Jason Monastra

My life and thoughts out on the web

We are entering one of the more tragic times in the history of our country.  When the country was formed, we were focused on the development of business and the running of commerce from a private sector perspective with little government interference and no inclination of government ever owning any of the enterprises that would develop our country into the greatest economic landscape of the world. 

But now the landscape has changed.  Businesses are failing, people are floundering, and the governement is putting out their hand.  What is that?  Goverment controlled business is a socialist characteristic that other countries do, but not the US.  Right?  What has changed that we must feel that the federal stooges must place their hands in the private sector to keep the economy afloat.  Simply - fear.  There are certain economic principles that are concrete, ones that allow for viable companies to survive and others to fail.  Certain companies that have become so leveraged and so critical to the overall sector that we have forgotten what it is like to run without them.  Bottom line, we can run without them.  Will be leaders - of course not.  More like the one legged guy that just came out of the accident who is learning how to walk with again.  But walk he shall. 

The private sector has made some major mistakes, ones that have caused people their homes, their savings, their lives in some cases.  But the thinning of the pack, the death of icons, etc allows for the innovative change that keeps this country ahead of the curve.  It is an effect and an event that should have been welcomed, unleashing a new order that would allow non followers to look at the issues and solve them.  Instead, we sit back and allow the passing of a bill that will place us deeper in debt and band aid one of the worlds fastest failing financial systems.  Who exactly is that helping?

The Washington Post reported that was an evolution of the capitalism.  That the government has always played a role in the development and financial success of private companies and this is the latest of many interventions that they have made.  I disagree.  If the government manages the overall infrastructure development of the country and outsources the labor of those intiatives to private company - how can that be compared to the bailout of the recent months?  Economist Robert Shiller said that this country has never been a true beacon of unfettered market principles.  No where does it state the the government cannot align the betterment of the country and enrich those private companies that are willing to place their assets in place to help deliver for the country’s mission.  So his play on words and his poor judgement is yet another step in the favored direction of all the liberal media - Robin Hood.  Steal from the rich, give to the poor, stifle innovation, ruin the currency, and bring everyone into the middle class as they so define.  Oh, by the way while keeping the democratic leadership rich.