{"id":14802,"date":"2013-09-18T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T22:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=14802"},"modified":"2013-09-18T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T22:11:26","slug":"sobering-and-scary-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/18\/sobering-and-scary-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobering and scary thoughts?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From some financial<\/strong> reading<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n
As soon as people can no longer pay their bills or feed their families, you’re going to have massive unrest. So far, we’ve dealt with all those problems simply by increasing the amount of people on Social Security, disability, and food stamps. We’ve been paying off the poor people, but what happens when those policies fail? What happens when inflation robs the government of its ability to even provide that social safety net? The government can try "redistributing" wealth\u2026 simply taxing the rich even more. But people will just leave. Then basically, you’ve just got a giant Detroit. You’ll have a bunch of poor people fighting over the scraps of society. That’s where America is heading. And the main reason we’re heading there is because we don’t have policies that will stabilize our money or our government’s spending. It’s that simple.<\/em><\/p>\n
As soon as people can no longer pay their bills or feed their families, you’re going to have massive unrest. So far, we’ve dealt with all those problems simply by increasing the amount of people on Social Security, disability, and food stamps. We’ve been paying off the poor people, but what happens when those policies fail? What happens when inflation robs the government of its ability to even provide that social safety net? The government can try "redistributing" wealth\u2026 simply taxing the rich even more. But people will just leave. Then basically, you’ve just got a giant Detroit. You’ll have a bunch of poor people fighting over the scraps of society. That’s where America is heading. And the main <\/p>\n