"On Thursday the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion. This is already on the heels of a 2009 budget deficit of $1.2 trillion and on top of a national debt of some $13.3 trillion. The word 'trillion' seems to have, almost overnight, crept into our standard economic parlance and by the looks of it is here to stay. And with the CBO's forecast of more than $6 trillion in federal budget deficits accruing over the next nine years from 2010 to 2019, many are logically wondering if the United States has effectively crossed, or is fast approaching, a virtual economic point of no return -- an economic Rubicon if you will." --columnist Matt O'Connor
This can only happen if we let it. This can only happen if we are to lazy or to disinterested to hold our elected officials responsible for their actions. Speak to your friends, speak to your neighbors, we have to convince those in Washington that if they will not return the government to a fiscally responsible path and back to a proper constitutional mandate we will find someone who will.
We must be the "irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds" that Sam Adams talked about.
We need a second ride but instead of the British, we are warning of the coming collapse of our country, warning of the growth beyond control, the printing of money to finance what is simply not possible. We cannot spend our way to prosperity. We cannot buy our freedom. We cannot afford this.
ReplyDeleteRide like the wind!