Thursday, October 9, 2008

TRUST: LAWMAKERS, WALL STREET, PAULSON, THE FED AND BUSINESS LEADERS

TRUST: LAWMAKERS, WALL STREET, PAULSON, THE FED AND BUSINESS LEADERS

The definition of trust is a firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing
Andrew Jackson spoke these words in 1832 to a delegation of bankers.


“Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time, and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.”

A friend sent me that quote recently. I feel like a Paul Revere racing around the country trying to make a difference – I know you want to too. Confidence and trust in our institutions, Congress, politicians and America has expired. I HAVE A GOOD CHALLENGE! Poll your listeners and viewers and I bet almost 100% would say they have no confidence or trust in our leaders – government and business alike. We all know it is true but who is willing to stand up and say it. I am! Heck someone has to.

Do Americans and the world TRUST America. NO! I can’t remember how many times I have alerted the media about the confidence game and the erosion of world confidence in America. America has been bankrupt for many years now trading our future for quick bucks and financial lawlessness. Congress has defeated a Constitutional Amendment that requires a balance budget each year. Can you believe that. What a joke. These self regulated LAWMAKERS actually said no to one of the most important Constitutional Amendments in American history. When do you remember the last time we had a balanced budget? The deficit and borrowing has grown every year since 1957. Now with our deficit approach $11 trillion how could our leaders let this happen? No wonder why no one trusts our government and when the modern Robber Barons crater their companies and put hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets we stand by and just watch it happen.

Ok, now let’s look at the definition of confidence: Trust or faith in a person or thing.
Horrifying isn’t it! And we say this is a Democracy. If America was truly a Democracy then we would be empowered to do something. Then why do Americans feel impotent, unimportant and hopeless. Well first America is a Republic where we elect representatives like in Rome but does any American think these people are working in our best interest and putting America first. I will bet my life and net worth Americans will say they are appalled, disgusted and outraged. Why then if we don’t trust these people do we allow them to run our country and institutions. Well I am here to tell you again and again and again this is an Oligarchy; RULE BY THE FEW, THE RICH AND POWERFUL! You are either in the club and ruling class or you are an outsider and a little person throwing rocks at the sun.

Imagine in your home, workplace or community if no one trusted you or had confidence in your abilities. Yes, you would be fired for certain and alienated by everyone around you. If you made promise after promise and told lie after lie what would be the outcome? Again, horrifying for you. And here we sit glued to the markets and the TV just to be programmed and pandered to when we all know its BS and we don’t trust a word of it. It is hardly conceivable that we can take back our country. And as sad as it sounds it is more than likely the US will have to declare bankruptcy in my lifetime. The minimum outcome will be flushing the American dreams of millions down the toilet – in fact many have already been flushed and left to rot.

If you are sickened like me and the media has the biggest voice of all then why doesn’t everyone band together for a day – one unified broadcast – in every city and town and hold a truly democratic town hall. Ask all the same questions and present all the same facts. I think this will create a movement and expose our leaders as untrustworthy, lacking character and many deserving to go to jail.

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