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I don’t Call, I don’t write? What kind of Friend of Rocklin am I?5/11/09 by Michael Patrick Murphy a registered "Decline to State" voter.
Five months is a long time to not post an article to this site. Don’t worry Rocklin, I’m still a friend. Granted, you totally botched the last election and I was a little peeved at Rocklin’s lazy electorate. Of course some of you that thought you knew me and that I was a bit unuuuusual are now surprised that I was right all along. The city is trying to figure out how to save itself financially after NOT heeding my warnings for the past eight years. Where are your ultra patriotic anti-communist tax and budget fighters when you need them? They sure haven’t been coming from local Republicans.
You might have heard today that California is anticipating at least a 21.3 billion deficit and our “valley girl “like”” reaction appears to be “what does that have to do with me?” Well, that means that if you’re the sole bread winner for a family of four, you owe the government an additional $2, 730 this year. Granted, I may be too fair with that number because the government rewards you for your decision to have children by giving you tax breaks so you can feed and cloth them. All of us pay for your kids’ education which costs approximately $10,000 per child per year. Oh well, I know little of this makes sense to most Californians today, but as the state, county and city government checks start to bounce, we’ll see more and more school closures, police department shortfalls, and fire house closings. This fire season may be the nastiest ever. Where will we find the money? Of course the Terminator will beg the Feds for disaster funds, which the Fed will happily print, devaluing the money that’s in your pockets and bank accounts as I write this. That too, may be an additional $2,500 this year alone, dad.
Should I write and depress you further? Your country is crumbling. We the sheeple have chosen to learn historic economic lessons the hard way and our representatives from Rocklin to the Governor aren’t going to do a darn thing to stop this runaway train. I’m not sure that they really can anymore. Their answers seem to promote a larger government. Remember, it is our apathy that allowed the government to cause this mess in the first place. Giving it more power over your life when it hasn’t shown itself responsible enough to manage the power it already has, is ludicrous.
However, most Rocklinites still have their big screen TV’s, so I guess they will ignore their responsibilities for a few years longer. Their health is at jeopardy and their homes may become foreclosed upon, but as long as you got TV what difference does it make. Why attend boring city council meetings when I can vegge out?
My favorite financial advisor, Robert Page, treasurer for the Placer County Libertarian Party at www.financialpage.biz loaned me a great book written by an Italian put in charge of war reparations in Germany after World War I. He documented and analyzed a similar situation in Germany that we Americans are replicating today. When Germany fell apart with the hyperinflation, folks, broke as they were, could trade in US Dollars, which at that time, were much, much safer and more secure than German Marks. However, America doesn’t have the luxury of being able to trade in other countries’ currencies to any avail. Almost all countries are in a similar boat. In Germany, retired people lost everything they had invested. They too didn’t have enough children to support them on social security.
In fact, the book, “The Economics of Inflation - A Study of Currency Depreciation in Post War Germany, “ by Costantino Bresciani - Turroni, is a must read for anyone that wants to protect their family in the coming bad years. The Rocklin, Placer County, California, United States train is heading down the same disastrous road that Germany went down. The only difference is that it could be worse because this time it is the US dollar that’s in trouble and nobody is big enough to bail us out and any Adolf we hire will have a much larger military at his disposal than Germany’s.
These governments’ answers will all be about you sacrificing more for them and for the rich and powerful special interests and corporations that have run America into the ground. You may lose your freedom and experience war and anarchy, which you are probably not prepared for. The price for our apathy might be more than you and your family can bear.
What we can do about it.
Got Cash? Got Gold? Got six months supply of canned food and water? Got a “home defense” shotgun? Got something you can trade with your friends and family? Going to vote the Republicans and Democrats out of office? Read the Italian’s book yet? Think I’m pulling your leg?
You know, I hope I’m wrong, but I wasn’t last time, and unfortunately, I don’t thing I’m going to be wrong this time. Last year, I put my household assets all into CD’s. While friends and family lost their shirts, I made money, not much, but some. Let’s just say I had a much better rate of return than Warren Buffet. I work with a Bankruptcy attorney now, buy sell and trade furniture, and accept gold as payment for goods and services from my company. I drive a Smart car that I bought used with only 1500 miles on it and I haven’t had to make a house payment in over a year.
I wish I could say the same for all my friends in Rocklin, but sadly, many haven’t had it so good. So all I can do is warn them. Get involved. Think outside the box and remember that history does repeat itself. Maybe you can find some 90 year old german immigrant to talk to if you don’t believe me. And even if I am wrong, can it hurt you and your family to at least be a little prepared? I’d like to see my Rocklin friends come through this none the worse for wear.
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