A general strike in America? Won't happen and would take weeks before it was felt and even then, it would hurt the average hourly worker the most."
I disagree that it would takes weeks for it to be felt.
So much moves by truck that within 3 days, there would be chaos. Most people have no more than 2-3 days of food on hand. Grocery stores on every corner have made it all too handy to buy your making for dinner that night based upon your thought process at 2PM that day. No one seems to plan their meals like our parents did.
Everyone has 5 TV's and X-Box stuff and computers. No one has a pantry or a large freezer. Small cars means small gas tanks and no gas for a couple of days would get some attention. Gas is replenished every day by truck. Just because it happens at 2 AM and you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't happening.
I for one, like the idea of a general strike.
I call for the 4th of July as most appropriate, with the 3rd and the 5th as a sandwich.
Any takers????
We don't have a large freezer ... we have two large freezers. And a pantry of canned goods. Already have the seeds for this year's garden. Very unusual, huh?
We have always been prepared for 6 weeks--several months, depending, of no access to supplies. We have adequate savings for 2-3 months of no income. We live in an area where we could trade/barter/purchase things from individuals who have a similar preparation mindset. So, I am for it.
But the majority of Americans would simply not participate, IMO. Many cannot: they have made no preparations and have no way to do so. They wouldn't even understand clearing out a closet or buying a small chest freezer. Many live in places where it is impossible to store fuel or propane. In addition to their own inability to survive, I am afraid they will turn on those of us who strike, blaming us for their own deprivation, not the illegals.
I made some suggestions here
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607783/posts?page=74#74
My major belief is that the government would declare martial law in the event of a mass strike or a mass rally by any of us. I lived in Milwaukee in 1968 during the housing riots and experienced martial law for several days. I was only 25, had a small child, lived in a mixed race neighborhood and I can tell you that all of us were terrified. We actually hid our guns because if anything would have happened, there were threats of strong measures against anyone found with arms in their homes.
I think we need a show of strength and that a peaceful rally might be effective, but I am also worried that provocateurs from both sides of the issue would try and subvert even that.
To that end, I have already implemented a personal program of conscious economic activity, as well as the preparedness necessary to carry it off. I think we need to put the lie to
"our economy would collapse" Note to Bloomburg: the two golf courses in my area are owned and maintained by American citizens. I think not voting is suicidal, since the donks would implement open borders and unionize illegals and register them to vote in huge numbers and we would have not one ounce of pressure against them. But, I will vote for Republicans who support closed borders and employer sanctions and sending the mass of demanding illegals back to their home countries. I admit such pubbies are hard to find.
I just don't think we can mobilize enough Americans to take to the streets for long enough to make our point and get results.
A general strike in America? Won't happen and would take weeks before it was felt and even then, it would hurt the average hourly worker the most."I wish I had paid more attention. Fox News had on a Mexican honcho the other day, and he said that they picked a day this month and they are all going on strike. They will not be going to work, and they will not shop, etc, just to show America just how much we need them.
Darn! I wish I had paid more attention. I am concerned about the date.