Dagny Taggart

I am so tired of anything remotely controversial being deleted here. This country is truly in trouble and nobody seems to care! Does anyone know of a website or forum where intelligent people can discuss the REAL issues and not have to sift through questions like "which is bigger, the national debt or Michelle's butt?"

Im not looking for a place that gives lessons for old people and drama geeks weaking jeans, I'm looking for something authentic with great music and good dancers. There's got to be somewhere, right?

Besides the US, whose bonds does China own? Companies? Other countries?

When do/did we begin repaying the bonds?

Do you think this was done as an economic move (thinking the bonds would be a good investment) or a political move (wanted to have the US by the balls)?

What would happen if we default?

What is China's interest in IMF bonds? Australia's bonds?

Thoughts? Opinions?

I live in a Republican stronghold, so perhaps I'm getting a skewed perception.

Most young people I know (myself included) voted for Obama, but are now completly disillusioned with our government and the president.

A lot of the under 30 crowd is arming up and talking about revolution. In intellectual circles you hear the words "civil war" and "collapse of the dollar" thrown around. People are comparing us to Rome and predicting our fall from grace if we don't turn Washington around, or eliminate it altogether. Rather than forlorn or scared about the thought of forming militias and taking the power back, everyone seems amped and excited. Living off the land, wielding a gun, and rebuilding society sounds great. A friend said "I want to fear for my physical safety more often" and the group we were sitting in readily agreed. What is this strange attraction in our youth to revolution?

Is it videogames that are making our lives seem dull and (for men) emasculating? Movies? Has technology robbed us of our primality, and the joy a human can feel from our own fulfillment of or most basic needs? Have we had it too good for too long - and has "too good" become "too boring"?

What are your thoughts?

We are fighting two very expensive wars. We have a social security system that cannot be sustained. The words "pork-barrel spending" have never been so popular, yet the government just passed an $800 billion dollar "stimulus" plan. And our new president (aka the second coming of Christ *rolls eyes*) wants to tackle universal healthcare. Our hard-earned money is being funneled away, and to what? I doubt if any of us will see one iota of improvement due to an "economic plan" made of money conjured from thin air. More likely that our taxes will be raised, our services snipped, trimmed and then cut altogether, and our quality of life will be flushed down the toilet.

California is unlikely to issue anything more than an IOU as a tax refund. My state alone is $65 billion in debt and struggling to remain afloat as our economy drags every man under.

What could make them listen? A revolution sure, but most of our able-bodied men can't pull themselves away from Halo long enough to organize a coup. Hell, most of them probably don't know what a coup is. But money. Money they would listen to.

What if everyone stopped paying their taxes? I think this is a legitimate idea.