Dreams and things

Last week Kerri and I briefly discussed the stimulus package. She said she kept hearing the word "corruption". The fact that the president is surrounding himself with people of questionable character is disconcerting to say the least. Regardless of how smart and honorable he may be, if he nothing but bad choices are presented to him, how could he make good ones? With funds being dispersed into a wide array of funds, the ability to track and verify that funds are being used properly will be very difficult. In other words, it seems like a huge shell game.

On top of that, I had a dream last night. The gist of the dreams suggested, as I talked with Kerri, that we, as a nation, are broken. From the outside, we cannot be clearly recognized to stand for anything. From within there are major discrepancies between the leadership and administration of the government. In the dream, I wept and was rejected for the sorrow I had over the country. Tying into the previous paragraph, it would seem, based on what Kerri and I discussed, that the devaluation of the US dollar caused by the stimulus package will severely decrease the American economy. When further instability leads to collapse, it is possible that the US will be pushed to conform to a new currency, similar to the EU's eurodollar.

One specific note I found interesting was the fact that, within the stimulus package, there are plans to cover mortgages. Yet, not mentioned, at least within the media, is the fact that seven years from now, these mortgages will need to be repaid. So, just looking at this from a long range plan: if people are unaware of this they will gladly support it and probably remain ignorant of the conditions of this scenario. In short, they'll most likely continue to live as they are now. In 5 to 6 years, the media will begin to discuss the situation and mass awareness will rise. This will precipitate another mortgage industry crisis. Only this time, the government (not free trade) will be in control. And, the party that will have the solution will be the democrats. All this is to say, I see one more instance of a crisis-generating solution being created with this plan. It's not meant to help, but, to control. I really don't think people are taking the crisis with a long term perspective. What good is a free market economy if it is never allowed to succeed and fail?

Lastly, in John Paul's the Perfect Storm, he laid out the observation that social security was designed to work prior to Roe v. Wade. When abortion became a legal option, it eroded the effectiveness of the original plan. So, we suffer from the wrong perspective when discussing the social security system. The plan would work perfectly, but, illegal laws were set in place and the long term goals were made irrelevant because the original assumptions on which the plan was made are not realities today. I think this type of observation, one in which the consequences of sin are considered as legitimate sources of all of today's problems, are the only kind that will make sense. Everything else is illusion and farce. Sadly, people work so hard to make things that are meaningless and will never do anything to solve the problem but only contribute to worsen the existing ones.