10 APR 2010, Saturday

• The "Big Con"....absolute classic info...and it is still in place.  I don't trust our financial system.  That's sad to say...but, what has been accomplished in this "you never let a good crisis go to waste"???  I'm finding it diffucult to trust our leadership...sad to say.  Nothing has been fixed that needs to be (1.5 years now) and nothing that caused the "crisis" has been adressed yet....
• Health care has been crammed down your throat because "It'll reduce deficits!"
• If so, why are they now (immediately) talking about raising new taxes (ie, VAT, Cap & Trade, etc) even though they are fully aware that the Bush tax cuts expire only 8 months from now???  They are hurrying for a reason...trying to trap the masses that aren't paying attention and have no awareness of reality. 
• My opinion...both parties are corrupt...and an uneducated, disinterested populace is about to get what it deserves.  Sad to say.  Long live the Oligarchy???
• Where are the moderates willing to run our government like a business....balancing costs against returns?  Where are the reasonable Americans to demand this?
• With recent reports that only 47% of individuals pay income tax...compared to 37% in the early 2000's...have we gotten to the point where folks who have no skin in the game can overwhelm the US Treasury by demanding more for nothing?  Is this how democracies die?  We are not a democracy!  We are republic.  Have we lost our way?
• I'm losing hope...unfortunately, we are being forced into a protect yourself and your family from overreach by politicians with "good intentions".  Hey...maybe they can re-pave some of our roads..."crumbling infrastructure" sound familiar?
• DON'T lose sight of the big picture...that's what our current leadership is hoping to do...keep us scrambling as they move as quickly as possible to change what the nation we were privileged to grow up in.