…it’s funny how things tend to repeat themselves throughout history. We often find the words of wisdom from years past serving us well at points in the future.

Currently our Country is in the midst of a very serious economic recession. Irrespective of what the media pundits, prObama supporters, and Government officials may say this is not over yet. Will it get better eventually; yes – soon, maybe…but maybe not.

There has been a lot of focus and attention on how our Country is going to pay for all the debt we’re creating. Simply put, the plan is basically to tax the shit out the rich and punish large corporations with extra taxes for revenues earned overseas – all while giving the “average joe” a “better shot” (a.k.a. a handout).

I believe that we’re on the path to create a huge gap in our society within this country. I believe the middle class is being destroyed; I believe we’re going to have a disparity in the classes analogous to the way we had disparity and inequality in the races during the first half of the last century. I believe that people will be punished through taxes for being successful. I worry hat we’re rapidly devaluing our currency and creating an impossible burden of inflation and debt that even our children’s children will be paying off long after we’re gone.

…I’m truly concerned about the state of our economy and country.

The following words are from Abraham Lincoln, and in the context of my first paragraph I ask, where has the wisdom gone?

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.