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]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] THINGS TO COME [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
by Brant Gaede (Freeman 07656GAED) (3/7/1989)
Do you miss Ronald Reagen already? Well, no, at least I don't;
we're well rid of him. It's just that his colorless replacement is
little more than a glorified bureaucrat sitting on top of the ready-
to-explode volcano of our economy. Essentially this Administration
is a mere continuation of the one before, which itself ran on auto-
pilot after the first year or so.
His head, empty of philosophy and ideas, Sir George Bush battles
the forces of evil in the U.S. Senate over the almost inconsequential
issue of the Tower nomination for Secretary of Defense. Sure it's a
grab for power by Senator Nunn, and why not? At least Senator Nunn
favors some development and application of the Strategic Defense In-
itiative (at least he use to), while Tower threw it all away for the
sake of his confirmation. Now the little man from Texas is reaping
the reward for his appeasement and all too obvious power lust.
Of course, SDI is not inconsequential, but since Bush isn't for it
you'd best start building your own bomb shelter; no one but you is
going to be looking out for you and yours.
The total lack of Western leadership reflects nothing so much as
the response to Nazism in the 1930's, only worse. You look at Gorba-
chev and you long to see some of that intelligence and verve on our
side. That he is basically a screw-up trying to manipulate the screw-
up that is Soviet Russia into function and is doomed to fail save in
destruction is another matter, except the whole world is spinning in
the same whirlpool. He's just at the bottom trying to suck us down
too. Our "China card" will eventually kick us in the teeth, which is
what happened to George Bush on his recent visit. Our problems in
Central America are now as nothing compared to those that are coming
from the chaos and brutality soon to engulf Mexico, courtesy of the
Communists.
Freedom or slavery. Who speaks for freedom? Not the United States.
This economic boom of ours rides the horse of indebtedness and in-
flation is the only tool that will be used to keep it going. Based
on his past actions it's a fairly safe bet that Greenspan will pro-
vide the necessary liquidity. Inflation you can blame on the spend-
thrift Congress, but throw the economy into a recession a la Volker
in 1979-80 and the blame will devolve on the Fed and the Pres.
Eventually, of course, the horse crashes to a stop regardless.
We are all being suffocated as our Government gets bigger and
bigger and it's growing number of regulations more complicated, ir-
rational and onerous. This will continue for now, just as it will
continue throughout the world as statism begets more statism, politi-
cal stupidity more stupidity.
When the big crash comes we may have an opportunity to save this
country, if we are articulate and have the answers. We will be ready
if we fight for rationality and freedom now. In a hundred years,
historians may look back at a seemingly obscure event and say it made
all the difference. If we live and fight to the best of our abil-
ities for what we think is right some of us or some one of us may
just be responsible for it, whatever it might be. And you don't
have to be selfless about it either. Even Harry Browne, though I've
never appreciated his attitude (my loss?), has been one of the most
effective advocates of freedom of the last two decades.
Freedom fighters are the only free men.
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