The phony left and phony right continued their good cop/bad cop routine until finally settling on a budget deal in the eleventh hour in an effort to suck the American people back into the false left-right paradigm; the Republicrats saying you must do as we say or our soldiers won’t get paid and the Democans saying you must do what we say or woman will die of cancer. Hog wash.
The Republicrats care only for their masters, the defense contractors, who are making billions from three wars in the Middle East and having our troops involved in other people’s business in 130 countries around the world.
The Democans, on the other hand, are catering to the private contractors that they contract their fiduciary responsibility to administer federal programs paid for by federal block grants out to.
It is all an act. In the end they are going to screw each and every one of us equally. And that is what America is about isn’t it, equality?
When talking about $5 billion in spending cuts, in reference to it being a snag point in negotiations, I heard $5 billion referred to as a miniscule and minute amount. So when they are talking about $5 billion in reference to shutting down the pipeline to the hog trough it is miniscule.
What do you want to bet that if they ever get around to talking about the $15 billion needed for HR 589, a billion is suddenly going to become an enormous amount? And $15 billion is going to be 15 times as enormous, an unspeakable amount, totally out of the question, they just won’t be able to do it as it would cause our country to go bankrupt.
So how much is a billion dollars really? A billion standing by itself is a very large number. If you take a billion one dollar bills and put them end to end they would reach around our planet four times. But then if you figure in the buying power of the individual dollar things change dramatically.
The $14 trillion debt the United States finds itself in today would only be $1.6 trillion in 1930’s currency, which is still a large amount considering in 1930 our country had a $16.2 billion debt. But then in 1930 our population was 122,775,046 and now today we have 311,124,000. That number has about tripled, which means triple the infrastructure. The individual American today owes about 26 times more to our national debt than our grandfathers did.
But wait, no we don’t. Not only do we not owe one single dollar to the national debt, but we have been robbed to the tune of billions in 1930 and trillions in 2011 dollars. The fact is the U.S. debt is the direct result of the international Ponzi scheme created by the corporate elite through the Federal Reserve.
We the people of the United States were victimized by a Ponzi scheme. So tell me where in American juris prudence does it say that the victim of a fraud is liable for debts incurred therein? No such law exists, and in reality this debt does not exist, except to the extent that the digits on the thieves’ balance sheets do not mesh. This is their problem and does not have one damn thing to do with the American people.
They have been running a con game on us since the Federal Reserve was illegally instituted in 1913. They think of us as juveniles who cannot comprehend even elementary math. The fact is since 1913 they have stolen enough wealth through our natural resources to make every citizen in this country a millionaire in today’s phony currency.
All this talk of budget cuts, deficits, and debt is designed for no other purpose than to complete the rape of our country and solve their one real problem. And what is the real problem? Well I’ll tell you. About thirty years ago the elite started referring to we the people as human resources and that is what they have come to consider us as. The problem is there is a glut of those human resources which is driving down their value and, as the elite consider they own us, their property is becoming worth less to the point of being valueless.
During the so called “Great Depression” President Franklin Delano Roosenfelt ordered shiploads of potatoes to be taken out and dumped in the ocean because the excess was driving down the value. 99ers we have become no more significant than those potatoes. And those in the middle class are destined to become surplus potatoes in the near future.
I will put it to you in the plainest of English. They want to get rid of, destroy, kill, and eliminate us as we have become nothing more than red ink on their balance sheets. We must make every attempt to elect Ron Paul and Jesse Ventura as president and vice president. If that action is barred we are left with no other choice than to destroy the Federal Reserve and the plot of the international elite through open warfare.
God bless the Republic, death to the international corporate mafia, we shall prevail.
I am a 99er and we have to figure out a way that we can be heard more than we’ve already tried.We cannot let our Government get away with treating us like dirt!
Lock ‘n load !
I AM TOTALY OUTRAGED THAT CONGRESS COULD NOT LET THEMSELVES GO WITHOUT A PAYCHECK. AND THEY GOT RIGHT DOWN TO BISSNESS WHEN IT CAME TO THEMSELVES POSSABLY NOT GETTING PAYED AS A 99ER I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW THIS SHOWS ALL OF AMERICA WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTAND TO CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT . THEY CANT EVEN SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT HELPING THE MILLIONS OF 99ERS GET THE PAYCHECKS THAT WE 99ERS HAVE ALREADY EARNED FROM THE JOBS WE WERE LAYED OFF FROM. ALL AMERICANS SHOULD SPEAK UP ITS JUST HAPPEND RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES . ALL CONGRESS SHOULD BURN IN HELL…….
For Eternity !!
CRABBA-
Their pathetic excuse was that it is actually written in the Constitution that they are supposed to get paid , very conveniently brought up, even though they have managed ignore to the Constitution about a natural born citizen to be president. You see, they interpret our Constitution however they please.
Article one, section 6.1 – Compensation
Clause 1: Compensation and legal protectionMain article: Speech or Debate Clause
“ The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. ”
Senators and Representatives set their own compensation. Under the Twenty-seventh Amendment, any change in their compensation will not take effect until after the next congressional election.
Members of both Houses have certain privileges, based on those enjoyed by the members of the British Parliament. Members attending, going to or returning from either House are privileged from arrest, except for treason, felony or breach of the peace. One may not sue a Senator or Representative for slander occurring during Congressional debate, nor may speech by a member of Congress during a Congressional session be the basis for criminal prosecution. The latter was affirmed when Mike Gravel published over 4,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers in the Congressional Record, which might have otherwise been a criminal offense. This clause has also been interpreted in Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972) to provide protection to aides and staff of sitting members of Congress, so long as their activities relate to legislative matters.
Also see the 27th amendment :
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/27th+Amendment
Mark,
So what you are saying is those in the Congress and Senate can actually be arrested for TREASON?!? I don’t think that word means what you think it means, or at very least those in the Congress and Senate don’t know or don’t care what that word means. Besides, you are mistaking those working for U.S.A.inc. with the public servants mentioned in the Constitution. See corporations work under a totally different set of laws, wherein the word “traitor” equates to CEO and the word “punishment” equates to bonuses. We may need a new dictionary to eliminate the confusion. We could call it “Webster’s Believe it or Not.” LOL
Your right Henry. What I should have done was italic everything, meaning that those weren’t my words. Those are all Wiki’s words.
I think you know my posistion with the clown congress. There is only one or two there worth a grain of salt. Technically, Barry could be arrested for tresspassing right now, and made to pay a $300.00 fine and or 40 hours community service. Or upto 6 month in jail depending on the judge.
Could you please italic everything for me except the first paragraph. Should have done that earlier.
I totally agree with your post. The congress was screaming that the troops would not get paid and their families would have to worry about how the bills would be paid and god forbid they should be without money. I too am a 99er and no one said one word about our plight or the fact that we have no money or jobs but its ok to take more money from us and the Seniors so that women and children could not get decent medical care. I am so upset with the whole system.
Amen, brother. Looks like we the 99ers are the only ones who see this so called gov. for what it truly is. Wait till everyone is busted broke and homeless. Then we will go to war internally. People don’t care about anyone pain or problems in this country except their own. What has happened to America? Have we forgotten what WE THE PEOPLE is all about? We must help each other in order to survive ourselves. Its common sense and the American way.
I think it is time to show this failing joke of a government that “WE THE PEOPLE” aren’t going to be taken as suckers anymore…..It IS time to march and protest and show them that this government is a complete joke. Obama has the right to make it all happen too but he was an accident like a child born not on purpose, best part of him ran down the leg! It’s time for ANARCHY….just like the Egyptians did and other countries are doing. The problem is that AMERICANS have no backbone and are more or less sissy’s and do nothing but talk about it……LETS ACT PEOPLE……revolt!
John
You know I live in a state where we weren’t even able to collect all additional weeks, I have lost nearly everything including my pride, sleeping from couch to couch at friends places who thankfully remember my kindness when they needed it, I have considered jumping off a bridge more than once, My dream death would be to slit my wrist on the floor on the house of non-representatives, as I tell them this is what they have done to the people of this once great nation, perhaps if they were faced with actually having to watch the life drain from a broken and beaten man things would change? I can’t believe we can send billions in aid to others, offer perk after perk to our elected officials which sends them further and further out of touch, My story is the same as most of yours, worked my ass off for years, finally was able to live nice and in my means…my debt was not substantial until late 2010, I keep fighting but I fear I’ve not much left, perhaps this is what they truly mean by the death of the middle class?
A cry unheard,
I take it you are putting together an Easter Project protest for your area. Not quite as dramatic as slitting your wrists and bleeding all over Congress, but I do believe that if enough people participate in enough places it can have an effect.
yes sir I surely am and have about a dozen or so people signed on, working and non working, to show the ” good folks ” on the hill that working people do in fact support their less fortunate brothers and sisters whom have not been able to find themselves any type of gainful employment, I am trying to also gather as many people as I can to print and send in their rejection emails, (of which I have nearly 200, 100 of them after I lowered the wage I was willing to work for to ” entry level ” pay in my field) on mayday…may 1st 2011…I wish I would have thought of it sooner though to be honest, I am just afraid that it may backfire and the ” powers that be ” will look at them all and say ” hey look there are indeed jobs! ” do you have an opinion on that? would really like to know.
A cry unheard,
The rejection letters would also show that workers are being denied employment because of their age and status as long term unemployed. If you are qualified for a possition and are being denied there must be a reason. They are going to continue to say there are plenty of jobs when they know that there are 5 out of work individuals for every job available, 24/7. Oh yeah, illegals are preferred as they will work for reduced wages and the employer doesn’t have to bother with those pesky old taxes.
I think your idea is sound, you should add it to our Think Tank page. Anything we can do we must.
I love your idea!
However, some of us haven’t even had the courtesy of a rejection letter, much less an answer/response to follow-up calls. I’m on board, but I don’t know what we (Hubby & I) can send in.
You can only abuse an animal so many times before it starts to bite back! I am feeling like that animal after being with no income for almost a year. I have received 3 job rejections this past week and i am very qualified for them. 51 and no place to go, no gas, no car, no money, no insurance and no shower but 2 times a week. I have had it! My claws are coming out!
Bernie Madoff said recently in an interview that the “whole government is a ponzi scheme.” He should know. He could not have gotten away with his conniving and thievery for so long if he wasn’t aware or didn’t understand the rules of the game. His mistake. He greedily stepped on the wrong toes and they took him down.
I also feel that the looming government shutdown over the budget cuts was a complete farse. A waste of time. Being a 99er I really didn’t care if it shut down or not. Its not like I was expecting a paycheck or had a job to report to. All that media hype for the upcoming “Gun Fight at the OK Corral” was just that and nothing more. In the end those tough talking, tobacco smoking, cattle choking Democratic and Republican cowboys will always find a miraculous cure for any gross political iniquities that ails them. And at the end of the day both parties will walk away with a unified understanding and a peaceful agreement on their once heated debate. This joint venture was presented for our viewing pleasure only. When all is said and done our Urban cowboys will hop into their martini laden, chauffeur driven limousines and ride off into the sunset. Leaving us the American people scratching our heads trying to reconcile in our minds how their bipartisanship efforts has benefited us in any way. They claim it will if only we believe. I have no problem with believing . Its just that there will be a next time when one or both parties will once again feel the need to push our panic buttons on a matter thats looming on a much larger urgency scale. One that will surely divert our attention away from the more pressing issue of the day. HR 589. Using the budget crisis couldn’t have come at a more convenient time for those wanting to avoid us at all cost. All those unplanned meetings really knocked HR 589’s need for discussion and proof of merit right off the bargaining table. I’m now wondering if Lee, Scott, Boehner & Cantor will be able to find an opportune moment in their busy schedules to meet again next week before Congress recesses for Easter vacation? I’d be shocked if they did. I’m keeping my fingers and both my eyes crossed on this one.
Mizori-
Have you ever played a trick card game?
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/the-three-card-monte/900
They only extended it for a week. Next Friday, it will be the same dog and pony show.
Mark-
Yes I have. This card game used to be played on street corners in NY back in the day. By the way, nice article.
r u kidding me u still think they will pass this bill i pray u are prepared the games have just begun
Great article as usual Henry……to everyone else, I agree with what you have said…..all of us “99er” are just an inconvenience to our govt…….I am sick and tired of it!! Why is it that Barry can find billions to send to other countries, get us involved in a 3rd war, etc but nothing for his own citizens? This is an outrage!!
I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE I( SORRY WE 99ers) dont deserve this treatment . i dont have anything left to sell TODAY I LOST MY APARTMENT I AM AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY NOWHERE TO GO NO FAMILY CLOSE BY WHAT AM I SUPPOST TO DO NOW. ALL CONGRESS HAS TO DO IS PAS THE 14 WEEK EXTENSION SO I CAN GET A PLACE TO LIVE AND EAT . I KEEP LOOKING FOR A JOB BUT NOW IT SO MUCH HARDER I HAVE NO HOME TO GO TO I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO WALK AROUND ALL NIGHT AND SLEEP AT THE BUS STOP DURING THE DAY . I CANT BELIEVE THIS BULLSHIT . I HOPE THEY READ THESE BLOGS AND GET A GRIP ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THE WORKING MEN AND WOMAN IN THIS COUNTRY . WE ALL SHOULD BE ANGRY AS HELL . WELL GOOD LUCK TO ALL 99ERS I HOPE YOU DONT ENDUP WHERE I AM GOD BLESS…