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Articles last week saif that each taxpaying household has about a $900.000.00 
'mortgage', if you please, just for the current nat'l debt.
I ran across this commentary today ; this man's outlook says something 
different.  I'm not saying whethet I agree or dis-agree, but his view would 
not be called the mainstream

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Why aren't Americans outraged? 



Whose Debt?

L arken Rose

Don't tell me I have some obligation to pay off a debt that POLITICIANS 
incurred.


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December 13, 2008 - I just watched a video about the "national debt."  It 
went on and on about fiscal responsibility, the problem with the deficit, how 
bad it is now, and the projections for how it will get a lot worse.  But 
underlying the seemingly virtuous message was a huge, utterly insane 
assumption — the assumption underlying almost all discussion you'll hear 
about such things:  the notion that there can BE a "national debt." 

In literal terms, without the authoritarian propaganda spin, here is how 
things work:  A bunch of liars and crooks, declaring themselves to be our 
rightful rulers, steal tons and tons of money from the rest of us.  They then 
spend far MORE than they steal, and declare that the difference, the debt, is 
OUR responsibility.  And almost everyone accepts that as true. 

It's not. 

Those wearing the label of "government" borrowed money from people, promising 
to pay it back.  How would they do that?  By continually taxing you and me.  
EVERYONE, Americans and foreigners, who bought Treasury bonds, or by any 
other means loaned money to any government, on the promise that the 
government would later pay it back, was banking on the fact that the tyrants 
would be able to continue robbing YOU and ME.  That is how "investments" in 
all levels of "government," from federal stuff down to local "municipal 
bonds," work. 

To be blunt, if you were one of those who invested in SLAVERY, by lending 
money to "governments" — whether here or anywhere else — you DESERVE to lose 
everything, and I hope you do.  The notion that I somehow acquired some 
obligation to pay YOU something, because a thief promised to keep on robbing 
me to pay for things HE bought, without my consent, is idiotic.  It's also an 
insult to my intelligence and yours. 

So why aren't Americans outraged?  Because they're indoctrinated and/or 
stupid.  Imagine that a thief steals your wallet.  He then goes on a shopping 
spree, buying $300 worth of stuff.  Then, to his horror, he finds that you 
only had $200 in your wallet.  To fix the problem, he sends YOU a bill for 
the remaining $100 "deficit."  Would you feel obligated to pay up? 

Well, if the thief called himself "government," and you're an average 
American, apparently you would.  And then you would get together with all the 
other duped morons, wring your hands, and ponder what can be done about the 
problem.  But the problem is not one of finances; it's one of philosophy.  As 
long as you think YOU are obligated to make up for the scams of the crooks 
who call themselves "government," you are doomed.  If you think they'll ever 
cut back on their power (spending, regulation, taxation) to be nice to YOU, 
you're an idiot.  They will happily borrow and spend you into absolute 
poverty. 

To those of you stupid and/or evil enough to have loaned money to the U.S. 
government, or to any other government, on the promise that they'd later rob 
people like ME to pay you back, I wish you the worst of luck.  I hope you 
never see a dime of what you "invested" in the slavery industry.  And don't 
tell ME I have some obligation to pay off a debt that POLITICIANS incurred.  
When you're talking to me, don't use such idiotic terms as "national debt."  
The nation doesn't owe anyone anything. The people who SPENT the money — the 
crooks in DC — might owe it.  I don't. 

There's a very easy way to fix the "federal budget deficit" and "national 
debt" problems:  ignore them out of existence.  To any who have invested in 
oppression and government extortion, the joke's on you.  You're not quite as 
bad as the thieves you financed, but you're pretty darn bad.  And when the 
day comes, which is fast approaching, when all your "investments" disappear, 
don't come crying to me.  You deserve it, for the exact same reason that 
people who invested in the slave trade industry two hundred years ago 
deserved to lose everything.  Next time, try investing in trade, instead of 
theft. 

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