US government seizes pension funds,
invades Pakistan
by
Simon Black
May 17, 2011
Santiago, Chile
There are certain times in life when a man is faced with overwhelming
adversity… times when he has no reason to adhere to society’s norms
anymore. It is in these instances that the true quality of his
character comes shining through.
One of these situations is when he’s broke. Dead, flat broke. Some
people, even when staring deep into their own financial abyss, still hold
to their moral principles, honor their obligations, and keep their
word.
For others, the boundaries of morality are quickly blurred into shades of
gray, and things like fraud, thievery, and deception become perfectly
legitimate tactics in their minds.
Speaking of broke, faced with what is tantamount to the official
insolvency of the United States of America, policymakers have opted to
seize funds from the retirement accounts of public sector workers in
order to keep the government running.
Wow. America’s leaders are willing to engage in cannibalistic thievery in
order to continue funding government operations. I wonder what sorts of
operations are so important that they are willing to steal from their own
people in order to finance? Any ideas?
Apparently, starting a shooting war in Pakistan was at the top of their
list.
In the most insulting, disingenuous display of insensitivity and lack of
regard following such a momentous financial decision, the US Defense
Department decided to send helicopters into western Pakistan in a search
for more ghosts. Pakistani military fired on the choppers, and the
choppers fired back.
Seems like a good use of confiscated funds, no?
Never fear, though, the cracker jack squad of politicians in the 112th
Congress is clearly hard at work, spending all of their time and
attention at resolving the debt crisis and budget troubles.
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas, for example, proved to America that
she’s focused like a laser beam when she introduced bill HJ Res. 64 on
Friday afternoon. What exactly is
HJ Res
64? It’s a resolution to express support for designating September
2011 as Gospel Music Heritage Month.
The similarities to Nero playing his fiddle are all too obvious.
Adding injury to insult as it were, Ms. Jackson-Lee followed up HJ Res 64
with the introduction of
HR
1900, yet another bill to give TSA sweeping powers over “surface
transportation” such as train stations and bus terminals. Now you can be
molested in planes, trains, and automobiles. Coming soon: shopping
malls!
Not to be outdone by Ms. Jackson-Lee, Senator Barbara Boxer just
introduced
Senate
res 177 to designate May 15th through May 21st 2011 as “National
Public Works Week.” Wait a sec… that’s this week! Well what are we
waiting for, comrades!?! Grab a shovel, there’s dams to build!
To cap things off, President Obama is getting ready for his highly
publicized trip to Ireland next week where he will visit the ancestral
home of his great great great grandfather, a small town called
Moneygall.
About 298 people live in Moneygall. The town has swelled for the last two
months as US Secret Service agents and the President’s administrative
entourage have descended upon the town to prepare for his visit.
Important issues must be tended to… such as, “what kind of beer will the
President drink?”
I couldn’t even begin to estimate what the cost of this trip will be to
US taxpayers… but somehow I doubt it’s worth a single penny of seized
funds.
Like I said, there are certain times in life where a person’s true nature
comes shining through. The government is telling us here that, even when
faced with insolvency, it will happily confiscate any source of capital
it can, and then continue squandering it all on useless folly.
It really leaves me wondering when people are going to wake up and say to
themselves, “Enough is enough!”
http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/us-government-seizes-pension-funds-invades-pakistan
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