Why is this girl, who is normally all about “love and light” writing about speaking out? Why is she writing about making a ruckus? (and she’s doesn’t mean a quiet one either)
We need to get loud. Let me rephrase, we need to get louder. The Omnibus Bill was just passed at the last minute over night. It added $1.1 trillion dollars of debt to an already insane $3.1 trillion of debt. Not only is this a terrible way to run a government, but rules were put in place that it had to be offset so as not to add any more debt.
Let me adjust the picture to make it a little clearer…. that is only the treasury debt. The Federal debt adds nearly $9 trillion more. Add in the rest of the public debt such as pension funds and it becomes over $100 trillion. And… The US only has assets that amount to $9 trillion. Basically, the US is upside down on their mortgage.
So typically when we deal with numbers like that, it becomes a little numbing. What does it really mean for us?
The Treasury will have to borrow more money to offset this, and will increase the price of Treasury bonds and I bonds (a type of month interest bond meant to withstand inflation that has a yearly limit of 10k per investor). It means the price of everything is going to go up, sharply. Also, social programs will probably need to be scaled back, but SS should be okay because they should go up with cost of living increases. Those on fixed incomes should be okay.
All this spells one thing: a recession/depression is coming like a taught rubber band that has been drawn back way too far and is gonna snap…. and it’s not just the US either. Yes, we’ve been hearing that but it’s here now.
The valuation of real debt per taxpayer is nearly 1 million dollars per person. If we take out medicare and social security from that total, it is still $3-400 thousand per person.
We cannot let ourselves boil in a pot of fear. This is the point where we must stand up and get very, very loud… all over the world… as one people who have had enough. It will get uglier for a while until it gets better. But right now, and please trust me on this, we need all of our voices to be heard.
How to Call
So, I like to learn a little about the issue so I am acquainted with the overall picture. I take notes on facts. Then, I take a few quiet moments and think about the issue, and then relate it to myself. How does it make me feel? I write that down. For example, that makes me really angry/sad/furious/exhausted/poor/sick/etc…then focus that energy to coming up with 1-3 points to discuss. Then I try to come up with some questions around those so that I sound like I know what I’m talking about and can have a conversation on the off-chance that a staffer actually answers the phone. You can pull a few from this post, but also by doing your own research. Lots of talk about the Omnibus Bill going on right now, so there should be plenty to find- See videos below. Now pick up the phone and call. Be civil, but firm. Once you do it a few times, it gets much easier and is a healthy to channel our aggravation, granted we are speaking in a calm, reasonable manner.
Public pressure helps create movement. Our calls are documented and compiled on spreadsheets. They are tallied up and looked at by political analysts attempting give their boss an edge. Our calls don’t just sit there untouched. Our voices are incredibly powerful, especially when raised together.
For something like this, call and write.
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