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I've Taught Cassandra. Senator, You're No Cassandra

by: Dean Barker

Sat Aug 21, 2010 at 12:51:42 PM EDT
Can't go away fast enough:
Supporters of that stimulus strategy say the short term borrowing pales relative to the economic free-fall that would result if Congress sat on its hands. But Gregg disagrees.

"When the Congress is on vacation, you're actually a little safer than when we're in session," he said Friday. "We're just spending too much. We've got to slow the spending down if we're going to get this government under control."

Gregg has at least one admirer. Van Susteren likened the New Hampshire Republican to a modern-day Cassandra. "When all is said and done," she said, "don't blame Senator Gregg because [he's] been saying this for quite some time."

I've read Cassandra, Greta. I've taught Cassandra. Senator Gregg, you are no Cassandra. More Agamemnon, really:
Dean Barker :: I've Taught Cassandra. Senator, You're No Cassandra
All those brown colors, and a little bit of the blue, were made possible with the key support of someone named Judd Gregg. Thanks to Judd Gregg's tax cuts for the wealthiest, and his support for a war that never needed to happen, your children will be paying for his profligacy for years to come.
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I've Taught Cassandra. Senator, You're No Cassandra | 1 comments
Absolutely correct is Senator Gregg. (0.00 / 0)
Under our system, the government is the people and the people cannot be controlled unless their access to money is restricted and they are (selectively, of course) deprived of the necessities of life.

Money is the ideal tool to enforce deprivation because it leaves no tracks.  When the clerk at the hardware store is let go because the owner can't get a loan to buy inventory from manufacturers, who don't do anything on credit, the clerk has no idea why the banksters have decided that independent hardware stores should have no access to money.  Even the hardware store owner is likely to be unaware that the banksters have a common interest with the golfing partners who have decided that a Lowe's megastore or a Home Depot would be nice to plop down alongside the new highway down the road.  Money makes a host of special interests and friendship look impartial and objective.

That is not money's fault -- no more than it is the fault of the hammer that's used (by a coward) to bash in someone's head.  We cannot stop the abuse of money by getting rid of it.

Money is for spending, and lending.  Some people make a good living off of lending.  That's why they prefer it.  What we need to keep in mind, when the same people who oppose spending come out against lending, as well, is that they're either insincere or prefer the other alternative to lend -- i.e. theft.

I've Taught Cassandra. Senator, You're No Cassandra | 1 comments

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