But what does that mean? On January 1st will you actually notice anything different? Probably not. It will take time for the changes to be noticed. Maybe on the first paycheck some might notice, but most won't feel it until next year. Which is what the players, or as we tagged them in other posts, the royals, are depending on. Most people, probably 60% or more do not pay close attention to the news, and they probably don't know we are going over the cliff. However, when they do their taxes next year and realize they are not getting a refund, or even worse they have to pay additional taxes, that's when most will feel it.
These tax payers also help support the economy. The economy is weak now, while technically not in recession, it hard to tell from Main Street that it is not. Tax refunds are what these tax payers use to buy some larger thing to improve their lives. Maybe a appliance, or furniture, perhaps a new computer or other electronics or a car. When they do not get a refund two things will happen: They will be mad, and they will not have the funds to buy what they intended. This is a direct impact on our economy. The royals should know this. So are they oblivious to the economic facts, or do they just not care?
I believe it is the latter, there has been a total disregard of the economy as political goals are discussed. President Obama even went on vacation. The power play is for the next Congressional elections. That is why the plan advanced by Nancy Pelosi and forwarded by John Boehner is rejected at the White House, Conservatives in the House, and by Harry Reid in the Senate. How much more bi partisan can you get? The leading Liberal, former Speaker, and the some what Conservative current Speaker. No one, in either party is willing to support it.
We go off the cliff, and in a year, if the economy is not bustling, we go back into recession, or worse depression. The Republicans will blame the Democrats and the Democrats will blame the Republicans. But Republicans have a track record of losing the blame game, ever since the Great Depression of the 1930's. The Progressive Liberals know this, why else would they gamble their power base through inactivity? Is it their hope that the economy will collapse? Then they can install their vision of utopia? Who knows, but history suggests that that may be it. Are we prepared for another Utopian experiment? It didn't work for the Soviet Union, it is problematic in China, if you even want to call China a Utopian experiment. It isn't working for Greece or most of the rest of Europe. It didn't work on this continent either.
Whoa... on this continent? Yes indeed. Socialist Utopia was tried here. Read the Mayflower compact. And that was written centuries before Karl Marx. It wasn't until the Pilgrim society was amended offering people control over their productivity that the colonies began to thrive, the first harvest after this in commemorated each year in November, it's called Thanksgiving. Taking away the individuals ability to control their own destiny, also saps them of their productivity. Without a challenge, why bother? Without individual productivity, the Soviets built concrete boxes and generations of families lived together in small apartments. Without individual productivity, Soviet grocery stores were near empty most of the time. Without individual productivity, China's forced labor is forced to plead for help with messages in the product they make. Without individual productivity, riots happen in Greece. The European Union is thrown into chaos. The world struggles to feed all the people.
Are we even seeing some of the results now? People feeling helpless so they shoot up a school. And in China, with gun control, hack up a school or run down students. Shots at a movie theater. A neighborhood blown up. Occupy Wall Street. The Tea Party. With the exception of the Tea Party, each of the mentioned events were violent and deadly. Why would we want that? I believe We the People don't, but they the royals really don't care how they achieve their goals. As long as their power and wealth improves, they will do what they think expedient.
It's 2 years until we have a chance to register displeasure, so what can we do? We need to write, email, call, telegram the royals with our displeasure now. The thought of losing their power base may be enough to stall the impending power grab past the next election. Short of that happening, be sure you defend the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution so we don't get treated like the Chinese of Tianemen Square or the souls who perished in Soviet Gulags, or the minorities in Nazi controlled areas of Europe. The list goes on and on, even to crucifixions by the Romans in occupied territories at the time of Christ. And please, some one tell me the definition of "fair share".
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