Let's face it, the U.S. economy is poised for collapse do to the ignorance of Congress, the President and his band of thieves. OK, maybe Congress, the President and followers are just naive, but the fact is that everyone with common sense knows that the mortgage bail-out band-aid is not going to fix anything and very few homeowners will benefit from this taxpayer give-away. The current crisis is nothing more then a warmed over version of the Savings & Loan mess of the 1980's. Congress passed another bail-out, nothing was fixed. De-regulation and privatization is at the bottom of the Savings & Loan crisis as well as the current sub-prime mortgage crisis. Had de-regulation and privatization not occurred, it is very probably that U.S. citizens and taxpayers would not be paying for corporate greed again.
Take a hard look.... did the de-regulation of utilities ( gas, electric, water, phone ) resulting lower prices or better service to we peons ( general public )....NO. Who benefited...company execs. Did banking de-regulation result in better service and lower costs...NO. Who benefited....
bank execs.
A little history will put things in perspective: 1930's depression..cause corporate greed;
Congress and the Roosevelt admistration enacted regulations; 1980's the Reagan administration started hipping away at regulations ( Saving & Loan crisis ) and the current George Bush
finished emasculated the remainder of government regulation...Sub-Prime Mortgage crisis.
Times have changed, ideology meets reality. It took the U.S. over 20 years to get back on it's feet after the 1930's depression. But things were different, WWII, ended the Marshall Plan provided 100's of millions to U.S. factories to produce goods to rebuild Europe, resulting in increasing wages to U.S. workers, who in turn, were able to save. Basically, little or no capital was exported from the U.S. TODAY, and over the past 8 years, the U.S. has been exporting good paying jobs, there is virtually no personal savings, inflation has a strong foothold, and the U.S. has been exporting capital and unprecedented rates; war in Iraq $13 billion a week, foreign oil..billions,the purchase of goods the U.S. no longer manufacturers ...billions. Bottom line... thanks to Congress and President Bush, the U.S. no longer has a financial foundation to re-build the economy on. The mortage bail, now law, is just another nail in the coffin.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
PEOPLE POWER
D. Citizen Blog ~ Wake Up Call ~ People Power
Politicians have lead the U.S. astray and into bankruptcy ! The old U.S. Constitution, over time, gave every citizen the right to vote. Unfortunately, many citizens entitled to vote have not registered to vote, or simply don't vote because they don't believe they will have any effect on the outcome. And let's face it, until very recently, things have been pretty good, so citizens have not kept a watchful eye on what is going on in our State legislatures and in Congress.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, things are getting worse, much worse and will continue downhill if we, as U.S. citizens, continue to be lead like sheep by Politicians in our State legislatures, and those in Congress and the White House. Regardless of your party affiliation, Politicians are motivated by personal greed and aspirations for power that leave the average citizen and voter in the dust. Politicians and Court Judges have become the masters and we are simply surfs of no consequence except to pay taxes.
Politicians, the White House and Courts have run this once great country into the ground. The combined lack of 'common sense' in our State capitols and in Washington, D.C., is astounding - THERE IS NONE. Greed and personal interest have dictated, and lead the U.S. economy to virtual collapse. The reliance on "Ivy Leaguers" has proven to be a disaster for the majority of citizens.
OK, we all know what is wrong, but how to "fix it". Back in 1995, anticipating a
collapse, a pamphlet titled " New Atlantis, The Re-Engineering of America " was published and sent to every U.S. Senator and Congressman, and the President and V.P.; as with other things sent to Washington, D.C., unless accompanied by a non-traceable 'donation' of $10,000.00 to $100,000.00 or more, it went directly into the trash. OUR 'HAND-OUT' FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS THE ROOT OF U.S. PROBLEMS.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE THE U.S. ?
1st, register to vote, and vote for a party or person who is not an incumbent, preferably a third party. Why, because the Democratic/Republican party log jam must be broken or it will continue to be business as usual, meaning nothing of substance will get done, $billions will be wasted, and individual citizens will all go broke feeding the hogs in State Capitols and in Washington, D.C. Remember, of all the matters of concern and importance to citizens, what merited the last
( 27th ) U.S. Constitutional Amendment ? CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES.
WASHINGTON, D.C. , does not give a crap about you or me; their pay is number 1.
*Does the U.S. Constitution ( yr. 1789 ) need to be updated ?
Yes__
No __
Politicians have lead the U.S. astray and into bankruptcy ! The old U.S. Constitution, over time, gave every citizen the right to vote. Unfortunately, many citizens entitled to vote have not registered to vote, or simply don't vote because they don't believe they will have any effect on the outcome. And let's face it, until very recently, things have been pretty good, so citizens have not kept a watchful eye on what is going on in our State legislatures and in Congress.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, things are getting worse, much worse and will continue downhill if we, as U.S. citizens, continue to be lead like sheep by Politicians in our State legislatures, and those in Congress and the White House. Regardless of your party affiliation, Politicians are motivated by personal greed and aspirations for power that leave the average citizen and voter in the dust. Politicians and Court Judges have become the masters and we are simply surfs of no consequence except to pay taxes.
Politicians, the White House and Courts have run this once great country into the ground. The combined lack of 'common sense' in our State capitols and in Washington, D.C., is astounding - THERE IS NONE. Greed and personal interest have dictated, and lead the U.S. economy to virtual collapse. The reliance on "Ivy Leaguers" has proven to be a disaster for the majority of citizens.
OK, we all know what is wrong, but how to "fix it". Back in 1995, anticipating a
collapse, a pamphlet titled " New Atlantis, The Re-Engineering of America " was published and sent to every U.S. Senator and Congressman, and the President and V.P.; as with other things sent to Washington, D.C., unless accompanied by a non-traceable 'donation' of $10,000.00 to $100,000.00 or more, it went directly into the trash. OUR 'HAND-OUT' FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS THE ROOT OF U.S. PROBLEMS.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE THE U.S. ?
1st, register to vote, and vote for a party or person who is not an incumbent, preferably a third party. Why, because the Democratic/Republican party log jam must be broken or it will continue to be business as usual, meaning nothing of substance will get done, $billions will be wasted, and individual citizens will all go broke feeding the hogs in State Capitols and in Washington, D.C. Remember, of all the matters of concern and importance to citizens, what merited the last
( 27th ) U.S. Constitutional Amendment ? CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES.
WASHINGTON, D.C. , does not give a crap about you or me; their pay is number 1.
*Does the U.S. Constitution ( yr. 1789 ) need to be updated ?
Yes__
No __
Monday, July 21, 2008
The McCain Elite - Power/Wealth/ & Slaves
Let's take a look at Senator John McCain. I'm no scholar or pundit, just an ordinary guy, but the McCain campaign ' Straight Talk Express ' is a dog that doesn't hunt. The guy is a warrior, great grandson of a Mississippi plantation slave owner, grandfather and father were 4 star Admirals, great uncle was a General, this 'poor' boy married into hundreds of millions. So he knows or has any clue of what the average U.S. citizen goes through or faces, COME ON GIVE ME A BREAK !
What John McCain knows is how to kill, how to make profits for his wealthy friends by passing out war ( defense ) contracts and how to bankrupt the U.S. and citizens by the constant foreign deployment of U.S. troops [ '100 year war'... McCain's own words ]. McCain could care less about U.S. troops as demonstrated by his vote against and lack of support for U.S. Veterans. Bottom line, this guy is bad news for every U.S. citizen hoping for gainful employment. Ordinary working stiffs are far below McCains social class and he has no sympathy for enlisted veterans, or junior officers, who he considers as nothing more than cannon fodder.
I am an old fart senior, but call see through all the McCain hoop-la - McCains Arizona buddies, Senator Jon Kyl and Congressman Trent Franks and others voted against the recent Medicare bill - if you are middle class , McCain could care less; when your wife declares a yearly income of over $6,000,000.00 + do you thank any of us in the middle class are of concern, we are all dispensable and can easily be replaced by illegal aliens who will work for less then minimum wage in McCains friends factories, or on McCains friends plantations; the rest of citizens between 18-45 will be sent off to some McCain contrived foreign war.
What John McCain knows is how to kill, how to make profits for his wealthy friends by passing out war ( defense ) contracts and how to bankrupt the U.S. and citizens by the constant foreign deployment of U.S. troops [ '100 year war'... McCain's own words ]. McCain could care less about U.S. troops as demonstrated by his vote against and lack of support for U.S. Veterans. Bottom line, this guy is bad news for every U.S. citizen hoping for gainful employment. Ordinary working stiffs are far below McCains social class and he has no sympathy for enlisted veterans, or junior officers, who he considers as nothing more than cannon fodder.
I am an old fart senior, but call see through all the McCain hoop-la - McCains Arizona buddies, Senator Jon Kyl and Congressman Trent Franks and others voted against the recent Medicare bill - if you are middle class , McCain could care less; when your wife declares a yearly income of over $6,000,000.00 + do you thank any of us in the middle class are of concern, we are all dispensable and can easily be replaced by illegal aliens who will work for less then minimum wage in McCains friends factories, or on McCains friends plantations; the rest of citizens between 18-45 will be sent off to some McCain contrived foreign war.
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