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SimulationCommander's avatar

FWIW, I'm reading through this in order to do an article very much like this one, and from what I've seen so far, I agree with you 100%. This is exactly what a 'small government' party should be focused on. No doubt that somewhere in the 900+ pages will be something I don't particularly care for, but I haven't seen anything incredibly egregious yet.

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I've found it very interesting that the budget and deficit have taken such a backseat in politics over the last several years despite an accelerating spending crisis. Instead of any policy debate, we get the shutdown theater which acts as an excuse for both parties.

Frankly, I find this ominous. I think it means that the American government driven, debt fueled economic model is on its last legs and I think most of D.C. knows it thus there is no need for debate anymore. In the final stages of a massive ponzi scheme of this sort, I imagine that the insiders want to grab whatever assets and wealth are left. I think Ukraine is a black box to pass lots of money through in what amounts to looting. I would bet that huge amounts are flowing back out into assets like real estate.

Perhaps that is what all the war rhetoric is about. A people distracted by the spectacle of a major land war will be less able to mobilize to express their anger at their economic system and currency collapsing.

I don't think anyone in Washington wants any sort of reform ideas at all. They are advanced as a symbolic gesture. There is no cure for something this far gone. What we'll end up with is post-collapse austerity, which they already did trials runs on a decade ago in some European countries.

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