Back in 2007, I was attending my senior year at Magic City High School in Minot, North Dakota. Near the end of the year I predicted a massive fall of government and, consequently, the American economy and lifestyle in general. I was a year early (and correct) with my prediction. Some may ask what the connection is between a government of 2 million people and 300 million citizens? Let me explain.
Anywhere between 1.2-1.5 million military members are active duty. Another one million plus work as "civil servants", or "non-essential personnel". Once Bush came into office in 2000 (with a governmental SURPLUS), the war, combined with lack of societal expansion, significantly hindered our social progress as a nation. However, most civilians were neither poor nor heavily effected by those who were. This caused the populous to blindly watch as the Bush administration and Congress did what they pleased. Eventually, the Federal Reserve, also known as FED (a private corporation, not federal at all), started printing the money you and I use. Even today, April 6, 2010, over $1 billion in U.S. currency is printed daily, thus reducing the worth of the dollar (rise in inflation) while driving up prices of local markets, thus reducing local commerce.
With Obama came a black face and a demographic vote. I can proudly laugh at Obama today because in 2008 I was a "racist" for not wanting a black guy to win. It didn't matter that I also didn't want the white guy to win...nor that I didn't vote. As we all know, with politics, people's political ideas are generally rock solid or highly hypocritical (usually both). Malleability is not a characteristic one uses to describe American politics very often.
At any rate, I had the opportunity to watch Bush fail. I had the opportunity to watch Obama fail. Then the tea-party came and I had the opprtunity to watch them become corrupt like the rest and then fail. Now Congress is discussing the first furlough since 1996. If I were using Social Security to pay off government debt and was pouring money into a war and through a scandalous insatiable system of back-door monetary trades, I'd have a hard time making a good budget, too.
For those of you unfamiliar with a furlough, let me explain. Basically, the President and the federal government gets shut down. They work without pay, while civilians who work for the military, also known as "non-essential personnel" ranging from secretaries to doctors, are fired. That's about 800k layoffs and one million people who are in harms way every day not getting paid. Those soldiers dying for political agenda in Iraq still? No pay. The soldiers fighting against "terrorism" in Afghanistan? No pay.
Naturally, a furlough isn't the correct solution, but I want to condemn those who are responsible for this. You see, there aren't a "lack of jobs". With six billion people worldwide, how are there none available? My sister is teaching English in South Korea with a pre-law degree because there were no jobs here. Millions of manual labour jobs are being outsourced. If we want jobs in America, we, as a nation of 300 million must WORK! If we want government to stop being corrupt, stop spending hours a day watching propaganda (as the average American watches 8 hours of t.v. each day). First, become informed, then you can complain and still garner respect. Last but not least, to become as powerful as we once were, we need to quit individualism temporarily. When everyone is looking to provide for themselves, its easy for government to start multiple wars, spend your money, and do things that the nation disapproves of. But if the nation is fighting to feed its 300 million neighbors, government will quickly realize who is in charge of this country.
Let me be clear that I do not blame Obama nor the government for our current state of affairs...nor do I blame Bush. I blame you. I blame the 300 million American citizens that thought voting for a different politician would change politics. I blame you, the Americans who retained "Hope" in the middle of a rich, black vs. rich, white race. I blame you, the Americans who watch more than you read, allowing new information to constantly pass you by. I blame those of you who arrogantly purport news stories you've heard, forgetting that propaganda has been systematically documented for such channels as FOX, CBS, and CNN. I blame you, Americans, for letting your government do what they wanted while you remained complacent. I blame you, Americans, for complaining while doing nothing. And I blame you, politicians who have let your nation down in every possible manner. We should all be ashamed of ourselves, for while the government dwells on the tragedy of an issue they're not affected by, we sit here and talk about "what if".
If we are truly citizens of the United States, we will take back our country.
-Sanstout
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