Do you understand what I am saying? I don't think so, so I will try again. The earmarks are only a small percentage of what is being spent, and there
is a LOT more that is being 'lost', and even more being spent without Congressional and public oversight, re. no accountability. So maybe they have
10 billion dollar toilet seats. Who knows. And don't say it couldn't happen.
The Army loses tanks, the AF loses planes and missiles. The government loses trillions. And you are worried about .02 percent of that? Spend your
time on the higher loses, not the lowest. They are using the earmarks to distract you from their thefts.
We recently lost trillions in the stock market, trillions more in r.e., and everyone is worried about a half trillion spent on bailouts? The
government has not issued most of the US currency for a long time, and now the banks stopped counterfeiting it, so the government has to issue
thousands of billions thru printing, giving, or spending, just to stop deflation. Inflation is not going to stop for a long time, the Fed not
withstanding. They raise and lower interest rates to try and control the amount of lending the banksters do, because that is how the banksters
counterfeit money. By loaning out money that does not exist. So it affects the M1. Otherwise, they could just control how much they print. During the
runaway inflation of the 70s, the government was responsible for only a small fraction of that. It was the banks counterfeiting money like crazy. That
is exactly what caused the Great Depression, and what is causing GD II now. But the banksters bribe politicians thru their PACs, so they won't bite
the hand that puts them in mansions, on golf courses, on Lear jets. Accomplices all.
The price of gold has not risen nearly as much as it should, due to manipulation and fraud in the gold industry, and the banksters I guess, too.
NONE of the politicians, Ron Paul included, is addressing the chief economic problems' numero uno cause. The price of silver is another matter. It
is not even up to the historical percentage of gold price, and yet it has many miltary and industrial uses that consume it. Once, then it is gone.
Gold goes on your sarcophagus, then becomes a pendant, then becomes a watch, then becomes a wedding ring, but it is still there. Silver goes into,
say, a missile and explodes. End of silver. Our new satellite tech, and new gold prospecting tech is making huge surpluses of gold now. We are finding
ancient shipwrecks, and missed gold in old mines. Not so much silver.
I'm starting to like silver, but perhaps the silver market is also being rigged. Like the Hunts did before. I talked to a New York silver
trader today, and they wanted a 15% commision. Yeah, right. And I want an 85% commission to sell it back. The thing to get now is gold or silver old
coins in excellent condition. Such numismatics are the hobby of the wealthy, and when the price of the metals rises, the percentage price of
collectibles rises even more.
Be careful when you buy anything on paper, and not in your hand. There is much 'naked shorting' going on. They sell you a stock, and later you
try to sell it when the market is collapsing. Then you find out that they sold you a worthless piece of paper that gave you no ownership of anything.
It was fraud. So what are you going to do? Sue them? Costs alot, and IF you win, (not guaranteed in lawless courts) you will get your award in highly
inflated dollars perhaps. It's a crap shoot. You might just end up with huge legal bills, from highly paid professional liars. (Sigh) It's a good
day to....
[edit on 17-3-2009 by Gregarious]