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Freedom from

We are peasants. I work with the fear of being fired at a moment notice. I have been lied into believing that hard work and determination will make me the next big movie star or millionaire, but we aren’t. When we wise up and realize the lies we were told aren’t true. We are sedated with sex, consumerism, and good old fashion TV.

Our problem is that we have been breed to follow the Hamster Wheel of Hedonism, the endless pursuit of pleasure and satisfaction. When life gets a little hard (like this economy) we shout and yell. We gnash our teeth and cry for those with the power to save us, and they do. They save us just for a little bit more freedom and individuality.

Eventually we will be nothing more then serfs of the power elites. Of course, they won’t be our rulers overnight. The elites will seek more power on the behalf of the people, and this cycle will just reduce us to drones to the overlords. A drone we shall be. Unless…

We must over come the crass demands of the flesh. Only take enough to keep our bodies well. We must protect the sacredness of the mind, and insure that we do not use intoxicants for euphoria. For the use of poisons allow others to control us and destroy us. Detach ourselves from the materialistic consumer mindset. Thus doing this shall lead us to freedom.

How to avoid the 2nd Great Depression

What are Americans to do now? Our economy is a falling bowling ball with a lead parachute. Luckily it is rallying right now, but it is mid day and a lot can happen in the next few hours.

 The question is what can we Americans do? What does this bad economy mean for us? Well, I can tell you that I have already felt the effects.

 I used to have my own business. I was a book hunter I would find cheap books and sell them for a higher profit. Surprisingly it was good money. I was making enough money to pay the bills and also have some money to burn, yet I noticed that my profits where shrinking. I was not selling enough books, so I did what any business would do. I lowered my prices in hope that it would pick up sales, yet it did nothing to increase sales. I then offered bulk purchases, where a person could buy ten to fifty books for twenty-five dollars. That fell through too.

 I fought long and hard to keep this business live. I cut back on most of my luxuries that I was use too. In the last couple of months before the end happened. I had a Spartan existence, yet this did not stop the inventible. Finally, after fighting to keep my American dream alive, my business and I sank beneath the waves.

 Who should I blame for this failure? The economy started to go sour a few months ago and gas prices caused people to spend less. Should I blame the market/economy? I could blame President Bush and the Republicans and their wasteful spending, or the Democrats and Barack Obama and their wasteful spending. Maybe I can blame this 700billion dollar bailout for Wall Street, but I now who is really at fault. Me.

It isn’t the government’s fault, or Republicans, or the Democrats. It isn’t the free-market or Wall Street. It was my own fault. See, in a free-market like ours, ups and downs are a fact of life. I took a risk and started a business. I knew that I could fail, but I went ahead anyways. I had a dream and I went for it. I failed, but I was thankful that I did (but it did hurt). When my business went under it was an example of a free-market. I was out competed by other businesses. The other businesses had lower prices or better products, and I just couldn’t compete with that. I was upset but now I feel that I did something. I took a risk, and I failed but that doesn’t mean I’ll never try again.

The Free-Market rewards ingenuity, innovation, and hard work. The market punishes those who become to complacent, rigid, or lazy. I became lazy and complacent. I believed that my profits wouldn’t shrink, and I see how wrong I was.

You reading this post may have read my previous ones and just think I am some right wing nut job. Or as one person said: “An inarticulate spin doctor. Who is the reason why the nation is at war with itself.”

But let me give some advice how to save our economy, with no political spin. Innovate, and work hard. If you have an invention or an idea for a new business, run with it. Sure there is a chance for failure, you might lose everything, but you’ll never know unless you try. I tried and I failed miserably, yet I would start another business tomorrow if I had the capital. Remember, it was the small business owners that are the back bone for our country. It is people that decided to risk it all for one shot be their own boss. All major corporations where, at one time, just a small company that grew into a large enterprise.

Our economy will be saved by people who are willing to risk it all. The question is, are you willing to risk it all?

OBAMA LOVES TO TAX THE WORKING MAN!

SAY ONE THING, DO ANOTHER ON TAXES:

SAYS: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “Would you take the same pledge [that there will be no middle class tax increases of any kind]?” Obama: “Well, I not only have pledged not to raise their taxes, I’ve been the first candidate in this race to specifically say I would cut their taxes.” (ABC Democrat Candidates Presidential Debate, Philadelphia, PA, 4/16/08 )

* Obama: “I’ll Give A Tax Cut To Working People…” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Rally, Denver, CO, 1/30/08 )

DOES: Obama Voted Twice In Favor Of The Democrats’ FY 2009 Budget Resolution. (S. Con. Res. 70, CQ Vote #85, Adopted 51-44: R 2-43; D 47-1; I 2-0, 3/14/08, Obama Voted Yea; S. Con. Res. 70, CQ Vote #142: Adopted 48- 45: R 2- 44; D 44- 1; I 2-0, 6/4/08, Obama Voted Yea)

* The Democrats’ Budget Would Raise Taxes On Individuals Earning $31,850 Or More. “Under both Democratic plans, tax rates would increase by 3 percentage points for each of the 25 percent, 28 percent and 33 percent brackets. At present, the 25 percent bracket begins at $31,850 for individuals and $63,700 for married couples. The 35 percent bracket on incomes over $349,700 would jump to 39.6 percent.” ( Andrew Taylor, “Presidential Hopefuls To Vote On Budget,” The Associated Press, 3/13/08 )

SAYS: Obama: “First of all, I don’t want higher taxes, I have to pay taxes, and it’s no fun. You know I think sometimes there’s this presumption that Democrats, we just love taxing people. No, I would prefer to keep taxes as low as possible.” ( ABC’s “The View,” 3/28/08 )

DOES: Obama Voted At Least 94 Times For Higher Taxes In The U.S. Senate. (RNC Research)

* To Date, Obama Has Voted For A Tax Increase Approximately Once Every Five Days Congress Has Been In Session. (RNC Research; The Library Of Congress Website, thomas.loc.gov, Accessed 6/8/08 )

Sounds like Obama is saying that he is for the common man, yet his tax polices say something very different!

The New US Great Depression

USA Economy to lose 6 TRILLION DOLLARS!!!!

My View:

One just has to read this article and look at how homes are selling to see this come prediction coming true. 6 trillion is going to vanish this year! That’s 6 with twelve zeros following after it. Our economy is 13.13 trillion according to the CIA world factbook. This year we will see 6 trillion vanish from that. That is really bad news. As home prices continue to fall and the cost of living keeps going up. It is fact that our country is heading into a recession. A recession so frightening that Americans and the world have no idea how bad it is. Some people are saying that we are heading into a depression.

It is a known fact, that up 65 percent of the average American wealth are their homes. The housing bubble that ended in 2006 is starting to completely wipe out most American’s wealth. Our consumer driven economy is on the verge of total collapse.

Our business and government need to act fast, because we already are seeing the effects. Consumer confidence is at a 26 year low, business inventories are growing do to a lack of demand, price of gas is sky high, and not to mention that most of our good paying manufacturing jobs are over seas. The USA needs to do something quick, if USA goes down, China, UK, France, Russia, and the whole world crash and burn with us.