{"id":566,"date":"2012-09-07T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/?p=566"},"modified":"2012-09-12T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T20:27:06","slug":"i-see-the-future-and-it-looks-like-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/i-see-the-future-and-it-looks-like-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"I See the Future… and it looks like Greece."},"content":{"rendered":"

A LOOK INTO OUR FUTURE- GREECE?<\/strong><\/span>
\n If our government doesn\u2019t get spending under control, this country will fail.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Many of our politicians are burying their heads in the sand, but they all know the US is heading over a financial cliff.<\/span><\/em><\/strong> \u00a0If we don’t make a change, the country we hand over to our children and grandchildren will be but a shadow of what our parents gave us. Proving this fact requires about 5 minutes<\/strong><\/em> of objective thought. All we have to do is look at Greece. Where they are<\/strong>, is inexorably where we are headed<\/strong>. We have to change direction, NOW.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All the Great Speeches of History<\/span>– <\/strong>will not\u00a0<\/em>cure us. Like heroin, they make us feel good for a while, the next day, all the problems remain, but now we also deal with withdrawal!<\/em><\/span>
\nOnly Real Solutions Solve Real Problems<\/span>–<\/strong>\u00a0Much like\u00a0a bitter medicine. It\u2019s unappealing, it tastes bad, we <\/em><\/span>don\u2019t<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0want\u00a0<\/strong>to take it\u2026 but if we do, we get better,\u00a0if we don\u2019t, we get worse, maybe even die! \u00a0It’s time to take our medicine!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe government of Greece,\u00a0as has ours,\u00a0<\/em>forgot, a simple truth. Government gives nothing to anyone without first taking it from someone else.<\/strong><\/em><\/span> It can\u2019t give to me, unless it took from you, your family or your friends. It can\u2019t give<\/em> to you unless it took from me, my family, your family and friends. Eventually, there is nothing left to take<\/strong> so no more to give. The inevitable result is chaos!…\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The government\u2019s desire to \u201cgive<\/em>\u201d has now become so out of control, that in order to give to you or me, it doesn’t just have to take from my neighbor as in the past… it now has \u00a0to take from your children, my children and yes even our grandchildren!<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n There is only so much that can be taken. When there\u2019s nothing left the party is over and the \u201cgoodies\u201d stop. Free government \u201cgifts\u201d are every bit as addictive as heroin. And like heroin when it\u2019s gone, the withdrawal symptoms can be deadly. \u00a0Again, as I’ve said, I am not a partisan. \u00a0I freely acknowledge that t<\/span>here is no question that the policies that have brought us to this point have been, to one degree or another, in place for many years. \u00a0However, under Obama, it’s as if the “Bad Policy” accelerator has been put to the floor.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Should the policies of Obama really surprise us, given the history of his past and current associations?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nSee the Company Obama Keeps.<\/a>
\nWhy the drop in unemployment is so disturbing<\/a>
\nSee Lies of Obama.<\/a>
\nList of lies, half truths, broken promises and failed policies.<\/a><\/p>\n

JUST TAX THE RICH A BIT MORE? It won’t work. \u00a0see…<\/strong><\/span>
\n http:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/the-reality-of-taxation\/\u00a0<\/span>
\n http:\/\/allsolutionsnetwork.org\/blog\/tax-the-rich\/<\/span>
\nIt is often argued that the solution to our problems is to make the rich pay their \u201cfair share\u201d<\/strong>. I agree with the fair share part. But what is a Fair Share?<\/em><\/span> The reality is that if the feds took 100% of all the income from the rich (defined as 250.000 per year), the government would still be well over $500,000,00 in the hole.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0What this proves is that the government, this country does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Any politician who says otherwise is lying.<\/strong><\/span> That is a simple fact!<\/span>
\n It\u2019s simple\u2026 the more the government \u201cgives\u201d, the more it has to take from someone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WANT TO START A RIOT? <\/strong>Just take away the freebies<\/em><\/span>
\n As the government \u201cgives<\/strong><\/em>\u201d more and more, there is less and less left from citizens for the government to take. There comes a point, at which, it is impossible to take or tax more.<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\n As people receive these government \u201cgifts\u201d, whether in the form of cash or other benefits, they come to depend on them, expect them, plan their lives around them… these benefits become internalized as \u201crights\u201d that belong to them.<\/strong><\/em><\/span> This not meant as an insult. It is just how every member of the human race is built; including myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

No matter how much we want our government to \u201cgive\u201d; to take care of everyone, to allow help everyone to live a carefree life, free of the stresses of poverty, there comes a point where the \u201crich\u201d don\u2019t have enough to sustain the financially unsound \u201cdeals\u201d the bureaucrats made with the people and the unions.<\/strong><\/em><\/span> Like it or not, that is a simple mathematical fact and when it happens things must change. \u00a0It’s better to start that change when it can be done without draconian cuts. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The longer the change is delayed, the more deeply the inevitable cuts hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n

What happens when you wait too long… and then<\/em> they are taken away? \u00a0Look at our Greece\u2026 If we don\u2019t pull our heads out, this will be us\u2026 much sooner than you think.<\/span>
\n Greece in 2010- It came to a head.<\/strong> The government had nothing left to give. Instead of understanding the economic and mathematical realities, the people felt they were being robbed.<\/em><\/span><\/span>
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