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7 Reasons Americans Are So Complacent About Our Country's Impending Bankruptcy
Townhall.com ^ | June 26, 2012 | John Hawkins

Posted on 06/26/2012 3:56:44 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 06/26/2012 3:56:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

People have been conditioned to tune out because of all the crying wolf over the environment and other social issues.


2 posted on 06/26/2012 4:04:58 AM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: Kaslin

I have only one question on the subject. How have the clowns in the federal government managed to kick the can this far down the road without total collapse? Never mind kicking it another generation, I really don’t understand what gets us through next month. I have been saying for decades that there is no hope for this country in the long run and the run has already lasted longer than I ever expected. It would appear that in truth we are in FAR worse shape than during the thirties but the smoke and mirrors keep people from realizing that.


3 posted on 06/26/2012 4:10:46 AM PDT by RipSawyer
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To: Kaslin

I think we are generally demoralized and thus don’t feel motivated to fight.


4 posted on 06/26/2012 4:12:55 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Average Al
My feeling is:

If our leadership couldn't/wouldn't do anything when it mattered and would have made a difference, how can I be enthusiastic about their efforts now (such as they are) when it is almost certainly TOO LATE?

Besides, politicizing the blame is NOT resolving the problem...never was!

5 posted on 06/26/2012 4:14:11 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Kaslin

8. Virgina keeps putting up George Allen or some stupid Democrat. People are too lazy to change.


6 posted on 06/26/2012 4:17:26 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Romney - not Obama - not a Conservative - not a real Christian)
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To: Kaslin

Long ago there was this thread talking about enemy invasion of the US. A typical poster: “Why should I give a sh*t if there’s not enemy soldiers beating down *my* door?”

No need to look any further.

The Marine Corps is at War. America is at the mall.


7 posted on 06/26/2012 4:19:34 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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To: Kaslin

Americans correctly figure that the reserve currency status of the dollar will protect them for a while longer. One thing we have that other countries don’t is a worldwide infrastructure to prop up the dollar. For example, the IMF: we own it.


8 posted on 06/26/2012 4:23:31 AM PDT by palmer (Jim, please bill me 50 cents for this completely useless post)
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To: Kaslin
Complacency is not really as big a factor as apathy. Those who are concerned are daunted by the size of the problem.
The real crux of the matter is the demand for more and more benefits by the voters themselves; the very suggestion from any politician to take away anyone's entitlement is a one-way ticket to retirement.

In short, we have met the enemy and he is us!

9 posted on 06/26/2012 4:25:04 AM PDT by stormhill
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People have heard that “We are all going to die!” for so long, they have stopped caring.


10 posted on 06/26/2012 4:26:02 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Kaslin

This.

3) Crisis fatigue is rampant


11 posted on 06/26/2012 4:26:16 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: RipSawyer

The clowns in dc have been able to kick the can down the road by borrowing against future tax receipts on paper.
This go round, the regime borrowed to the point that the debt is no longer managable. The interest payments alone would swamp a smaller country. The fed has been quitely buying up parts of our debt and bernanke has been printing money. Look at what groceries cost compared to two years ago.
It is actually simple economics, spending more than you take in will eventually cause your economy to collapse. Despite what “economists” say, the same rules apply to individuals and national economies.
A huge portion of Americans are dependant on income transfers and a huge portion of Americans are no longer paying into that system because they are out of work.
Combine that with the fact that we are backstopping an out of control Europe and you bet we are heading toward financial poopstorm.

Most Amerians don’t get it because they either don’t feel or see it yet, or they listen to the major media who confuses reality with lots of fluff intended to cover for the current rulers.


12 posted on 06/26/2012 4:26:16 AM PDT by Texas resident (November 6 - Vote Against obama)
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To: SMARTY

It’s like that dem thing of taking advantage of a crisis. The reality is, if they are able to take advantage, it must not be a real crisis.

In a real crisis, the “people” finally wake up and see the need for solution, instead of political advantage.


13 posted on 06/26/2012 4:26:39 AM PDT by wita
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To: RipSawyer
I have only one question on the subject. How have the clowns in the federal government managed to kick the can this far down the road without total collapse? Never mind kicking it another generation, I really don’t understand what gets us through next month. I have been saying for decades that there is no hope for this country in the long run and the run has already lasted longer than I ever expected. It would appear that in truth we are in FAR worse shape than during the thirties but the smoke and mirrors keep people from realizing that.

Your comment is far closer to the reason why everyone is complacent as compared to the article. Remeber when even the stallwart conservative Dick Cheney said "deficits do not matter"? I have felt the country would go bust for 25 years. We have been playing financial games (as you note in your comment) for 50+ years and have apparantly, somehow , gotten away with it. The naysayers (like me) have been crying foul for over 40 years and the party keeps on rolling and more programs are invented. Why not be complacent? The naysayers have been wrong day in and day out for decades. This time it is different? I know this is going to unravel, but we still have several trick we can play, including paying off our debts with our own money. another part of the problem is that the naysayers, like me, base their arguments on morality rather than knowing the true nature of the balance sheet. Most people are not into morality based arguments. What has been going on for the last 50+ years is morally wrong and we have expected to see punishment for it...The punishment never comes and we look like silly little preachers (rememeber..deficits do not matter?). But we know in our hearts that the day of reckoning will come, who knows maybe it will happen in our lifetime.

14 posted on 06/26/2012 4:26:51 AM PDT by BRL
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To: Kaslin

I think that Gov. Scott Walker showed the way out of this mess:

1. Cut the budget.

2. Take the money away from the leeches.

If I’m wrong, someone correct me.


15 posted on 06/26/2012 4:27:04 AM PDT by sergeantdave (Public unions exist to protect the unions from the taxpaying public)
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To: Kaslin
6) We still seem to be a rich country: America is a like a guy who lives in a five million dollar mansion with a dozen servants, drives a Ferrari, and hands out hundred dollar tips to waitresses and bellhops.

This only applies to the wealthy in this country. Most middle class people I know are terrified of what's happening and know they can do nothing about it.

On the other hand, the wealthy are insulated from what's happened, what's happening and what's to come so THEY go along their merry way. This includes about 85% of politicians who think the U.S. is an endless pit of money there for their taking.

16 posted on 06/26/2012 4:27:43 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Hardraade

The Marine Corps is at War. America is at the mall.


That’s it.

It is infuriating.


17 posted on 06/26/2012 4:28:23 AM PDT by unkus
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To: RipSawyer

Smoke and mirrors is almost right. Americans are deceived by television these days. As long as we take our cues from the idiots on the tube, there is no hope.


18 posted on 06/26/2012 4:28:26 AM PDT by STYRO (Do not accept unconstitutional government as legitimate government.)
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To: Kaslin

Very astute points. Thanks for the article.


19 posted on 06/26/2012 4:30:00 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: wita

OTOH maybe I’m dreaming. We may never wake up, but that would be too doom and gloom.


20 posted on 06/26/2012 4:31:15 AM PDT by wita
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