Maggie's Farm

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There is no doubt that FDR extended the Great Depression by ploicies that are almost identical to Obama's policies: massive piling on of public debt, mass unemployment enabled by the government's dole, weakening of the dollar, confiscation of gold, repudiation of the gold standard, etc.

The U.S. had faced a depression every bit as severe in 1919, with unemployment surpassing 12%, and the economy tanking into the same death spiral it entered going into the Great Depression of the 1930's.

But President Harding took exactly the right actions to stop that depression in its tracks: he slashed federal spending by 60%, mostly by cutting the federal workforce by 60%. He supported the dollar, and took similar steps to correct the problem.

The result: within eighteen months, unemployment fell to under 3%! And the U.S. economy entered the most prosperous decade of our existence: the Roaring 20's.

A capitalist economy is inherently unequal. Efficiency, hard work and savings are rewarded. But it always has its ups and downs, and there is a disparity of wealth. The net result, however, is that capitalism ALWAYS produces MUCH more national wealth than any other form of government. There are so many examples showing that fact that it is unarguable; you can start woith North & South Korea. There are numerous other examples.

Under Obama, we now have about half the population on direct government dole. Half of the population pays zero income taxes. Neither FDR nor Obama learned the clear lessons of 1919. In Obama's case, it is obvious that he is deliberately hobbling the economy, and forcing millions onto the dole. He is not stupid: his unstated but clearly implied threat is this:

"See this knob? I can just turn it, and your EBT cards will not top off every month. Or you wan't get so much. And your Social Security payments might not get their COLA. Social Security could even be fully taxed as income. And your food stamps are a gift from me: but if I turn this knob, they could be reduced. Now tell me, what are you complaining about?"

And so on. The system has been gamed by smart people, who want to turn the United States into a mediocre country, on a par with the average UN country. Obama clearly does not want America to be exceptional.

Obama has once again raised America's subsidy to the UN, despite his so-called sequester. Palestinians, Egyptians and others are handed billions of dollars every year with no quid-pro-quo; and where is the enabling legislation?

Incompetent and corrupt companies are handed taxpayer loot to manufacture inefficient products that routinely fail in the market place — or which are never even produced.

More than 1.2 TRILLION dollars are added to the debt every year — that is why there has been no budget for the past 4 years: the Senate/House Continuing Resolution provides that much additional money creation annually when there isn't a budget. And despite the lies about the sequester cutting spending, the fact is that spending has only slowed; more money is spent every year even with the sequester.

The economic policies that made America great are being deconstructed and eliminated, one by one. EVERY action taken by the Obama Administration is bad for our country in the long term.

We have rocked the Middle East boat, toppling insular regimes that were either no problem for us, like Libya, or which were generally pro-American, like Egypt. They have been replaced by America-hating religious dictatorships. Syria is next — a country that caused us no peoblems will now be run by rabid America-hating Muslims. And of course, our one true ally in the Middle East, Israel, is being demonized by despicable American anti-Semites.

Obama knows exactly what he is doing, and his goal is the downfall of America, to the point where we are just another vassal state of the thoroughly anti-American UN. The ultimate goal is clear: Make the UN a "democracy", where the Security Council does not have a veto. Then the 196 wolves in the UN will get to vote on who is for lunch. They have their ravenous, greedy, hating eyes locked on the prosperity of the U.S., and they fully intend to vote our wealth and assets into their pockets.

Is ther ANY doubt? Never listen to what Obama says. Always look at his actions. Then you will clearly see his unspoken agenda.

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