Posted by
CKHustler on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:03:14 AM
The Judiciary Continued
From MCLEAN's Edition, New York.
HAMILTON
Federalist Paper #79
"In the general course of human nature, A POWER OVER A MAN's SUBSISTENCE AMOUNTS TO A POWER OVER HIS WILL."
Well, well, well, look what we have here. Once again our founders take human nature into effect, while our current leaders have done nothing of the sort in their lives. What do you believe the true cause of instilling the welfare programs? Is anyone cynical enough to believe it was to control that part of the population? Does it take cynicism to believe that? Or just a logical approach? First we must ask if the poor in our country were suddenly in more peril before they enacted that social programs, than before that time at all. Clearly they were not. The 60's is when much of this was put into place. What has happened since then? The welfare programs have only increased the amount of people that fall under that category! When you enable people to get along while doing nothing, or close to, they will do nothing. Human nature at work. With the clearly negative impact, what would be the alternative intentions of the program? If it was to solely help the poor, the programs would have been removed long ago because of their failure. I can only see one possibility and that is control millions of votes. That answer is plain as day.
"What might be extravagant to-day, might in half a century become penurious and inadequate."
One thing that irks me is how we always take inflation of currency for granted. Why we ever left the gold standard is beyond me. It would force our government to act responsible because they would be unable to print money at will. Inflation would be non-existent, but I don't see any problem with this. Market patterns would be easier to see I would suspect, because with the currency on a constant, a change in prices would be ever more noticeable. I know they can monitor that and have algorithms to convert currencies from years, but take this housing crisis for example. If for a hundred years the price of housing never changed(as it didn't in adjusted currency for the most part, until recently), even the average American would have noticed something was wrong when prices went up. Right now only the "experts" know what is going on, but simplify it a bit and everyone can be on their guard. Seems to streamline the process in my opinion.
"As the President is to be elected for no more than four years, it can
rarely happen that an adequate salary, fixed at the commencement of
that period, will not continue to be such to its end."
Are we about to see history in the making? As our government decides to print off billions, our dollar will slowly lose value. If the G20 decides to start moving away from the dollar, it will plummet in value. Bada bing bada boom, and the Presidents compensation is worthless as I drag my barrel full of cash for my loaf of bread.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke