E-mail to Congress:
EIN News says "Lawmakers Decry Energy Grants That Create Foreign Work. Four Democratic senators on Wednesday implored the Obama administration to stop spending federal stimulus dollars on renewable energy projects whenever the bulk of solar cell and wind turbine manufacturing is done overseas. (chron.com)".
Are a few Democrats waking up to the fact that Pres. Obama is a Marxist, rather than the Democrat? He has only used the Democratic Party to gain initial power. Marxism has a worldwide expansion objective, similar to Christianity and Islam. However the latter two are excluded from government action by our Constitution. Marxism is not.
Is this an opportunity to start a coalition with awakened Democrats to work against the Marxist objectives of the Obama Administration?
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Will We Repeat Austrian/German Nazism in the US?
E-mail to Congress:
I'm old enough to have lived as a US resident through the time of Nazi development. What Kitty says below is consistent with my remembrance. The key point is that Nazism developed because the German people wanted Hitler. Perhaps they later changed their collective mind, but by that time it was too late.
The American people wanted Obama and voted him in. Is the collective mood changing? Is it too late?
ACS
This Truly Is the Greatest Country in the World.
Don’t Let Freedom Slip Away.
By: Kitty Werthmann
What I am about to tell you is something you’ve probably never heard or will ever read in history books.
I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We elected him by a landslide – 98% of the vote. I’ve never read that in any American publications.
Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.
In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed.. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank loan interest rates.
Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn’t want to work; there simply weren’t any jobs. My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people – about 30 daily.
The Communist Party and the National Socialist Party were fighting each other. Blocks and blocks of cities like Vienna , Linz , and Graz were destroyed. The people became desperate and petitioned the government to let them decide what kind of government they wanted.
We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn’t have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living. Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group – Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria . We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler.
We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.
After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service.
Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women. Before this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work outside the home. An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he couldn’t support his family. Many women in the teaching profession were elated that they could retain the jobs they previously had been required to give up for marriage.
Hitler Targets Education – Eliminates Religious Instruction for Children:
Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school. The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler’s picture hanging next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told the class we wouldn’t pray or have religion anymore. Instead, we sang “Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles,” and had physical education.
Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance. Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. They were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter of warning the first time. The second time they would be fined the equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to jail. The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination. The rest of the day we had sports. As time went along, we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free. We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had.
My mother was very unhappy. When the next term started, she took me out of public school and put me in a convent. I told her she couldn’t do that and she told me that someday when I grew up, I would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any fun – no sports, and no political indoctrination. I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a while, on holidays, I went home. I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going on and what they were doing. Their loose lifestyle was very alarming to me. They lived without religion. By that time unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly. As time went along, I realized what a great deed my mother did so that I wasn’t exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy.
Equal Rights Hits Home:
In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established. All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps. At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant if you didn’t work, you didn’t get a ration card, and if you didn’t have a card, you starved to death. Women who stayed home to raise their families didn’t have any marketable skills and often had to take jobs more suited for men.
Soon after this, the draft was implemented. It was compulsory for young people, male and female, to give one year to the labor corps. During the day, the girls worked on the farms, and at night they returned to their barracks for military training just like the boys. They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated in the signal corps. After the labor corps, they were not discharged but were used in the front lines. When I go back to Austria to visit my family and friends, most of these women are emotional cripples because they just were not equipped to handle the horrors of combat.
Three months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid attack. I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into the labor corps and into military service.
Hitler Restructured the Family Through Daycare:
When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the government immediately established child care centers. You could take your children ages 4 weeks to school age and leave them there around-the-clock, 7 days a week, under the total care of the government. The state raised a whole generation of children. There were no motherly women to take care of the children, just people highly trained in child psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We knew we had been had.
Health Care and Small Business Suffer Under Government Controls:
Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna . After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries.
As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80% of our income. Newly-weds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.
We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government officials told him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar. He couldn’t meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not many small ones existed, it could be in control.
We had consumer protection. We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.
“Mercy Killing” Redefined:
In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. So people inter-married and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write. The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interfere with the program and might cause homesickness.
As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia.
The Final Steps – Gun Laws:
Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.
No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.
Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath.
Instead, we had creeping gradualism.
Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.
After World War II, Russian troops occupied Austria . Women were raped, preteen to elderly. The press never wrote about this either. When the Soviets left in 1955, they took everything that they could, dismantling whole factories in the process. They sawed down whole orchards of fruit, and what they couldn’t destroy, they burned. We called it The Burned Earth. Most of the population barricaded themselves in their houses. Women hid in their cellars for 6 weeks as the troops mobilized. Those who couldn’t, paid the price. There is a monument in Vienna today, dedicated to those women who were massacred by the Russians. This is an eye witness account.
“It’s true, those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity. American truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don’t let freedom slip away. After America, there is no place to go.”
by george
I'm old enough to have lived as a US resident through the time of Nazi development. What Kitty says below is consistent with my remembrance. The key point is that Nazism developed because the German people wanted Hitler. Perhaps they later changed their collective mind, but by that time it was too late.
The American people wanted Obama and voted him in. Is the collective mood changing? Is it too late?
ACS
This Truly Is the Greatest Country in the World.
Don’t Let Freedom Slip Away.
By: Kitty Werthmann
What I am about to tell you is something you’ve probably never heard or will ever read in history books.
I believe that I am an eyewitness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history. We elected him by a landslide – 98% of the vote. I’ve never read that in any American publications.
Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.
In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed.. We had 25% inflation and 25% bank loan interest rates.
Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging for food. Not that they didn’t want to work; there simply weren’t any jobs. My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor, hungry people – about 30 daily.
The Communist Party and the National Socialist Party were fighting each other. Blocks and blocks of cities like Vienna , Linz , and Graz were destroyed. The people became desperate and petitioned the government to let them decide what kind of government they wanted.
We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in power since 1933. We had been told that they didn’t have unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living. Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group – Jewish or otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone was happy. We wanted the same way of life in Austria . We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family. Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler.
We were overjoyed, and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.
After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was created through the Public Work Service.
Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women. Before this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work outside the home. An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he couldn’t support his family. Many women in the teaching profession were elated that they could retain the jobs they previously had been required to give up for marriage.
Hitler Targets Education – Eliminates Religious Instruction for Children:
Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school. The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler’s picture hanging next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told the class we wouldn’t pray or have religion anymore. Instead, we sang “Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles,” and had physical education.
Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance. Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. They were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter of warning the first time. The second time they would be fined the equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to jail. The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination. The rest of the day we had sports. As time went along, we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free. We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had.
My mother was very unhappy. When the next term started, she took me out of public school and put me in a convent. I told her she couldn’t do that and she told me that someday when I grew up, I would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any fun – no sports, and no political indoctrination. I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a while, on holidays, I went home. I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going on and what they were doing. Their loose lifestyle was very alarming to me. They lived without religion. By that time unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly. As time went along, I realized what a great deed my mother did so that I wasn’t exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy.
Equal Rights Hits Home:
In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established. All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps. At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant if you didn’t work, you didn’t get a ration card, and if you didn’t have a card, you starved to death. Women who stayed home to raise their families didn’t have any marketable skills and often had to take jobs more suited for men.
Soon after this, the draft was implemented. It was compulsory for young people, male and female, to give one year to the labor corps. During the day, the girls worked on the farms, and at night they returned to their barracks for military training just like the boys. They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated in the signal corps. After the labor corps, they were not discharged but were used in the front lines. When I go back to Austria to visit my family and friends, most of these women are emotional cripples because they just were not equipped to handle the horrors of combat.
Three months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid attack. I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into the labor corps and into military service.
Hitler Restructured the Family Through Daycare:
When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the government immediately established child care centers. You could take your children ages 4 weeks to school age and leave them there around-the-clock, 7 days a week, under the total care of the government. The state raised a whole generation of children. There were no motherly women to take care of the children, just people highly trained in child psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We knew we had been had.
Health Care and Small Business Suffer Under Government Controls:
Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna . After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government. The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m., 40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full. If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries.
As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80% of our income. Newly-weds immediately received a $1,000 loan from the government to establish a household. We had big programs for families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.
We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables. Government officials told him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar. He couldn’t meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business. If the government owned the large businesses and not many small ones existed, it could be in control.
We had consumer protection. We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.
“Mercy Killing” Redefined:
In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. So people inter-married and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school. One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write. The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interfere with the program and might cause homesickness.
As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia.
The Final Steps – Gun Laws:
Next came gun registration. People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station to register their firearms. Not long after-wards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.
No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.
Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath.
Instead, we had creeping gradualism.
Now, our only weapons were broom handles. The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by little eroded our freedom.
After World War II, Russian troops occupied Austria . Women were raped, preteen to elderly. The press never wrote about this either. When the Soviets left in 1955, they took everything that they could, dismantling whole factories in the process. They sawed down whole orchards of fruit, and what they couldn’t destroy, they burned. We called it The Burned Earth. Most of the population barricaded themselves in their houses. Women hid in their cellars for 6 weeks as the troops mobilized. Those who couldn’t, paid the price. There is a monument in Vienna today, dedicated to those women who were massacred by the Russians. This is an eye witness account.
“It’s true, those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity. American truly is the Greatest Country in the World. Don’t let freedom slip away. After America, there is no place to go.”
by george
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Super Competitive US Airlines
E-mail to Congress:
EIN News says, "U.S. Airlines' Attempt to Increase Fares Fizzles. U.S. airlines' second attempt of 2010 to raise ticket prices has fizzled, with major carriers pulling back fares over the long holiday weekend, according to Farecompare.com. (reuters.com)".
Warning! Please do not look at this as another opportunity for a stupid bailout. Let's first understand the situation.
From other sources, I have heard that airlines are not making money. The attempt to increase fares was an attempt to increase revenues, without an increase in costs, in order to make some profit. This is what private companies should do. However in this case, there are too many competitors, which have driven prices down below a reasonable operating level. These excess competitors will not allow price raising.
The only solution is to have the least efficient suppliers go out of business, which would then allow the remaining competitors to raise prices to a profitable level.
Government interference by bailout of the least competitive suppliers will only persist a non-realistic loss level in the industry as a whole. We have already seen this in the case of automobile manufacturers. Bailout of General Motors only exacerbated the losses of the automobile industry as a whole. Sooner or later the number of suppliers must be materially reduced, in order for the most efficient to remain in business and supply public needs. I say that only from a capitalistic point of view. From a Marxist point of view, government could continue to subsidize all forms of inefficiency until such time as the whole system collapses.
EIN News says, "U.S. Airlines' Attempt to Increase Fares Fizzles. U.S. airlines' second attempt of 2010 to raise ticket prices has fizzled, with major carriers pulling back fares over the long holiday weekend, according to Farecompare.com. (reuters.com)".
Warning! Please do not look at this as another opportunity for a stupid bailout. Let's first understand the situation.
From other sources, I have heard that airlines are not making money. The attempt to increase fares was an attempt to increase revenues, without an increase in costs, in order to make some profit. This is what private companies should do. However in this case, there are too many competitors, which have driven prices down below a reasonable operating level. These excess competitors will not allow price raising.
The only solution is to have the least efficient suppliers go out of business, which would then allow the remaining competitors to raise prices to a profitable level.
Government interference by bailout of the least competitive suppliers will only persist a non-realistic loss level in the industry as a whole. We have already seen this in the case of automobile manufacturers. Bailout of General Motors only exacerbated the losses of the automobile industry as a whole. Sooner or later the number of suppliers must be materially reduced, in order for the most efficient to remain in business and supply public needs. I say that only from a capitalistic point of view. From a Marxist point of view, government could continue to subsidize all forms of inefficiency until such time as the whole system collapses.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Jeopardizing UK/US Relations?
E-mail to Congress:
EIN News says, "Britain Can No Longer Be Trusted, Says U.S. Intelligence ties between London and Washington have been jeopardized by a British court's disclosure that a terrorism suspect was beaten and shackled in U.S. custody, diplomats and security officials said. Fears in the United States that Britain can no longer be trusted with secrets is prompting an urgent assessment of relations between the allies and - according to some sources - has already slowed the flow of sensitive information from the U.S. (cbsnews.com)".
Do not overreact. The British Royal family and its governmental arm have for many years been a valuable and trusted ally of the US. In spite of that, it would have been and continues to be silly to trust a foreign government with significant political and military information, in which it would actually have no need.
I consider the release by a British court of all time all time information concerning US treatment of a terrorism suspect to be insignificant. Terrorism suspects should be beaten and shackled as required to protect the American public. Myrandizing a murder suspect and subsequent shackling and torture are unjustified with respect to an individual's private rights. The essence here is that the suspect is not likely to jeopardize life and limb of a large number of people. That is not the case with a terrorism suspect.
We don't jeopardize international relations based on the philosophy and statements of a single non-powerful person. If that person had been the Queen of England or the Prime Minister, it would be a completely different matter.
EIN News says, "Britain Can No Longer Be Trusted, Says U.S. Intelligence ties between London and Washington have been jeopardized by a British court's disclosure that a terrorism suspect was beaten and shackled in U.S. custody, diplomats and security officials said. Fears in the United States that Britain can no longer be trusted with secrets is prompting an urgent assessment of relations between the allies and - according to some sources - has already slowed the flow of sensitive information from the U.S. (cbsnews.com)".
Do not overreact. The British Royal family and its governmental arm have for many years been a valuable and trusted ally of the US. In spite of that, it would have been and continues to be silly to trust a foreign government with significant political and military information, in which it would actually have no need.
I consider the release by a British court of all time all time information concerning US treatment of a terrorism suspect to be insignificant. Terrorism suspects should be beaten and shackled as required to protect the American public. Myrandizing a murder suspect and subsequent shackling and torture are unjustified with respect to an individual's private rights. The essence here is that the suspect is not likely to jeopardize life and limb of a large number of people. That is not the case with a terrorism suspect.
We don't jeopardize international relations based on the philosophy and statements of a single non-powerful person. If that person had been the Queen of England or the Prime Minister, it would be a completely different matter.
Pres. Obama Snake Oil Salesman
I sent the following message to Sen. Cornyn:
'In your Update of Thursday, February 12, 2010. You said, "While I thought the President gave a well-delivered speech and I was happy to hear him mention tax relief for small-businesses, I was on the whole disappointed and remain skeptical about the President’s resolve to follow through on his promises based on his track record. I’m hoping to see this year more action from this White House and less talk."
It is nice that your personality presses you to look for the silver lining, but the downside is to be deceived.
Pres Obama is a super snake oil salesman. You can start to question the quality of the snake oil, but it is still snake oil intended to destroy the US as a Republic and replace it with a Marxist regime. Negotiating with him will be like negotiating with a suicide bomber.'
'In your Update of Thursday, February 12, 2010. You said, "While I thought the President gave a well-delivered speech and I was happy to hear him mention tax relief for small-businesses, I was on the whole disappointed and remain skeptical about the President’s resolve to follow through on his promises based on his track record. I’m hoping to see this year more action from this White House and less talk."
It is nice that your personality presses you to look for the silver lining, but the downside is to be deceived.
Pres Obama is a super snake oil salesman. You can start to question the quality of the snake oil, but it is still snake oil intended to destroy the US as a Republic and replace it with a Marxist regime. Negotiating with him will be like negotiating with a suicide bomber.'
Friday, February 5, 2010
Increased Unoccupied Residences
E-mail the Congress:
EIN News says, "U.S. Vacancy Rate Increases As Banks Seize More Homes. The share of homes vacant and for sale rose in the fourth quarter after banks seized property from borrowers who defaulted on mortgages. The homeowner vacancy rate increased to 2.7 percent from 2.6 percent in the third quarter, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a report today. There were 2.09 million empty properties on the market, up from 1.99 million, according to the report. (bloomberg.com)".
Please don't monkey with this. The problem was caused by government trying to force people into their own homes, when those persons could not afford to pay for them. This bloated the market for housing, and should now be considered inventory. The market routinely handles excess inventory. It doesn't need government intervention in any form.
The excess inventory will be handled by reduced sales prices, decreased current production, conversion to other facilities, demolition, etc. Inventory reduction takes time. Nobody in this country is suffering from a lack of place to live. They may not like their current accommodations, but perhaps that will be motivation to apply greater efforts in improving their situation. The big impediment to improving lifestyle is individual lack of money, caused by the Obama administration's persecution of business, which then leads to uncertainty and unwillingness to develop business and jobs.
EIN News says, "U.S. Vacancy Rate Increases As Banks Seize More Homes. The share of homes vacant and for sale rose in the fourth quarter after banks seized property from borrowers who defaulted on mortgages. The homeowner vacancy rate increased to 2.7 percent from 2.6 percent in the third quarter, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a report today. There were 2.09 million empty properties on the market, up from 1.99 million, according to the report. (bloomberg.com)".
Please don't monkey with this. The problem was caused by government trying to force people into their own homes, when those persons could not afford to pay for them. This bloated the market for housing, and should now be considered inventory. The market routinely handles excess inventory. It doesn't need government intervention in any form.
The excess inventory will be handled by reduced sales prices, decreased current production, conversion to other facilities, demolition, etc. Inventory reduction takes time. Nobody in this country is suffering from a lack of place to live. They may not like their current accommodations, but perhaps that will be motivation to apply greater efforts in improving their situation. The big impediment to improving lifestyle is individual lack of money, caused by the Obama administration's persecution of business, which then leads to uncertainty and unwillingness to develop business and jobs.
Listen to Foreign Lobbyists
E-mail to Congress:
EIN News says, "Republican Senate Leader McConnell Fighting Effort To Block U.S. Political Spending By Foreign Corporations. You'd think that if there were one Democratic initiative that Republicans in Congress might be bashful about opposing -- especially given the current anti-corporate climate in the country -- it would be a bid to stop foreign corporations from pouring money into our elections. You'd be wrong. In fact, they're willing to stand up in support of those foreign corporations' right to do so. (talkingpointsmemo.com)".
What's the big deal here? Congress has for years been listening to every little claptrap, pie-in-the-sky minority, and making laws to the disadvantage of the general public. Why not let foreign corporations lobby you and your associates? Maybe they can inject some common sense or at least get you folks to the point of making decisions based on facts and logic, rather than who squeals the most.
The thing that really hurts me is the "current anti-corporate climate in this country". Early Congresses developed corporate law to aid in the development of the nation. It has been successful, but the present Obama Administration is tearing it down. They want a complete Marxist philosophy and corporations must go. If you believe in that and like the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, such as I have seen in my lifetime, keep doing what you are doing. That is, support Obama in his endeavor. If you don't believe our future lies in Marxism, you better be fighting the Administration tooth and nail.
EIN News says, "Republican Senate Leader McConnell Fighting Effort To Block U.S. Political Spending By Foreign Corporations. You'd think that if there were one Democratic initiative that Republicans in Congress might be bashful about opposing -- especially given the current anti-corporate climate in the country -- it would be a bid to stop foreign corporations from pouring money into our elections. You'd be wrong. In fact, they're willing to stand up in support of those foreign corporations' right to do so. (talkingpointsmemo.com)".
What's the big deal here? Congress has for years been listening to every little claptrap, pie-in-the-sky minority, and making laws to the disadvantage of the general public. Why not let foreign corporations lobby you and your associates? Maybe they can inject some common sense or at least get you folks to the point of making decisions based on facts and logic, rather than who squeals the most.
The thing that really hurts me is the "current anti-corporate climate in this country". Early Congresses developed corporate law to aid in the development of the nation. It has been successful, but the present Obama Administration is tearing it down. They want a complete Marxist philosophy and corporations must go. If you believe in that and like the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, such as I have seen in my lifetime, keep doing what you are doing. That is, support Obama in his endeavor. If you don't believe our future lies in Marxism, you better be fighting the Administration tooth and nail.
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