Consider the Following Scenario . . .
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What if some of the following
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about the same time? Some of the following has already occurred: |
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| (01) | Extended occupation by the U.S. and/or ever-present potential for a Civil war in Iraq; a pre-emptive war based on numerous false statements. There are no good solutions. And with the rhetoric about World War III , hopefully the administration won't start another pre-emptive war with Iran or other nation(s) based on more false statements (especially since a U.S. report, which the administration must have seen, that states that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in year 2003). |
| (02) | China and other foreign nations start reducing their exposure to the falling U.S. dollar as the U.S. National Debt continues to grow ever larger to nightmare proportions (currently, the National Debt is about $Loading... ). |
| (03) | The federal government starts printing more money to simply be able to pay the interest (currently, interest alone is over a staggering $1 billion due per day, and the money supply is being increased by billions per day), the debt continues to rapidly grow by over $2 billion per day (or more), and inflation starts to rise to double digits (as it did in the late 1970s and early 1980's). Interest rates begin to rise also. |
| (04) | Foreign competition continues to grow, and manufacturing continues to move out of the U.S. |
| (05) | GM, Ford, Chrysler, and other major corporations file for bankruptcy, and lay off hundreds of thousands of employees. |
| (06) | Real median household incomes continue to fall as they have since 1978 (when including more workers per household, regressive taxation, and the disappearing 40-hour work-week). |
| (07) | Bankruptcies and foreclosures begin to increase (in the millions per year in years 2006 to 2009). Home equities fall to historic lows (already below 50% in Mar-2008; the lowest levels since year 1945). |
| (08) | A recession begins. States and federal government tax revenues begin to fall. Deficit spending increases. |
| (09) | A 77 million baby boomer bubble (most of which vote) start to retire (if they can), their incomes decrease, they pay less taxes, they spend less, and they start drawing Social Security (which is already $12.8 trillion in the hole), Medicare (which is already trillions in the hole for unfunded liabilities), and Medicaid (all, entitlement systems that have already been plundered, mismanaged, and are already in big trouble). Healthcare costs continue to skyrocket. |
| (10) | The federal government raises taxes on individuals and corporations too. |
| (11) | Insolvent and plundered pensions (currently, the PBGC is $450 billion in the hole) leave many retirees penniless. |
| (12) | More businesses and corporations move operations to other countries. Is it a global village, or global pillage? |
| (13) | A category 5 hurricane hits Port Arthur, Texas, disrupting oil refining for many months, and costing tens of billions in damage. The tax-payers still haven't recovered from Katrina and Rita hitting the Gulf in 2005. The National Debt continues to grow ever larger, and irresponsible incumbent politicians continue to vote on pork-barrel, vote themselves cu$hy perks, benefits, and raises (9 times between 1997 to 2007), and continue to refuse to pass any common-sense, no-brainer, responsible reforms. |
| (14) | A gallon of gasoline jumps to $9 per gallon (in 2008 dollars), and oil spikes to $200 per barrel. |
| (15) | Inflation increases to 19%. Pensions and life savings are eroded even farther. More and more people fall into poverty. Those that can (the wealthiest and most educated) move their assets and businesses out of the United States. And the U.S. Dollar is falling like a rock. |
| (16) | There is a huge sell off in the stock markets and government securities held by foreign investors that invested heavily in the U.S. National Debt. The U.S. dollar lower. Nations start selling off U.S. dollars for stronger currencies (such as Euros). The stock markets are closed due to the panic. |
| (17) | People start withdrawing cash assets from the banks to invest in things that will slow the erosion of principal (e.g. gold, silver, commodities, etc.). |
| (18) | Many are unable to afford rent, much less buy a home. |
| (19) | Many can not afford to go to college. Educated and skilled people are drawn to better paying jobs in other countries. The brain-drain continues to decrease our competitiveness even more. |
| (20) | The recession turns into a depression that lasts 20 years . |
| (21) | The environment takes a back seat to other issues, exacerbating things now and far into the future. And the world population increasing by 211,000 persons per day makes it worse in many ways. |
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Fed-up voters go to the polls
and vote out most irresponsible incumbents and demand common-sense
reforms. But, unfortunately, it is too late. There's a delayed feed-back problem. Consequences come to late to motivate. We had to learn the hard, painful way (again). |
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| The United States is facing many pressing problems, but these problems can never be resolved until the voters decide to do the one, simple, common-sense, non-partisan, inexpensive, responsible thing they were supposed to be doing all along: | |
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Stop rewarding and empowering irresponsible incumbent politicians by repeatedly re-electing them. Don't re-elect incumbent politicians until they are responsible and accountable too, and stop refusing to pass many badly-needed, common-sense, no-brainer, responsible reforms to increase transparency to increase visibility to increase accountability to increase responsibility. |
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Incumbents will not allow newcomers to Congress to pass badly-needed, common-sense, responsible reforms. Incumbents will not let newcomers pass any reforms that may reduce the incumbents power, or reduce their opportunities for self-gain. Incumbents always outnumber the newcomers that would like to pass badly-needed, common-sense reforms. Incumbents have many unfair advantages to make their cu$hy, coveted incumbencies more secure. Incumbents shun, isolate, pressure, and threaten newcomers with the loss of party support if they do not accept the status quo. Newcomers are powerless to make reforms. So the only hope left is up to the voters. The voters must decide (and the sooner the better, because we may be running out of time) whether to vote wisely and responsibly to peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable, or wait until it is too late, and learn the hard, painful way (again). |
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| â | Pressing Problems Facing the U.S. (growing quickly in number and severity) |
| â | CONGRESS' To-Do List (see what Congress has done since the NOV-2006 election) |
| â | The Growing Disparity Trend (these things did not all come about by mere coincidence over the last 30+ years) |
| â | Irresponsible Incumbents (what irresponsible incumbent politicians do while troops risk life and limb) |
| â | PROs and CONs (why to stop re-electing irresponsible incumbent politicians) |
| â | National Debt (and growing fast) |
| â | Interest on the National Debt (it will take over 153 years to pay off the National Debt) |
| â | Solutions (peacefully force government to be responsible & accountable too!) |
| â | Help Educate Others (peacefully force government to be responsible and accountable too! ) |
| â | Badly-Needed, Common-Sense Reforms (that can never be passed until voters make it happen) |
| â | Environmental Issues (population, arable land, global warming) |
| â | The Cheater's Philosophy (learn to recognize their manipulation) |
| â | Frequently Asked Questions |
