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Our Government-Created
Financial Crisis

Creators Syndicate, by Walter E. Williams

Original Article

Posted By:StormCnter, 12/12/2012 6:00:08 AM

Suppose you saw a building on fire. Would you seek counsel from the arsonist who set it ablaze for advice on how to put it out? You say, "Williams, you´d have to be a lunatic to do that!" But that´s precisely what we´ve done: turned to the people who created our fiscal crisis to fix it. I have never read a better account of our doing just that than in John A. Allison´s new book, "The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure." Allison is the former CEO of Branch Banking and Trust, the nation´s 10th largest bank.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Country Boy, 12/12/2012 6:53:07 AM     (No. 9060961)

Economic collapse now. 2012. Just amazing.

We are living in an era of unprecedented technological advance. No major wars. Without a blooming fascist obama-government, GDP growth would be north of 6%, unending.

No, the Dems and RINOs just cannot leave their hands off the nation´s wealth. The fraudsters (called "Progressives") are so morally bankrupt they cannot live with gov a 20% GDP. Have to take it over the edge.

I do believe in Karma. See all you rotten libs in Hell.


Reply 2 - Posted by: pgvoisin, 12/12/2012 7:11:32 AM     (No. 9060977)

Main Street abides by the Law.
Wall Street breaks the Law.
Washington ignores the Law.

When do we all play by the same rules?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: WAN2, 12/12/2012 7:41:15 AM     (No. 9061004)

The government can´t print gold. That has pickled politicians from Day 1.


Reply 4 - Posted by: RussVet, 12/12/2012 7:47:25 AM     (No. 9061014)

Obozo couldn´t have play commie in 2008 but they should have given the stimulus money to the people in the form of tax cuts and put the fraud bankers in jail ... All this would have been behind us
Over the 2008 crash no banker has gone to jail yet (they got rich); the goberment wants more taxes and the Dems Community (Communist) Reform Act that broke the housing market still exists... Obozo has No Federal budget in 4 years, so raise taxes for WHAT. No proposed cuts to entitlements, unbelievable


Reply 5 - Posted by: Amicus Veritatis, 12/12/2012 9:23:06 AM     (No. 9061190)

Williams nails it again. Most of the current crop of federal level politicians appear to be motivated only by their own personal self-interest, the perks, the perception of power, living off of us all and above the law. They are as much on the dole as any welfare cheats are. They are repulsive. Our system is broken and it´s time to cash in this clunker. We solved this problem once quite effectively back in the 18th century.

As for our economy? Just three simple, single syllable words, seemingly impossible and improbable words-"The Fair Tax."

By today´s standards they are as unlikely as the words-"The United States of America" were about 230 years ago but well worth the fight, IMHO.


Reply 6 - Posted by: nonsense, 12/12/2012 9:41:55 AM     (No. 9061237)

I´d like to believe that we can last until the end of the decade, although that is only 7 years away. 4 more years of unrelenting misery, then 3 short years to halt the Fundamental Transformation/Destruction. Hoping for a miracle.


Reply 7 - Posted by: craige, 12/12/2012 9:46:19 AM     (No. 9061244)

The way out of this is simple.
It is already being implemented, to a degree.
Dr. Williams even mentions it.

INFLATION. If the dollar is inflated down to 10 cents, then the debt is only 1.6 trillion.

Currently, the money supply is only being inflated by about 1 trillion a year, or 10%. This could be doubled or tripled, if our ´leaders´ desire it.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Salt5792, 12/12/2012 10:08:49 AM     (No. 9061311)

GWB gave little or no support to the CRA.


Reply 9 - Posted by: jimmiet, 12/12/2012 10:35:11 AM     (No. 9061371)

Government produces nothing. The risk taking entrepreneurs, farmers, manufacturers, etc have learned from the ivy league guys that´s it´s tougher to compete with them if they have a politician on their side to pass the laws to keep the next guy from entering the arena. Big business loves big government. Right? Mr Imelt.



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