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I wrote the first 21 points to some friends in February 2013. I may have missed a few points, so feel free to add any I left out.
Look back 20-30 years ago. Who would have thought that;
1. We would have essentially eliminated prayer from school functions
2. We would have been thinking about allowing girls and gays into the Boy Scouts
3. We would be even talking about gun registration and confiscation as it is happening in some states
4. We would be $16+ trillion in debt
5. We would be paying a buck a round for 5.56
6. We would not have a federal budget for 4 years despite the fact that it is illegal to operate without one
7. We would have the LGBT society at University of Central Florida petitioning for a unisex bathroom as they don't feel safe in a male or female bathroom
8. We would have a prez that won't allow access to his birth certificate or college records (and the people and media stood by and allowed this crap to occur)
9. We would expel small children from school for bringing a fingernail file to school or a toy bubble gun or making a gun shape from your fingers...list can go on
10. We allow, let's say, 50% of the population to be on gov assistance
11. We allow 11 million illegals to remain despite the fact that they committed a crime to get here
12. We allow the media to continue with their lies without our elected officials confronting them
13. We continue to elect and re-elect idiots (Guam capsizing anyone?)
14. We elect felons to CONgress
15. We allow our gov to continue to bailout the banks and their cronies (media failing again)
16. We allow our gov to bailout green energy companies only to have them fail months later (media failing again)
17. We allow the highest office in the land to be bought by special interest groups (media failure...again)
18. We continue to pour money into the education system only to see worse outcomes
19. We continue to pour money into the economy to "stimulate" despite it didn't help the first two times
20. We "overthrow" other govmnts and allow the MB to take control and then give them tanks and aircraft
Did I leave any out? I would LOL, but I'm to busy saying OMG where are we heading?
Oh I did,
21. We would even be talking about socialized health care and the fact that ALL people will be required to participate.
I added a few more...this 29th day of September 2013.
22. That we would be talking about spying on the common man by our own gov.
23. We would allow gun running to Syria, thru Libya and nobody in the media pursues the truth, even after we had an Ambassador and brave Americans murdered.
24. Who would have thought that the IRS would target conservative groups....and not be investigated and prosecuted.
25. The Federal Reserve feels it needs to continue to pump money into the economy, despite what history has shown....Argentina and Weimar Republic come to mind.
26. That we would even have something like Common Core to talk about!
27. That if a common man would speak out against Common Core, he would be arrested.
28. That a boy would be expelled from school because he was playing with an airsoft pistol in his front yard. Gosh, I would have never made it thru elementary school as I played with cap guns, and don't tell anyone, but I took them to school and showed my friend AND teachers! And, in high school I had my knife in my pocket almost every day. :-0 Some of my friend even had their shotguns in gun racks in their trucks.
29. Our gov would not allow new refineries to be built in the last twenty plus years.
30. Our gov would put such tight restrictions on the coal industry that they are being squeezed into closing down productions.
31. Our gov would not allow drilling or fracking on gov owned land.
32. Our gov would not allow offshore drilling, but give millions of dollars to other countries for their offshore drilling programs and agree to buy their oil.
33. Our gov would be thinking, and probably doing behind our backs, arming our enemies...and worse, the media again remains silent. Does anyone remember "Fast and Furious" gun running in Mexico?
34. Who would have thought that the US postal service would be billions of dollars in the hole.
35. That we would be increasing the debt ceiling once again, the eighth time in Obamas presidency, and there is no measure to control or decrease the deficit.
36. If you speak out against the radical Muslims, the illegal immigrants, the blacks, the progressives or Obamacare you will be labeled a racist.
37. The Sec of State would sign a Small Arms UN treaty.
37. But yet, I never would have thought that in my lifetime I would have been called a domestic terrorist because I stand up for the second amendment, I believe in Jesus Christ and read the Bible.
Where are we...the gov now owns or controls
The auto industry
The education industry
The health care industry
The energy industry
The banking industry (or maybe the bankers own us, hmm?)
The media
The defense industry, and possibly the upper management of our own military
And, 50% of the population.
We are $17 Trillion in debt, with no willingness on either side of the aisle to lower the deficit.
We continue to pump $85 billion per month into the banking sector.
We continue to see double digit unemployment despite the lies the gov tells us. Look at what John Williams with Shadowstats.com has to say.
We have an inflation rate of about 8%-10% (1980 based) per Shadowstats.com . The gov "official" inflation is about 2%. Has your food and energy bills only gone up 2%? Gasoline was about $1.80 in January 2008.
Now, our fine nation has a debt of about $17 Trillion, with about $12 Trillion held by you and me...the public. Currently the interest rate on this debt is about 2.4% according to the CBO, thanks to the Fed. Traditionally the interest rate has been about 5.7%. Data here.... http://www.cnbc.com/id/101062461 . Now here is where it gets interesting, the CBO feels the debt owned by the public will reach almost $17 Trillion in less than seven short years. If we return to traditional interest rates of 5.7% (which I feel will likely be higher) we will be paying $930 Billion in debt service costs. Now take the fact that the gov collected $1.1 Trillion in taxes in 2012. Now we know that taxes will increase during the next seven years, but the question is how much will we need to pay just to pay the debt service costs if interest rates increase to 5%...how about 10%? What programs will need to be scaled back or eliminated all together? What will happen when the DoD, SS, and EBT cards get scaled back? Do you think we can still just print (electronically) more money without some sort of consequence?
We currently have elected officials that do not understand the mathematics behind compounding interest rates or are choosing to ignore them. Take this example...
Let's say that you have a pond that is 1000 square feet (50'x20') that has your fish in it that you plan to use in a SHTF crisis. You notice a lilipad in it one day (Monday) that is 1 square foot in diameter. Now, you know that lilipads will choke off the oxygen to your fish if it eventually covers the pond but heck, it's only one pad. The next day you notice that there are two pads, and then four pads the following day but still it is just a small percent of the pond. Then on day four there are 8, day five 16 pads, day six 32 pads, day seven 64 pads. So in a week, there is still less than 10% of the pond covered. You think, heck I'll clean it out next weekend....
Day eight (the following Monday) 128 pads, day nine 256, day ten 512 or just over half the pond. You think again, I'll come back down Saturday and clean out the lake. The next day (day eleven) you look and there are dead fish floating on the surface in between the lilipads that now cover the entire pond. Your fish are dead....You're screwed!
Where do you feel America is today? Day two or day ten? Either way, the day is coming unless drastic changes are made. Maybe sooner than later.
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Look back 20-30 years ago. Who would have thought that;
1. We would have essentially eliminated prayer from school functions
2. We would have been thinking about allowing girls and gays into the Boy Scouts
3. We would be even talking about gun registration and confiscation as it is happening in some states
4. We would be $16+ trillion in debt
5. We would be paying a buck a round for 5.56
6. We would not have a federal budget for 4 years despite the fact that it is illegal to operate without one
7. We would have the LGBT society at University of Central Florida petitioning for a unisex bathroom as they don't feel safe in a male or female bathroom
8. We would have a prez that won't allow access to his birth certificate or college records (and the people and media stood by and allowed this crap to occur)
9. We would expel small children from school for bringing a fingernail file to school or a toy bubble gun or making a gun shape from your fingers...list can go on
10. We allow, let's say, 50% of the population to be on gov assistance
11. We allow 11 million illegals to remain despite the fact that they committed a crime to get here
12. We allow the media to continue with their lies without our elected officials confronting them
13. We continue to elect and re-elect idiots (Guam capsizing anyone?)
14. We elect felons to CONgress
15. We allow our gov to continue to bailout the banks and their cronies (media failing again)
16. We allow our gov to bailout green energy companies only to have them fail months later (media failing again)
17. We allow the highest office in the land to be bought by special interest groups (media failure...again)
18. We continue to pour money into the education system only to see worse outcomes
19. We continue to pour money into the economy to "stimulate" despite it didn't help the first two times
20. We "overthrow" other govmnts and allow the MB to take control and then give them tanks and aircraft
Did I leave any out? I would LOL, but I'm to busy saying OMG where are we heading?
Oh I did,
21. We would even be talking about socialized health care and the fact that ALL people will be required to participate.
I added a few more...this 29th day of September 2013.
22. That we would be talking about spying on the common man by our own gov.
23. We would allow gun running to Syria, thru Libya and nobody in the media pursues the truth, even after we had an Ambassador and brave Americans murdered.
24. Who would have thought that the IRS would target conservative groups....and not be investigated and prosecuted.
25. The Federal Reserve feels it needs to continue to pump money into the economy, despite what history has shown....Argentina and Weimar Republic come to mind.
26. That we would even have something like Common Core to talk about!
27. That if a common man would speak out against Common Core, he would be arrested.
28. That a boy would be expelled from school because he was playing with an airsoft pistol in his front yard. Gosh, I would have never made it thru elementary school as I played with cap guns, and don't tell anyone, but I took them to school and showed my friend AND teachers! And, in high school I had my knife in my pocket almost every day. :-0 Some of my friend even had their shotguns in gun racks in their trucks.
29. Our gov would not allow new refineries to be built in the last twenty plus years.
30. Our gov would put such tight restrictions on the coal industry that they are being squeezed into closing down productions.
31. Our gov would not allow drilling or fracking on gov owned land.
32. Our gov would not allow offshore drilling, but give millions of dollars to other countries for their offshore drilling programs and agree to buy their oil.
33. Our gov would be thinking, and probably doing behind our backs, arming our enemies...and worse, the media again remains silent. Does anyone remember "Fast and Furious" gun running in Mexico?
34. Who would have thought that the US postal service would be billions of dollars in the hole.
35. That we would be increasing the debt ceiling once again, the eighth time in Obamas presidency, and there is no measure to control or decrease the deficit.
36. If you speak out against the radical Muslims, the illegal immigrants, the blacks, the progressives or Obamacare you will be labeled a racist.
37. The Sec of State would sign a Small Arms UN treaty.
37. But yet, I never would have thought that in my lifetime I would have been called a domestic terrorist because I stand up for the second amendment, I believe in Jesus Christ and read the Bible.
Where are we...the gov now owns or controls
The auto industry
The education industry
The health care industry
The energy industry
The banking industry (or maybe the bankers own us, hmm?)
The media
The defense industry, and possibly the upper management of our own military
And, 50% of the population.
We are $17 Trillion in debt, with no willingness on either side of the aisle to lower the deficit.
We continue to pump $85 billion per month into the banking sector.
We continue to see double digit unemployment despite the lies the gov tells us. Look at what John Williams with Shadowstats.com has to say.
We have an inflation rate of about 8%-10% (1980 based) per Shadowstats.com . The gov "official" inflation is about 2%. Has your food and energy bills only gone up 2%? Gasoline was about $1.80 in January 2008.
Now, our fine nation has a debt of about $17 Trillion, with about $12 Trillion held by you and me...the public. Currently the interest rate on this debt is about 2.4% according to the CBO, thanks to the Fed. Traditionally the interest rate has been about 5.7%. Data here.... http://www.cnbc.com/id/101062461 . Now here is where it gets interesting, the CBO feels the debt owned by the public will reach almost $17 Trillion in less than seven short years. If we return to traditional interest rates of 5.7% (which I feel will likely be higher) we will be paying $930 Billion in debt service costs. Now take the fact that the gov collected $1.1 Trillion in taxes in 2012. Now we know that taxes will increase during the next seven years, but the question is how much will we need to pay just to pay the debt service costs if interest rates increase to 5%...how about 10%? What programs will need to be scaled back or eliminated all together? What will happen when the DoD, SS, and EBT cards get scaled back? Do you think we can still just print (electronically) more money without some sort of consequence?
We currently have elected officials that do not understand the mathematics behind compounding interest rates or are choosing to ignore them. Take this example...
Let's say that you have a pond that is 1000 square feet (50'x20') that has your fish in it that you plan to use in a SHTF crisis. You notice a lilipad in it one day (Monday) that is 1 square foot in diameter. Now, you know that lilipads will choke off the oxygen to your fish if it eventually covers the pond but heck, it's only one pad. The next day you notice that there are two pads, and then four pads the following day but still it is just a small percent of the pond. Then on day four there are 8, day five 16 pads, day six 32 pads, day seven 64 pads. So in a week, there is still less than 10% of the pond covered. You think, heck I'll clean it out next weekend....
Day eight (the following Monday) 128 pads, day nine 256, day ten 512 or just over half the pond. You think again, I'll come back down Saturday and clean out the lake. The next day (day eleven) you look and there are dead fish floating on the surface in between the lilipads that now cover the entire pond. Your fish are dead....You're screwed!
Where do you feel America is today? Day two or day ten? Either way, the day is coming unless drastic changes are made. Maybe sooner than later.
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