At the risk of sounding like a broken record (for those of you old enough to know what that sounds like) I wish to review a few of those things I consider of utmost importance.
First, a few words about our faltering economy. Please recognize that the current shrinkage of the American economy was at least in one way unavoidable. The baby boomers have reached the age of what one might call solemn accountability in their family finances. They all recognize that the time has come in their lives to severely downsize their discretionary spending- as they survey their dwindling retirement resources and worry about the prospect of runaway inflation. Well, at least that’s it in a nutshell…
Next, the faulty premise that our economy can be jumpstarted by American consumer spending is a dangerous myth. Maybe China’s economy or that of Bangladesh- but not ours. I mean- what does America actually make anymore? Moreover, it has long been the malevolent goal of Marxist ghouls to have American families mire themselves in consumer debt by feeding their addiction to material wants at the expense of their material needs.
And if you really MUST buy a new car, you’re probably better off with a Volkswagen than a lackluster offering from Government Motors. (Volkswagen, by the way, is building a new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.) I wouldn’t even buy a yoyo with Zero’s face stamped on it…
So what do we do?
For starters, STOP BUYING FOREIGN FOOD! If it ain’t grown in America, your loved ones are better off going hungry than taking a chance on being poisoned- not to mention putting our American farmers, ranchers and fisherman out of business. Yes, we have some domestic food supply problems- but do you really want to risk eating Vietnamese seafood or Mexican veggies? And manufactured goods? If they ain’t made in the USA, simply do without! Then, after you have put all your discretionary wants on hold, carefully pare back your needs as much as humanly possible. The dollars you spend are forever gone. The bucks you save or apply to your debt are a real investment in America’s future- not to mention your own financial freedom. We conservatives are all sick at heart over the federal government’s irresponsible deficit spending- but spending our individual families into the poorhouse is just as calamitous.
And PLEASE store up a reasonable supply of food, drinking water and other household supplies. Don’t wait until the rotten bananas hit the fan- and all the supermarket shelves are empty. Start with a three weeks supply. The Mormon standard has long been a year’s worth- but three weeks is a great beginning.
Investments? If you’re a fan of Russian roulette, try the crooks on Wall Street. Otherwise, opt for debt reduction or junk silver coins…
Yes, Election Day is soon upon us, but as a dear friend pointed out to me recently, that will only be a major battle- the real ruckus shaping up in 2012. We’ll need our next Ronald Wilson Reagan to prevail.
I am confident, however, that we will wrest control of the House and Senate from all those reckless free-spending Dems, albeit a few Republican rhinos slipping by us- and the balance of Congressional power shifting right by only slim majorities.
Monday I wrote: “As we march doggedly toward the November elections, there has mercifully been little or no good news for the damnable Dems! Zero has clearly become the worst US President ever- far surpassing infamous Jimmy ‘The Peanut Man’ Carter. Most of us realize that Barry is a prevaricating Kenyan rat who doesn’t even have a valid American birth certificate. As America’s economic outlook continually worsens, government deficit spending further dooms and decimates the financial hopes of our children. Our borders are a sick joke- and while American blood is still being wasted in Afghanistan to protect the international opium trade, our own country continues to be invaded by drug-running vermin from Mexico. The Obama Justice Department is most certainly a miscarriage of all we hold just and true- a racist cabal bent on destroying America one state at a time, beginning with Arizona. Never before has corruption in Washington DC been so in-your-face. The list seems endless- from the false-flag-oil-spill to a proposed mosque as Ground Zero. Even Michelle Obama has rubbed salt in our wounds with her lavish spending and out-of-touch insensitivity…”
I stand by that assessment, but the time has come for us to “put the pedal to the metal.” Our November victory will require overwhelming force…
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