desire to stand up to a distant empire that trampled on our rights and liberties while the majority of the American people today do not, at least not yet. I believe that events outside of our control will shake both the power and control of Washington as well as the stupor of passivity and cowardness that smothers the courage to stand up to those who have brought the future of our nation to the precipice of political failure and economic collapse.

The coming collapse of the dollar, the destruction of our remaining civil liberties and the failure of our controlled two-party system will finally begin to rekindle the fires of resistance to tyranny and incompetence by the special interests who lord over the American people. When the time comes, we must not look ahead to tyranny and force but back to the personal responsibility, liberty and limited, decentralized confederation government of our Patriot Founding Fathers. Our proud history will provide a guide to the future as will the free nation of Switzerland will provide a modern day example of the success of limited government and direct Switzerland. - Ron Holland

The Decline of the Washington Empire - www.lewrockwell.com/wilson-brian/wilson-brian10.html
A timely essay by Brian Wilson. You haven't seen anything yet!

Lincoln’s Spectacular Lie  www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo41.html

Anti-Federalist #2   www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff103.html

The Articles of Confederation  www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/aoc.html

 

Direct Democracy in Switzerland by Gregory Fossedal. If you decide to purchase only one book recommended here, buy this book. Fossedal makes the best case why Switzerland is unique in all the world with direct democracy and a limited confederation government. This  is an important analysis of Swiss democracy and a timely reminder that there is a successful, peaceful, prosperous, democratic example and solution to the ethnic, religious and political differences as well as foreign policy objectives which does not involve big government at home or aggressive military intervention around the world. Read my book review on Direct Democracy in Switzerland here. www.ronaldholland.com/swissdirectdemocracy.htm

The Articles of Confederation by Merrill Jensen. I don't suppose one in ten Americans realize there was a first constitution of the United States before there was "the" Constitution of the United States. Merrill Jensen is the definitive historian of that period - up to 1789 when the present Constitution took effect - and this book is one of several of his covering the topic. Reading of this period would do much to remind Americans that the debate over the nature of American government has been going on since 1776. The debate concerns "weak" central government (the Articles of Confederation) vs. "strong" central government (the Constitution). The Federalists (favoring the Constitution) won politically, but their victory did not settle the argument. Any American presidential or congressional election campaign brings out the same themes sounded 200 years ago as the Constitution faced ratification. In any event, Jensen does much to rehabilitate the history of the Confederation, clarify the agruments, and takes care to note the remarkable accomplishments of the Confederation congress. His writing style is very accessible and the book is a quick read. The reviewer on Amazon.com is Russell E Saltzman "saltzman@integritynetwork.net

Collective Action Under the Articles by Keith L. Dougherty. "Dougherty provides ample food for thought in this volume, and gives readers an interesting analysis of the first dozen years of U.S. politics...thought-provoking and insightful...For anyone interested in a solid analysis of government under the Articles, this book is very worthwhile." Public Choice

 

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