One of the famous quotes from a member of the U. S. Congress is: a million dollars here, and a million there, and pretty soon it adds up to real money. Now we have $14-billion here, and $25-billion there, and $700-billion and the real money from times past becomes chump change. The fact is the federal government is borrowing nearly a trillion-dollars, and we-the-people are co signers of the note. Now, if you and I go to the bank to borrow money for our business, they will as they should ask us some age-old questions that I think we-the-people should be asking the feds. <br />
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Question one: how much money does the federal government owe now, and what is the plan for paying that back? Question two of our federal government: do you have a good record for paying back your loans? Question three: what will be your schedule for paying back THIS loan? Question four for our federal government: if the entity you spend that money on, or loan it to, fails to make their payments on time, are you going to nationalize it and take it over? If we as individuals have to answer questions like this BEFORE we get the money, shouldn't we-the-people be asking them right now? After all, if the federal government fails to pay that money back, the co-signers of the note include you, your children and probably your grandchildren. And if the feds do pay it back, it will be with an increase in your taxes.<br />
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This is Gordon Sawyer from a window on historic Green Street in Gainesville, GA.
