Simple Economic Solutions

Nothing is ever simple in Washington DC; unfortunately our representative system clouds even the simplest challenge. Citizens need to understand that Congressional solutions are never about what is being debated in that body; it’s about re-election and maintaining a position of power.

Because those debates are about selfish interests, as opposed to solving problems, it confuses many people. Many of those people are the citizens we look to for answers, those people who report the daily news and informed guests on those shows. A refrain we hear constantly is, "we must help small business because they create most of the jobs". Helping small business by itself does not address the real problem, which is wealth creation.

Small businesses cover the whole spectrum of commerce, but only a few are wealth creating entities. Businesses that produce something are the wealth creators that support all the others, yes, an economy can be sustained by exchanging wealth, or re-distributing wealth, but it will remain stagnant unless there is new wealth created to allow growth. We will be unable to pay down our ridiculous debt without growth in the economy; it’s no different than trying to pay off your credit card when you don’t have a job.

Selfish government policies that punish wealth creators, and have sent most of those kinds of jobs to other countries, has occurred for many years and, unfortunately, it is accelerating. It is obvious that common sense solutions will never come from Washington. The greatest policy change, and simplest solution to our economic woes, would be to eliminate all business income tax that is merely a hidden tax on the consumer anyway. Those kinds of changes can never happen inside Washington’s catacombs because it destroys our representative’s ability to control our lives, and remain on their throne of power.

The most troubling part is the apparent confusion on the part of those we rely on for information, why do so many seem to not understand the concept of production and wealth creation? It would be wrong to stimulate unproductive small businesses because that is the thing that caused this financial mess in the first place. The only stimulation our economy needs is for government to get out of the way and stop impeding it. The economy is way out of balance with too few producers that can’t support the many non-producers.

Solutions will need to come from citizens, but a majority must be informed, and understand what the problem is, for that to happen. If we listen to our representatives, or many biased news sources, the simple solutions will never occur. The most unfortunate part is, this has all been created in Washington by design, and it’s very obvious that Congress has no intention of offering simple solutions.

Simple solutions to make central government smaller, increase production in the private sector, and return the creation of currency to the people instead of a private bank, will never happen because these are all creations of Congress to provide an advantage to them and their special interests.

If we are truly looking for simplicity, it’s unlikely we’ll find it in Washington. The dynasty that has been built there, over many years, is pretty much impenetrable, we are a Democracy in name only.

Our country had a similar experience in 1776 that called for a revolution, and revolution is called for today. A non-violent revolution by American Citizens is the only solution for our economy, and our country, but for that to happen we must understand the truth about our country. Smoke screens from Washington are making it difficult for the Paul Revere types, those who have the responsibility to provide us information, to clearly see the enemy coming.

One more obstacle is the fact that many people charged with the responsibility to inform us are in the enemy’s camp. I guess there are plenty of reasons why simple solutions are made complex, but to simplify it all, it’s nothing but greed on the part of our leadership, and complacency and indifference on the part of too many American Citizens.

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