The AIG bailout was tough to swallow. The Freddie MAC and Fannie Mae supports were grit chasing the spit. The TARP was an acid chaser. Cash for Clunkers, senior social security COLA buy-off, Stimulus Part Two, Cash for Caulkers were insults added to injury. Cap and Trade and Obamacare are God knows what at this point but I can assure you it isn't anything good. But....perhaps what truly breaks my heart is the following: Freddie and Fannie now have, for at least the next three years, an unlimited financial backing from the U.S. Treasury...this latest jewel of the ongoing follies announced on Christmas Eve.
Merry Effin Christmas John Q Public. The ruling kleptocratic elite and their cronies think you are too stupid to notice that they are robbing you, your children, and your children's grandchildren blind. Not only are we being robbed of our financial well-being but of the previously secured "blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"... we our being robbed of our birthright as American citizens. And all because we are thought to be (are we?) too complacent to do anything, much less give a damn.
So, our once great nation, a beacon of liberty, a pillar of free market capitalism, a triumph of individualism and spirit, is now brought low...stooping before the altar of socialism and fascism. Our government at this point has proven itself incompetent at many things and adept at precious few, none of which benefit the general public. For example, our government has proven itself incompetent in following the intent - implicit, explicit, or otherwise - of our Constitution, especially with regard to in whom the power of the government resides. The People and their Representatives in their respective State Governments? Pshaw! However, our government has proven incredibly, disgustingly adept at redistributing wealth to bought constituents, poor or wealthy really makes no difference as long as there is a vote to be had and the caster of the vote can be depended on to be dependent. Further, if a corporation exists with political ties to the party in power, then it can be assured that the two are in bed together to secure the blessings of posterity to each other and screw the liberty of the little guy!! (Socialism and Fascism in my hackneyed attempt to loosely define the two.)
So why the rant? Because...I spent the past couple of days taking my family on that quintessentially American vacation to Disneyland and, although I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent with my family, it did not escape me that the probability of my kids experiencing the same 'pilgrimage' with their children would be very low. It is not that I am a pessimistic person (in fact I am probably optimistic to a fault) but rather, the continuing slew of wrong-headed political and economic decisions being made in Washington seems to assure this grim outcome.
And so, I truly believe that there will come a time in the relatively near future that the fiscal and political house of cards that our government has built will collapse and our American way of life as we know it now will cease to exist. I pray that I am wrong...
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