Let me say upfront that I am not
a conspiracy theorist, a political radical, or as we said in the old days, ‘A
pinko, commie, bomb thrower’. But lately, the first line from the Rolling Stones
song ‘Gimme Shelter’ has been rattling around in my head,‘Oh, the storm is threatenin,’ my very life today.’ And I’ve been
wondering why.
And I think I have figured it
out.
I believe the government is
slowly preparing us for a possible second financial meltdown. Why? Because
things aren’t adding up. We’ve recently had the biggest day on Wall Street in history
yet the job market is abysmal, credit card debt is through the roof and the
generation that sparked the financial prosperity of the 1990s, the baby
boomers, have become extremely conservative regarding their spending.
So regardless of what they tell
you, or assure you, or try to convince you, the jobs lost in the ‘Great
Recession of 2008 are not coming back.
EVER.
Take a look at your job. Is the
company your work for experiencing growth? Has it begun hiring? Have you been
promoted or received a substantial raise since the economic meltdown?
If you are you’re one of the very
few. I look at my daughter’s generation. Most of them are working 2 and
sometimes 3 part time jobs for minimum wage with no benefits or insurance. It
obvious the taxes paid for those jobs won’t pay down the debt and so the
interest keeps accruing.
We don’t need exceptional math
skills or proficiency in economics to see that the piper is coming and one way
or another, he will get paid!
So should the economy collapse
into a full blown depression ala 1929 the people are going to demand answers,
are going to demand that those in government (or who were in government) be
held accountable. That they be arrested, tried and jailed.
The problem with that scenario is
that the federal government can’t
allow that.
Why? Because the people
responsible for the 2008 economic meltdown are the same people who are
financing the reelections of those presently in office or who are presently
lobbying the people in office.
So since they can’t permit the
arrest, trial and imprisonment of the criminals who destroyed our economy, they
have to protect them from the citizens who will be demanding justice.
How do they do that? They begin
heavily arming the Department of Homeland Security and begin training them for
urban warfare so should the American people rise up and storm Washington, they
will use Homeland Security as an armed defense force ready to shoot to kill
anyone or any group that tries to have those responsible tried and held
accountable for their actions.
“Wait a second,” you say. “The
American government would never sanction such action.
Normally I would agree with you
except they have already done it. Here’s the link:
Here’a question. Just how
prepared are you should this hopefully unlikely yet still possible scenario
occur? Do you have an income stream not associated with your current job?
Should your job suddenly disappear and with no money to fund unemployment insurance
payouts do you know how to start a business? How to run one? How to find and
attract customers willing to buy what you have to sell? Do you know what items people
will still buy regardless of the economic times? (top answer, women’s makeup).
I know the answers to those
questions because the financial rug was pulled out from under me during the
Great Recession. I had unemployment insurance and Cobra medical insurance, a
401k to fall back on and savings account to draw from.
And when it became obvious that
my job skills had become obsolete and that no one would hire and train someone
my age for a new profession, I had to set out and start my own. Today I work
from home and with each passing day my business thrives and grows.
If you want to know how I did it
here’s the link to my other blog: http://www.empowernetwork.com/writingguy/blog/the-economy-of-the-us-has-it-left-you-behind/
