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Monday, October 7, 2013

An old duffer speaks

I feel so fortunate to have been born in 1941.  I know you may consider me an old duffer beyond my prime but let me tell you what I really am;  For one thing I was raised to be a patriot and grew up in a time when the people ran the country, not an elite bunch professional buffoons.  I was raised to understand that no one owed me anything, that I would have to earn my own way in life.  I was never in a position to go on to a higher education, a fact that probably allowed me to develop my own philosophy and not that of some elitist professor.   I got married at 18 to a girl that I pledged to spend my life with and enlisted in the military, we are still together 54 happy years later.  Marriage wasn’t on a trial basis back then it was a commitment to your spouse and made before God.  I can’t say I missed much by not going to college as I have had a very successful career mostly because of the values ingrained in me from childhood.  I have always felt that you can be anything you want to be as long as you have the right attitude and work ethic. I’ve noticed today that many people are more interested in what’s in it for them when looking for work rather than the attitude of old, where we actually tried to bring something of value to the company.  You can see the same thing in how people live their lives, many put in just enough to get by and take advantage of every entitlement offered often cheating to do so.  Others build their lives around personal pride and do everything in their power to find new and innovative ways to bring honor to their position. 

I have lived long enough to see God removed from almost every aspect of our lives and strangely as his absence increased so have the values of this society and the strength of our union diminished.  The Utopian promise of the leftist progressive movement of everything from never suffering anguish or having to understand what losing feels like has left this country weaker and susceptible to a population of takers rather than the doers I grew up with.  Sporting events for children where they are taught that no one loses if you don’t keep score and the lack of family unity that comes from the failure to discipline because it may cause later trauma in the child.  Ask yourself who are the children of today’s heroes, who do they look up to and who do they want to emulate?    

Political correctness is just another way to gloss over life’s challenges so we don’t have to face the agony of normal life experiences.  A person advocates the destruction of America and I can’t call him a terrorist as it might hurt his feelings.  The fact that the terror wrought on the world by radical Muslims is growing right here inside our country, being preached in Mosques all across the land and protected by the political correctness that says we cannot profile those who would do us harm.  This in my mind has turned us into a nation of spoiled, entitled weaklings who could never have survive things like the Great Depression or even World War I or II.  America’s best days may have died with many of the last generation.  Our fervent hope is that out of the mess that is to come, leaders of the caliber of our forefathers will emerge and be charismatic enough to lead our children and grand children to build a new and stronger nation, one that understands and teaches personal responsibility and a respect for our gloried history.  Our forefathers mortared the bricks of this nation with their belief in God and just as quickly we have allowed a just a few to destroy its very foundation. 

Whether you believe in the hereafter or you are an agnostic you must admit that removing the fear of God and the basic rules of life taught by his teachings has diminished the moral fiber of the nation and left a void that is being filled by drugs, violence and lack of hope.  

Friday, October 4, 2013

Our biggest financial problems are still ahead


I write this out of fear for my country.  As anyone my age may remember the British Sterling was the money standard for the world for years.  In the 70's the liberal Parliament decided that they needed to spread the wealth around similar to what has happened here and the financial strength of the pound went south eventually being devalued by 14%.  This sent the entire economy of the British into chaos.  Interest rates soared, jobs were lost and the Sterling was replaced by the U.S. dollar as the world economy went into a spin.  Right now China, Russia, Japan, Korea and several Arab countries have challenged the value of our dollar because of the amount of new money we are printing in order to pay our outstanding debts.  Once the dollar is no longer considered the world currency standard our treasury will be forced to quit augmenting our debt with its printing press and we will be facing our monumental world debt head on.  The number that is being bandied around in the press is $17 Trillion when if you include the total responsibility for debt that the United States is under it will amount to closer to $35 Trillion with just the Social Security, Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac losses, public employees union benefits on top of the world debt accumulations.

Right now our interest rates are being artificially held down by the Fed to anywhere from 0% to .25%.  Should this be stopped by the loss of status as the world moves to remove our currency from this position and the interest rates go to market levels we will be in a disaster that will make 2008 look like fun.  No longer having the opportunity to print our way out of debt our obligations will soar as interest rates climb.  Just a 4% rate will bring our debt to the level of well over $60 Trillion if paid over a standard 30 year amortization.  That is if we stop immediately over spending and reduce our annual spending to match our gross income.  The United States has reach the point of no return prophesized in 1776 when it was said that when the people of America realize they can vote themselves benefits from the treasury, they will, and it will soon deplete the reserve required to continue.   We have now reached the point where over 50% are now on some type of governmental assistance leaving few to replenish the pot of gold that was America.  Every year we are asked to raise our debt ceiling and have been told it is an inconsequential necessity to continue our way of life.  I don't know about you but in my family we can't seem to do that, we are forced to pay our bills out of what we earn and when the government takes more and more of what we earn we are forced to lower our standard of living. It's time to stop this folly and face the crisis we have created or our children's children will have nothing left to live for.

 

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Why not us?

Why not us?  Why has the administration left the American public out of the loop when it comes to exemptions from the Affordable Care plan?  We have all of Congress and the Executive and Judicial exempted as well as Federal employees and many major corporations, yet we the ones that contribute the most are totally forgotten.  I don’t know about you but I like the medical plan I have and the payments as they were three or four years ago.    Our company plan has had to be reduced over the last couple of years significantly due to cost increases.  If I understand this whole thing we are paying more because of those who were uninsured roughly 30% of the population.  Now we are being told that 20% of the population will still be uninsured and if the young millenniums fail to buy in, our rates will go sky high.  Not only the financial loss but the loss of privacy will affect us greatly.  The idea that our medical records will suddenly be on a government data base is scary.  If you are old enough to remember the Social Security program was never supposed to be used as an identification and now your social security card is the most common form of identification.  What happens if later they decide our medical records can be used for things like the ability to repay loans etc.  Hackers also have been able to break into many government highly secure data bases, what happens if our medical records become the next Wiki leaks project.

The United States has always been known through-out the world for the most outstanding medical services and advances as well as the ability of its population to access this system.  Now because of one man’s narcissistic attempt to build his legacy we are forced to accept this program.  They say it’s the law duly legislated by our Congress but in reality it was done in a clandestine operation in the middle of the night by a lame duck legislative body.  We were told that they had to pass it in order to know what’s in it.  Well now we know and It’s not a pretty sight.  The so called glitches in the online program have caused access to be denied to most of those who have tried to get additional information.  One who did get through had the shock of her life at the reality of the situation; 

 4:45 PM [kcmana] [3:42:16 PM] iz is here: [3:40 PM] Suzie ~ miyushu: <<<OBAMACARE Reality Shockwave Has BEGUN... From a forum I visited:
I just saw a repost from a Facebook page - An alleged comment on the Affordable Care Act FB page states that a person had signed up online, under the $45-55,000 income range, pre-existing condition of type I diabetes. They chose the "Silver" plan...
4:45 PM [kcmana] Their premium came back as $597 per month, with an almost $14,000 annual deductible!  And when the person clicked the "opt out" option, they shortly received an e-mail stating that their fine would be $4,037, and could be attached to their annual tax return.
 4:45 PM [kcmana] And if you don't have the $4,037 on time, then the repercussions for non-payment begin with your drivers license being suspended until the fine is paid, and if it goes 24 months without payment, a tax lien is placed on you property. It gives you the option to provide your bank info so your penalties can be withdrawn weekly, or biweekly, etc.

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