My name is Dan Maloof. I am a dentist from the Baltimore area. My wife Carol and I, along with some help from several friends and relatives, have created honestyforamerica.com to be a meeting place for Americans who want to stop corruption in Washington politics. We all know that corruption has grown out of control in DC. DC politicians and their many crooked cronies have almost ruined our economy and they could wreck our country at any time. This happened because we were too trusting. We voted and then believed that politicians didn’t need to be monitored (checked on) every day. It turns out that it’s easy to be corrupted when piles of money are lying around for the taking, especially when no one is around to enforce honesty. Also, corruption flourishes because our individual voices and votes are easily ignored. We are disorganized - alone - isolated and frustrated. Politicians don’t really pay attention to us unless they think we can help them get re-elected. One single vote is not important to them.
Who do you call to force honesty on our out-of-control politicians?
Our goal is to bring together all the people who hate corruption but don’t know where to go or what to do. All the people who gave up voting, gave up calling or writing their representatives. Our goal is to build a nationwide force of 5 to 10 million citizens against corruption. We plan to perfect our method for growing a large group, on a local scale, and then go across the country using radio ads to find supporters and connectors in every state. It’s all paid for by our founders so it won’t cost you a dime. We are not here to make money or ask for money and you will never see an ad on our website.
We have chosen to focus all our efforts on pork barrel earmarks. Experts consider them to be the “Gateway to Corruption”. Politicians use earmarks to funnel money to their friends, cronies, and relatives. It’s a good way to buy an election using our money. (The money that goes to our government belongs to every one of us, whether we paid taxes or not). By focusing all our efforts on pork barrel earmarks, we will have the best chance for success. We will tackle other problems after we stop earmarks. The only way we are going to get our government back, the only way we are going to even start to put together a large cohesive group, is for a lot of people to do a small amount of work. We already have a small group in place who will put in a lot of work for however long it takes. We got into this corruption mess by doing almost nothing. To get out of this mess we need to do more than just talk or just sign a piece of paper.
We are asking everyone to give us a 30-day trial run. This will give you time to see that we are for real. You will have a chance to get comfortable with the idea that you can make a difference. As you see other people like yourself getting lots of signatures from people they talk to regularly, you will see the simplicity of our plan and the potential for success. This isn’t rocket science. A little success can go a long way. There are a lot of people out there who love our country and just need a little encouragement. Once they see that together we can create a large group and have a strong influence on political behavior, we will have a much easier time building a large team. Our goal is to have 100,000 new members from our local drive by Labor Day 2009. We will then expand to every state with a goal of 4 million by January 2010. Watch our website for updates on enrollment numbers.
The founders of honestyforamerica.com are serious about this project. We have set aside in excess of one million dollars to make it work. If you are serious about stopping corruption too, let’s all put our heads together. We can make this happen. Large groups can affect which bills get passed. Very large groups can affect what's writen in those bills,
Our Plan
It’s all based on one simple premise - it’s easy to talk to friends and relatives and people you interact with on a regular basis. We don’t expect you to try to convert anyone or hard sell this to anyone. Talk to people you are comfortable with - remind them of how bad corruption is and that every year it costs every person in this country an extra $3000 or more for food, clothing, shelter, and energy because of corruption. Be enthusiastic but not pushy. Guide everyone over to honestyforamerica.com and make sure they sign the petition, or you can get their info on a printed petition and then enter the info into the website email boxes. Stay enthusiastic and keep in touch with all the people you sign up. Try to encourage everyone who signs up with us to be a connector like you. You will find lots of people who will talk to you and visit our website and then be very enthusiastic about our project. Steer people to our website if they are skeptical.
It’s kind of like multi-level marketing. You can create a huge group under you by having the people who you sign up repeat the same thing down the line - over and over. Except, you aren’t selling anything and I never met anyone who didn’t want to stop corruption in Washington. We welcome people who just want to sign the petition (supporters) but we need lots of connectors to spread the word. Try to become a connector.
Here's How This Will Work
Just about everyone asks us: "What good are all these petitions and how will they make any difference?" We can count our petitions and know how many people are our team. Big numbers equal big voting power. We will be asking all of our members to take part in phone blitz campaigns or mass mail campaigns to prove our vote power to people up for election. We will send our own representatives to visit elected officials to show them that we mean business and that we will use our votes to help elect candidates who vote to stop all ear marks. (remember once they were not legal). We can also be a huge volunteer force to elect any candidate who supports stopping corrupt earmarks. There are many tight election races where our votes or our volunteer phone calls can easily be the deciding factor.
My personal email is danielmaloof@yahoo.com. My phone number is 410-971-5976 - call from 10am to 10pm. We will be having meetings around the area, so you won’t have to go far to get involved. You do not have to go to meetings to be good at this. We want to make this as easy as possible for you, so don’t be afraid to call or email or just get going. If you need to read more about corruption and our ideas follow the link at the bottom of this page.
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- I oppose congressmen spending more time creating pork barrel earmarks then actually representing the citizens of this country.
- I oppose congressmen becoming millionaires and making their relatives and friends millionaires with money that belongs to every American and future generations of Americans.
- I oppose corruption - waste - fraud of any kind in our congress.
Proposed:
- That the United States Senate and the House of Representatives create and pass a law making it illegal to use earmarks of any kind.
- To make breaking of this law punishable by expulsion from office, with no exceptions.
- That Congress will enact a fool proof monitoring system that the public can easily access and monitor.
Therefore, as a concerned citizen, I am signing this petition.
(Sign the petition electronically by filling in the form below)
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- We will never sell, or give away your private information.
- We will send you one or two emails monthly to update you on aur progress.
- You may contact us as may times as you want: At the following email address.
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