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To: Ruffian who wrote (314937)	7/16/2009 1:24:15 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793897

OK...here's a 'what if'...What if the American citizen does pay the taxes he/she owes, but wants to PROTECT the assets he/she has? What if all of a sudden, over a weekend perhaps (i.e. think dissolving Bear Stearns), our Government decides to announce they are raising, effective immediately, money by taxing EVERY Good AND Service that anyone purchases, including food. Then what happens to that citizens dollar? Are there other banking institutions that might not pay interest, but at least maintain the current value of the funds? Think it can't happen here? Well, I submit that we didn't think that there would be a stimulus package of over $787 BILLION dollars either. Nor did we ever contemplate the US Government closing, and owning any US Banks and Wall Street Firms. Nor did we ever think that the Government would bailout and Own the largest Insurance company in America.... Nor did we ever think that the Government would take over not only one, but two of the largest car manufacturers in this country, if not the world. Nor did we ever think that that same Government would take upon themselves to close with almost no warning private dealerships for automobiles including ALL of those employees who were faithful employees of a PRIVATE business... Nor did we even begin to think the Government would pass a bill and then the President sign it WITHOUT even a single person reading all 1200+ pages before it was signed and that over a weekend. Nor did we even imagine that the Government would begin to value its citizens so little that the House would pass a Cap and Trade bill, the President would lean heavily on the Senators to do the same, so he could sign this TRILLION+ Dollar monster??? And now, knowing that most Americans want to understand why the insurance rates and medical bills have gone sky high since the early to mid 1980's (just about the time that the Government mandated the insurance companies to pay for all illnesses, including the newly rampant HIV-AIDS) ~~~ but instead of having hearings and town hall meetings with the Government, the Insurance Companies, the Doctors and Medical Professionals, and the Hospitals, AS WELL AS small and large Employers...... oh no....the Government of the last 6 months is MUCH too slippery for that.... The President decides that it's now or never to just ram through any old plan that has had no major input from anyone including the patients themselves, so he WILL have a Bill from the House, and one from the Senate in 6-8 weeks this summer, so he can sign whatever it commits the US Taxpayers to and will have to live (or die) with for perhaps the next 100 years or more. And who would have thought that all of that includes citizens of other countries to be covered as well. Who knows, maybe all 12-20 Million OR MORE of those people to be covered.... WHERE IS JOHN GALT?