Immobilism
by
Paul Trog
The social, civil and
economic fabric of the nation is in danger. In addition to the clear and
present threat of Marxist-Socialist enslavement posed by Obama, our country is
hog-tied by an antiquated and coagulated system of special interest lobbies
that has plunged its predatory tentacles deeply into the U.S. Congress, the
administration and key sectors of the economy.
We have reached the
perilous stage of IMMOBILISM, an immobility both political, economic and
industrial; the vibrancy of the nation's entrepreneurship is being smothered by
the powerful Banking Lobby and its member institutions' slowness (or
unwillingness) to extend credit. Their obvious intent is to syphon off our
national resources and tax revenues to cover the considerable losses they
incurred when the housing bubble burst.
They blackmail the nation
for ransom.
The powerful thrust of
American creativity is stagnating; political infighting, ideological disputes,
personal animosities and the greed of the lobbies are generating gaping
deficits, that have lead the country into a virtual economic and political
stand-still.
In nature, a wounded and
motionless animal is an easy prey for predators.
Meanwhile, China has
abolished its system of rigid government controls guiding its former command
economy and loosened state regulations for capital formation, industrial
production and commerce. Its dictatorial grip on the real source of power
however, was not relinquished. The Communist Party controls the military, the
various police entities and is responsible as before for ultimate
decision-making and national longterm planning.
Vaunting their
indisputable economic success, China offers its 'hybrid' System of governance
with conviction as an alternative to our Western democratic system. And China
is also tying up contractually the raw material resources of the globe for
their own national use and presumably, in order to dictate the raw material
price structure in the future. It must be clear to everyone who thinks this
over, that this could have devastating economic consequences for the free
world.
It is therefore urgent to
rethink and retool our capitalist system and free its powerful productivity
from impeeding special interests. If this is not achieved, we will be
overwhelmed inevitably and forced to march in lock-step to the tune of the
tyrants, towards communist collectivism and the dictatorship of globalism.
In 1989, as the Soviet
Union collapsed, I watched as the most capable leaders of the U.S. ideological
left flocked in droves into environmental groups and the green movement. Over
the years, among other signal achievements, they successfully aborted most
efforts at oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and on both the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts.
On the other hand and
simultaneously, the Oil Lobby and its affiliated companies were able to stop
every attempt to provide the nation with alternative fuel resources because
they provided the bulk of the research scientists engaged by the US government
for the purpose of seeking and developing technical solutions and economic
feasibility studies for various alternative fuel projects. Naturally, every
effort to come up with credible results was bound to fail.
This IMMOBILISM has
spanned countless decades and caused the recent incredible wealth transfer (our
money) to many bitter enemies of our country. It has also caused massive
domestic and national deficits, for which, in the end, the US taxpayer has to
foot the bill.
Meanwhile, Russia is
building a Siberian pipe-line to its frozen Pacific shores, and from there to
China, in direct competition with an EXXON venture, the purpose of which is
absolutely similar, while fuel needs on our shores are willfully ignored.
A paralysis caused by the
lobbies grips most industrial fields in the USA. Unbridled greed and
selfinterest motivate the 'Special Interest' groups and could very well cause
demise of our DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM.
Paul
Trog
Innsbruck,
09/22/09