Bye, Bye Banks – Bye, Bye USA

So — it seems a done deal that the government will take over (that is, will nationalize/socialize) at least CITI, possibly all the larger banks.  This is being made to look like a “temporary situation”.  My experience with both business and government is that nothing has a longer life than something advertised as “temporary”.  Temporary being one of those words used to sugar coat things that most folks would reject if it were sold to them as a permanent thing.

Now I make no claim to expertise in banking.  But this I did know – when anyone, be it an individual or a business, takes a handout from the government, they sacrifice freedom as the initial payback.  How otherwise intelligent people could have failed to see this coming is beyond me.  And, it is a pretty good bet that, once the big guys are nationalized, the smaller fry will soon follow.

Soon, the government will also have taken over 2 of the “Big 3″ US auto companies.  Surely it is clear by now that some “energy crisis” will soon justify the nationalization/socialization of the energy producers, given that the government has been salivating over this idea for months.

Today, I read an article the my late employer, IBM is now in the handout line.  What can they be thinking?  IBM is not in any financial trouble.

Worst of all, a number of states and cities are lining up for their own chance at the flying cash.  Do they not know that, in doing so, they are sacrificing their (and OUR) 10th Amendment rights?

Where does it end?  Here’s a hint… can you say USSA?

World War II veterans are dying at a very rapid rate.  While we will miss them, perhaps it is better that so few of them will have lived to see what we have done with the freedom they fought and bled to win for us.  If you know any WWII veterans, I suggest you thank them again for their sacrifices, then hang your head in shame.

The window for stopping this march toward a socialist dictatorship, without resort to violence (revolution), is rapidly closing.  What will it take to wake people up?

I have no doubt that the private sector, using free market principles, could fix this “crisis”, fix it quickly, and fix it fairly.  If the government would just get the hell out of the way and stop perverting the markets, and encouraging dishonest business practices.  But, this will not happen simply because liberals start seeing the light.  It will only happen if they are frightened to the very core of their beings.  We still have the power to do this, but it is a limited-time opportunity.

Get loud and badger your elected “representatives” until they start listening.  Remember that you are the boss and that they are supposed to be YOUR employees.  Step up to the challenge and do your job.  With today’s internet and email, communicating with elected officials, and keeping tabs on their actions, is so simple that it really will not take very much time or effort and the cost is nearly zero.

Notes to elected officials need not be elegant and, it is actually better that they are not wordy.  Just clearly which the issue you are writing about then clearly state your position on that issue – in a polite manner.  You do not need to justify your position – your status as a citizen of the USA gives you the right to express any opinion on any subject.  Just do it.  Then do it again.  Keep doing it until they hear you.

Don’t forget to buy arms and ammunition while you still can, just in case.

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