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 Mr. President,

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imes are urgent, we are on the onset of a depression and it is time to buckle down.It is time to reevaluate our circumstances. Our current economic situation is unstable and government programs pumping money into failing businesses is only perpetuating this unsustainable habit of spending that has gripped the country. These statements are proven if you look at the spending habits of the banks that were bailed out. According to CNBC the former CEO of Merril Lynch, John Thain,  spent over  1.2 million dollars of bailout money on personal items around his office including “ An Area Rug, Mahogany Pedestal Table,19th Century Credenza, Pendant Light Furniture, 4 Pairs of Curtains, Pair of Guest Chairs, George IV Chair, 6 Wall Sconces, Parchment Waste Can, Roman Shade Fabric, Roman Shades, Coffee Table, Commode on Legs.”  It doesn’t  stop their either, according to Washington Post “Less than a week after the federal government offered an $85 billion bailout to insurance giant AIG, the company held a week-long retreat for its executives at the luxury St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif., running up a tab of $440,000.” This reckless spending needs to stop.

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n order to fix our future we must look to our past, in 1933 25 percent of all workers were completely out of work, many starved to death, and many others lost their homes.  It is argued that it was the Second World War that cured our countries economic crisis of the 20s, 30s and early 40s, the number of unemployed workers declined by 7,050,000 between 1940 and 1943 and the number in military service rose by 8,590,000, but the recovery came, for the consumers, with the end of the war. After the war consumers could buy products that were unavailable during the war and unfordable during the 1930s. That is what I believe is necessary for our country, massive world war. Long ago, the bow and arrow was the ultimate technological achievement. It was used by Genghis Khan to forge an empire that stretched across Asia, from the wintry woods of Ukraine to the Eastern shores of Korea. A military as powerful as ours could easily take Mexico, Africa and even the rising India. There is no limit to what we cant do or who we cane conquer. Unlike the new deal, of the 30s that focused on short term solutions and consumer centered programs, we can fix our economic issues through global conquest. By invading oil and resource rich countries we will talk economic control of our planet and money problems will be a thing of the past. We must remove big business, that would cause competition for technologies and resources, we must lock our technology in and let the government decide who gets what and when.

Monday, February 9, 2009