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Here's some free advice: drink less coffee. Discard the emotional reactions and think logically. What are the incontrovertible facts?

Why was TARP passed last year despite massive opposition? Because if Congress hadn't bailed out the banks, the US would have suffered a 30%+ contraction in GDP. That means all levels of government, ranging from Leviathan all the way down to the smallest districts, would have gone bankrupt.

No more pensions. No more gov't jobs. No more welfare. School closures. Food shortages. In short, chaos.

So what was achieved by going "all in" to the tune of $12 trillion dollars in expenditures/commitments? One year. That's all they got, one lousy year! Now there's no more money in the kitty; there aren't any more buyers of debt. All they will be able to do is print. So here it comes again, round II, and boy, will it be a doozy.

You think "they" will go for a complete power grab. Let me ask you a question: how do they finance it (ie pay their "employees")? With freshly printed pieces of toilet paper aka 'dollar bills'? Har, har. The erstwhile enforcers will have enough problems on their hands trying to get their own families fed & protected.

Here's how it plays out in real simple terms. We don't produce enough real wealth to afford our military. Faced with this reality, they will have no other choice but to make their move. They will have to disband almost all forms of fed gov't like welfare, UI, food stamps, SS, etc, and be forced to allow the states to go their own way(s). There will be an opt-in to form a new union to provide mutual protection.

The states will resume their natural legitimacy. We will be right back where we started in 1786 with a loose alliance of regional 'colonies' who will have to determine to what extent they wish to organize. We will see a return to regional/state currency, taxation & trade.

There are simply not enough resources to hold the center. We will come apart just like the USSR. We cannot fight (nor do we want to) the iron clad rules of nature.

My suggestion to you newbie, is look at all my posts over the last 9 years. You might just learn something yourself. I am a combat veteran from the 101st Airborne. I don't fall victim to “emotional reactions” and the fact that I lived through several very dire hours under heavy enemy fire, it proves that I have a strong ability to think logically.

Your opinion is no better than any other here, in fact, you sound like you are mirroring much of what I have been saying on this thread all along.

So, putting your direct superiority complex aside, keep up with you humble opinion, and be careful who you target, especially ex-snipers who know how to shoot back.