By Ryan Matthew Dernick
GCN Live.com
Republicans control the House while Democrats control the Senate. Republican House Speaker John Boehner rejected the Democratic plan as “full of gimmicks.” Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid insisted “extremists within the Republican Party must not be allowed to dictate the outcome of the debt impasse.”
Defaulting or not, either way the American economy will continue to be undermined by these politicians who have seemingly only been loyal and doing the bidding of the world banks, Wall street, the Military Industrial Complex, special interest groups and the federal reserve.
Looking back on one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century Dwight D. Eisenhower said a fitting statement in his January 17, 1961 farewell speech that resonates eerily now more than ever to our country’s current uneasy financial state. “Our people expect their President and the Congress to find essential agreement on questions of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of the nation.” The 33rd President of the United States couldn’t have been more correct in how our elected leaders from the bottom up should be there to edify our nation, not stymie it into further fiscal insolvency.
Let these Bohemian Grove, ill repute individuals show their true colors. They do not care about the dwindling middle class, the deplorable job market for college graduates, growing unemployment or the future of any country they threaten with default. From the Greek default situation, to Europe’s uneasy markets, to Norway’s peculiar recent terrorist attack which sadly took 87 lives and America’s ongoing insolvency, global instability is palpable.
JFK the 35th President and one of the most inspirational and genuine leaders of all time in his secrecy speech to congress said this. “For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covet means for expanding its fear of influence. On infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources. Into the building of a tightly knit highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed not published its mistakes are buried not headlined its dissenters are silenced not praised. No expenditure is questioned no rumor is printed no secret is revealed.”
We should not bow to cowards who manipulate world markets by implementing hegemony via economic fear to impoverish the masses and centralize wealth for a select few. That is not by definition a democracy it is sadly an Economic Plutocratic dictatorship that wields fear through market manipulation which are bailouts and sweet insider corporate deals.
The vast majority of our politicians have become compromised long ago they do not serve the people they serve their earmarks, kickbacks and corporate deals. If they do serve us, then why hasn’t the Patriot Act been reversed? And why are our troops not being withdrawn but further deployed into the Middle East?
As Ben Franklin said, “Those individuals who give away their freedoms for perceived securities deserve neither”.
“Caveat emptor”, Let the buyer beware. To remember the past of history is to not repeat it in the future. Don’t let these salespeople, or public servants sell you on their articulation and long shot promises. These governors of minds are not truly empathetic to the peoples plight if they were then everything would be right, or at the very least improving.
According to an anonymous hedge fund insider he said “If the 14.3 trillion dollar debt ceiling raise agreement isn’t reached by congress by the August 2nd date, a similar 2008 market recession correction will very likely occur on the order of 3,000 to 4,000 point drop in Dow Jones Industrial.” In concert with this our social security is in jeopardy of being acquiesced to avert the default. Which means retirement will sadly become a thing of the past.
A high ranking government official who will remain anonymous replied to an inquiry when I asked them about the morale of government employees and they said. “We are working overtime, stress is high and there is the ever impending fear of being put on furlough. Morale is at zero and many who want to retire can’t anymore because of the ongoing recession.”
I implore all who care about the future of this country to speak volumes to their local representatives. As John F. Kennedy said, “Man will be what he was born to be, free and independent”. Men and women everywhere we must overcome this beleaguered crossroads it is our right as American citizens.
Ryan Matthew Dernick is a freelance writer and aspiring television news reporter from Delray Beach, Florida. He has a focus on Journalism and Telecommunications and a background in environmental science, geology and meteorology.