Bob
10-02-2009, 12:01 PM
In 2008, before Obama was elected I posted this, seems more relevant now than ever...some of us have been consistent about expressing our concerns of over-spending and government growth under R and D administrations. The following is not about Obama, it is about out of control government and government spending:
“For every thousand that strike at the leaves of iniquity there is one that strikes at its root.”
That is the sense I have with much that is going lately. As you guys know, I am right of center, but prescribing all blame to Dems, and all cures to Repubs is stupid, and wrong -- in fact this strong identification to one party or another is part of why there is such a lack of trust out there, with all of its unintended consequences. The bickering is as stupid as assigning blame to Barney Frank or George Bush for steering all of us into the iceberg. Either way the economy is going to reset, much like what happened to the USSR in the early 1990’s.
So, the real question is when this happens -- do we tear each other to shreads, or decide that the real enemy are those in government who care more about power than those they should be serving? Remember how we felt on 9/12 -- yes, there was a sick feeling, and some fear, but I miss that feeling like were going to stick together no matter what.
People keep talking about stock losses, but I don’t think that is the real story – the real story (that is coming like the wave after an earthquake) is the lack of money that is needed by businesses to cover payrolls, which of course will mean massive layoffs. The real story is that food prices will be shooting up (much more than in the past year.) The real story is the march to Socialism, and the adding of fuel to the economic fire – each step we have taken has been wrong – lowering interest rates, just further deflates the dollar. Who the hell do we bail out next? California can go to hell – they need to cut their expenses, but instead they want a bailout? GM, Airlines, who else is too big to fail? So every industry and state government that was irresponsible should be bailed out by those who are lived within their means? Each time we attempt to put off collective payment, we inflate the problem.
So don’t talk to me about loosing money in your 401K – are you kidding?
There are some silver linings to economic doomsday, one might be a recalibrating of values – what really matters? Your various titles, or your family? Your pathetic party --or your country? Your 401K, or keeping your job? Your flat-panel TV, or the ability to feed your family?
“For every thousand that strike at the leaves of iniquity there is one that strikes at its root.”
That is the sense I have with much that is going lately. As you guys know, I am right of center, but prescribing all blame to Dems, and all cures to Repubs is stupid, and wrong -- in fact this strong identification to one party or another is part of why there is such a lack of trust out there, with all of its unintended consequences. The bickering is as stupid as assigning blame to Barney Frank or George Bush for steering all of us into the iceberg. Either way the economy is going to reset, much like what happened to the USSR in the early 1990’s.
So, the real question is when this happens -- do we tear each other to shreads, or decide that the real enemy are those in government who care more about power than those they should be serving? Remember how we felt on 9/12 -- yes, there was a sick feeling, and some fear, but I miss that feeling like were going to stick together no matter what.
People keep talking about stock losses, but I don’t think that is the real story – the real story (that is coming like the wave after an earthquake) is the lack of money that is needed by businesses to cover payrolls, which of course will mean massive layoffs. The real story is that food prices will be shooting up (much more than in the past year.) The real story is the march to Socialism, and the adding of fuel to the economic fire – each step we have taken has been wrong – lowering interest rates, just further deflates the dollar. Who the hell do we bail out next? California can go to hell – they need to cut their expenses, but instead they want a bailout? GM, Airlines, who else is too big to fail? So every industry and state government that was irresponsible should be bailed out by those who are lived within their means? Each time we attempt to put off collective payment, we inflate the problem.
So don’t talk to me about loosing money in your 401K – are you kidding?
There are some silver linings to economic doomsday, one might be a recalibrating of values – what really matters? Your various titles, or your family? Your pathetic party --or your country? Your 401K, or keeping your job? Your flat-panel TV, or the ability to feed your family?