root of doctor evil

ROOT OF DOCTOR EVIL


Most of us are occupied almost full time with the issue of money. Either wanting more or how to live with less than needed. It isn’t that money is evil. Money is not the root of all evil, although a case might be made that it is the root of Doctor Evil ( a mockery and a farce ). Money is simply a survival tool. When the health of our corn field meant survival, then weather and other agricultural matters preoccupied most of your time. Since money has been forced upon us as our survival tool ( with the monopoly holders taking a healthy cut as the vig ) we really have no choice but to worry about it. The last vestiges of the self-sufficient farmer were wiped away for good with the imposition of a property tax that had to be paid in cash. Before that, product in kind was accepted. You might think it quaint that an old GP took chickens for a house call, but that was not so much the desperation of Depression farmers but the way life was before a money standard was forced on everyone. I suppose the age-old standby was used at the time as the excuse for selling out the last holdout to the bankers, “it’s for the children”- a classic cure all for the government to use when pretending to help you as it is screwing you. How could they be expected to provide a quality education that now includes sex education ( the parents can’t be trusted to push condoms for emotionless, bondless recreational sex or to teach that packing Johnny’s fudge is an acceptable lifestyle choice ), drivers training ( let’s subsidize Detroit with free training to potential drivers ) and sports ( mock warrior training good for Basic Training indoctrination or corporate commander obsequiousness training, never to be subject to budget cuts for the further benefit of being part of the Bread And Circus distraction to the masses ) if the county can’t maximize its tax base and revenue stream?

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Another nice benefit for our banking masters to forcing everyone on the money survival system is not just increased profits- that is just a bonus- but total control. Never again should one of our nobility be forced to bide their time and wait impatiently for eventual bankruptcy due to forces outside their control. Weather freak events such as the Dust Bowl simply don’t happen enough to fit a busy titans schedule. Far better to force the issue through manipulated markets forcing prices down. Or instructing your purchased politicians to raise property taxes. If they are already high enough, create more inflation ( which pays for itself anyway ) to ratchet up taxes through bracket creep ( something the government wholeheartedly agrees with ) and force up the amount of property taxes through rising prices. Even if the rates remain low, the price still shoots up. The average worker might want the American Dream of a family and a white picket fence, but the Bankers Wet Dream is that everyone buys it through credit ( both the wife [ jewelry store credit ] and the house ). And so far almost everyone seems quite eager to oblige the pukes. We go out of our way to stay indentured for life, and convince ourselves we like it. Look, if you are happy paying through the bloody ass the rest of your life, fine. So be it. We all have different desires and aspirations. But if you think it can only end badly for you, read on.

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Remember how I told you that you only get one warning, then you get screwed if you don’t take heed? Your one warning has been given. Freddie Mac/Fannie May ( henceforth referred to as Nationalized Mortgages since they underwrite over 90% of all loans now ) has announced that they are cracking down on people that can afford to pay their mortgages but choose not to due to the value being underwater. I don’t blame them. Everyone acts rationally in their own best interests. I don’t expect otherwise, even if I do give the old guys a ration of crap about Social Security ( and speaking of SS, that warning has also been given-more in a sec ). The point here is that right now they are going after the better off financially. In the near future, as the government finances sink quickly, that category will include everyone, from minimum wage workers to the unemployed to the upper class with vacation homes. No one will be allowed to stop paying the bank. It is in the cards, people. The banks are in trouble. The banks control the system. The banks will survive a little while longer at your expense. If you are so inclined to believe that a economic crap storm is on the way- take steps immediately to legally shuck your mortgage obligation. I don’t know how, and frankly I’m not sure I care. I have been warning for decades against thirty years of debt. But if you fail to get out of that debt, soon it will be illegal to do so, regardless of your circumstances. Debtors prisons are already happening in disguised and underreported instances.

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Social Security has been in trouble for years. They kept claiming the system was sound until 2020 or 2030. But this year they didn’t pay COLA. Prices obviously went up this year, as anyone who has to buy groceries ( that’s everyone except Karen Carpenter ) knows. This is a very strong signal to you that every year you will fall farther and farther behind if you rely on SS. Take drastic action now. Reduce your living expenses now, voluntarily, while you can. All of the above ties together with the simple observation that while we must have money, we should minimize that need as much as possible. As Mayberry (http://mayberry-keepitsimplestupid.blogspot.com/ ) points out, Starve The Beast. That is a benefit. But more importantly, it minimizes your danger. Besides your wheat and grinder and bolt action and filter for immediate emergency survival, the next most important issue is rent free living of some kind. That is your biggest expense, and thus your biggest danger. You can’t live without money, but without a rent or mortgage payment you can live on a heck of a lot less. And hence live a lot simpler.
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