History, Social Security – a bit of reality

Republicans in Congress want cut Social Security and everything else they can – except for military spending, where they will quickly allocate money for programs and technology the military clearly tells them are obsolete and will need replacement within a matter of years … basically within the time it will take to produce what Congress is funding.

This approach is described as being “Fiscally Conservative.”

But screw that let’s take a look at today’s Social Security allotment in terms of history.

Most alive today do not recall the 1968 New York City Teachers strike.   In 1967/8, Teachers could NOT afford to live on what they were being paid – so they unionized and went on strike.

The strike succeeded and teachers got a living wage.

Thus a single starting teacher, fresh from college, could actually afford to live and teach.  Their salary, roughly what the average Social Security recipient now receives.

Sounds good – being on Social Security and having the income of a 21 year-old teacher.

The problem?  Being on Social Security in 2014, and having the income of a 21 year-old teacher in 1968.

Except that, what cost a dollar in 1968 now costs $6.85.  Thus Social Security recipient is now faced with living on the equivalent roughly six weeks income for that 21 year-old teacher in 1968 – and must live on it for a year.

After working hard their whole lives, and being promised a secure retirement, Social Security recipients are now faced with reliance  SNAP (food stamps) HEAP (energy assistance) and various reasons to engage in forced routine interaction with government “welfare agents” – all at a considerable cost to the government; one which could be avoided if Social Security recipients were given the income levels they were promised and paid to have through the funds contributed from their paychecks and matched by their employers.

The nation – specifically the Republican Party of the last 35-40 years – has willfully broken it’s promise to the people and, like a Dickensian  Scrooge, decided that the Bay Boom generation deserves to be dead, or live below poverty levels.

Of course, as in the military budget waste, they are doing then same for the whole nation.  They will, very soon, bring down America.  Thanks to them, the nation is not prepared for a modern insurgent war of the type which destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.

America is not prepared for a modern insurgent war of the type which was fought in Vietnam and Afghanistan – where there is no victory for the invader (America) but a wide range of reasons for the population to raise  up against the image of America and Christian Crusaders.

America is still using, and falling for, Cold War rhetoric.  The Cold War opposition has become Capitalistic and uses money, not guns, and certainly not invading armies, to make its points.   LOL Russia quickly learned the stupidity of that approach when, in its historic quest for a warm water port, it invaded Afghanistan.  Now Russia holds a third of the energy that Europe needs, has rid itself of the Pale of Settlement – made useless when the Jewish population, the source of its mercantile successes was driven away by the Nazis – and has, along with Red China, become a major American creditor.

In many ways, thanks to Republican policies, we are playing out a modern “Merchant of Venice” – America being the Christian merchant whose ships are all over the world and, because of their wasteful domestic spending, are sailing on borrowed money; Russia is Schlock, the Jewish money lender (a very comical turn of events for a nation which hated Jews).  The difference?  This time Schlock possesses the same number of guns as the debtor Christian Merchant, and has the intelligence to know that it is the “first one in the water” who will lose the war – the ancient oral has been continually proven correct, the invader will ultimately be defeated, and in the Modern World, America has chosen to take the invader role.

Yep, it is all about Social Security, and the mindset which places more value on killing foreigners than on supporting the aged and sick, the widows and orphaned children.  It is all about a “Christian Nation” which makes it a point to violate the teaching of Christ – both at home and abroad.  It is about a nation which wishes to “Live by the sword” and somehow believes they can spit upon, and defeat, the Christian adage which dictates that they will die “By the Sword.”

As my readers know, I have multiple books warming on the subject:

The Tea Party: America Upended

Saint Paul's Joke: 'The Punch Line's A Killer'

Biblical Prophecy: Are we in the Revelation Era

Death Over Life: Secret of Revelation: A Prophecy of America's Destruction

Fortunately, as can always be “predicted”, those who are driving us over the cliff are careful to avoid the warnings.

Unfortunately, we are at that point in history when what is obvious and being ignored – the elephant in the room – is about to shit, and America is holding its tail.

Syrian Vote Scorecard

To reiterate the basics:

Syria is not a signatory of the Chemical Weapons Treaty, therefore they are not violating a recognized legal duty.

Syria has not utilized its chemicals beyond the confines of its borders, nor have they drifted beyond those borders.

Syria is engaged in a Civil War – foreign nations have no legal basis for engaging in actions which benefit one party over the other … unless they declare their support.  Any attack on Assad has the effect of supporting the Jihadist or al Qaeda elements in the Rebel camp.

Supporting the Jihadist or al Qaeda elements in the Rebel camp, which supports those who engaged in 9/11, and the attack on American cities and citizens, is a clear act of TREASON against the American people.  Note that 36% have declared their wish to see America attacked again – this is clear by their willingness to strengthen al Qaeda.

Destroy Assad and assist the combined Jihadist/al Qaeda elements … the effect will be an al Qaeda takeover of the region and the eventual destruction of Saudi Arabia … with it our access to Middle Eastern oil.  That would then ensure the collapse of America in the same way that depriving Hitler’s Germany of that oil helped bring them down.

Remember, the Republican Party has been steadfast in its opposition to American Energy Independence and the use of – along with the expansion of – renewable energy resources.  OIL $$$$$’s have lined their pockets at the cost of American long term security.

Consider the timeline we can glean from history.

Al Qaeda takes over Syria, and, with the blessing and devout thanks to the Republicans and George Bush, has a strong foothold in Iraq.  Now, with the support of Iran, the Persian Empire is being rebuilt.  Lebanon will be the next target, and they are already active in Egypt.  Israel can be overrun… out comically, they might ignore Israel.

Historically, Turkey is a better target … that means an expansion into the Ottoman Empire and north into the Pale of Settlement to join their Russian supporters.  This would involve a decade, maybe slightly more.  If, in that time, America has a two term Republican President, they would either be attacked – in any region they have not yet taken over, so as to weaken the way for them – or we will see concerted efforts to increase American debt and energy vulnerability.

The move westward would begin with the death of Pope Francis and election of the next and last Pope Francis I(born in 1936, so now 76 with a life expectancy under a decade).  Thus the fun begins in 2024 to 2032.

Given 2035 is both the opening date for the St. Malachy Prophecy and the Biblical Cycle projection established by Sir Isaac Newton – and independently in “Saint Paul’s Joke” … as based on the Biblical math as revealed in “Genesis of Genesis” – there is no question that forces of destruction are pushing us into a countdown designed to inflict

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Some Republicans get it!

seems there is an exodus of elected Republicans – sadly, not a mass exodus" … Congressional Republicans who have disavowed the RNC & Party stated:

“the House Republican leadership’s utter disdain for the United States Constitution, specifically the 4th Amendment, was on full display as they worked overtime to kill the Amash Amendment which would have gone a long way toward constraining the NSA to the boundaries of the Constitution and seriously curbed their ability to conduct mass surveillance of Americans.  Be it known that we cannot and will not support nor defend these actions.

“In the United States Senate, we see Republicans all too willing to pass unconstitutional bills related to subjects such as the Internet Sales Tax and Immigration. Whether through arrogance or ignorance, they fail to understand the simple fact any revenue generating legislation must originate in the House of Representatives.

“Additionally, the Senate Republicans continue to support undeclared wars, meet in secret and supply arms to our “terrorist enemies” who we vowed to destroy after 911, and then tell us they love our troops – so long as it’s our kids and not theirs who have to go fight.

“Lastly, all too many Senate Republicans are more than willing to pass new “feel good” gun control legislation that would do nothing to stop another Sandy Hook massacre, all the while restricting 2nd Amendment rights of law abiding American citizens. We cannot support nor defend these actions in good faith.”

Here in Maine they declared: “the Republican Party has lost its way and the donors know it.”

OF COURSE on the national level, those who wish to destroy America are still going strong.  The Republican Party is the Anti-freedom, pro-murder party it has always been.  It was that way when it pushed Prohibition, pushed the Vietnam “WAR” (which was never a Constitutionally legal war – Congress MUST DECLARE a war against a defined enemy, or it is not legal… Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan are also illegal Republican ‘wars’, or should we be honest and call them “MURDER FESTIVALS” …)

The anti-Abortion policies are the same murder festival agenda:  No abortion after 22 weeks, even if the fetus has no brain and is therefore legally dead, or will certainly kill the mother (and itself) if there is an attempt to carry it to term.  OH YES! and make sure that this dead fetus and its mother are denied medical coverage … so if she does survive she & her partner need to pay enormous medical bills, and if she dies, her partner will be both grieving and saddled with the enormous cost – a cost which could have been avoided, and saved her life, if the fetus had been terminated.

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It is the Republican Way to Govern.

Republicans hate America

DUH… so now the conventional media has been informed of what we have long known about “The Most Harm to the Most People” crowd:

"Right now, what we’ve got in Washington, we've seen a sizable group of Republican lawmakers suggest that they wouldn’t vote to pay the very bills that Congress rang up. And that fiasco harmed a fragile recovery in 2011 and we can't afford to repeat that," Obama warned during a speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. "Rather than reduce our deficits with a scalpel ... we've got folks who’ve insisted on leaving in place a meat cleaver called the sequester that's cost jobs."

Think about it… We had Reagan double to national debt – to give the rich money.  Bush 41 tried to double that, but was voted out before he could do more than match Reagan; Bush 43 then doubled the debt again … so what should have been paid off now drags us down.

The Republicans want to privatize Social Security … after they stole the funds which were set aside and which should have constituted the only national debt balance.  But Bush 43 was also planning to crash the markets and kill our young workers by promoting a war rather than a targeted police action to nail Ben Laden (who bush also declared irrelevant to his alleged war on terror … which he now has admitted was a mistake and wrong-headed … duh Christians confess their sins when they are looking to die … so expect Bush 43 & 41 to pass soon).

In any event …

How long will it take conventional media … and the public … to realize the best stimulus package is the money you target at the poor and elderly?  It is they, and only they, who spend the bulk of their money locally.  It is they, and only they, who support local economies and purchase necessities of the type which support the tax base of the nation.

To destroy a nation, destroy the poor and elderly … while doing that, deny the young an education … the long term effects are fantastic.

Well … fantastic for any who want to see this, or any nation, destroyed.  Look at Egypt, Syria, or any nation that is falling apart at the seams … how many educated are there?  If you are Islamic, the destruction targets and diminishes woman (in violation of the Koran which demands respect for them)… open your eyes … time is running out.

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IT’S THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH

TO NATIONAL SUICIDE

"trickledown" economics

You might remember the GOP expression of economic stupidity: “A rising tide lifts all boats.”

True … when the tide rises it lifts the boats … from the bottom.  NOT! from pouring water on the decks and into the holds.

Economically, the GOP takes money from the poorest – those who spend the money locally, rather than for trips to foreign nations and on expensive imported toys.  The GOP cuts social Security – so the majority of the nation has less to spend.

True, the majority is not (yet) on Social Security, but sufficient baby-boomers are.  If you shortchange them, their children divert money to compensate, and that takes even more out of the economy ... that $100 or $200 tossed to mom or dad can cause a major loss in consumerism.  Consider… that new TV is $1500, but mom needed $200 … so there’s $1300 available for the $1500 TV … and mom will need another $200 next month … because the GOP cut her Social Security to give a millionaire a tax break … and the millionaire used that break to create jobs – by outsourcing to a Third World Nation.

Tax the companies that product products sold here which are made elsewhere, and the manufacturers will bring the production facilities here  … increasing employment and taxes.

But no!  the GOP pours water (money) into the ships holds and then wonders why the waterlogged ships capsize.

As pointed out by the Huiffington Post [Evidence Is In -- Again -- GOP 'Trickledown' Economics a Failure Posted: 07/24/2013 10:24 am]: “Now the GOP is at it again -- threatening to throw America into default if the Democrats don't agree to inflict more economic pain on their fellow citizens with even more draconian cuts, when the debt ceiling must be increased again this fall.”

Adding: “The lesson is simple. The evidence is in. If you believe the Republican notion that economic growth happens from the top down, I have some great swampland to sell you.”

Fortunately, our is a society that promotes

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So look for a new economic collapse whenever the GOP either stops progress or again comes to power.  We are a nation devoted to the commission of suicide – we are the Western al-Qaeda Jihadist who, rather than to show wisdom, kills themselves and any innocents they can.  The GOP approach to "trickledown" economics is their form of suicide bomb.

Paul Rand wants you dead!

Seems we have an example of the type of policy Paul Rand (R-Texas) will bring to his “small arms” America:

On Mother’s Day, 12 May 2013, 19 wounded at New Orleans parade shooting.

A 10-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl were grazed by bullets but were in good condition, New Orleans Police spokesman Garry Flot said in a statement. A woman and a man were in surgery Sunday evening, but there were no fatalities and most wounds were not life threatening, police said.

Gee, Paul-baby must be crying because these kids didn’t get killed… after all, he wants nut cases to have free worldwide access to small arms.  New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said there may have been as many as three shooters, and that two different types of weapons were likely used.

I guess Paul-baby is quite because he wanted them to be using semi-automatic weapons … Of course, the GOP will nominate him, and, if America follows its historic path to self-destruction, he will become President; double the national debt, while reducing anything that benefits the average person; he’ll gut Social Security and plunge the majority of Americans (Baby-Boomers) into poverty.  It has been the GOP objective since the Reagan Era… America falls, and the World falls … falls into war borne of desperation and failed governments brought about by global economic collapse.

And remember … because of Paul Rand, terrorists will have unrestricted global access to small weapons, and any semi-automatic weapons they need to engage in an assault on children.

Count the wounded today… Paul Rand will ensure they are dead tomorrow.

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IT IS THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA 

Republican Voice in Israel

Dr. Hagai Ben-Artzi, brother-in-law to Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, appears to be the Republican voice in Israel -- saying what the GOP would be too politically scared to proclaim ... That President Obama is an anti-Semite and that "In another year, you [Obama] will disappear. Who will remember you?"

Well, we remember Ronald Reagan -- he doubled the national debt and opposed a rational policy of energy self sufficiency .. he even tore the solar collectors off the White House. (It shames me to admit that Ronny was a friend of my dad & my dad helped him put together the team which organized New York State for the presidential run. On the other hand, Ronny did send mom a nice note when dad died, and included a formal Presidential Recognition Certificate recognizing my dad's service to the nation ... Wish it had been from a President who could be respected.)

Well, we remember George Bush (Bush 43) -- he doubled the national debt and removed Iraq as a source of oil ... thus driving the pump price of oil to $3.00 ... and securing for his dad multi-millions in Saudi no show speaker's & consultant's "fees"... Of course Bush went a step further and proclaimed the mastermind behind 9/11 -- a fellow we have even seen boast of his role -- to be "irrelevant" in the war on terror ... the relevant one was, of course, the guy who had nothing to do with 9/11 ... had no WMD ... and who kept Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons ... so Bush managed to get Saddam hung. Is the world now safer because of these two idiots ... who are best remembered for displaying their stupidity on the world stage?

In any case ... It would appear that the Prime Minister has an Evangelical Republican in his family ... pitty Israel ... if there are any more of them, that little nation is set for self-destruction.