TIFTON — Many of the financial pundits are now discussing double-dip recession, depression, deflation and then most likely hyperinflation.  The Federal Reserve publicly admitted it is now monetizing the debt. These are complete reversals for these pundits.

A few have seen these things coming for a long time and have been warning against the actions we have been taking, which repeat the lessons of past history. Many have criticized the warnings, in some odd belief that there was some form of magic that would allow valueless money and an overbearing government to make things right.

Inflation is a tool which kills wealth and steals people's livelihoods. It cares not what your economic status is, for when hyperinflation is done, almost everyone is financially equal and demoralized.  Understand, I said almost, because there are a select few, typically called the elite, who have absorbed not money, but resources.  Yes, resources are the things money is based on, so when a new monetary system is reassembled, guess who will control the resources it will be founded on? What you will have is a dual class system, where there are a few in control of the masses. You will technically be a slave to the new system, more so than you are now. The miracle of America was the multi-class system, where various levels of achievement paid off, dependent on the individual.

Our sins against our Lord are great and there are daily examples of how we have failed to uphold our responsibilities as Christians. When a society has no moral values and allows rules to change, there ends up being nothing that is wrong; thus, anything can be done. 

All leaders should be held to the highest standards: priests, judges, elected officials, teachers…  Yet, when they are caught in a lie or worse, excuses are made. Innocent lives are taken daily (abortion), laws are not enforced (border), theft is considered legal (unequal taxation), Federal Reserve with no oversight (a private bank, not Congress coining money). 

A public which is not engaged in its own future is allowing itself to become future slaves. Yet, in the recent primary here in Georgia, only 18.8 percent of the registered voters engaged in their responsibilities and in the runoff elections, only 11.9 percent.  Now of voters, how many do you think actually dug in and learned something about who they voted for?

Some think the fix for where we are now is something that can happen overnight, but they are wrong.  The fix is far from a one-night stand.  The fix is in our hearts, minds and souls, which need to be righteous and returned to fundamental principles of Christianity and moral lives.  Just voting the other party in such as in the 2010 election, i.e., the Republicans, will NOT fix our problems.  It is going to take a much deeper return to the foundation of this country, of smaller government and moral values.

 This does not mean do not vote, it means you must be engaged and educated.  A republic is where you elect people to represent your rights and needs as an individual.  But because we have turned a blind eye to our elected officials for so many years, they think they can do as they will (elitist attitude) and in the few cases where they may be a good official, they also need to know you have their back.  No one likes to stick their head out just to have it chopped off, because they have not the support they deserve.

I just had a deep conversation with a neighbor who is on Social Security.  He started to discuss that Social Security cannot be one of the things that would go away.

 I disagree with that in the long term. To start, there are many other things that need to go first, such as Department of Education (this is left to states), Department of Energy, EPA, OSHA…  Social Security is something many have paid into, myself included, but it also does not have a foundation in the Constitution.  It needs to go and I would prefer some sort of phasing it out. 

Yes, I understand I will never see any of what I put into it; however, it is the right thing to do.  If Georgia has a need for some sort of Social Security system, then Georgians can vote it in or out.  Then, if you or I have an issue with it, we can either work to change it or walk with our feet to another state, which does not have it.  This is why it is called the United States. 

A state is a nation and the United States is a bunch of united nations, for a common defense.  It is in the Constitution and when you read Article 1 section 8 “Powers of Congress,” you can see the federal government was set up for protection of all the states, free egress of commerce between the states, set up court system, patents and a common standard when dealing with foreign nations.  That’s it in a simplistic nutshell.

To close, as I started out this letter, those pundits and others who said a year ago “all was well” and “there is nothing to worry about here” have changed their tune.  There is a looming storm, at the very least financial and in the worse case, much more than that.  Please prepare for the worse and pray for the best.  Have food and drink available — stores do not keep a reserve anymore. Just look at areas just before a hurricane.  Have the ability to go two weeks or more.  What do you have to lose?  Nothing, and if it is not needed, you are always prepared for the unexpected family or guest.

 

Jeff Korson

Alapaha