Author: John Adams

“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. - Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."
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It’s Time to Acknowledge That the President of the United States Has Too Much Power

John Adams

Photo credit Peter Griffin For generations, Americans have believed in a government defined by checks and balances, where no single branch holds absolute authority. But it’s time to confront an uncomfortable truth: the President of the United States now wields more power than any one person should—and that power is dangerously close to being unchecked. Recent developments, […]

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Protester holding a sign reading RESIST

If the US were to cut Social Security benefits to qualified individuals, is the social contract of civil obedience broken?

John Adams

An OPINION by John Adams – Photo credit Lara Jameson If the government were to cut off Social Security benefits to qualified recipients while still enforcing tax collection, the argument for tax resistance would take on additional ethical, political, and legal dimensions.  How could continuing to pay taxes be justified? Ethical & Political Argument for Tax Resistance 1. Breach […]

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