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Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Exploring and debunking conspiracies and the lesser known truths in the world of politics.
Things You Can and Can't Do During a Government Shutdown
Recently, the United States had endured a several days-long government shutdown caused by a stalemate in Congress over DACA, CHIP, and other crucial aspects of legislation and budget creation. This has been a disaster for our already-strained budget since a government shutdown actually costs money.
By Iggy Paulsen8 years ago in The Swamp
Government Shutdown Actually Costs Money
This is an on going series of why you can't drain the swamp. What we immediately began to realize when we studied how Government works is it never is what it seems. The idyllic dream of getting everyone out of office so that a new group of responsible people could represent the taxpaying public has just taken another detour. Why work to get paid when you can just shut down and get paid more? Most people when they hear the Government has to shut down immediately think that both sides can't agree and so this inconvenience to the taxpaying public is a result of their incompetence. Quite the contrary. Sure it's an inconvenience to the taxpaying public but that is not all it is. It actually costs "more money" to run the government when its shut down then when its open (article). Did they hear "more money?" Why don't they just run it in a shutdown state all the time?So rather than being incompetent, the elected officials are actually exercising their competency. The problem all has to do with perception. The taxpaying public has the perception that these supposedly honorable people are exhibiting such moral high ground that they will become servants of the people for the greater good of society.Think about that for a second. Why would a well educated, highly intelligent, wealthy, and powerful person submit themselves to becoming a servant? Everything about what they have achieved to this point in their life and the people they chose to surround themselves with says just the opposite. They hire servants and pay them as little as possible. Do you think they are going to become a servant? Have they convinced you it's worth being a servant if you pay them enough? Have they convinced you the greater good is actually being served? Isn't the whole point of wanting to drain the swamp to get people like them out of there? If they were really serving you and had the greater good in mind wouldn't they stay as far away from that place as possible?Apparently, they have a swamp in Washington D.C. that needs draining they would like to sell you.So when the opportunity arises to join an elite group of people who are using group psychology to convince the taxpaying public they are their servants so they can amass the ultimate in wealth and power, why in the world would they suddenly jump ship and become a good Samaritan? Hint: They wouldn't!Rather isn't this the moment, they are in the zone and everything about who they are and what they are about is like a fine-tuned machine out to screw anyone and everyone and make themselves the ultimate beneficiary. The best part of all is all they have to do is take a few acting classes to make it appear they care. Certainly, at this point, they don't know how to do that by themselves anymore. So when everyone is counting on them to keep the government functioning, since it obviously won't function efficiently or effectively anymore, they step it up another notch. Working together to secretly achieve a government shutdown while running around blaming it on each other. This allows the seeming financial chaos to actually orchestrate even more funding for them to distribute to additional points they deem necessary. It's like legal euphoria!It makes you wonder why Hollywood doesn't give them the Oscar. The acting job being performed so well, by so many, for so long, puts to shame any basic movie that is produced out west. These guys and gals are in a league all their own. The best part of all is its always someone else's fault. We're already 20 trillion in debt and there is no end in sight to that. Even if they had a balanced budget and stopped deficit spending immediately, it will still take them more than a century to pay it off. That's three generations! Doesn't it just make you wonder what other nonsense they will think up next?
By Richard Van Steenberg8 years ago in The Swamp
The American Dream Is Immigration
Immigrants are contributing to the economy, workforce, and stimulating growth faster than we are letting them in. Contrary to the misconception that immigrants are taking American jobs, they actually create them. The National Foundation for American Policy found that 44 out of 87 (that's more than half) of private companies valued at more than $1 billion dollars had at least one immigrant founder. Successful companies with immigrant founders include Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. These companies have pushed innovation and made the United States a leader in the technological world as well as employing many Americans and immigrants alike.
By Morgan Thomas8 years ago in The Swamp
The Federal Reserve and a Picture of JFK
The Federal Reserve and just some random picture of JFK for the full effect. 😉 Signed into law by Woodrow Wilson in 1913, the Federal Reserve Banking Act gave control of this country's money to a small group of families. After doing so, he wrote:
By Mic Leeway8 years ago in The Swamp
Poland and the EU: Fake News and a Vanished Empire
HBO's Game of Thrones has never been more popular. In George R. R. Martin's version of the English middle ages, the 15th century War of the Roses became a war of Ice and Fire. Yorks became Starks. Lancasters became Lannisters. This is alt-history, safely confined to the imagination: dragons, dragon queens, and armies of dead men.
By LC Douglass8 years ago in The Swamp
The Conservatives Who Are Rewriting History on Wikipedia
The rule of thumb tends to be that the victorious rewrite history. At least that’s what we are told by those who we suppose to have been the winners. However, nowadays our history is written through collaboration and each example of this is an independent skirmish which makes up the wider global war. Wikipedia is on the front line of these daily battles. The modern encyclopedia is a one stop shop for knowledge on most subjects. Wikipedian's are well aware that they are strange creatures, who often revel in their own obsessive compulsive natures. They argue with each other over details that would bore the majority of normal folk. But hidden amongst the millions of pages of Wikipedian's conversations are many arguments over neutrality.
By Johnny Vedmore9 years ago in The Swamp
Unbelievable Worst Case Scenarios for President Trump
In American history, we haven’t seen a president like Donald Trump. He is an arrogant, bombastic, and even a buffoon, if you will, type of president. Trump is on pace to be the 3rd US president to get impeached by his own political party. In this article, I will go over the "what-if" scenarios that could occur out of Trump's mysterious actions. As the man himself once said, "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate”. With each new twist of fate in his presidency, we are experiencing many negative reactions. For example...
By David Lasher9 years ago in The Swamp
