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Title: New form of slavery????--Inflating Our Way to a Government-Controlled Economy
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American Thinker
URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/2011 ... ting_our_way_to_a_governm.html
Published: Apr 11, 2011
Author: Lee DeCovnick
Post Date: 2011-04-11 16:01:16 by CZ82
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Views: 3302
Comments: 14
Inflating Our Way to a Government-Controlled Economy By Lee DeCovnick Spiraling food prices, record energy costs and federally mandated health insurance reflect this Administration's slavish ideological devotion to the centralized planning of key sectors of the American economy. So, what are the current results of Obama's indoctrination of America into progressive collectivism? Global food costs have risen an astonishing 29 % in the past year, and almost 4% a month between October and January of 2011. Retail prices for gasoline have doubled in the 26 months since Obama was inaugurated. And the Democratic majorities in Congress passed a mandated health insurance bill that is not only unconstitutional, but also riddled with exemptions, political payoffs while adding 159 new boards, commissions and programs. The current quagmire of budget deficits coupled with the viral growth of the federal government continues to be carefully planned and executed. We can especially thank the silent and complicit MSM for allowing this radical Administration and Obama's handpicked shadow government, the thirty-nine unconfirmed czars now running the Federal bureaucracies, to eviscerate trillions of dollars of earned capital. The Marxists' natural enemy, the professional capitalists (the American "bourgeoisie" in classic Marxist terminology) are rapidly losing significant chunks of disposable income to inflation and energy prices without a formal tax increase. The first and second quartiles (the two lowest socio- economic populations) are more far more dependent on government subsidies then 26 months ago. Plus the federal government last week plummeted an additional $7.7 billion deeper into debt each day. Honestly, the Marxists and progressive collectivists who populate the senior levels of this Administration could be popping Veuve Clicquot nightly in celebration of their wildly successful, ongoing financial dismemberment of upper middle class of America. Yes, five dollars for a loaf of bread and six dollars for a 27.5 ounce box of corn flakes plus a few tablespoons of sugar. How absurd are these prices? Yuban coffee costs 24 cents an ounce, Frosted Flakes now costs 21.8 cent an ounce, and a loaf of bread runs 20.3 cent an ounce. The World Bank's brief account of February 2011 maize (corn) prices reminds us that seemingly good intentions can easily subvert a great nation and its food supply. Maize prices have increased sharply and are affected by complex linkages with other markets. In January 2011, maize prices were about 73% higher than June 2010. These increases are due to a series of downward revisions of crop forecasts, low stocks (U.S. stocks-to-use ratio for 2010/11 is projected to be 5% the lowest since 1995), the positive relationship between maize and wheat prices, and the use of corn for biofuels. Ethanol production demand for corn increases as oil prices go up, with sugar-based ethanol less competitive at current sugar prices. Recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates show the share of ethanol for fuel rising from 31% of U.S. corn output in 2008/9 to a projected 40% in 2010/11. Read that stat one more time. "In January 2011, maize prices were about 73% higher than June 2010." That is a jaw-dropping annual inflation rate of 146%, for the most basic of food commodities. Corn also feeds cattle as well as making Frosted Flakes. Also, "Recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates show the share of ethanol for fuel rising from 31% of U.S. corn output in 2008/9 to a projected 40% in 2010/11." Why does anyone think that harvesting food crops for fuel is a good idea? We can no longer waste newsprint or electrons on whether this Administration and it's appointed political thugs are incompetent, naïve or Machiavellian. They are all of the above as it suits their purposes. Those purposes, after 26 months in office, are undeniable. Using the silent complicity of the MSM, these progressive collectivists want an uncontested control of the six key sectors of the American economy: food, energy, healthcare, auto manufacturing, higher education and non-military government workers. Why this headlong plunge toward the centralization of planning and production? What is the end game? From eHow.com, a very concise paragraph on economic models points the way: The Marxist economic model is based on the economic and sociopolitical theories of 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx. Marx proposed that all human struggles could be traced back to the capitalist system and its unequal distribution of private wealth. The Marxist model of economics seeks to correct social and economic inequalities through public confiscation of private property. [the redistribution of wealth] This model supports a completely public economy, in which the state controls and manages all wealth and property for the benefit of people rather than for profit. The Marxist socialist model eventually -- if implemented according to Marx's design -- gives way to a completely classless system known as communism. Exactly so.
Poster Comment: New form of slavery???? You betcha......
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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)
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I'm sitting here in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, as I write this.... with my 2 year-old daughter in one hospital, and my wife in another hospital. They're ill for different reasons, but both were in critical condition for several days. I'm getting an up-front, close view of socialized medicine, and a government-controlled economy. The roads are riddled with pot-holes. Watching cars driving down the road, it looks like something from Motor Trend TV, where the cars are doing a slalom course. But in this case, all the cars are doing this, on 2-lane (or 4-lane) roads. There are no rules of the road- whoever is craziest (or has the bigger car) goes first. The police sit beside the road, pulling over cars that appear somewhat expensive, to shake down drivers for money. Of course, there are special license-plates you can buy... certain designations require certain amounts of money, with the highest level of plates indicating you have a lot of money, and a lot of friends in the police department (so the cops would be stupid to mess with you)... In such situations, you can drive insanely fast, or drunk, or run someone over, and the police *still* won't touch you. The buildings are all old, and in various states of disrepair, same as the roads. There are no sidewalks, only mud. No grass, no trees, just scrub everywhere. The hospitals...? It's obvious that nobody really gives a crap about the patients. While they try to exercise some semblence of cleanliness, the floors are caked with grime, there is paint peeling off of the walls... light fixtures with bare wires hanging out, roaches in the bathrooms, seats stolen off the toilets, old metal-framed beds and mattresses that are old and lumpy. The outside of the hospitals are surrounded by metal security perimeters, with bars on all of the windows- to keep people in or out, I don't know... Steel doors with little access doors in them, about the size of a human head (you knock, they open the door, and decide whether you can come in)... To get decent care requires either bluff (that you're someone with connections) or a bribe... Everyone is looking out for #1, how to make a few extra bucks (or rubles or Euros, in this case)... Imagine the worst of the 30's era Great Depression- with dust and mud everywhere, and people desperate, and living in squalor- and you'll have an idea of what life is like in a truly socialist country. Oh, they have cell-phones stuck in their ears, and everyone's trying to buy the latest jeans (at $200 a pair), or save enough money to buy an Audi or BMW car... but nobody's interested in taking care of the area in which they live... They're trying to get ahead in a rigged game, where the only thing that matters is connections and status (to get more connections). And the worst thing is, most of the people don't even realize that they're being played by their own government, same as us... I am seeing where the USA is going, right now... And it ain't pretty.
Socialist ass-hats think "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." And yes, that IS from LF's answer to Ben Bernanke, go65, leading disfunctional and delusional socialist of the forum. "You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free." Algren, "The Last Samurai" Isn't this the new form of slavery you're voting for?????
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
No. Destruction of the middle class is what you are supporting every day. You have swallowed the "chocolate covered sh*t" passed out by your masters and now serve it up yourself. Food for thought: That very word freedom, in itself and of necessity, suggests freedom from some restraining power. In 1776 we sought freedom from the tyranny of a political autocracy—from the eighteenth century royalists who held special privileges from the crown. It was to perpetuate their privilege that they governed without the consent of the governed; that they denied the right of free assembly and free speech; that they restricted the worship of God; that they put the average man's property and the average man's life in pawn to the mercenaries of dynastic power; that they regimented the people. And so it was to win freedom from the tyranny of political autocracy that the American Revolution was fought. That victory gave the business of governing into the hands of the average man, who won the right with his neighbors to make and order his own destiny through his own Government. Political tyranny was wiped out at Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Since that struggle, however, man's inventive genius released new forces in our land which reordered the lives of our people.. The age of machinery, of railroads; of steam and electricity; the telegraph and the radio; mass production, mass distribution—all of these combined to bring forward a new civilization and with it a new problem for those who sought to remain free. For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things. Through new uses of corporations, banks and securities, new machinery of industry and agriculture, of labor and capital—all undreamed of by the fathers—the whole structure of modern life was impressed into this royal service. There was no place among this royalty for our many thousands of small business men and merchants who sought to make a worthy use of the American system of initiative and profit. They were no more free than the worker or the farmer. Even honest and progressive-minded men of wealth, aware of their obligation to their generation, could never know just where they fitted into this dynastic scheme of things. It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over Government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor, and their property. And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man. The hours men and women worked, the wages they received, the conditions of their labor—these had passed beyond the control of the people, and were imposed by this new industrial dictatorship. The savings of the average family, the capital of the small business man, the investments set aside for old age—other people's money—these were tools which the new economic royalty used to dig itself in. You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
Government is good, business is bad, yadda, yadda, yadda....... Do you "not" know that there is "NO" middle class with socialism, communism, marxism or any of those other Ism's??? There is only the ruling class and the peasants, the "haves" and the "have nots"...... Go visit some foreign countries sometime you will see what I mean...... and almost all of them are bankrupt or just about there...... Most of them have absolutely no new construction whatsoever, of anything...... it's not uncommon to live in a house 2-300 years old or older...... The first house I lived in (in England) was over 350 years old.........
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Nope. Ain't it at all. Go visit some foreign countries sometime you will see what I mean...... and almost all of them are bankrupt or just about there...... Most of them have absolutely no new construction whatsoever, of anything...... it's not uncommon to live in a house 2-300 years old or older...... The first house I lived in (in England) was over 350 years old......... Been there done that. The above makes me wonder if you have. Aaa - I don't think people live in old homes because there is no new construction. Believe it or not, some people think old homes are desirable. Right now I live in a cottage that is over a hundred years old.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
Capitalism is an "ism" too.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
True.... but it's not a Left Wing "Ism".......
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Wonder away..... I lived in England from 1980-83, and went TDY to 12 countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa while serving in the Air Force. Of all the ones I visited I think it was a tossup between Belgium and Italy if I had to stay there on a regular basis.... Now if you like Muslims and a small taste of Sharia law then you need to visit Turkey.. but be sure to take some friends with you to watch your back or you won't be coming back.... and don't say anything bad about Ataturk, that's a no- no they will slit your throat..... or steal anything they will cut off your right hand...... But, on the other hand they are very good craftsmen, especially with gold, copper and brass. Can make just about anything you want and for a reasonable price... You also need to vist the underground cities of Cappadocia, Goreme and Urgup, which date back to the Bronze age if I remember correctly. There are still visible murals inside of them and are somewhere between 10-20 levels deep or so.... Some are dug into the sides of the mountains and some are dug straight down into the ground and stay a constant temperature year round, somewhere in the low 60s if I remember right...... If you want a synopsis of some other places I've been I will be glad to post it.....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Sure it is when it socializes the risks, and gets the US taxpayer to pave it's way for new markets around the world. But heh, it's a cheap way for some to see the world.
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Then you obviously knew what you wrote was absurd: Go visit some foreign countries sometime you will see what I mean...... and almost all of them are bankrupt or just about there...... Most of them have absolutely no new construction whatsoever, of anything...... Its some what ironic that I've been hearing about the eminent economic collapse of "socialist" Europe for decades now and we seem to be the country that does the least for it people and are the closest to collapse.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
What's wrong???? Don't know what to say other than something absurd!! Then why is it those countries are now doing "less" than what the Village Idiot wants to do here??????? They are broke, they are figuring out socialism sucks.... Why did England get rid of all of those government employees... going bankrupt!!!! Why did Greece fire a lot of their government employees, install pay freezes, enact higher ages for retirement and take a bailout from other countries in Europe????? going bankrupt!!!!! You must not pay much attention to what is going on in the world or else you don't want to believe it..... Or you can see it and just want to argue about it, even though you know it sucks!!! Rules for Libtards #5). If I didn’t think of it, it can’t be true….. Rules for Libtards #8). What I think and what I say should be proof enough for you, I don’t need facts!!! Rules for Libtards #11). I don’t want to know the truth, it’s inconvenient Rules for Libtards #15). I know the truth but would rather deny it...
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Why? Governments acted on "the epic myths told by bankers to politicians that prosperity was achievable by distilling money from math." If I loose my job and my little household economy goes bankrupt as a result, is the cause what I pay the paperboy? Essentially that's what you're saying, blame the paperboy. I may have to "fire" my paperboy, but he didn't precipitate my economic crisis.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
The idiocy posted by lucysmom, is staggering in its magnitude. As I write this- *still* sitting in the longest-running socialist country on the Earth (despite "glasnost" and all the rest of that feel-good bullshit), I look at the roads, their idea of stores... I look at the power distribution system- with substation transformers sitting on the ground with no real protection to citizens if it decides to arc-flash... the water from the tap comes out a mocha color into the tub, grapes are always peeled of their skins because in Russia, it's not healthy to eat them... LM pushes the socialist agenda, because she's never had to see it with her own eyes... the ultimate results of such a system. It's easier to believe the feel-good fantasies, rather than face the ugly reality of what it does... to people, to their living standards, to their economy. [Oh, and I received some feedback (from yukko the flaccid little clown) accusing me of lying, when I say that I'm in Rostov. I'm sure- should someone convince A K A Stone to check- that my IP trace would reveal I'm on a wireless card, accessing from Novocherssk, a small village ~30km East of Rostov.]
Socialist ass-hats think "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." And yes, that IS from LF's answer to Ben Bernanke, go65, leading disfunctional and delusional socialist of the forum. "You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free." Algren, "The Last Samurai" Ping to above.
Socialist ass-hats think "There will be no more money when the U.S. dollar has no value, until that time we can keep printing more." And yes, that IS from LF's answer to Ben Bernanke, go65, leading disfunctional and delusional socialist of the forum. "You want me to kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, I'll kill THE ENEMIES of Jappos, Rebs, or Sioux, or Cheyenne... For 500 bucks a month I'll kill whoever you want. But keep one thing in mind: I'd happily kill you for free." Algren, "The Last Samurai" Inflating Our Way to a Government-Controlled Economy
#2. To: lucysmom (#0)
#3. To: CZ82 (#2)
Isn't this the new form of slavery you're voting for?????
#4. To: lucysmom (#3)
Destruction of the middle class is what you are supporting every day.
#5. To: CZ82 (#4)
Government is good, business is bad, yadda, yadda, yadda.......
#6. To: CZ82 (#4)
Do you "not" know that there is "NO" middle class with socialism, communism, marxism or any of those other Ism's??? There is only the ruling class and the peasants, the "haves" and the "have nots"......
#7. To: lucysmom (#6)
Capitalism is an "ism" too.
#8. To: lucysmom (#5)
Been there done that. The above makes me wonder if you have.
#9. To: CZ82 (#7)
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True.... but it's not a Left Wing "Ism".......
#10. To: CZ82 (#8)
Wonder away..... I lived in England from 1980-83, and went TDY to 12 countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa while serving in the Air Force.
#11. To: lucysmom (#10)
Its some what ironic that I've been hearing about the eminent economic collapse of "socialist" Europe for decades now and we seem to be the country that does the least for it people and are the closest to collapse.
#12. To: CZ82 (#11)
Why did England get rid of all of those government employees... going bankrupt!!!! Why did Greece fire a lot of their government employees, install pay freezes, enact higher ages for retirement and take a bailout from other countries in Europe????? going bankrupt!!!!!
#13. To: CZ82 (#11)
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#14. To: A K A Stone (#13)
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