Posted on 06/26/2012 3:56:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
Forces of evil are.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." - Ephesians 6:12
Have you considered that maintaining a military presence all over the world might be a significant reason why you are going broke?
> 4) It’s too confusing to comprehend:
Perhaps if the Tea Party stopped saying that we are $15 Trillion dollars in debt and started saying that our Government has spent $65,000 for each and every man, woman, and child in the US, it might mean something. Then ask, how each man, woman, and child intends to pay that back when the bill comes due. Trillion is too large for most people to understand.
I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures,
saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay or three quarts of barley for a day's pay.
But do not damage the olive oil and the wine."
Revelation 6:6
Correct. It has always been so. There are times when it is more evident.
The US government defaulted 3 times in the 20th century by abandoning “promises”.
The next default would likely be trying to inflate our way out of debt.
* 1934, the government banned ownership of gold and eliminated the right to exchange gold certificates for gold coins. It then immediately revalued gold from $20.67 per troy ounce to $35, thus devaluing the dollar holdings of all Americans by 40 percent.
* 1934 to 1968, the federal government continued to issue and redeem silver certificates, notes that circulated as legal tender that could be redeemed for silver coins or silver bars. In 1968, Congress unilaterally reneged on this obligation.
* 1934 to 1971, foreign governments were permitted by the U.S. government to exchange their dollars for gold through the gold window. In 1971, President Richard Nixon severed this final link between the dollar and gold by closing the gold window, thus in effect defaulting once again on a debt obligation of the U.S. government.
It’s easy to blame Pelosi and Reed and Krugman because they are very guilty. The Republicans haven’t done much better true, but because of reason 5) in the original article, not reason 1). There’s a world of difference between not doing something because its to your personal advantage and to hell with everyone else, and on the other hand not doing something because its not possible politically to do.
Good post.
Defense is one of the few things the Federal government does that are legitimate functions of government.
Why should we cut a legitimate function to preserve illegitimate functions?
We could actually cut the military if we were energy-independent, but not before that.
Right now I am about 20 years from retirement. With about 10 more years of work I will have enough savings to pay for a very modest retirement along with paying back my share of the debt ($65k). I could do that without taking Social Security (I’m hoping for an opt-out option). Medicare is another story however, there’s no way I could afford health care when get old mainly due to it being ratcheted up by government mandates, predatory lawyers, and the doctors guild.
I have told people before that our environmentalist wackos create a national security threat when they take our natural energy resources off of the table. Keeping our oil imports flowing accounts for a chunk of our military expenditures.
If you think man is any different you weren't watching the videos of the dependent class of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina hit and in the aftermath, and you haven't watched the “How Obama Got Elected” video.
The lazy are positioning themselves and their progeny to be a permanent underclass, begging for scraps from a powerful government.
The answer is that the vast majority of US citizens are either on the dole, or they are idiots.
The only cure for the average person who is aware, is to get out of debt, secure your investments, buy gold and silver, and come up with a plan to make it through the mess.
It’s coming. And it’s coming sooner than most realize.
Yesterday I pointed out that most voters seem to think they are electing a Santa Claus instead of a POTUS.
Think about how both parties handle this issue.
Republicans claim that they will never let our taxes go up, and they want them lower.
Democrats claim that they will never allow entitlement cuts(In fact they still say that those entitlements are fully self funded, a huge lie no one ever challenges), and we need even more federal spending . Yes, both are lying. But both are saying that the deficit will never hurt us as long as neither side gets full control.
Liberals on MSNBC as with Krugman are claiming that these deficit levels are not a problem and should go higher.
When GWB was POTUS Republicans defended rapidly growing deficits as necessary, and they will again if Romney is POTUS
We create our own currency so the term bankruptcy is not appropriate either. The USA will never declare bankruptcy. No one knows exactly when these deficits will directly hurt us because the world deflation is keeping us from seeing seriously obvious inflation.
You sound like Nero.
And the USSR had troops all over the place too...how did hat work out for them?
And the Syrian war is coming to a theater near you soon.
The next President will be our Gorbachev.
Seemed to me to describe a situation where oil and wine were so precious that none dare be wasted (do not hurt them). As the raw resources from which they were made — olives and grapes — could be used to help alleviate famine. But not dogmatic about it.
At this point, the only choice is to let it burn. The unmistakable, unconcealable pain is the only thing that will make the American people stop their bread-and-circuses march to an ever more socialist state.
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