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Internal Violence. This country isn't what it was in 1968. Eliminating the guns won't stop the violence because we've become a dangerous people to ourselves and others. We aren't safer with a Constitutional Right to own a gun. The making and selling of weapons to hurt as many people as possible doesn't make us better. Removing all the guns will not work because what's troubling people won't disappear. If we're a free people, a prosperous people, a righteous people we don't need laws to protect us because that comes from within ourselves. But we're no longer what we once were and we're no longer a healthy people.

The IRS. Compliance for paying your tax is done with the IRS. It's well known that a growing percentage of Americans don't pay their taxes and that's why the Inflation Reduction Act includes 80 billion dollars to hire 87,000 new IRS agents. But our government doesn't rely solely on tax collection to fund operations because our U.S. Treasury uses the Modern Monetary Theory to print as much money as it needs to keep things running. With growing distrust more people are paying less, replacing Income Tax with a Consumption Tax, fueling inflation.

515,000 mph. The Milky Way Galaxy which we're a part of, spins at 515,000 mph.....but we feel like we're standing still. And recently America didn't feel a thing when Russia, Saudi Arabia and several OPEC countries dropped the use of the Petro-Dollar as a means of purchasing crude oil world wide. The Petro-Dollar has lasted for 50 years and it nearly disappeared overnight without even being mentioned. The Chinese Yuan has taken it's place. You might ask yourself why our President spent his Easter weekend at Camp David and not the White House. Something unexpected is coming.

Uncertain Future. We don't have a Democracy in this country. We have a Corporatocracy. The business of America is business and money talks in the hallways of Washington's Capitol Building. That's how our leaders are elected. But that's the least of our problems. The U.S. dollar is being challenged by the BRICS Alliance. Within the last few weeks, Russia and Saudi Arabia have dropped the use of the Petro-Dollar. Xi Jinping and Putin have signed an agreement for a "New World Order". The Chinese Yuan will now be used as payment for oil by OPEC, ending what was the U.S. control of the sale of oil World wide.

Treasury Bonds. China holds nearly 1 trillion dollars in U.S. securities. Most of it was bought during the financial banking crisis that began in 2008. By 2011 they had bought 1.5 trillion dollars to stop the bleeding. That debt paid 2% interest when our total Federal debt was 14.9 trillion dollars. The stock market dropped with the Dow Jones Average in 2007 at 16,000 to 6,400 in 2009, Today our Federal debt is over 31 trillion dollars and the Dow Jones is about 32,000 with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to fight inflation. So why is Janet Yellen going to China? Does China want to sell 1 trillion dollars in Treasury Bonds?

Magic Shows. Now you see it, now you don't. We're living in a fail-safe society. When banks are closed because of bad investments depositors are made whole, and bank officers go without consquences. Sam Bankman-Fried created a 22 billion crypto currency exchange with thousands of investors and it went bust. He was arrested and posted a 250 million dollar bail bond and remanded to live in his parents home in California. The deceptions continue as if they never happened. It's the biggest magic show in history but our future isn't secure.

23,000 Murders. The truth is America is and has been a violent country and it looks like our future will be as well. Some would accuse me of being too subjective when describing our future and I admit I could be getting the facts all wrong. Recently a successful and influential lawyer was found guilty of murdering his wife and son. He also confessed to being an addict and stole millions from his clients. But that won't compare to what will happen when our trained soldiers return from fighting in foreign lands. We'll have serious disillusioned killers here.

Complying. A society paralyzed by its own excesses can only deceive itself for so long before breaking apart. We accuse foreign powers of abusing their populations and that they're run by authoritarian regimes. But we can't claim to be a healthy people when we're distrustful of our own government. It's a sad weakness if we require lots of law enforcement agencies to keep order. That's a sign of a discontented people. We think we can only find contentment by using all forms and methods for making people comply. We've never accepted that something is wrong with the way we're living.

Putin's Ambitions. Americans aren't comfortable with what's taking place in our schools, in our streets, and even in our own homes. Maybe the propagandists can keep the public believing everything is all right, but that can only last for so long until an atmosphere of distrust takes hold. A country willing to enter a war with a strong adversary must be healthy and prepared for sacrifice. America can't commit to a major conflict because of its own internal dysfunction. We're an impotent giant, corrupted by our own demands for wanting more. The selling off of America's resources to pay our debts.

Capitulating. Putin may believe he has a good reason Russian troops are in Ukraine. Maybe he thinks nobody plays by the rules anyway.He's causing destruction and mayhem but that's nothing new. You see, when he built a multi-billion dollar pipeline to supply oil and gas to Western Europe, to make a profit for the Russian people, he wasn't thinking about war. The war in Ukraine was something different. But when the Nord-Stream II was blown-up, that was an act of war against Russia. So we may be at war with Russia and also China, a war causing America to capitulate because of our financial and mental unfitness.