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Big Government vs Big Business
I was listening to the usual debate between Republicans and Democrats. You know, the ones running all day long every day on TV and radio and mimicked all day long by everyday people, you and me.
It goes like this:
Republicans are generally in favor of big business. They say leave them alone, don’t put restrictions on them and the market place will take care of everything. Besides government is the problem.
Democrats are generally in favor of big government. They say things need to be regulated and they will watch out for us. They think big business is corrupt and greedy and needs regulation so they will protect us.
So goes this argument in non stoppable loop. Which one will look out for us people better, big business or big govenment. Which will look after us, the treasury dept or Goldman Sachs? The big insurance and drug companies or nationalize government health care? The FDA or Monsanto? Social security or Wall Street?
Then it dawned on me, neither. They really are all the same. The treasury and Goldman Sachs has a revolving door. The lobbyist of the drug companies end up in FDA. Hank Paulson investigates the big banks and brokerage and then gives them more money. Who is worst Bank of America or our Federal Reserve?
I don’t really trust either big government nor big business. No one will ever win that argument between the Republicans and Democrats. Neither of their choices are correct. Therefore neither Republicans nor Democrats are correct. They are playing useless mind games. Why let this endless argument confuse and frustrate you…. there is a better way. The big picture is important but it seems our concern needs to be more on what we individually can do to improve.
So what is one to do? Maybe the answer is within each one of us and the actions we take in our everyday lives. Well there are some things, albeit seemingly small, they do make a difference. As an individual I have and will:
1. Be responsible
2. Stay out of debt (don’t spend more than I have)
3. Closed my Wachovia big bank accounts and moved them to Delta Community Credit Union, which by the way pays higher interest and has a no cost checking. The money stays in the local community. I feel good about this move.
4. I will not vote for a Republicans nor a Democrat
5. I will continue to save and fund my own retirement, thank you very much.
6. I will exercise and eat healthy to do my part to stay away from big health expense. Many will use more holistic and natural health remedies.
7. I will not spend money to impress people. My 2000 Buick Regal still works well.
8. I will not gamble in the stock market. Fixed income and real estate is more my style.
9. I will not watch much TV nor listen much to talk radio. I will read more.
10. I will not tell the contractor my insurance coverage is so he can jack up the price, only to leave me paying my deductible.
11. I will store emergency supplies of food and preparations.
12. I have enjoyed my victory garden and will do it again
13. I will buy some gold, silver, commodities, real estate, just in case the dollar tanks big time.
14. I will not participate in things I don’t believe in. (exception for IRS)
15. I will strive to be creative in things I do and think for myself. I will never follow the heard.
By Robert Fowler, Anti-Incumbents.com
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August 11th, 2009 at 7:03 am
You forgot a few numbers.
16. Never accept this state of corruption.
17. Never give up.
18. Do what you can to promote an anti-incumbent movement.
19. Purge government of incumbents and mandate term limits with your vote.
20. Never forget that they work for us.
Check out the symbol they inspired me to create on ebay, it’s under anti-incumbent tee.
September 16th, 2009 at 10:18 am
“never follow the herd” Sometimes following the herd is the right thing to do. NEVER following is just as bad as ALWAYS following.
April 7th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Our major issue in this country is our two political parties. Our forefathers knew that a two party system would be our downfall and took steps to try to stop this type of politics, and thus anyone who seriously thinks that politics isn’t corrupt or slaves to Corporate America hasn’t not been paying attention. George Jr. will go down in History as one of the worst administrations in history and I could go on for hours showing why, but my point is that the Obama administration has offered nothing different (besides health reform, granted) and has in fact continued nearly every single Bush program. Obama has almost the same political donors and thus has the same pressures as Bush did. Health reform will turn out to be the most expensive and destructive waste of tax payer money ever. I just wish I could offer a better alternative for other frustrated people, but I can’t and those that think that the tea partiers are the future, remember that Sarah Palin is an important figure to them.
April 7th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
I think Greenspan is getting senile, today he said that you can stop asset bubbles by increasing capital requirements. That just increases the cost of credit. The next time you have a real estate bubble, you’ll have the same problem, assuming that banks are still in the business of loaning against real estate. If you want to stop this problem, then eliminate the federal subsidies for real estate development and investment, then require people in that industry to put their own money at risk instead of someone elses. If Greenspan really wants to change the banking system, though, then simply ban 95% and 90% LTV loans. Require a bigger equity cushion. BTW, the “too big to fail” argument is a fallacious one. During the Great Depression, Canada had no bank failures. The reason was that their banks were very large. The banks closed branches, etc., but none of them failed. By contrast, the US was dominated by thousands of very small banks, and we had more than 10,000 of them fail. So there is nothing inherently unsafe about a banking system dominated by large banks. The real problem with large banks is that during good times, they don’t provide enough competition for each other.