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Posted: 4/4/2013 3:00:56 PM EST
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Posted: 4/4/2013 3:23:43 PM EST
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Watching Fox - Business ...
Obamacare comes with some street-walking (freshly employed FSA / Democrat) aka "Healthcare Assistant" selling you a "health mortgage", taking down personal data you wouldn't give your mother, with no way of knowing if you have the financial might to even make the payments and not caring since they are selling to them that never had health insurance, nor a job, , all written for illegal immigrants to end up with a better shake than long-term taxpayers. In this case, "B.O." means Bend Over. ETA - And Napolitano proudly reports the border is tight as a ticks ass. |
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:31:23 PM EST
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Well at least the dollar is the world's reserve currency....at least for awhile longer. And so it continues.... WE have to put these types of stories into perspective...All Prices are still set by OUR Dollar. 
You know what, here's a radical thought: why does anyone need a "reserve currency" any longer? Fifty years ago, it was a bitch and a half to do the math to figure out how much lira to convert to bolivars and krona to buy Venezuelan oil to ship to Italy on a Norwegian tanker. Nowadays, we have these nifty gadgets called "computers" that take care of all that shit for you in only a few minutes. They're even talking about making these things portable so you can, like, carry them around and view pornography check stock quotes whenever you're not busy piloting your Norwegian supertanker or running your employer's tank farm to load oil onto someone else's supertanker. ETA: edited as redded. |
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Posted: 4/4/2013 7:13:57 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Well at least the dollar is the world's reserve currency....at least for awhile longer. And so it continues.... WE have to put these types of stories into perspective...All Prices are still set by OUR Dollar. You know what, here's a radical thought: why does anyone need a "reserve currency" any longer? Fifty years ago, it was a bitch and a half to do the math to figure out how much lira to convert to bolivars and krona to buy Venezuela to ship to Italy on a Norwegian tanker. Nowadays, we have these nifty gadgets called "computers" that take care of all that shit for you in only a few minutes. They're even talking about making these things portable so you can, like, carry them around and view pornography check stock quotes whenever you're not busy piloting your Norwegian supertanker or running your employer's tank farm to load oil onto someone else's supertanker. They don't. It's more like wishful thinking. The Keynesians have to believe they won't spend their currency or debt reserves. In order for everything to keep together they must not spend them. That money MUST remain frozen in the permafrost of reserves. It's very much like De Beers can't have people unloading their diamonds on the open market. "Reserves (must) be forever" But the permafrost is starting to thaw...
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Posted: 4/4/2013 7:36:14 PM EST
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But the permafrost is starting to thaw... Winter is ending. 
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Posted: 4/4/2013 11:52:56 PM EST
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"The fix is so simple. Cut the size, and more importantly the scope of government, steadily reduce both "warfare" and "welfare" spending, and eliminate all economic central-planning."
Probably.... Do folks NOT yet understand that there IS NO FRIGGIN INTENTION to "FIX THIS PROBLEM". From the PTB's perspective, things are going swimmingly ---PRECISELY AS INTENDED!!!!!!!!!!!! The Engineered Destruction of Our Country and the Middle Class ----is RIGHT on SCHEDULE!!!! While we DISTRACT ourselves and pander pedestrian solutions and technical analysis ---that have mostly NOTHING to do with what is about to strangle us in the Noose of our OWN making! Issues that are in front of our own noses, waiting for a critical mass of understanding ---that we are UNLIKELY to EVER reach. WHAT will it take to get folks to COMPREHEND this -----that is SO PATENTLY OBVIOUS????? 
THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!
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Posted: 4/4/2013 11:55:52 PM EST
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<snip> Do folks NOT yet understand that there IS NO FRIGGIN INTENTION to "FIX THIS PROBLEM". <snip> This. 
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Posted: 4/5/2013 12:14:55 AM EST
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But the permafrost is starting to thaw... Winter is ending.
The Kondratieff Winter, has begun...
This time with an INTERESTING POLITICAL twist...
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Posted: 4/5/2013 6:40:16 AM EST
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"The fix is so simple. Cut the size, and more importantly the scope of government, steadily reduce both "warfare" and "welfare" spending, and eliminate all economic central-planning." Probably.... Do folks NOT yet understand that there IS NO FRIGGIN INTENTION to "FIX THIS PROBLEM". From the PTB's perspective, things are going swimmingly ---PRECISELY AS INTENDED!!!!!!!!!!!! The Engineered Destruction of Our Country and the Middle Class ----is RIGHT on SCHEDULE!!!! While we DISTRACT ourselves and pander pedestrian solutions and technical analysis ---that have mostly NOTHING to do with what is about to strangle us in the Noose of our OWN making! Issues that are in front of our own noses, waiting for a critical mass of understanding ---that we are UNLIKELY to EVER reach. WHAT will it take to get folks to COMPREHEND this -----that is SO PATENTLY OBVIOUS?????
THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!
[feel free to use the above for your sig line]
Verily, verily, THIS. It is damn near a cliche to say Cloward-Piven, but that IS what this is. The attempt to, as the Fabian Socialists would say, Shape the world closer to the desires of your heart. This is the fire, they are stoking the flames, and they are starting to beat the world against the anvil. And I think about the only things we can do is hang on for the ride, and pray. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 6:51:59 AM EST
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Looks like the BOJ hit a nerve with their mega QE announcement.
Is It Beginning? Biggest JGB Price Collapse In Over 10 Years Triggers TSE Circuit Breakers Just over 4 hours ago we discussed the stunning collapse in 10Y Japanese bond yields. Since then - things have taken a very dramatic turn for the worse for bonds. 10Y JGB yields have exploded higher. The move from 32bps to 65bps triggered circuit breakers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in JGB Futures trading as JGB prices plunged by their largest amount since September 2002. We can only imagine there is liquidations galore occurring given the massive outsize moves we are seeing in Japanese bonds, stocks, FX, swaps, and CDS. Did the BoJ just lose control? Deutsche Bank On Central Bank Intervention: "We Are Flying Blind" The move by the BoJ plays into our 'Journey into the Unknown' thesis and its fair to say that there really is no precedent for what Central Banks are currently doing, or threatening to do, on a global scale. You'll be able to read chapter and verse from strategists trying to explain what's likely to result from such moves but the honest truth is that we are flying blind in terms of historical evidence even if we go back centuries. Fascinating times and we can't help thinking that these moves are not without consequence. If it really is as easy as printing money then all Central Bank's would have done it a long time ago. That such a period for global CB's is unprecedented should serve as a warning to watch for unintended consequences. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 7:38:50 AM EST
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Quoted: ...and WE thought the American Revolution was already decided.Quoted: "The fix is so simple. Cut the size, and more importantly the scope of government, steadily reduce both "warfare" and "welfare" spending, and eliminate all economic central-planning." Probably.... Do folks NOT yet understand that there IS NO FRIGGIN INTENTION to "FIX THIS PROBLEM". From the PTB's perspective, things are going swimmingly ---PRECISELY AS INTENDED!!!!!!!!!!!! The Engineered Destruction of Our Country and the Middle Class ----is RIGHT on SCHEDULE!!!! While we DISTRACT ourselves and pander pedestrian solutions and technical analysis ---that have mostly NOTHING to do with what is about to strangle us in the Noose of our OWN making! Issues that are in front of our own noses, waiting for a critical mass of understanding ---that we are UNLIKELY to EVER reach. WHAT will it take to get folks to COMPREHEND this -----that is SO PATENTLY OBVIOUS????? THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!! [feel free to use the above for your sig line] Verily, verily, THIS. It is damn near a cliche to say Cloward-Piven, but that IS what this is. The attempt to, as the Fabian Socialists would say, Shape the world closer to the desires of your heart. This is the fire, they are stoking the flames, and they are starting to beat the world against the anvil. And I think about the only things we can do is hang on for the ride, and pray.  I wonder what 'Act' will be implemented that will set off OUR populous...My Prediction: the WEB Act  |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 8:08:58 AM EST
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People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels
Things just keep getting worse for the American worker, and by implication US economy, where as we have shown many times before, it pays just as well to sit back and collect disability and various welfare and entitlement checks, than to work .The best manifestation of this: the number of people not in the labor force which in March soared by a massive 663,000 to a record 90 million Americans who are no longer even looking for work. This was the biggest monthly increase in people dropping out of the labor force since January 2012, when the BLS did its census recast of the labor numbers. And even worse, the labor force participation rate plunged from an already abysmal 63.5% to 63.3% - the lowest since 1979! But at least it helped with the now painfully grotesque propaganda that the US unemployment rate is "improving." 
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Posted: 4/5/2013 8:27:06 AM EST
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...and WE thought the American Revolution was already decided.Quoted:
"The fix is so simple. Cut the size, and more importantly the scope of government, steadily reduce both "warfare" and "welfare" spending, and eliminate all economic central-planning." Probably.... Do folks NOT yet understand that there IS NO FRIGGIN INTENTION to "FIX THIS PROBLEM". From the PTB's perspective, things are going swimmingly ---PRECISELY AS INTENDED!!!!!!!!!!!! The Engineered Destruction of Our Country and the Middle Class ----is RIGHT on SCHEDULE!!!! While we DISTRACT ourselves and pander pedestrian solutions and technical analysis ---that have mostly NOTHING to do with what is about to strangle us in the Noose of our OWN making! Issues that are in front of our own noses, waiting for a critical mass of understanding ---that we are UNLIKELY to EVER reach. WHAT will it take to get folks to COMPREHEND this -----that is SO PATENTLY OBVIOUS?????
THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!
[feel free to use the above for your sig line]
Verily, verily, THIS. It is damn near a cliche to say Cloward-Piven, but that IS what this is. The attempt to, as the Fabian Socialists would say, Shape the world closer to the desires of your heart. This is the fire, they are stoking the flames, and they are starting to beat the world against the anvil. And I think about the only things we can do is hang on for the ride, and pray.
I wonder what 'Act' will be implemented that will set off OUR populous...My Prediction: the WEB Act
WEB Act? |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 8:30:10 AM EST
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People Not In Labor Force Soar By 663,000 To 90 Million, Labor Force Participation Rate At 1979 Levels Things just keep getting worse for the American worker, and by implication US economy, where as we have shown many times before, it pays just as well to sit back and collect disability and various welfare and entitlement checks, than to work .The best manifestation of this: the number of people not in the labor force which in March soared by a massive 663,000 to a record 90 million Americans who are no longer even looking for work. This was the biggest monthly increase in people dropping out of the labor force since January 2012, when the BLS did its census recast of the labor numbers. And even worse, the labor force participation rate plunged from an already abysmal 63.5% to 63.3% - the lowest since 1979! But at least it helped with the now painfully grotesque propaganda that the US unemployment rate is "improving." http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/03/Labor%20Force%20Rate.jpg Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 9:02:08 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: ...and WE thought the American Revolution was already decided.Quoted: THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!! Verily, verily, THIS. I wonder what 'Act' will be implemented that will set off OUR populous...My Prediction: the WEB Act WEB Act? As in a modern-day Stamp Act or Sugar Act...Tea Act   More want to see the American Dream Fail, than Succeed  |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 9:06:30 AM EST
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What party holds the White House or is in control of congress- even if Republicans had total control, would make no difference in the employment picture, or the socioeconomic trajectory our nation is on. Political ideology is not what is driving this global Superdepression.
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Posted: 4/5/2013 9:09:45 AM EST
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Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. Comrade, when everyone in our great nation embraces obama and joins the welfare roles we will bring unemployment to an end! |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 10:53:30 AM EST
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:01:42 PM EST
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THEY don't want our country to be 'productive'.... They WANT OUR COUNTRY!!!!!! Verily, verily, THIS.
I wonder what 'Act' will be implemented that will set off OUR populous...My Prediction: the WEB Act
WEB Act? As in a modern-day Stamp Act or Sugar Act...Tea Act
More want to see the American Dream Fail, than Succeed
Gotcha. I see the current round of anti-gun laws as the Intolerable Acts. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:02:19 PM EST
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Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. Comrade, when everyone in our great nation embraces obama and joins the welfare roles we will bring unemployment to an end! ALL HAIL THE 0BAMASSIAH!!!! |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:21:33 PM EST
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What party holds the White House or is in control of congress- even if Republicans had total control, would make no difference in the employment picture, or the socioeconomic trajectory our nation is on. Political ideology is not what is driving this global Superdepression. It really doesn't matter who's Captain of the Titanic *after* it hits the iceberg... 
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:40:42 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. Comrade, when everyone in our great nation embraces obama and joins the welfare roles we will bring unemployment to an end! ALL HAIL THE 0BAMASSIAH!!!! We don't have to go that far. All we have to do is have most American households receiving entitlements, jobs, or direct financial benefit from government, and we're done. They don't have to be all welfare. ...oh, wait. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 4:17:14 PM EST
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What party holds the White House or is in control of congress- even if Republicans had total control, would make no difference in the employment picture, or the socioeconomic trajectory our nation is on. Political ideology is not what is driving this global Superdepression. It really doesn't matter who's Captain of the Titanic *after* it hits the iceberg...
Tomac The captain still decides who gets a seat in the life boats. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 4:55:48 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What party holds the White House or is in control of congress- even if Republicans had total control, would make no difference in the employment picture, or the socioeconomic trajectory our nation is on. Political ideology is not what is driving this global Superdepression. It really doesn't matter who's Captain of the Titanic *after* it hits the iceberg... Tomac The captain still decides who gets a seat in the life boats. Oh, that's going on right now. Who do you think benefits the most from a counterfeiting operation? The people who print the money, and the first few levels of people that get to use it at its higher value. In our case, that's the people who work in government, oligarchs, political elite, and very wealthy. Some of it trickles down to the affluent ..maybe. But not even all the working affluent can be saved.
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Posted: 4/5/2013 6:25:44 PM EST
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We must not stand for this any longer.
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Posted: 4/5/2013 6:37:49 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. Comrade, when everyone in our great nation embraces obama and joins the welfare roles we will bring unemployment to an end! ALL HAIL THE 0BAMASSIAH!!!! We don't have to go that far. All we have to do is have most American households receiving entitlements, jobs, or direct financial benefit from government, and we're done. They don't have to be all welfare. ...oh, wait. |
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Posted: 4/5/2013 7:01:59 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Don't look at that! Look at how the unemployment rate is now a mere 7.66%! 0bama's policies are working at bringing that rate down! The only reason it isn't lower and the economy totally recovered is those obstructionist Republicans! Vote them all out, and give the majority back to the Democrats. Comrade, when everyone in our great nation embraces obama and joins the welfare roles we will bring unemployment to an end! ALL HAIL THE 0BAMASSIAH!!!! We don't have to go that far. All we have to do is have most American households receiving entitlements, jobs, or direct financial benefit from government, and we're done. They don't have to be all welfare. ...oh, wait. The war on poverty, and the Great Society Reforms of the 1960's have now been empirically proven to be a complete failure. The irony is BEFORE the Great Society Reforms, and those reforms that followed to "fight poverty", poverty was in actual decline. It had been steadily declining since the end of WWII. Then government stepped in. The poverty rate stabilized (stopped declining), and then began to slowly climb again. Government reversed the poverty rate. I will say this until I am blue in the face; there is ONLY one thing government can do that is both good, and moral. It can protect individual freedom. The founding fathers knew that, and government has consistently proven that they were right. The problems are complex. But the solution isn't. We must cut the size, cost, and scope of government. That means cancelling government contracts, firing government employees, and reducing entitlements and services. We must cut the complexity by reducing the number of regulations, and laws. The insanity is that we could reverse our course. This video is a few years old now, but I like the piece.  |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 12:03:52 PM EST
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I don't really have a lot of options for this. I've been spending any spare dollars I have on
things that will hold their value(I hope). Like quality knives, bullets, and brass of course. Picked up a few water filters. I don't know, just anything I can think of, but is this foolish to do on such small items? I can't afford gold. I don't have a lot and inflation is already getting crazy from where I sit. |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 12:42:28 PM EST
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I don't really have a lot of options for this. I've been spending any spare dollars I have on things that will hold their value(I hope). Like quality knives, bullets, and brass of course. Picked up a few water filters. I don't know, just anything I can think of, but is this foolish to do on such small items? I can't afford gold. I don't have a lot and inflation is already getting crazy from where I sit. Try silver, either 90% junk silver coins (pre-'65) or 1oz silver rounds/bars as a hedge against inflation. Tomac |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 2:06:39 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't really have a lot of options for this. I've been spending any spare dollars I have on things that will hold their value(I hope). Like quality knives, bullets, and brass of course. Picked up a few water filters. I don't know, just anything I can think of, but is this foolish to do on such small items? I can't afford gold. I don't have a lot and inflation is already getting crazy from where I sit. Try silver, either 90% junk silver coins (pre-'65) or 1oz silver rounds/bars as a hedge against inflation. Tomac Personally, I believe the first step is to secure those things you'll want to keep should you experience a financial crisis brought on by a lose income. This can be different for everyone. For example, If I have a family with children. My first priority might be to make sure that I can maintain a roof over their heads should I experience a major financial disruption, like a lose of income. So, I might want to payoff my home mortgage. I may also be very interested in investing in ways to supply that home with food, water, and power. So I might invest in alternative energy, like solar and wind. I would want a property with a extra acreage, and the equipment needed, to produce food. A single man might have different priorities. It might be advantageous for him to remain completely flexible, and not be tied to any particular location so that he can move to opportunity. I believe the crisis has already started. It will not hit us all the same way, at the same time. While a black swan event is possible the systems will not die. In other words, you might lose your income, but the sheriff and courts will still be in place for your mortgage lender to take your home. The utility companies will still send you a bill, and turn your utilities off should you not pay. Pay off anything you want to keep should you be without an income for a long period of time. If you don't have any marketable and tradable skills, obtain them. If you are a successful corporate executive, or white collar worker, take the time to learn a trade. Become a mechanic, carpenter, plumber, or electrician. Anything that can bring value to your local market, or community. Learn how to grow food, or produce goods or services that people might need should we experience a long-term financial disruption. Build and maintain a network of friends and family so that you can help each other. Diversify your options and skills. Think outside the box. In all likelihood this won't be a nice, clean financial "reset", or a sudden dramatic collapse. Think, rising long-term unemployment, increasing poverty and misery, business failures, increasingly more progressive government, Depression era New Deal type legislation, programs, and work camps. It will feel like the Great Depression, but much worse, and lasting much longer. A complexity collapse is a return to a simpler state. But I believe this process will be painfully slow and uneven. Consider this, the financial system has already failed. But through the creative use of analgesics the central banks around the world have kept things moving. But the condition is terminal. I believe the analgesics will become less and less effective over time. One way or another we will eventually experience the full and painful affects of this global systemic monetary failure. Financial analgesics don't cure the problem, anymore then running up credit card balances and debt make you rich. It might make you feel wealthy for awhile, but it only masks the real problems which is debt, and deficit spending. You can't just keep drinking alcohol to cure a hangover. Eventually you'll feel the hangover or you'll die from the effects of the the alcohol. Many people are already experiencing the affects. Some have lost their jobs, or seen their household income stagnate or decline. Some have lost their homes, and are experiencing real financial chaos and pain. This will increase and spread over time, even without a sudden and dramatic collapse. |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 3:24:12 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: We don't have to go that far. All we have to do is have most American households receiving entitlements, jobs, or direct financial benefit from government, and we're done. They don't have to be all welfare. ...oh, wait. The war on poverty, and the Great Society Reforms of the 1960's have now been empirically proven to be a complete failure. The irony is BEFORE the Great Society Reforms, and those reforms that followed to "fight poverty", poverty was in actual decline. It had been steadily declining since the end of WWII. Then government stepped in. The poverty rate stabilized (stopped declining), and then began to slowly climb again. Government reversed the poverty rate. I will say this until I am blue in the face; there is ONLY one thing government can do that is both good, and moral. It can protect individual freedom. The founding fathers knew that, and government has consistently proven that they were right. The problems are complex. But the solution isn't. We must cut the size, cost, and scope of government. That means cancelling government contracts, firing government employees, and reducing entitlements and services. We must cut the complexity by reducing the number of regulations, and laws. The insanity is that we could reverse our course. This video is a few years old now, but I like the piece. You are spot on with regard to the war on poverty and other societal reforms of liberals having been complete failures. The only thing they have succeeded in doing is ramp up government spending by increasing the number of government programs and fleecing the American taxpayer. |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 4:45:44 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: We don't have to go that far. All we have to do is have most American households receiving entitlements, jobs, or direct financial benefit from government, and we're done. They don't have to be all welfare. ...oh, wait. The war on poverty, and the Great Society Reforms of the 1960's have now been empirically proven to be a complete failure. The irony is BEFORE the Great Society Reforms, and those reforms that followed to "fight poverty", poverty was in actual decline. It had been steadily declining since the end of WWII. Then government stepped in. The poverty rate stabilized (stopped declining), and then began to slowly climb again. Government reversed the poverty rate. I will say this until I am blue in the face; there is ONLY one thing government can do that is both good, and moral. It can protect individual freedom. The founding fathers knew that, and government has consistently proven that they were right. The problems are complex. But the solution isn't. We must cut the size, cost, and scope of government. That means cancelling government contracts, firing government employees, and reducing entitlements and services. We must cut the complexity by reducing the number of regulations, and laws. The insanity is that we could reverse our course. This video is a few years old now, but I like the piece. You are spot on with regard to the war on poverty and other societal reforms of liberals having been complete failures. The only thing they have succeeded in doing is ramp up government spending by increasing the number of government programs and fleecing the American taxpayer. Perhaps after collectivism, central economic planning, and Keynesian economic theory fails we can give individual freedom, personal responsibility, and free-markets a try. At least we can hope.
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Posted: 4/6/2013 5:28:32 PM EST
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<snip> Perhaps after collectivism, central economic planning, and Keynesian economic theory fails we can give individual freedom, personal responsibility, and free-markets a try. At least we can hope. We're 47 points behind and inside the 2 minute warning. |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:21:31 PM EST
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Wow. Save "too much" for retirement and Obama says you can't contribute to your IRA any more.
Obama budget to take aim at wealthy IRAs |
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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:29:01 PM EST
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Wow. Save "too much" for retirement and Obama says you can't contribute to your IRA any more.
Obama budget to take aim at wealthy IRAs "Hair cuts" or confiscation are next. Also why I don't have one.
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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:51:22 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Wow. Save "too much" for retirement and Obama says you can't contribute to your IRA any more. Obama budget to take aim at wealthy IRAs "Hair cuts" or confiscation are next. Also why I don't have one. I just don't think so. We aren't Cyprus, or Greece. We have the power of money! Why would they suffer the political harm by taking money directly out of people's accounts in a so easily quantifiable way? When they can tax through inflation. It's obvious most Americans aren't concerned with the inflation of currency debasement. Most Americans don't understand what's happening, which is why no one is protesting in the streets. |
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Posted: 4/7/2013 1:53:07 AM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics."
I'll take a stab at 'splaining why...  Shouldn't be difficult...
Our population has become mostly ---ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the Brain 'Eating' kind... [they will be here in not too many years but with a bullet kind of twist... Being recruited and stockpiled now] The kind of Zombies that are already here are the Brain Dead kind who want to EAT YOUR WALLET and any FREEDOMS you have left. The Brain Dead kind that stare at the flat screens watching SHIT, attend LIBTARD INSTITUTIONS, take legal and non legal psychotropic drugs in grade school and beyond and fry their brains, suck up the nonsense of Leftist media [that's mostly all that's out there], believe you didn't Make That, Obamma did and they are ENTITLED to a PIECE of it, live a life of Hollywood movie, soap opera and video game fantasy, WHINE when they can't have what you have left, and expect YOU to BAIL Them out. These are the Modern Day Zombies and they are EVERYWHERE, the country is FULL of them, ready to vote to suck the remaining life outta YOU! Or jack you up the first CHANCE they get! 
ZOOMBIES- They're HERE and you prolly have lots'o them in your IMMEDIATE fambly! Odds are you're ONE of them! Some of the most advanced ZOOMBIES are actually equipped with Electronic Benefit Cards to better able to F U.
Look around ---Zoombies RULE!!!!! They're the NEW Free Shit MAJORITY! With Dead Brains!
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Posted: 4/7/2013 2:45:43 AM EST
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It's obvious most Americans aren't concerned with inflation through currency debasement. They don't understand it. Which is why no one is protesting in the streets now. They are stealing the value of your money right before your eyes. Why do you imagine they'd go to the trouble of taking physically taking it out of your account? Then you'd protest. It's much easier for them to do it the way they're doing it. Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics. The MSM helps a lot to hide what the Fed is doing by constantly blaming rising prices on greedy corporations.
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Posted: 4/8/2013 7:19:42 AM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: It's obvious most Americans aren't concerned with inflation through currency debasement. They don't understand it. Which is why no one is protesting in the streets now. They are stealing the value of your money right before your eyes. Why do you imagine they'd go to the trouble of taking physically taking it out of your account? Then you'd protest. It's much easier for them to do it the way they're doing it. Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics. The MSM helps a lot to hide what the Fed is doing by constantly blaming rising prices on greedy corporations. Or they call raising prices a sign of economic recovery or an increase in demand..... |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 9:36:47 AM EST
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Warning! 'Taxation, Revolution, Expropriation'
'Fortune Teller' Faber?  ETA more... Stock Crash Likely If Rally Continues |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 9:57:44 AM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 10:09:20 AM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. Ask the folks on the Mississippi ... you can't save the cows after the gov't decides to drown them. ETA -" The Muddy Mississippi And You " |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 10:20:39 AM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. The Founding Fathers perfectly described the end-game for Democracy that you are seeing play out before your eyes. There is a reason why democracies have always failed. TRG |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 10:29:27 AM EST
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Quoted: WE are not a Democracy?Quoted: Quoted: Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. The Founding Fathers perfectly described the end-game for Democracy that you are seeing play out before your eyes. There is a reason why democracies have always failed. TRG Corrupt Traitors are failing, not OUR Republic; OUR Laws won't just go away, unless they are surrendered WE will begin to understand this after the Coming Crash, when WE the People find a common voice demanding Prison Sentences be handed down... "Where did the Trillions go?" |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 4:26:23 PM EST
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Quoted: Quoted: Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. Exceptional post. |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 6:14:55 PM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. The Founding Fathers perfectly described the end-game for Democracy that you are seeing play out before your eyes. There is a reason why democracies have always failed. TRG Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 17th amendment allowing for direct election of senators. The day that the States lost their voice in Washington(I'll never understand why) and we became more a democracy and less of a republic. |
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Posted: 4/8/2013 9:35:50 PM EST
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Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. The Founding Fathers perfectly described the end-game for Democracy that you are seeing play out before your eyes. There is a reason why democracies have always failed. TRG Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 17th amendment allowing for direct election of senators. The day that the States lost their voice in Washington(I'll never understand why) and we became more a democracy and less of a republic. A sad day indeed. 
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Posted: 4/9/2013 7:10:16 AM EST
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Quoted: A Spoiled, Apathetic, Non-Participating Citizenry would be more to blame, in my opinion; The Legislative Branch is supposed to Represent and give the power to US.Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quote "Why is this so hard to understand? Its simple economics." ... Dead Brains! I disagree with nothing that you wrote here or elsewhere. As for myself, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but I don't believe I'm a hopeless fool, either. I've got good intuition, I tend to think outside of the box, I communicate well and have a knack for diplomacy. But, for the life of me (literally), I don't see a solution. For an organic/grassroots solution, we would first need to have the bulk of the population "undead their brains" and acknowledge the threat. Then we'd need them to be willing to voluntarily sacrifice their personal comfort for all of our freedoms - which includes the freedom to fail and to suffer for bad judgment. Vote out the usual candidates; vote in people who espouse individual liberty and run on a campaign of reducing government "help"; refusing anything tainted by government theft and public bribery. This seems nigh on impossible to me. For a top-down solution, we'd need enough people in political power to do what they've been doing - ramming through laws widely opposed by the population. But this time those laws would need to be austerity-style amputations. Slash all unnecessary spending; force through "no, seriously, we mean it" reiterations of the goddamned Bill of Rights (that isn't really that difficult to understand in the first place); put self-limiting protections in place to prevent government from encroaching like this again. In short, political suicide and massive pain while both the general public and businesses are force-fed their medicine. This seems even more far-fetched to me than the previous scenario. I don't know what else could possibly fix this and I don't see either of the above occurring. I would very much welcome someone showing me my mistake and providing a realistic plan to turn things around. In fact, I can say I would never be happier to be wrong. The Founding Fathers perfectly described the end-game for Democracy that you are seeing play out before your eyes. There is a reason why democracies have always failed. TRG Today is the anniversary of the ratification of the 17th amendment allowing for direct election of senators. The day that the States lost their voice in Washington(I'll never understand why) and we became more a democracy and less of a republic. A sad day indeed. 'WE' seem to forget OUR personal duties/obligations as Citizens, but when a Record-Low Rated Congress has a 95% reelection rate, it's easy to understand just how asleep WE are; Laziness will never be rewarded  Examples of how an Oligarchy works: •Boehner endorses Mark Sanford in SC special election •Chelsea: Maybe I will...She works for 'Fair & Unbiased' NBC •Jeb Bush tells CBS: I am not ruling out run for president ... WE have to actually Vote to change this 'All or nothing' political Circus, and make them go away. These Political Dynasties are bought and paid for, and WE keep expecting a different outcome? High-Treason, explains their lawlessness Now some good news...BlackRock Calls For Bernanke To "Rein In" QE: Says It "Distorts Markets, Risks Stoking Inflation" |
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Posted: 4/9/2013 8:35:04 AM EST
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Posted: 4/9/2013 10:55:41 AM EST
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<snip> The why is a direct result of the Civil War. The state Sovereignty was taken away from all states by the victors of the civil war. The North wanted a strong federal government that controlled the states, so the constitution was amended. Look at the voting record for the 17th amendment. Bent over by the windy city again.
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