To be or Not to be—-Right
Apr 24th, 2012 by Randy Toman
This article is not written to show a right or wrong of issues. But instead show how there is an ever increasing danger of not being able to formulate a positive direction and/or worse, the fact that the determining of that path does not hinge on either party making the right decision, for there may not be an option available to be taken. We can quickly get into a situation were no one wants to compromise and take the citizens on to a positive path of correction. In the example below all negotiation break down and leave the leaders without recourse, stalling of all operations. I call your attention to what has happen in Holland and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet, who has resigned this week end.
Here is what I believe to be the meat of the conflict;
“Rutte, Verhagen and Wilders had held near daily talks at the premier’s official Catshuis residence in a bid to reach agreement on how to cut 16 billion euros (US$21 billion) from the budget, which stood at 4.7 % of gross domestic product for 2011.”
“The EU’s deficit ceiling is three percent of GDP.”
I do not believe there was ever any discussion or disagreement as to having the wrong “deficit ceiling” target, the disagreement was on what to cut. This is critical to my point. The cutting of spending was the saving of the country; it must be believed that this fact was crucial. Cut to that level or lose the country must have been made clear to all or was it? I ask; if the party’s understood the situation, why couldn’t they come together on some compromise? Excellent question don’t you think? You are talking about the effects these negotiations will have on the whole country.
I do not wish to judge the Dutch and what they are doing but bring the circumstances home to a local situation, and that is the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) and the budget process that is going on as I write. I have heard it from the School Board that some of them want it open, as to what percentage they will be willing to increase the property tax too, going from a 4% increasing property tax to a 5.2%. My point if we had someone on the board who was willing to argue a NO increase in property tax position there just might be an impasse were the tax payer would at least get heard once in a while, but that is never to happen. I can tell you if the people and tax system doesn’t get some relief the system will come to were you will have complete stagnation of the process. The tax payer is and has been put into the position of a constant compromise and paying the bill.
One of two things is about to happen;
1/ The system of taxation will be changed.
2/ The system of taxation will bankrupt the citizen.
The conditions of this situation are has in Holland and the Dutch, most members of the school board can not be convinced there is danger up ahead and that we must cut spending, change the system, or bankrupt the citizen. They will keep piling taxation on until the government is forced to resign and we will be forced to ask—-Who is right? Who is wrong?——-dumb question after the citizen is bankrupt and the system broke.
We Shall See—–Don’t you think??????
The long and the short of it: when we were in school — 1949-1961 — 99% of the students had two parents at home, many had a mom who was there when they got home from school, almost all of us came home to stable neighborhoods, where housewives looked out the window, and more or less “looked after” any and all of the kids walking home, or outside playing, and all the parents over several streets and blocks knew each other at least by sight and by name.
As those conditions were systematically dismantled, for one reason or another, by one means or another, the schools that used to teach us how to read, write, do math and understand our government and our history, and then sent us home to our parents to be raised, jumped into the business of taking over the lives of the children and the skyrocketing budgets accompanied these changes.
The state and federal governments started to burst out of their proper boundaries, and forced many of these changes, made them “mandatory,” — new programs that cannot die, addtional staff that must be paid and given a golden parachute, etc,, etc.
As is often the case, a goodly proportion of those who labor under this new system have learned to love their captors and their captivity, and in truth, could not envision any other way to live. Those people generally get elected to school boards.
Many of us agree, something about the place where we find ourselves needs to be changed. The problem comes when one tries to identify where - exactly where –to begin.
Randy,
You said, “I ask; if the party’s understood the situation, why couldn’t they come together on some compromise?”
Here’s what I see about that.
Just like the current Obama administration here is trying to collapse the system by overloading it with unforgivable spending and debt, those who didn’t want the necessary cuts over there may also be working towards the same end.
It may sound conspiratorial, but I believe this effort is real and intentional on a global scale. I think we are seeing the beginnings of the Biblical warning of a “one world order”. Foreign and domestic leaders keep pushing and pushing for revolts, spending, government control, regulation and so on. They know we cannot stand up under all that weight for too long. It’s what they’re counting on. Any crisis or disaster could turn everything upside down.
Christians need to continue to pray for Divine intervention. A collapse of our economy here could be the nail in the coffin of our sovereignty.
Most of the American people don’t know any better because they have not been truthfully taught about history. The ones that are supposed to be our protectors and teachers have become the enemy of the people and don’t even know it. We are what we are taught and don’t know what we have not been taught!
Ronnie,
What you say is very good but it does not address Randy’s question about the parties. I think the answer to that is simple:
Both parties are run by the elites for the same purposes. We have, in effect, only one party with two divisions. It could be called the “Plunder the capital built by ten generations and put it in your pocket” party.
You get what you vote for.
Arrow,
Not true. I rarely get what I vote for. I vote for conservatives. What I get is what the majority votes for.
You’re right about the main stream of the two major parties, but not about the far right and far left. I think the differences on both ends are as extreme as they can be.
Yeah, you’re right about not getting what you vote for. I guess my statement is true in general but not in all cases.
The differences have nothing to do with the parties. The leadership and the vast majority of the sheep in both parties hate anyone who does not tow the party line…which boils down to “preserve the status quo of plundering the wealth of the middle class”.
The Democrat wing divides it the Wall Street hustlers and the welfare people, the GOP wing divides it between the same Wall Street hustlers and the military-industrial complex.
Ironically, both wings protect the other wing’s interests (military-industrial complex and welfare class), so as to maintain the charade of “voting” while not rocking the boat.
The actual functional human beings in both parties (Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich) are in the parties out of political necessity, but do not represent their parties in any meaningful way.
Both parties are a complete sham, a hoax, a scam.