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Issue - Economic Crisis warning. Compiled and written by Linda Jarrett.
Our “New” Economic Crisis
The Democrat-controlled Congress is apparently about to abdicate their self-identified “most basic responsibility of governing” -- passing a budget. Leaders have even been quoted in the past that “if you can not budget, you can not govern.”
If they do not accomplish this annual process, it will be the first Congress in
modern history to fail to do so (which, given their other recent “accomplishments” such as Health Care & Finance “Reform“, might not be so terrible for the country).
Our national debt just passed $13 TRILLION* -- and is almost equal to our annual GNP (Gross National Product). To put this into perspective, Greece recently reached 113% of their GNP, with the imminent collapse their entire financial system as well as their government’s ability to continue functioning -- resulting in desperate appeals to the rest of the E.U. to save them (read as “Bailout“).
In the face of a threatening, disastrous fiscal “domino” effect, Britain and Germany are instituting dramatic slashes in their governments’ spending. Given our past 18 months of skyrocketing spending, coupled with multiple new and threatened or expected taxes (including the cessation in January of Bush’s Tax Cuts), all of which will further ultimately reduce Government revenues, it is would be logical - even imperative - for Congress to follow suit by emulating the drastic budget reductions of Britain and Germany. House GOP Leader John Boehner is advocating dealing with these issues as soon as possible, urging responsible action by the entire House.
Instead, the Dems are avoiding cutting any spending by avoiding the entire process. Why? It is not generally politically advantageous to be seen cutting funding to various programs in an election year. The imminent economic peril which we all face is apparently just not important enough to override such considerations.
While varied vested interests could be counted upon to protest any reduction of their federal programming support, threatening political consequences for specific candidates, the growing fear of increasing numbers of taxpayers about our economic future - even survival - is a force with which to be reckoned. All legislators currently holding office would be well advised to keep this in mind.
Before we Conservatives begin to enjoy the discomfiture of the Democrats, remember that, when the landscape of Congress is dramatically changed by the November elections, the pinching shoe will be on the other foot!
We, as legislatively proactive voters, must be prepared to closely monitor the actions of Congress to assure responsible fiscal initiatives -- especially the House where all funding bills begin -- and, to be prepared to actively support the fiscal Conservatives we collectively elected, to implement the difficult-but-needed drastic budget cuts, which are sure-to-be-unpopular with the various special-interest groups. We must be prepared to continue to work hard, even after the elections, to educate and advocate.
There is yet time to save America from the fate of Greece -- but not too much.
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NOTE: $1 Trillion is slightly less than $1,000 per second since Christ was born!======================
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