We should have worked to have her removed from her office when she declared “impeachment is off the table” immediately after assuming the position of Speaker of the House. This statement was made with the full knowledge that the newly acquired position she occupied was a direct result of the will of the voters to replace the corruption of not only the Republican majority, but also the administration and to impeach Bush and Cheney. Princess Pelosi made her loyalties very clear, and they are not to the American people.
To add insult to injury, even after millions of American’s repeatedly stood up and demanded that there be no amnesty and that our laws be enforced, effectively preventing the passage of such odorous pieces of legislation such as the Dream Act ….which was a bitch slap to legal citizens….. not once, not twice, but three times at least, the Princess is continuing to work behind the scenes to produce yet another amnesty bill which she will try to ram through congress, due to come out early this summer. Maybe she’s hard of hearing? Maybe she can’t comprehend? Maybe she really does think that what the American people want is not an issue she has to be bothered with.
Now, Her Royal Hiney is working on a 178 billion dollar package to continue to fund the war in Iraq. Where, one might ask, does the Princess think she is going to find another $178 billion? We’ve already borrowed so much from China that they actually own us, and Japan is running a close second. Revenues are way down from taxes as so many have lost their jobs, their homes, and their quality of life.
The federal government contiinues to raid the Social Security surplus to pay its operating expenses and to cover the loss of revenues from the tax cuts to the wealthiest people, and the cost of illegal immigrants to the federal government jumped up to 240 billion for 2007. These two issues alone have bankrupted our country, and this does not include the state by state costs, deficits and resulting debts accrued. Now add the cost of this illegal war to all of these things. We are in effect…….not only bankrupt but totally insolvent as a nation. We can’t even pay the service debt on all the money we have borrowed. But the Princess wants to create another 178 billion dollar debt (this doesn’t include interest, fees, penalties, or other hidden costs) to continue to fund an unwinnable war that the American people have made very clear they want stopped.
I have a plan:
Until congress, the administration and its cohorts in crime work for the American people rather than against them, I believe all of their assets both liquid and invested, including homes, businesses, savings, assets from any source whatsoever, including all the personal funds that they are stashing away in foreign currencies and investments, should be seized and used to pay back these monstrous debts that they have created and claimed that we, the American citizen are responsible for. Maybe if they have to pay the bill for the money they have spent against our wishes, they might stop squandering it.
I think we should start with Princess Pelosi. First, she needs to be dethroned. Then, all of her ill gotten gains seized and applied to the debt she has helped to create. Once she is homeless, without any resources, with no political power, she may have an epiphany.
Ultimately, Pelosi is only one piece of the problem. Maybe its time we citizens think over the idea that congress is no longer representative of the people. Maybe its time we end congress. Having ceded so much of its power and authority to the executive branch, congress has ceased to be a needed branch of government. God knows congress doesn’t work for the people, opting instead to protect the corporatization of our government and country and actively working to protect those interests rather than those of the people who elected them. Think of the money that could be saved by ridding our selves of this monumental siphon on the public treasury.
Think of it as good business practices. No other corporation would tolerate the inactivity, the bad business decisions, the poor financial practices, or the ignoring of those invested in the corporation. Our government is in effect, a corporation and if this is how they want to operate, then as investers in that corporation we have a right to call a meeting and demand an accounting, and a voice in structure and board members.
Maybe if we start by removing Pelosi from the board of directors which is commonly called “congress”, other board members will get the message. Maybe not. But it would sure be a fine start in the right direction.
Marti Oakley (c) 2008
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I remember back during the Reagan Administration when “trickle down” economics was first introduced. The idea was marketed as “ we give huge tax cuts to the wealthy and they will in turn re-invest in America and create jobs”; this was a win/win for the country. After all, if you tax the people creating jobs, supposedly they won’t be able to create jobs.
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