Although Uncle Sam's Money begins with a tribute to the First Amendment, and ends by championing the Tenth, the most important principle advocated in the book is actually contained in our Constitution's Fifth Amendment. As the final clause of the Fifth Amendment clearly states, "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." It seems our elected officials have never truly understood that "private property taken for public use" includes every dollar that Uncle Sam takes out of our pockets in the form of taxes. To provide "just compensation" for funds so taken, our government has a moral obligation to employ the money for the benefit of those from whom it is taken. Furthermore, we as taxpayers have a right to demand that our tax dollars be invested by the government with the same fiduciary responsibility with which any honest trust officer at a bank would display towards the capital deposited in his or her institution. If our elected officials cannot handle their fiduciary responsibilities properly, we should boot them out of office, installing others who possess greater investment savvy. The power of the purse may thus be made subservient to the power of the ballot. Uncle Sam's Money is thus all about how to make Uncle's Sam's Money our money once again.