Trillions Spent since the Great Society and……?

“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.  I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.  In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer.  And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” Benjamin Franklin

POVERTY & DEPENDENCY IN AMERICA 

Hand Outs or Hand Up? Dependency seems more likely

Obama and De Ja Vu Occupation

Crony Capitalism, Crony Corruption (redundant I know). Obama stands back now and lets the bottom up, inside out, top down effort perc away. Interesting post at Follow The Money  re the similarities of OWS today and past Windy City organizing under Obama. I posted other’s works extensively here back in October 08 re Obama’s Marxist/Radical links. Kurtz et al need to resurrect these links again. Someone needs to delve into the communications network in the present.

Obama Promises it All

50+ Years of Welfare Spending & Military Gluttony

 Dave Manuel 

Despite this government largesse, 37 million Americans continue to live in poverty. In fact, despite nearly $9 trillion in total welfare spending since Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty in 1964, the poverty rate is perilously close to where it was when we began, more than 40 years ago. Cato Institute

Wars and Repairs from Carter/Clinton

Dave Manuel re Historical Military Spending (Additional stats)

Obscene spending, whether for creating a welfare dependency apparatus or over kill, so to speak, defense spending. It is all ridiculous and MUST STOP. Foreign aid, military/police intervention,  job & political bureaucracy security.  Both parties are married to a history of growth and both own the tumor. Debt, who holds the debt, welfare dependency, military bloat. Shame!

Fast & Furious: Come On Folks……….

Come on! Cover Up re Fast & Furious all the way to White House and in Justice. Holder lies and nothing comes of this? I hope the family of the slain Border Patrol agent are aggressive in some form of legal grievance against the misguided leadership. Botched concept and now the lies. Hope and Change huh?

Progressives & Individualism

Watch Progressives Lead the Way for Change

FABIANS: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Such a grand conspiracy you imagine? As I sit watching  The Time Machine movie, a version of H.G. Wells’ work, I am always curious about this concept of a secret society that operates behind the scenes to steer us toward a more noble society….a noble, clueless society.

Fabian Society Window

“The Fabian Window, treasured symbol of the Fabian Society restored to display in the Shaw Library at the London School of Economics in 2006 after its disappearance by a mysterious theft in 1978….

Crafted from the the same stained glass that is admired in the best cathedrals of the world, the sinister Fabian Window depicts the image of two men—society founders—hammering the globe (from the top down no less) with sledgehammers—imposing their will on the world so to speak.

What Stoos describes next should run chills down the spines of decent people everywhere.  “More ominous still—the wolf in sheep’s clothing.  Amazingly, the Fabian Window contains an image—just above the fellows hammering the world—that is as clear as it is foreboding: the socialists are wolves in sheep’s clothing.  I often wonder why they did not choose a less ignoble animal.  What about a courageous lion? A proud bull?  A vigilant hawk? A noble horse”  No, they chose a wolf—a cunning, ravenous. devious, and scary critter—and cloaked him in a sheepskin.  Why?  Because, as Lenin taught, if you want to operate in a capitalist society you must disguise yourself.  Put the sheepskin on and you can easily mingle with the flock.  Until, you decide to shed the skin and consume the flock.  The most frightening thing about the image is that the socialists make no apology about being wolves and living among sheep.”