Jake DeSantis is a Real American

We need more people like Jake right now. He's not a hero, but true American in the classical Federalist sense. These are people who aren’t afraid to look tyranny right in the face and say “Don’t Tread On Me”.

When a government is using outright extortion to get money from its citizens, when banks are forced to accept unwanted capital that comes with retroactive strings manned by a maniacal puppeteer, when debate is condemned by the White House, when succeeding in the American Dream becomes a crime, when the constitution is spat on by every half-wit in Washington - that is when we need to look back upon our Founding Fathers for guidance and resist oppression.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington

Please read the entire letter here.

clipped from www.nytimes.com The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward M. Liddy, the chief executive of A.I.G. I am proud of everything I have done for the commodity and equity divisions of A.I.G.-F.P. I was in no way involved in — or responsible for — the credit default swap transactions that have hamstrung A.I.G. Most of those responsible have left the company and have conspicuously escaped the public outrage. After 12 months of hard work dismantling the company — during which A.I.G. reassured us many times we would be rewarded in March 2009 — we in the financial products unit have been betrayed by A.I.G. and are being unfairly persecuted by elected officials. In response to this, I will now leave the company and donate my entire post-tax retention payment to those suffering from the global economic downturn. My intent is to keep none of the money myself.