Economic Crisis is Still in Full Effect

The economy is still in intensive care. It will probably get a lot worse before it gets better. Without jobs, without any manufacturing industry, or any other basic industries, I'm not sure about what would initiate an economic recovery in America. Most of the jobs in the country were dependent upon production of goods. But America isn't producing much these days. Most of America's manufacturing capacity was exported out of the country.

The reason given for this is the massive regulation of business, as well as the long list of taxes and other regulatory control over businesses. Some regulation is necessary, but at a certain point it becomes a burden on business, and actually serves to make American businesses uncompetitive with similar foreign businesses that do not have these barriers to profit. Taxes have the same effect. Regulations can also be used as a way for the politically-connected to eliminate the competition. Refer to the incident of Tucker, and how he was eliminated by the Big 3 Automobile companies when he developed a superior product.

Now I do have some problems with communist ideology. It is just not in line with human psychology or motivation. It sounds good, but never works in practice. It can't work in practice because people are mainly motivated by self-interest, not by working for the common good.

But, on the other hand, true capitalism has never been used in America. Also, capitalism, in practice, has been based on the exploitation of indigenous peoples of the world. Capitalism has only been used when natural resources can be stolen for free, without paying the people who may happen to live on top of them. This leads to the economic and social ills with which we are already very familiar.

In any event, check out this video below which deals with the massive amount of people who used to profit from the status quo, but who are now its victims. They couldn't foresee that they were on the road to disaster.

Code Red

The rate of the collapse of America is accelerating.  With all the hype regarding the pending attack on Iran, Americans really need to take a look in the mirror, and realize that the economy here is consistently deteriorating, propaganda news accolades of the economy notwithstanding. There really isn't any good news with reference to America's failing economy.  It just doesn't look good, no matter which way you look at it. The manufacturing sector is shrinking faster than a snowball in a nuclear reactor.  Many college grads are no better off than high school dropouts. The government statistics on the economy are cooked, and bear no resemblance to reality.

The president is using lies to prop up his stand on illegal searches and seizures.  Many intelligence professionals say that there is no way that his claims that the government thwarted a terrorist attack have any validity.  Even common sense would dictate that if they had actually had a real win against the alleged Al Queda, they would have quickly claimed that victory--if it had really happened. They are just trying to save face and distract people from the illegality of their wiretapping protocol.  They are blatant 4th Amendment illegal violations--searches and wiretaps with no probable cause, and no warrants or court orders.  As I always ask--how can you defend freedom by destroying it? 

It appears that America is being ran and manipulated for the best interests of others, and not for the best interests of the People.  Iraq and Iran are not a threat to America. War is always in the best interests of the oligarchs who own all of the means of war. They become much richer, at the expense of the common people.  The common people finance the wars, and do all of the dying for the wars, but the rich benefit handsomely.  Many commoners have been brainwashed to believe that unquestioned support of the government is the definition of being patriotic, but this is untrue.  As a metaphor, just because you discipline your children doesn't mean that you don't love them. It actually means that you do love them, so much so that when you see them going towards disaster or an unpleasant outcome, you correct them and protect them from it (to the best of your ability).  With America resembling a military dictatorship more and more with each passing day, it is time that people started to wake up and do something to expose this sordid state of affairs.