Friday, April 24, 2009
Secession
rappers
Time for Rhode Island to go it Alone?
Rappers responded to a question about secession; as in, should rhode island secede from the country? The question was prompted by the emotion at last week’s ‘tea parties’. In Texas, there were calls for secession, and even Governor Rick Perry claimed it might be warranted because the federal government has abandoned the country’s founding principles of limited government. He said the federal government is strangling Americans with taxation, spending and debt. So how abouit little Rhody? Here are your responses.
Bill, please make a positive questions. Seceding was settled in 1865.
WM
If RI were to leave the Union we would be in some serious trouble, I mean more than now a lot more than now.
This state can not make it on the BILLIONS the feds already send us and if we were to go away that money would also and then where would donnie and the fools on the hill be?
Of course, we the people might tell them all to take a hike, pull out our guns and have us a little cleaning house party. Just kidding here.
Anyway, seriously no, we can not afford to pull out of the Union, we would probably become the toxic waste dump for all the states who stayed in the union, I mean worse than we all ready are.
Judith Coventry
With their hands in our pockets and a system that rewards the undeserving rich, passing the risk on to our kids; it is not enough to stop paying taxes we must all take advantage of bankruptcy management and walk away from our obligations.
We don’t know what the economy will look like in the future; We do know the past is gone, the wealthy increased their share of national wealth, and taxpayers are left to pay for it.
A system of just compensation for labor and services has been destroyed and replaced by excessive financial speculation with no liability; compensated and assisted to gamble wildly, creating artificially high asset prices leaving main street to shoulder any future downside risk while they privatize the gain in asset protection. The US Congress taking orders from Wall Street and having votes bought by lobbyists, banks and Financial institutions; created a speculative bubble in the housing market, private equity futures, hedge funds, and derivatives.
They got a guy who can’t figure out his own taxes; entrusted to fix the economy and figure out what to do with our money. Creating a program that is designed to keep asset prices artificially high while transferring the bulk of the losses to the taxpayer. It represents a massive shift of risk away from Wall Street and onto the back of the American taxpayer.
This crisis was caused by a purposeful and massive expansion of credit, which cannot be overcome with more credit. The one month rally “the worst is behind us” that’s been going on for the past two years; while vacancy rates, job losses, and credit card delinquency are on the rise looks like “glimmers of hope” speculation to postpone the crash and buy time to spread the risk on to everybody.
Government does not have any money of its own. It only has what it takes from the rest of us. If individuals meet their obligations and try to save for retirement, but their government takes on additional debt, we are all simply running up an avalanche.
Our Leaders have insured the commitment of our children in the Long War to “Birth the New Middle East”. They did not secure our borders and have devalued our savings and rewarded fraudulent fiscal policies. They do not represent main street as the polls show, they work for the New World Order keeping the ruled in the dark so why pay them.
Zuke
Rhode Island has had over 400 years to get it’s act together and it is
still a wanna-be state. It should be made part of Massachusetts or Connecticut.
Do nothing Governors, super high taxes, potholes, bridges falling apart,
plenty of illegals, no jobs, let’s all toast to RI with a coffee milk.
Oh yeah, it’s a great state!
stuckinri
