Guilty as Charged

I'd like to think that this was all a bit of creative editing on the part of British TV. But it's not.

We need to start a movement to criminalize stupidity. I can only hang my head in disgust.

Even the Best Underestimate the Power of Stupid

In reading some of the federalist papers, I came across this gem. Madison argues against the idea that a federal government will usurp additional powers based on the Constitution clause, "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States." There is no doubt in my mind that Madison over estimated men's morals and under estimated their stupidity.

Here is the excerpt from Federalist #41 that I find so interesting. Who were the people that opposed this language in the Constitution? I need to do some more research.

'Some, who have not denied the necessity of the power of taxation, have grounded a very fierce attack against the Constitution, on the language in which it is defined. It has been urged and echoed, that the power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States," amounts to an unlimited commission to exercise every power which may be alleged to be necessary for the common defense or general welfare. No stronger proof could be given of the distress under which these writers labor for objections, than their stooping to such a misconstruction.
Had no other enumeration or definition of the powers of the Congress been found in the Constitution, than the general expressions just cited, the authors of the objection might have had some color for it; though it would have been difficult to find a reason for so awkward a form of describing an authority to legislate in all possible cases. A power to destroy the freedom of the press, the trial by jury, or even to regulate the course of descents, or the forms of conveyances, must be very singularly expressed by the terms "to raise money for the general welfare.
"But what color can the objection have, when a specification of the objects alluded to by these general terms immediately follows, and is not even separated by a longer pause than a semicolon? If the different parts of the same instrument ought to be so expounded, as to give meaning to every part which will bear it, shall one part of the same sentence be excluded altogether from a share in the meaning; and shall the more doubtful and indefinite terms be retained in their full extent, and the clear and precise expressions be denied any signification whatsoever? For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power? Nothing is more natural nor common than first to use a general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of particulars. But the idea of an enumeration of particulars which neither explain nor qualify the general meaning, and can have no other effect than to confound and mislead, is an absurdity, which, as we are reduced to the dilemma of charging either on the authors of the objection or on the authors of the Constitution, we must take the liberty of supposing, had not its origin with the latter.
The objection here is the more extraordinary, as it appears that the language used by the convention is a copy from the articles of Confederation. The objects of the Union among the States, as described in article third, are "their common defense, security of their liberties, and mutual and general welfare. " The terms of article eighth are still more identical: "All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury," etc. A similar language again occurs in article ninth. Construe either of these articles by the rules which would justify the construction put on the new Constitution, and they vest in the existing Congress a power to legislate in all cases whatsoever. But what would have been thought of that assembly, if, attaching themselves to these general expressions, and disregarding the specifications which ascertain and limit their import, they had exercised an unlimited power of providing for the common defense and general welfare? I appeal to the objectors themselves, whether they would in that case have employed the same reasoning in justification of Congress as they now make use of against the convention. How difficult it is for error to escape its own condemnation!'

Joe Biden. Patriot Creator.

Now that they have completely subjugated the lower class, the Democratic party is trying to turn the middle class into entitlement whores. Let me get this straight Barrack Hood and Fryer Biden, you want to steal from the rich and give to the poor and middle class. Not because we've earned it, but because we're, apparently, entitled to it. And in doing so the rich are transformed into the greatest of all patriots (outside of Tom Brady and Thomas Jefferson).

Wow, what a wonderful story. But you fail to mention the second part of your "altruistic" plan. Because, you know and I know that in a couple of years, you're just going to raises the taxes on everyone to pay for your new social programs, or worse yet just cook the books and ignore your tax and spend and spend and spend philosophy.

Quite blowing smoke you giant gas bag. Until you financially-challenged ass goblins get your spending under control the tax situation will never be satisfactory to any class. Stop trying to redistribute wealth. Oh and one more thing.....THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KNOW HOW BEST TO USE OUR MONEY, WE DO!

Uncle Jimbo goes offsite

There's an interesting discussion in the comments of this blog post. Uncle Jimbo jumps in with both feet.

The Death Spiral Continues....

I was only able to get through about 2/3 of this before I threw up a little in my mouth. Let me get this straight. You're doing this to protect taxpayers? Hello, again can you please call us citizens? Or are you only protecting those that pay taxes? Also, tell me again how spending my [future] tax money to bail out GSE's with a "flawed business model" to save asshats that bought a house with no money down and no real ability to pay the mortgage is going to protect ME? Really, seriously, could you answer that one for me, please?

So now we haven't just dipped out toes in the mortgage business, now the United States of America is hip-deep in the mortgage business. And, as they say, so are the taxpayers. And where is this money coming from? Well the printing press of course. As Gazaker reminded me, we print a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.

At least Lockhart seems to have a clue, "There is a consensus today that these enterprises pose a systemic risk and they cannot continue in their current form. Government support needs to be either explicit or non-existent, and structured to resolve the conflict between public and private purposes." Well, we all know which way Congress will swing on that vote, the dumb monkey spankers.

God save the Constitution.

Finally, A Non-Fiction Documentary

If Uncle Jimbo was going to make a movie about the most vile citizen in the history of the United States. This would be it.

Call Me Crazy....

but the more I read from this guy, the more sense he makes. Another interesting perspective I heard on the radio today is that our tax and spend government is creating a new class of slaves. Yes. S L A V E S. Let that sink in for a minute. Let's call them Entitlement Slaves. And it's not limited to those on welfare. Have you participated in any government programs lately? Say, government subsidized mortgages or student loans? Government grants for small businesses?

All of these things produce some level of government dependency. What do they get in turn? Our taxes for one. Our souls for another. They feed the ugliest of basic human instincts. Get as much as you can for as little work as possible. Keep up with the Jones'. "Well if I don't use it, it'll either go to waste or someone else will get it."

We are becoming a nation of cash whores. Pockets turned inside out, hands out, mouths open. Take that image in. The outcome of this political experiment doesn't look to end well. Not at all.