Posted on 08/17/2024 5:22:01 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
While the Deep State keeps the nation divided and distracted by a presidential election whose outcome is foregone (the police state’s stranglehold on power will ensure the continuation of endless wars and out-of-control spending, while disregarding the citizenry’s fundamental rights and the rule of law).
We’re digging ourselves deeper and deeper into debt, both as a nation and as a populace. Basically, the U.S. government is funding its existence with a credit card, spending money it doesn’t have on programs it can’t afford. The bulk of that debt has been amassed over the past two decades, thanks in large part to the fiscal shenanigans of four presidents, 10 sessions of Congress and two wars.
The Fourth Estate has been taken over by media conglomerates that prioritize profit over principle. Independent news agencies, which were supposed to act as bulwarks against government propaganda, have been subsumed by a global corporate takeover of newspapers, television and radio.
Most critically of all, the U.S. government, long ago sold to the highest bidders, has become little more than a shell company, a front for corporate interests.
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“the U.S. government is funding its existence with a credit card,”
Worse than that, the gummit pays off the credit card with fake, printed money.
Well yeah - ever since we left the Gold Standard the dollar is merely an illusion of worth we (and the world) indulge in to maintain trade and order. Without the continuation of that shared illusion we’d see the thin veneer of civilized behavior quickly shed while savagery in the pursuit of survival takes it’s place.
pretty much spot on
bump
Can’t we sell a few acres of the national lands? We could easily pay off the debt by doing that and nobody would notice.
If we can get house prices down then some of these conglomerates that have been buying high will have to panic sell and drive the costs down further.
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