PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, Hispanic News) December 8, 2006 — This is the beginning of a program to restore America. The foundation we build on is the American family. The primary tenet is to safeguard the family in all aspects including jobs, health, education, security, law and order, environment, truth, and moral values.

America's families come first and as the tide rises — America rises. America Reborn's mandate is to take care of the needs of America's families. As this is done, should there be a surplus, America Reborn will promote assistance for others around the world.

But the time has come to put America first and within this wide gamut, give priority to Middle America.

We begin with the primary life line for all Americans — jobs. Jobs in America are the life line but not just any job such as a part time minimum wage Wal-Mart job without health benefits but a good paying job with access to upward mobility and fringe benefits for the entire family. If each family has a bread winner working in a job in manufacturing, skilled labor, high level health career, college required profession or technical, with each job having significant fringe benefits that include quality health insurance for the entire family, the quality of life for all Americans would rise and in turn, would raise America as a ship rising with the tide of American families.

We begin with manufacturing jobs. Our slogan returns to the days of "Buy American" to influence American purchases of goods and services produced in the United States. This would begin to raise the tide. We simultaneously move forward to forge alliances with other groups concerned with the demise of Middle America. A partnership with the Blue Dogs of the Democratic Party is a priority. America Reborn invites other organizations and groups to join to become one collective effort to move Washington to pass legislation requiring all products and services sold in the United States be manufactured or the service provided in the United States. 

The alternative is too impose a federal manufacturing and service excise tax similar to the Energy Tax Act of 1978 (gas guzzler tax on cars manufactured outside the USA that do not meet EPA miles per gallons standards) imposed on all goods and services produced outside the United States. This tax would balance a present unleveled playing field of goods and services produced in the United States not being to compete with goods and services originating from other countries that use "sweat shops" paying foreign workers a few cents per hour that undermine the ability of American companies to compete fairly. If foreign good and services were taxed, this would force the return of manufacturing and outsourcing back to the United States.

Tax reform now becomes a national priority as a means to equally distribute the tax burden by eliminating tax loop holes and tax shelters used by the wealthy to avoid paying taxes.

Tax reform would, most importantly, address manufacturing and services that moved to other countries to pursue decreased costs in manufacturing and services by using "sweat shops," be required to move back to the United States if they want to sell their products or services in the United States.

Depressed wages is also a major concern. As the flow of immigrants into the United States remains constant, wages in the United States continue in a downward spiral. Immigration reform must address this adverse impact and stop the downward spiral for if it continues, any adverse influence in the United States could trigger the stock and bond markets to collapse leading to a collapse of the ability of the United States to borrow money and thus lead to the United States becoming a third world country.

We begin this day, to provide truth which will set us free from those that would do us harm.

The goal is to establish a national program where advocacy on all issues becomes the daily message. This is now beginning to take form with www.JonGarrido.com which is a national and local News service for American Hispanics to enable us to become a significant part of mainstream America. A second national program will follow — "Jon Garrido Today, America Reborn" will be an advocacy center for all American families. All of this is preliminary and will undergo extensive change as we move forward. www.JonGarrido.com is already on the Internet but is not yet operational. Today we include articles within Hispanic News. Next year we include in addition to articles — news and program videos. In a few days. "Jon Garrido Today, America Reborn" will be launched on the internet using a video format to promote: Buy American. The website is www.Americause.us. Update — published December 10.