Economy Problems: Mexico Scares Me! Look-out for Chavez!

As the entire world is having economic problems, what is next? Mexico has always been a “Third-World” country, but it is getting even worse, much worse, so what happens if the Mexican government completely collapses? You know how many people  are already coming here to get away and to make a living, if the entire thing down there goes bad, what will happen? Here is an article by Glenn Beck on FoxNews.com, “As Goes California, So Goes America”, read this for but one scenario, a very real situation, even if Mexico doesn’t fall apart.

Look at the events in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has pretty much set himself up as dictator, and the idiots that live there voted for it! Hmm, reminds me a bit of our most recent Presidential election here! It just goes to show you, if you promise people something for nothing, they fall for it every time! What is really scary, and should give people even more reason to worry, is who Chavez’s friends are, look at the picture, Chavez and Ahmadinejad look pretty chummy!

I know why they are laughing, they are talking about how they and Obama are going to wreck the U.S. and take over the entire North American continent, like Canada would do anything. Ffirst it starts out socialism, then its communism! Why would any of that make Ahmadinejad happy? Simple, Chavez and Obama take the West, Putin takes Europe and Asia, and Ahmadinejad takes the Middle east and Africa! With America out of the way, since Obama is helping them, the disease of socialism can spread, the U.S. becomes a poor country, and then we are all here just wondering what happened! Funny thing is that nobody seems to know what is bad about socialism. You can’t blame Bush for that one!

Yes, that is a severely exaggerated opinion of but one possible scenario, and I pray to God that Obama is not going to let it go that far, but, my point is, It Could Happen! Remember  “Yes, We Can” and “Change You Can Believe In” and all of the rest? Americans were acting like the lemmings down there in Venezuela, I have to say, I am embarrassed, I am a Proud American, and to see where we are headed is a big dissappointment.

There always have been poor people and there always will be. The whole point of Free Markets and Capitalism is so that if you work hard enough you can make it to the top, way above the bottom, the whole point of Socialism is to make everybody the same, and, if you look at Venezuela, that means everybody but the Dictator is poor! Yes, Capitalism can also be described as “Survival of the Fittest”, people and businesses may fail, but, it is that opportunity to make it back to the top!

I heard an old German saying that translates to something like this; A man who makes a lot of mistakes, works hard, A man who makes no mistakes, is a lazy dog! How many mistakes have you made?

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Spoiled Rotten: Can you fix Capitalism with Socialism?

For some reason there is this confusion over what is right and wrong in our country and in the world these days. Opinions range from one extreme to another, but who is right? Who is wrong?

Well, this is my opinion, everybody is both right and wrong! It depends on where you are and how you got there and why. This is a very deep subject and there is no single solution, the mess the world is in, is self inflicted and will get worse before it gets better!

This is the reason that I believe all of these socialist bail-outs are the wrong way to go! Why? It costs too much! If you are a tax payer, a small business owner, a Wall Street executive, a lawyer, doctor, or plumber, you see things differently depending on a multitude of variables, so numerous that to come to some sort of solution, it must be made simpler for it to have a chance to work. So, what does this have to do with the bail out?

Do you know what I mean by Spoiled Rotten kid? If a kid grows up getting anything and everything he or she wants just by having a temper tantrum, what happens to that kid? That same kid, given a swat or two on the backside instead of a cookie or handout is going to learn that it takes hard work and discipline to succeed. By bailing out everybody that made a bad decision to buy more home than they could afford, it is the same thing! In a Capitalist system, failure is just one of the steps on the way to success! Failure is what creates balance with success. Many of the richest people on the planet failed many times before they succeeded. If you don’t hit the bottom, how do you know which way is up? Have you ever seen a baby learning to walk? Think about it, if you were to carry that baby around and never let it fall down or bump it’s head, would it ever learn?

Yes, falling down or bumping your head hurts for a while, but the lessons learned are more valuable than the pain felt at the time. So, if you bought a home that you could not afford, and you lost it, I bet next time around you will get something more affordable!

Have you ever seen the fanatical lefties at a protest? What about their counterparts on the far right? I look at that as an example of kids that never got spanked throwing a temper tantrum and wanting attention!

So, throwing money at the problems we are facing will only make it worse in the long run. If there were no bail-out, yeah, a few business would go under or get bought up by bigger companies, the ones that were more disciplined in the past, and the homes that are dropping in value, will get bought up the same way! Once everything hits bottom, it just means that it is on sale! Those that worked hard and saved will be able to buy bigger and better homes, at an affordable price! That is how it works with Capitalism, by dumping tax-payer’s money on it, it just prolongs the problem, those same businesses and people are still gong to fail, it will just make it hurt everybody more!

One thing I want to make clear about what I am saying, “I do believe that those that can not help themselves, deserve some assistance, but not people that just made a bad choice.” If you have gotten sick or old, that is not by choice, it just happens, and we have programs in place to help already, yes, they need to be fixed or made better, but not bigger!

One day I am going to write about my mothers $600 shoes, yeah, that is what Medicare got billed for some shoes that sell at Pay-Less for 10 bucks! The difference, an insert that makes them better for diabetics. That is what I mean, if spending is cut, by making the government work better and smaller, these programs can be improved.

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Where is the Money? Capitalism vs Communism vs Socialism, What is the difference? Why should anybody care?

My last post on the subject of Communism vs Capitalism, has generated quite a bit of traffic to this site, so, I decided to do a follow-up. The first entry was about the differences between the people and such, this post is about the differences of the systems, beliefs, and the pitfalls of each.

First break it down this way, Capital-ism, Commun(e)-ism, and Social-ism, now lets get started.

Capital-ism

An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit
motive and private ownership of the means of production. Capitalism
encourages private investment and business, compared to a
government-controlled economy. Investors in these private companies
(i.e. shareholders) also own the firms and are known as capitalists.

As the graphic shows, more money gets distributed between fewer people, but why? Can this be a good thing? I guess that depends on where you sit, at the top, bottom, or middle. Myself, I am not too far from the bottom, no, thank God, I am not homeless, jobless, or completely destitute, but the middle is so far above me, I can’t even see it!

I believe that Capitalism is the best way to go, even as an example of what can go wrong, I have had opportunities that I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

With Capitalism, it is basically “survival of the fittest” as in this example. Read more

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Politics: East vs West, Communism vs Capitalism, or people vs people?

Tell me, do you know, or have you ever had a chance to meet, someone from a country, which is your home country’s enemy? I have, I lived in what was called West Germany, before, during and after the end of the “Cold War” and I must say, that the people I knew, were not only nice people! They were better than nice! I was in the U.S. Army, in Germany, in a Pershing Missile unit, before, during and after P2. Anyone that was around then would know what that means. No, I had nothing to do with the nukes, I was in communications, a “telephone” man.During this time, we were all afraid of the “Russians”, but why? History, I guess. Maybe the over-all fear, and beliefs of the time. Quite probably it was was the actual track record? What is my point? Every group of people on this planet, have done certain things, most of which, seen as wrong by others. I use the old Russia vs America (USA) as an example, because I have personal experience with that, maybe others have more “current” stories to tell. When you look at the past, it will tell you about the future, if, and I repeat if, the world hasn’t changed, and I mean drastically! Yes, the old Soviet Union is gone, but, Russia still exists, why is that important? Again, history, as during the Clinton presidency, when we were pacified by the “Muslim Extremists” and they built up to the point where they attacked us in New York on September eleventh, Russia has pacified us, the USA, to where we don’t watch them as much. Again, what is my point? Keep reading! Does anybody really remember Vietnam, or Korea? Maybe WWII? Trust me history repeats itself! While we are fighting these extremists, who happen to be using Russian and Chinese weapons, among others, we are pacified, while they build up! Have you seen the reports of Russian Military over-flies of restricted areas? Ok, one doesn’t have to be a mathematician to add 2 plus 2! If you understand what “Communism” is all about! Read more

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