LaRouche: legisladores estatales tienen que patear traseros congresistas

January 18, 2007 (LPAC)--"The state level is already functioning,... to kick the Federal government in the ass," said Lyndon LaRouche yesterday in an international webcast from Washington DC, in reference to the ongoing wave of state and city governments passing resolutions demanding that the Congress pass his Homeowners and Bank Protection Act (HBPA).

"And that's giving it an `elevating experience.' That is a very important function, because the consent of the people as a whole, and our institutions as a whole, depends upon this process. The state has to do certain things, its responsibilities, but our Constitution divides what they have to do and what they don't. What they have to do above all, as states, and as state government agencies, is to represent the people to the Federal government, and to kick the Federal government in the rear end when necessary. And that is what they're doing."

LaRouche emphasized the importance of the fact that his name is associated with the groundswell of support for the HBPA around the country. "Look, don't kid yourself," he said, "and don't be afraid. I'm telling you, that what we're doing in organizing this legislation now, and particularly when it comes as an LPAC legislation -- if it comes in as something else, it wouldn't work, because LPAC means me. And I'm an expert, so you're not getting some gossip from the street, who's coming in and making a wild suggestion, which may be well motivated and so forth, but I'm an expert. I'm more expert than anybody in the government right now on this question. And what I'm putting out as an LPAC proposal, is an expert proposal, and I've seen nobody able to duplicate the equivalent of that, so far.

"So, when people at the state level support me in this, that is a message to the federal government. And I can tell you, the federal government wants nothing presented to it with my name anywhere near it. Why don't they want my name appearing there? Because they're afraid of me. What good does that do? If they're not afraid of me, they're not going to do any good. That's the way it works."