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The Dismanteling of the Statue of Liberty (by Floyd Brown)
We're all taught in elementary school that America is a democracy
that every one of us has a say in how were governed.
But unfortunately, Im here to report that our teachers were dead wrong. In fact, we might as well take down our monuments of freedom while were at it.
You see, researchers at Princeton University have definitively concluded that America isnt a democracy
instead, its an oligarchy.
Dictionary.com defines an oligarchy as a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. And sadly, it looks like the Ivy League elite who study our government hit the mark this time.
The definition proffered by the researchers is only slightly different: "An oligarchy is a system where power is effectively wielded by a small number of individuals defined by their status called oligarchs. Members of the oligarchy are the rich, the well-connected and the politically powerful, as well as particularly well-placed individuals in institutions like banking and finance or the military."
So the real question is: How did our democratic republic, known for the slogan, "Power to the People," slip silently into the hand of the billionaires, Hollywood moguls and political elites?
Did it slowly succumb? Was it secretly taken over? Or was it always in the hands of the elite? I'm not sure any historian could give us an adequate answer, but I intend to share my own.
Gov't of the Money, By the Money and for the Money
Luckily, my answer is simple. The problem is big government.
When America was founded, the central government was small and remote. Most people never had cause to deal with the government, so they really didn't pay much attention.
Taxes were miniscule and were mostly collected as tariffs on goods coming in and out of a few harbor towns. There was no personal income tax, no capital gains tax and no corporate income tax.
Money consisted of a particular weight of silver or gold, and people didn't worry about government manipulation of the currency. The government couldn't f**e or inflate a silver dollar or a $20 gold piece.
Schools were organized by local communities, and the government didn't have a reason to interfere. This was long before the days of Common Core State Standards, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests and sex education mandates.
On top of that, there was no Department of Agriculture to tell farmers which crops to plant or how much they'd get paid for a gallon of milk or a block of cheese.
I could go on like this about a hundred other agencies that utopians had yet to dream up at the time of our country's founding, but you get the point.
Once the government began to grow, our democracy was toast.
Then political insiders learned they could fleece one group of people and - as Barack Obama is famous for saying - "spread the wealth around." Immediately afterward, groups began spending money on e******ns to get "their guy" in office. Their guy would "bring home the bacon."
What started as small corruption mushroomed into widespread corruption within a matter of years... and then the big money got involved.
The government began to bestow favors on select groups, and the big money started to collect its portion. Thus, the system grew until 2008, when we bailed out the biggest and wealthiest banks and insurance firms in the country. TARP money kept storied companies like Goldman Sachs (GS) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM) out of bankruptcy, while the taxpayers and the little guys took it in the chops.
The billionaires who had their fortunes protected by the government largess in TARP included Warren Buffett, George Soros and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. They've all remained billionaires despite being heavily invested in financial firms that took money from TARP. If Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan had been allowed to go bankrupt, the damage to these billionaires' portfolios would've been much worse. These three are not alone, of course, but merely noteworthy examples of how the oligarchs benefit directly from government action.
The bottom line is, until we end the fleecing and the payoffs, the elites will continue to rule America. The reality remains that the money they spend to control Congress and the presidency is chump change when compared to the money they pocket.
Your eyes on the Hill,
Floyd Brown
rhomin57 wrote:
copied material "Capital Hill Daily, 4/25/14:"
The Dismanteling of the Statue of Liberty (by Floyd Brown)
We're all taught in elementary school that America is a democracy
that every one of us has a say in how were governed.
But unfortunately, Im here to report that our teachers were dead wrong. In fact, we might as well take down our monuments of freedom while were at it.
You see, researchers at Princeton University have definitively concluded that America isnt a democracy
instead, its an oligarchy.
Dictionary.com defines an oligarchy as a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. And sadly, it looks like the Ivy League elite who study our government hit the mark this time.
The definition proffered by the researchers is only slightly different: "An oligarchy is a system where power is effectively wielded by a small number of individuals defined by their status called oligarchs. Members of the oligarchy are the rich, the well-connected and the politically powerful, as well as particularly well-placed individuals in institutions like banking and finance or the military."
So the real question is: How did our democratic republic, known for the slogan, "Power to the People," slip silently into the hand of the billionaires, Hollywood moguls and political elites?
Did it slowly succumb? Was it secretly taken over? Or was it always in the hands of the elite? I'm not sure any historian could give us an adequate answer, but I intend to share my own.
Gov't of the Money, By the Money and for the Money
Luckily, my answer is simple. The problem is big government.
When America was founded, the central government was small and remote. Most people never had cause to deal with the government, so they really didn't pay much attention.
Taxes were miniscule and were mostly collected as tariffs on goods coming in and out of a few harbor towns. There was no personal income tax, no capital gains tax and no corporate income tax.
Money consisted of a particular weight of silver or gold, and people didn't worry about government manipulation of the currency. The government couldn't f**e or inflate a silver dollar or a $20 gold piece.
Schools were organized by local communities, and the government didn't have a reason to interfere. This was long before the days of Common Core State Standards, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests and sex education mandates.
On top of that, there was no Department of Agriculture to tell farmers which crops to plant or how much they'd get paid for a gallon of milk or a block of cheese.
I could go on like this about a hundred other agencies that utopians had yet to dream up at the time of our country's founding, but you get the point.
Once the government began to grow, our democracy was toast.
Then political insiders learned they could fleece one group of people and - as Barack Obama is famous for saying - "spread the wealth around." Immediately afterward, groups began spending money on e******ns to get "their guy" in office. Their guy would "bring home the bacon."
What started as small corruption mushroomed into widespread corruption within a matter of years... and then the big money got involved.
The government began to bestow favors on select groups, and the big money started to collect its portion. Thus, the system grew until 2008, when we bailed out the biggest and wealthiest banks and insurance firms in the country. TARP money kept storied companies like Goldman Sachs (GS) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM) out of bankruptcy, while the taxpayers and the little guys took it in the chops.
The billionaires who had their fortunes protected by the government largess in TARP included Warren Buffett, George Soros and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. They've all remained billionaires despite being heavily invested in financial firms that took money from TARP. If Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan had been allowed to go bankrupt, the damage to these billionaires' portfolios would've been much worse. These three are not alone, of course, but merely noteworthy examples of how the oligarchs benefit directly from government action.
The bottom line is, until we end the fleecing and the payoffs, the elites will continue to rule America. The reality remains that the money they spend to control Congress and the presidency is chump change when compared to the money they pocket.
Your eyes on the Hill,
Floyd Brown
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i read this article and it made me wonder...does not the word 'oligarch' remind you of 'new world order'? new world order involves bankers.
You are actually right. In latin, the word 'oligos' means "Few". Also in latin, the word 'archos' means "Ruler."
Put those two latin words together 'oligos + archos', and you have our word: "Oligarchy, meaning 1. government in which a few persons have the ruling power. 2. the ruling persons.
Obama and Pelosi knew ahead of time that our Incentive money given to bail out our banks, would go also into their Bonus packages. They didn't mind as it was friends in their pockets. The ones who minded, objected, and made sure some of it was paid back- was 'mostly' the Republicans. This was broadcasted on the news, and in the media.
In what is the Democrat and Republican Parties: The Republican Party is: Rightwing, Conservative, "Power belonging to the People."
The Democrat Party is: Leftwing, Liberal, "Power kept in Government." (Never has this been so apparent as now)
cesspool jones wrote:
i read this article and it made me wonder...does not the word 'oligarch' remind you of 'new world order'? new world order involves bankers.
fuck this s**t!! Are we gona stand around and let this bulls**t go futher?!!! fuck that man and fuck that fuckn government!!! let us U.S. citizens come together black , white who gives a dam!! lets come together with our own new world order!! lets take our country back! if we gotta die then let freedom ring! my name is Michael fuckn merica im in vegas lets come together from allover iur gid given land and fight fir our god given lifeshain. my number 7024096258. come on a
As said, those who aren't against us, are for us!!! God Bless America~
godzhellraisinson wrote:
fuck this s**t!! Are we gona stand around and let this bulls**t go futher?!!! fuck that man and fuck that fuckn government!!! let us U.S. citizens come together black , white who gives a dam!! lets come together with our own new world order!! lets take our country back! if we gotta die then let freedom ring! my name is Michael fuckn merica im in vegas lets come together from allover iur gid given land and fight fir our god given lifeshain. my number 7024096258. come on a
The dismanteling of the Statue of Liberty started under Reagan and continued under Nixon, Bush and really picked up speed with baby Bush and is now under full power with the bigots and r****t in the republican house and senate.
godzhellraisinson wrote:
fuck this s**t!! Are we gona stand around and let this bulls**t go futher?!!! fuck that man and fuck that fuckn government!!! let us U.S. citizens come together black , white who gives a dam!! lets come together with our own new world order!! lets take our country back! if we gotta die then let freedom ring! my name is Michael fuckn merica im in vegas lets come together from allover iur gid given land and fight fir our god given lifeshain. my number 7024096258. come on a
i'm going to post "america...which crossroad do we take." you should like this.
rhomin57 wrote:
copied material "Capital Hill Daily, 4/25/14:"
The Dismanteling of the Statue of Liberty (by Floyd Brown)
We're all taught in elementary school that America is a democracy
that every one of us has a say in how were governed.
But unfortunately, Im here to report that our teachers were dead wrong. In fact, we might as well take down our monuments of freedom while were at it.
You see, researchers at Princeton University have definitively concluded that America isnt a democracy
instead, its an oligarchy.
Dictionary.com defines an oligarchy as a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few. And sadly, it looks like the Ivy League elite who study our government hit the mark this time.
The definition proffered by the researchers is only slightly different: "An oligarchy is a system where power is effectively wielded by a small number of individuals defined by their status called oligarchs. Members of the oligarchy are the rich, the well-connected and the politically powerful, as well as particularly well-placed individuals in institutions like banking and finance or the military."
So the real question is: How did our democratic republic, known for the slogan, "Power to the People," slip silently into the hand of the billionaires, Hollywood moguls and political elites?
Did it slowly succumb? Was it secretly taken over? Or was it always in the hands of the elite? I'm not sure any historian could give us an adequate answer, but I intend to share my own.
Gov't of the Money, By the Money and for the Money
Luckily, my answer is simple. The problem is big government.
When America was founded, the central government was small and remote. Most people never had cause to deal with the government, so they really didn't pay much attention.
Taxes were miniscule and were mostly collected as tariffs on goods coming in and out of a few harbor towns. There was no personal income tax, no capital gains tax and no corporate income tax.
Money consisted of a particular weight of silver or gold, and people didn't worry about government manipulation of the currency. The government couldn't f**e or inflate a silver dollar or a $20 gold piece.
Schools were organized by local communities, and the government didn't have a reason to interfere. This was long before the days of Common Core State Standards, No Child Left Behind, standardized tests and sex education mandates.
On top of that, there was no Department of Agriculture to tell farmers which crops to plant or how much they'd get paid for a gallon of milk or a block of cheese.
I could go on like this about a hundred other agencies that utopians had yet to dream up at the time of our country's founding, but you get the point.
Once the government began to grow, our democracy was toast.
Then political insiders learned they could fleece one group of people and - as Barack Obama is famous for saying - "spread the wealth around." Immediately afterward, groups began spending money on e******ns to get "their guy" in office. Their guy would "bring home the bacon."
What started as small corruption mushroomed into widespread corruption within a matter of years... and then the big money got involved.
The government began to bestow favors on select groups, and the big money started to collect its portion. Thus, the system grew until 2008, when we bailed out the biggest and wealthiest banks and insurance firms in the country. TARP money kept storied companies like Goldman Sachs (GS) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM) out of bankruptcy, while the taxpayers and the little guys took it in the chops.
The billionaires who had their fortunes protected by the government largess in TARP included Warren Buffett, George Soros and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. They've all remained billionaires despite being heavily invested in financial firms that took money from TARP. If Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan had been allowed to go bankrupt, the damage to these billionaires' portfolios would've been much worse. These three are not alone, of course, but merely noteworthy examples of how the oligarchs benefit directly from government action.
The bottom line is, until we end the fleecing and the payoffs, the elites will continue to rule America. The reality remains that the money they spend to control Congress and the presidency is chump change when compared to the money they pocket.
Your eyes on the Hill,
Floyd Brown
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Excellent post....Well thought out and stated in simple terms.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Don Overton wrote:
The dismanteling of the Statue of Liberty started under Reagan and continued under Nixon, Bush and really picked up speed with baby Bush and is now under full power with the bigots and r****t in the republican house and senate.
You do mean all the democrats don't you...? After all it was all you socialist liberals who elected The.... know nothing...done nothing... do nothing ....UN American.....1/2 breed....Muslim.....Lier...to the office of president....Just so you wouldn't be called a r****t...
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