Issues

► Energy
► Grants
► NGOs
► Regional Governance
► Taxes

Under the guise of needing to protect the earth against climate change, we now have many restrictions and changes in our sources of energy and it’s usage,
which are costing the American citizens an astronomical amount of money. The goal to reduce so-called greenhouse gas emissions has put an undue target on
fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas and has led to restrictions of these types of energy sources. In place of these efficient and cost effective sources of energy we
are led to believe we can substitute renewable solar and wind energy for many of our needs.

It all sounds promising and well researched, but the facts are a reality check. In order to produce a 50 megawatt current of energy with a gas fired generating
plant, it would require approximately 2 to 5 acres of land for production of power. To create a 50 megawatt current of energy produced with solar panels, the
amount of land required would be around 1,000 acres. To create the same equivalent of energy using wind generators, the land required would be over 4,000
acres. Both solar and wind energy are by nature unreliable, and the expense of producing them are cost prohibitive.

Another often overlooked factor when considering both solar and wind energy, is the fact that they are both heavily subsidized by grants, which were generated
through taxing the citizenry.

Grants – Where do they come from?
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You can think of Federal and State Government Grants as the equivalent of ‘the apple’ in the Garden of Eden. They are offered by agents of NGOs to various business entities, Communities, Cities, Towns, Chambers of Commerce, and County Governments as a ‘blessing’ to alleviate the costs involved with operational and infrastructure expenses. The grants most often have excessive requirements and stipulations attached to the acceptance of them, which are often politically motivated and end up costing the recipients additional and ongoing expenses, not to mention the socially motivated effects that change the local area in it’s population and economic prosperity and may also threaten property rights.

Non Government Organizations are non-profit entities that are heavily involved in environmental, humanitarian and social service programs, working to
empower the disadvantaged and minority groups. They are sanctioned by the United Nations, often serve as lobbyists for the World Economic Forum and work
closely with political parties and trade unions. Their main source of funding is through the government. According to Wikipedia, there are 1.5 million NGOs in the
United States.

NGOs help plan and write the agendas intended for use to “transform” America from a free capitalistic society where honesty and hard work are the key to
happiness and wealth, into a welfare state ruled with tyranny and stripped of freedom and rights, especially property rights. They infiltrate our local
governments by entering into agreements with our elected officials behind closed doors, such as the County Commissioners, who blindly accept the many grant
programs the NGO agents helped to create, and agree to set limitations of property and individual rights of the citizens. Most often these agreements also
include elevating the taxes of the citizens to pay for unnecessary requirements stipulated with the acceptance of the grants. Sadly, the same elected
Commissioners do not realize that as they give away their powers and decision making rights to the bureaucrats of the NGOs they appoint, they are losing their
place in our local government.

Region Nine Development Commission (RNDC), is a non-governmental organization (NGO), and one of the major local organizations working to implement and expand Regional Governance. Though it is listed as an NGO, it works closely with local, state and federal government to advance political agendas. It has also been given non-profit status.

RNDC essentially operates as another layer of government as it sells its services to local elected city and county officials, influencing them with predetermined plans designed to create restrictions and impose never-ending regulations and permit fees upon persons for most every project they wish do to on their own property. RNDC also instigates needless and costly projects such as paved bike trails throughout the country side, parks and social services which are most always funded by taxing the citizens. As with any government entity – it needs to be funded itself – and its services are paid for with our tax dollars.

Most people reading this are likely from the nine counties involved with RNDC: Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan. If indeed you are in one of these nine counties, look at line #10 on your property tax statement. This line is for “Special Taxing Districts.” It is on this line that you will find a fee charged for the services that RNDC provides to your county. It might be listed as “Region Nine,” or simply “County WID.” Ask yourself; Why is a non-governmental organization allowed to receive funding directly from my property taxes? Why is a non-profit organization receiving funds directly from my property taxes?

To illustrate how Regional Governance takes authority away from local elected officials, picture the Federal Government dividing the 48 adjoining states into ten regions. Instead of 48 states each with their own state capitol and rules of governance, you now have ten regions, all of which will be under federal control. Following that example, you can see how combining the nine counties listed above, takes away individual authority from each and creates “regional governance,” in which all nine counties now need a combined representation from each to serve on a regional board of commission. Thus, the creation of “Region Nine Development Commission” to develop the plans and governance decisions for all 72 cities, 147 townships, and 9 counties.

Those who serve on the Region Nine Board of Commission are selectively chosen for “appointment” to the board of decision makers. The persons appointed will always be people that will easily agree with and support the persuasive proposals of the liberal thinking NGO organizations. The officials we thought we elected to make decisions for us, have now been replaced with “appointed” people that we cannot vote out. Those we elected will be addressed by representatives of RNDC and given the opportunity to serve as “rubber-stamps” as the predetermined plans for their city or county have already been made. Along with being convinced with what to do, the plans will include the strategies for funding each project and of course, that’s where the taxpayer comes into the equation.

NGOs sell themselves as experts in matters of community development, housing, economics, health care, hazard mitigation, services for the aging, water use, pollution control, environmental protection, transportation planning, and funding for special projects, most often through grants, which is also made up of money taken from the taxpayer. This strategy effectively eliminates our representative form of government, restructuring it to give decision making powers and control to a select few persons as shown below. These people have been given power to control us through the decisions they make, yet are hardly representative of the vast majority of taxpayers.

It is important to note that not all people are in opposition to Region Nine. RNDC gains a favorable attitude from local officials who would rather not be bothered with exploring possible projects and ways to fund them. They are fine with being directed in their role at the expense of the taxpayer.

Sectors of the public welcome the philanthropic activities Region Nine creates around the themes of climate crisis, energy crisis, environmental and endangered species concerns, the promises of economic prosperity, and the “redistribution of wealth” from the taxpayers to persons labeled underprivileged.

RNDC advocates for Public Private Partnerships between developers and government, creating monopolies and advancing government growth and control. Governance led by NGO “appointed” commissions produce oppressive taxation without representation, and grows the authoritarian power of government. You cannot vote people out that were never voted in. When decision making powers are taken from local citizens, so goes their freedom and God given rights.

The many forms and layers of government that now rule us, depend on their funding from taxes levied against our private property. As government grows, and
the number of people dependent on government to take care of them grows, and funding for various government programs continue to grow, we can be certain to
see our taxes rise each and every year. There will be no relief in sight. The ultimate goal of our “new government” is to tax our private properties away from
us and turn America into a socialist ruled country with all of the population dependent on government. If you think this is fictitious, you need to look up the fall of other countries such as Venezuela, who were thriving economically in the not too distant past, then take a look at their current poverty rate under socialism.

This is exactly what we have present here in America. It is here by design. It has been planned. Unless we wake up from the “woke-ism” that has been forced upon
us and implanted in our brains through propaganda and brain-washing, we are destined for a “total transformation of America,” as Obama foretold.