No facts just garbage,

Our economy, in some ways, reminds me of the Soviet Unions.  We have an inflated military budget and are involved in stupid wars that cost way too much money.  Our Government also subsidizes the wealthy and different businesses like farming.  We even offer tax money to huge oil companies to explore for more oil.

I know that we are in the middle of hard times. I also know that hard choices need to be made to balance our budget.  The problem I have is that our leaders want to save money by cutting safety net programs that people already paid for.

Social Security is an example. President Reagan raised the tax on this deduction in order to build up surpluses for future seniors when they retired.  Congress could not bring themselves to curb their spending. For the next 30 years they spent this extra surplus on the military, farmer’s subsidies, corporate welfare, and tax cuts for the wealthy.

When the Civil War started President Lincoln asked workers, above a certain wage, to pay a federal tax of 3% to pay for the war. This was in fact the first progressive federal income tax ever in the country.

Now the economy is so messed up that we will never be out of debt or have a balanced budget.  Even the Clinton –Gingrich budget was balanced using surplus Social Security funds. I listen to a lot of shows on TV. I listen to FOX, MSNBC and CNN.  I listen to a lot of talk radio in my car. All of these programs and networks have one thing I common. They do not deal with facts. In fact they go out of their way to avoid them. Here are two examples.

1.       The Keystone Pipeline is not being built to bring oil into the the United States. We already import 97% of their oil now. This pipeline is being built to get oil out of the U.S.  The only reason it is not being built on Canadian land is the fact that most Canadians consider high pressure lines, designed to transport tar oil, too dangerous. If the US government doesn't approve the pipeline, TransCanada would have to negotiate with each individual landowner, with the state's permission. If the US government approves the pipeline, TransCanada gets the right of eminent domain, the right to force US citizens to sell their property to a foreign, private company at the price the company sets. Even Oklahoma would have to comply, even though it has laws against this. The GOP claims to champion the rights of individuals and of states, but they're pushing this pipeline--wonder why$$$?

2.       The second example has to do with water. There will be a severe water shortage in this country soon leading to a severe food shortage. Texas is in the middle of a severe drought and burning up as we speak.  All of our water storage is near severe depletion. Water is more important to this nation than oil. We are in the middle of helping natural gas companies ruin our last water supplies drilling for natural gas and extracting it from shale.  If you want to learn what the future problems and issues are then stop watching TV or listening to morons that do not know their ass from a hole in the decline.

In short I would like to welcome you to the ruin and fall of this once great country. I see no hope to warn ignorant and uninformes people about these risks and problems we face. Most just don't care or are too lazy to fight for their childrens future. The time of the United States being a powerful force in the world is near an end.