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Looking Ahead.

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Time was we could safely plan ahead with some confidence, knowing that a certain stability could be expected. I understand now the admonitions of those who lived through the great depression. They cautioned against unnecessary spending and persisted in counting every penny several times. We, who had never really known a day of want, shrugged them off as old fashioned.a hrefhttpskipmaclure.files.wordpress.com201101frugalpic.jpgimg srchttpskipmaclure.files.wordpress.com201101frugalpic.jpgw450amph265 alt width450 height265 aWe, in our turn, lived through the economic doldrums of the Carter administration with its 22 interest rates, high unemployment and the presidency that became synonymous with stagflation and the Iran hostage crisis. This present depressed recession has made Jimmys economy look smokin hot.Weve always known that big business and politicians manipulate economies for monetary gain and political advantage, which amounts to the same thing. This emstagcessionem has put new emphasis on the lessons our elders tried to teach us about thrift and, most of all, self sufficiency. We are probably the least self sufficient population in American history.This economic black hole, into which the Marxists are determined to plunge us, has had the effect of forcing the average American to observe everything he does in detail. Therefore, he begins to watch everything else as well. Weve had to agonize over the smallest expense while weve watched the massively bloated monstrosity that is our government openly conspiring against emwe the peopleem.The new Conservative Republicans have an immense undertaking at hand. Its the political equivalent of the allies at the Normandy landings Obamas government and its depredations, Hitlers fortress Europe.God speed, 112th Congress.Semper Vigilans, Semper Fidelis Skip MacLure 2011