More “Stimulus” Stuff
Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been sick most of the week and am just now starting to feel better…
The big news is the “stimulus” package that is about to be passed whether or not the American people want it to.
My friend Art sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal which talks about what all is included in the “stimulus.” It is pretty ridiculous.
But on top of this, there are are some truly outrageous things in the bill. Under the terms of the bill, illegal immigrants who have been working in this country illegally will be able to get a tax rebate check of $500 per person. Seriously.
This bill also gives money to dairy farmers to take their dairy cows out of production in order to raise the price of milk and create a greater profit for the dairy industry. This type of government intervention is not only wrong, it is very dangerous. Remember that less that a year ago, there was a global “food crisis” going on in which hundreds of millions (if not billions) of people were on the verge of starving. By paying farmers to not produce food and drink, our government is playing a very dangerous game. But this is not a game. This is real life. If government intervention causes the price of food to go up, people could actually die.
Here is an interesting article from CNN that was sent to me by two of my friends, Squeak and Hawk (yes, I have a friend named Squeak and a friend named Hawk). This talks about solutions that Libertarians have come up with to address the current [government manufactured] crisis. I dont support all of them and there are at least two that I completely disagree with, but they are all better than what we are going to end up spending the money on.
I want to write more, but this is getting to be too long. Ill have an article for yall tomorrow.
Americanly Yours,
Phred Barnet
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