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Debt - It Is OK If You Are The Government Run By Liberals

You probably have seen this headline:

CBO: National Deficit to Hit Nearly $10 Trillion Over Upcoming Decade

"The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that Obama's budget plans would generate deficits over the upcoming decade that would total $9.8 trillion. That's $1.2 trillion more than predicted by the administration."

Hey, what's to worry about?!?!

I keep having this word in my brain.  That word is "unsustainable", as in not being able to be sustained, as in our goose is cooked if we don't stop spending and start paying down debt.

We all know the "stop spending" part will never happen while the liberals are in charge.  So, pray for a massive upheaval this coming November, or stock up on gold/silver/food/ammo.  (Yes, I am one of those "preppers".)

Learning About Cloward-Pivens Will Answer A Lot Of Your Questions About What Is Going On Today

Do you ever sit back and wonder what the Hell is going on in D.C. these days?  The collectivists, community organizers, unicorn liberals, etc, are out in full force.  They are expanding government program and getting as many people as possible dependent on the Federal government as possible.  We have no money to pay for ANY of the non-constitutional programs.  All these programs will collapse the system.  Well, maybe that is the plan.

Meet the Cloward-Pivens Strategy, in a nutshell:

"[The Cloward-Pivens Strategy] seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse."

Cloward and Pivens, students of radical leftist Saul Alinsky, hated capitalism.  They came up with strategy to completely overwhelm the system and bring it crashing down.  Then it could be replaced by the socialist utopia, along with all those nice unicorns and rainbows.

Here are a few links to learn about this strategy.  There is no conspiracy here.  They are quite open about their strategy which has been going on since 1970, give or take a few years, and you can read up on it at a LOT of places.

Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

Cloward-Piven Strategy -  DiscoverTheNetworks

Cloward-Piven Strategy - Wikipedia

Take a minute or two just to glimpse at these articles.  As you read these selections you will see how this process of collapsing the system is going on right now.  It really is pretty amazing to watch, though the consequences are horrible for anyone who loves freedom.

So, while we watch in horror at what Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and others are doing, at least we have an idea of why.

November 2010 - Our last chance to stop the insanity of collectivism.

How Much Time Is Left?

Does anyone else have that nagging feeling that things are going to be coming to a head soon? 

It seems everything (recession/depression/job losses/deficits/runaway spending/increased government controls/islamic fanaticism) is coming together in a perfect storm.

I'm sure this will make some groups very happy (e.g. the Cloward-Piven crowd - you know, the ones who want to destroy capitalism and the USA by overloading the system and replacing it with their socialist utopia.) 

They may get their wish, but it won't be any "utopia".

Commercial Real Estate - OMG!

Saw this post over at one of my favorite blogs - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.  The headline is:

"Elizabeth Warren on the Coming Commercial Real Estate Crisis; 3000 Community Banks at Risk"

"Nationwide, at least $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate debt is expected to roll over during the next three years. Warren said that half of commercial real estate mortgages will be underwater by the beginning of 2011. A fifth of residential mortgages are underwater now, she said."

It is going to get worse, folks, much worse.

Pay down your debt, save as much cash as possible, and stock your pantry.  Our government is incompetent, but you are not.  This is where your rugged individualism will be needed.  Help yourself, then your family, then your community.  We don't need government to do what's right. 

Debt, Debt, And More Debt

If it wasn't so sad and dangerous to our country it would be hysterical.  What is "it"?  The absolute incapability of our federal and state governments to stop spending!  They know we are in debt beyond anything we can pay back barring a miracle.  Yet they, at least the federal government, are projecting trillion dollar deficits for years and years.

The "stimulus" package, which is nothing is the sort, has billions in pure pork projects.  (I also like how they haven't spent about 70% of this URGENT stimulus, saving it to spend just before the next election.)

They really don't seem to understand we are out of money.  Really!  They spend as if they have all the money in the world.  Their only plan is to borrow more from overseas.  They think we will borrow our way out of this debt problem".  Ugh.  Utter stupidity.

Here are some truths they need to learn:

1. You cannot borrow you way out of debt anymore than you can drink yourself sober.

2.  What is borrowed must be paid back, nicely or not nicely.

3.  Compound interest is a bitch.

4.  Raising taxes above a certain level WILL lead to less tax revenue, not more.

Most of us "little people" could solve this deficit and debt problem instantly.  Here is how:

1.  Spend less than you bring in.

2.  Lower taxes on the everyone, including the people who actually hire people.

3.  Use excess revenue to start paying down debt.

4.  NO OFF-BOOK EXPENSES!!!  (That is where they hide the really nasty future costs.)

5.  Stop doing stuff not authorized by the U.S. Constitution.  This would lower the the cost of running government by about 80%.

Pie-in-the-sky, I know, and probably too late even if started tomorrow.

This debt bomb WILL go off at some point.  Personally, I hope it is far enough out to let me get more stuff socked away.

Sometimes The Collective Stupidity Is Just Too Much

I read the news sites, other blogs, listen to the radio.  Sometimes you just want to bang your head against the wall at all the stupidity of our so-called "leaders".  So I think I will do that:

Socialism Is Quite Popular Among Some People Who Might Call Themselves American (But They're Not)

New Gallup poll came out.  38% of "Americans" have a positive view of socialism (defined as a centrally planned economy in which the government controls all means of production).

I put the word American above in quotation marks because I believe ANYONE who has a favorable opinion of socialism is not an American.  At least not MY America.

The breakdown is as you would expect.  Among democrats 53% like socialism.  Among republicans 17% like it.  I guess that would be the percentage of RINO's in the party.

Look at the poll results for yourself in the link.  It is sad that so many people who live in this country like the failed policies of the continent most of our ancestors left.  They are well on the way to getting their wish unless we stop them this November.

I leave you with this quote from Samuel Adams which I have used before.  It proclaims loudly how I feel about the so-called socialist "Americans".

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.  We ask not your counsels or your arms.  Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

Or, in my owns words:  "Get the Hell out of my country you stinking moochers, looters and crybabies."

Hmmmm.  Samuel Adams does seem to have a better way with words.

When Does This Madness End?

By madness I mean the fantasyland the collectivists in D.C. live in.  They continue to spend money they don't have as if nothing is going on.  It is the old "I still have checks so I must still have money" joke.

The proposed budget is insane!  Our national debt is already so large we can barely afford the interest on it, never mind actually paying the principal back!  And yet the morons in D.C want to add another few trillion to the debt.  And Obama's talk of "cuts" was quickly revealed to be nothing of the sort.

People!  This is not sustainable!  This will end, and it will not be pleasant.

We can try and pull on the reins some in November 2010 and 2012.  It may be a case of too little, too late, though.  Still, on a national level it is probably the best we can hope for.  The collectivists are genetically incapable of stopping their spending spree.  Perhaps the Republicans can grow a spine and elect adults to try and clean up this mess.

On a personal level, get prepared for ANYTHING.  Rely on YOURSELF!  The government will not be there to help, and would only cause more problems anyway.

Feeling Less Free?

Do you have that nagging feeling that just maybe we are not as free as we used to be?  That this growth of government, with all the associated taxes and regulations, keeps adding up and never get smaller?  (Under BOTH Democrats AND Republicans!)

Well, you are right.  The Heritage Foundation has put out its "2010 Index Of Economic Freedom" and the USA has dropped to 8th place.  We are no longer in the top "Free" category.  We have dropped to the "Mostly Free" category.  Pretty disgusting for a country that was founded on freedom and liberty.

Here is what the Index had to say about the USA:

"The U.S. government’s interventionist responses to the financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 have significantly undermined economic freedom and long-term prospects for economic growth. Economic freedom has declined in seven of the 10 categories measured in the Index.

Uncertainties caused by ongoing regulatory changes and politically influenced stimulus spending have discouraged entrepreneurship and job creation, slowing recovery. Leadership in free trade has been undercut by “Buy American” provisions in stimulus legislation and failure to pursue previously agreed free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea. Tax rates are increasingly uncompetitive, and massive stimulus spending is creating unprecedented deficits. Bailouts of financial and automotive firms have generated concerns about property rights."

To make things worse, our government seems hell-bent on continuing this slide less freedom.

Elections have consequences.  We are seeing the results of the last several elections. 

Don't make the same mistakes in 2010 and 2012.

If You Have Kids Or Grandkids You Should Be Very Angry

Heck, if you have nieces, nephews or any young person you care about you should be livid with what our government is doing to them.

What is the government doing?  No less than destroying the American Dream for them.  That's what.  What dream would that be?  To me, it is the knowledge that if you study hard, work hard, take responsibility for you actions, and develop your individual talents (whether as a doctor or a dancer or whatever) you will be able to live you life to the fullest with only minimal interference from a controlling government.  Basically, you are a free human being endowed with "certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

That dream is well on its way to becoming a fable spoken of at night around the fireplace about how things used to be. 

*Our children are already saddled with a crushing debt load that simply cannot be paid back.  And the collectivists are adding more debt as fast as possible.  Our kids will pay the price for this orgy of spending over the past few decades.

*The education system has been dumbed-down thanks to the effects of political correctness cheating our kids out of the benefits of rigorous and tough studies.  But don't worry, the kids "feel good" about themselves.

*Our kids are growing up in an increasingly regulated world where initiative and daring are frowned upon and punished by ridiculous lawsuits or government rules.

*Our kids are being exposed to actions of our Presidents, Senators and Representatives that are reprehensible, lacking all sense of honor or virtue.  Our "leaders" and Hollywood have relegated the concepts of honor and virtue to the trash heap of cultural history.

I could go on, but you get the point.  I am furious at what the government is doing to me, I am livid at what they are doing to my kids' future. 

BUT!  There is something you can do for your kids.  Of course, be active in trying to turn away this tide of collectivism at the ballot box, but the more important thing is to prepare your kids.  Teach them responsibility and self-reliance.  (Yes, a good dose of suvivalism won't hurt!)  Teach them that success comes from within them and not from some government handout.  Show them what the government has done to their future, so they know who to blame down the road.  In short, raise them as Americans should be raised, with pride in themselves and our history as a country.  So, even if the country goes to hell, your kids can be prepared to pick up the pieces and do it right next time.