Tim Walz for U.S. Congress, District 1, Minnesota
(NOTE: A shorter version of this letter was submitted to the Mankato Free Press as a letter to the editor. Due to the sheer volume of letters that the newspaper received, however, it was not published.)
The concept of a unified central government was that working together the people could do more for their own welfare than working separately.
The Founding Fathers also believed that serving in Congress was a duty and a sacrifice that citizens who had distinguished themselves in their communities should undertake for a fixed and limited period of time.
I first met Tim Walz on a hot August afternoon in 2004, the same day he learned a hard lesson about how much this Constitution has changed since its inception. It was that day that he — a soldier who had just returned from overseas where he was serving his country — was told he was not good enough to stand among his fellow citizens and listen to his President speak.
Up to that point Tim had not been actively involved in government or politics. Rather, he had served his community and country as a teacher, soldier, mentor, husband and father — which is, by any standards, ample enough.
But on that afternoon in August he learned firsthand that a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" was not working. And he decided to do something about it.
That's when he signed up to work with a veterans group to try to change how this government serves its people. Soon he was speaking at campaign events not as a polished politician but simply as an impassioned citizen who believed in this country and its ideals.
While our Founding Fathers formed a strong central government because they feared anarchy, many of today's politicians paint it as an enemy of the people even as they use it to further their own interests and enrich themselves, their families, friends and business associates.
While our Founding Fathers viewed elected office as a service to country and community, today's politicians view it as a lifelong career and entitlement.
While our Founding Fathers believed that government emanated from all the people, too many of today's politicians govern only to represent the narrow interests of the groups and economic powers that put them in office.
Elections are the moments in history when Americans can call their politicians to account for their actions. It is also the time when voters can choose new faces to represent them should the old faces have lost touch with the citizenry.
November 7 is one day when the citizens of this country can reassert control over their government. I can think of no better way to do this than to send Tim Walz to Washington to represent the true interests of people of Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.
Elections are the moments in history when Americans can call their politicians to account for their actions. It is also the time when voters can choose new faces to represent them should the old faces have lost touch with the citizenry.When our Founding Fathers crafted the Constitution they did so with the belief that government was a shared enterprise. They feared that if there were no strong central government the people would find themselves divided into 13 separate countries with 13 sets of laws, often bickering and even fighting among each other.
The concept of a unified central government was that working together the people could do more for their own welfare than working separately.
The Founding Fathers also believed that serving in Congress was a duty and a sacrifice that citizens who had distinguished themselves in their communities should undertake for a fixed and limited period of time.
I first met Tim Walz on a hot August afternoon in 2004, the same day he learned a hard lesson about how much this Constitution has changed since its inception. It was that day that he — a soldier who had just returned from overseas where he was serving his country — was told he was not good enough to stand among his fellow citizens and listen to his President speak.
Up to that point Tim had not been actively involved in government or politics. Rather, he had served his community and country as a teacher, soldier, mentor, husband and father — which is, by any standards, ample enough.
But on that afternoon in August he learned firsthand that a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" was not working. And he decided to do something about it.
That's when he signed up to work with a veterans group to try to change how this government serves its people. Soon he was speaking at campaign events not as a polished politician but simply as an impassioned citizen who believed in this country and its ideals.
While our Founding Fathers formed a strong central government because they feared anarchy, many of today's politicians paint it as an enemy of the people even as they use it to further their own interests and enrich themselves, their families, friends and business associates.
While our Founding Fathers viewed elected office as a service to country and community, today's politicians view it as a lifelong career and entitlement.
While our Founding Fathers believed that government emanated from all the people, too many of today's politicians govern only to represent the narrow interests of the groups and economic powers that put them in office.
Elections are the moments in history when Americans can call their politicians to account for their actions. It is also the time when voters can choose new faces to represent them should the old faces have lost touch with the citizenry.
November 7 is one day when the citizens of this country can reassert control over their government. I can think of no better way to do this than to send Tim Walz to Washington to represent the true interests of people of Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.
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