The below unscripted current views of Matt Damon compared to his above Will Hunting character may not be of genius quality but his heart is still in the right place ...
he loves his country and is very concerned ... as am I.
-- Mike of American Made Heroes.
"The wealthy are paying less than they paid at ay time else, certainly in my lifetime, and probably in the last century," Damon said.
"I don't know what we were paying in the roaring 20's; it's criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much.
I don't mind paying more.
I really don't mind paying more taxes. I'd rather pay for taxes than cut 'Reading is Fundamental' or Head Start or some of these programs that are really
helping kids. This is the greatest country in the world; is it really that much worse if you pay 6% more in taxes? Give me a break. Look at what you get
for it: you get to be American."
-- Matt Damon
From the shores of Boston Harbor
In the neighborhood of "Southie"
"The America I know must always be viewed as a land of free people and not simply a business platform from which to extract personal profit no matter what effect
on their fellow citizens. We must also fight to not lose our economic independence. Economic independence assures the existence of America as a land of free
people. The country I will leave my children is in trouble and I am gravely concerned. This is my oar in the water."
An average American & coincidentally a graduate of Hamilton College supporting our
American Made Heroes.
Alexander Hamilton
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted."
-- Alexander Hamilton ... a true
American Made Hero!
Historian Gordon S. Wood speaking on two of his books ...
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
and Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different.
Gordon Wood is one of the premiere historians of early America.
His impact on the study of history in this country has been profound. It will be an honor to have a scholar of his stature come spend time with Utah Valley University faculty and students. We also welcome community members to attend his public lecture. It promises to be a most engaging event. I could not be more delighted that Professor Wood will be providing the inaugural lecture of the Presidential Lecture Series I am instituting.
Wood is a professor of history emeritus at Brown University and an Alva O. Way University professor. He is the author of Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 which won the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize in 1970; and The Radicalism of the American Revolution, which won the Pulitzer Prize for history and the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize in 1993. Wood has received numerous other awards and accolades for his academic contributions.
Time to remember this example of leadership in USA history
-- Appropriately the first Harvard graduate to be a president.
David McCollough spoke about his book on John Adams, one of the most influential and most misunderstood Founding Fathers, according to the historian.
Mr. McCullough gives a detailed look into the life of the second president of the United States through diary entries and letters John Adams wrote to his
wife, Abigail.
Recognized and applauded as an
American MadeHero!
Above photos are from my December 2011 visit to The Adams' House. Click the above Adam's portraits to then listen to historian David McCullough speak of their life
here in Quincy, their deep love of each other, their family, and their deep love of their newly formed country. Also pictured is a visit to their resting place at the
United First Parish Church a short distance away where John & Abigail rest along side their son & 6th US President John Quincy Adams and his wife Louisa.
American Made Heroes (AMH) is a unique non-partisan, grass-roots partnership focused on supporting, strengthening and expanding USA manufacturing. AMH
applauds and salutes the growing group of American domestic manufacturers who proudly manufacture here in the USA and deserve America's special recognition
and respect. American Made Heroes (AMH) also recognizes and salutes those among us who create and advocate for the implemention of policy solutions to
immediately support our domestic manufacturers over unfair trade from foreign competitors.
