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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

'The Emperor of Debt is Naked'

from canadafreepress.......

"When Benjamin Franklin was asked at the close of the Constitutional Convention, “What have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” His answer was, “A republic, if you can keep it.” What has come out of the debt ceiling talks is not a republic, but tyranny on the installment plan.



The choice today is whether we will have a nation or a pile of debt created by the uncontrolled spending of the ruling elites and their political machines. And the outlook isn’t sunny. The mishandled budget battle has ended in a predictable deal with cosmetic cuts. The issue isn’t just about right vs left. It’s about whether we’ll have a functional nation or a bankrupt welfare state. A nation that has gone so deep into debt to fund social and corporate welfare that it has no chance of recovery.

We have Two Americas, to borrow John Edwards’ stolen slogan. The America of the worker and the America of the government. These two Americas are on a collision course. The debt economy will destroy the America of the worker and leave only the America of the government"...........READ MORE

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