There are over 7 billion people on Planet Earth and if one were to judge the condition thereof by the reporting in the mainstream, it would appear that there are four or five things going on in the United States that seem to be unchanging in their essence and the rest of the world is frozen in time. The looming fiscal cliff, which has come up on and off as the main story in our news for the past three years, the Susan Rice/Benghazi scandal, and the drama in the Piddle East are being shoved down our throats ad nauseum. The propaganda machine seems to be attempting to hold us in a one week loop until we break down and accept the idea of austerity as a fate accompli that in reality has yet to occur.
Are billions of dollars going to be taken out of our economy? Oh yes. Is this revenue going to come from those who can least afford it? Oh, hell yes. But between the idea and the reality lies the shadow, which is our acceptance of $50 trillion being stolen from us that we are now being told we must replace through our deprivation.
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