Thanks Steve,
This chart is very troubling. Look at all of those years since 1929 of running deficits! Imagine if that were a business. They would have gone out of business a long time ago. I did a little research over the weekend on Novus Ordo Seclorum, which is printed on the back of the dollar bill. And while the mythical translation that is proposed in the book Angels and Demons is not fact, I guess FDR got his wish of his Novus Ordo Seclorum, which is now an order that continues to leech of the backs of its own. Unfortunately, the original Novus Ordo Seclorum as declared by our lesser known Founding Father Charles Thompson is being taken away from us, and in a day in age when both parties will effectively elect an Obama with little experience, that has become more apparent to me than ever.
Clearly defined in the context of the mantle which rested upon the founders of this nation, George Washington proposed: “The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period."
And in a seemingly prophetic exclamation, Thomas Paine riveted the Colonial unions with his statement of vision in his writings in Common Sense: “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind... 'Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected, even to the end of time, by the proceedings now.”
Well, maybe we can judge how near we are to the “end of time” by reading those words and judging whether or not our “posterity are virtually involved in the contest”. It seems to me the day, which appears to be looming ever closer, when the effects of the proceedings of founding our nation can no more be realized by future generations (whether it be because of defeat from enemies, secularism, disintegration of the pursuit of happiness, or a profound weight of debt by the government to its people and other nations) will spell the end of the “New Order of the Generations”.
In the old days of the British Empire, they used to hail and sing “God Save the King”.
God Save America.
| TIJS LIMBURG | |
Garth,
I took the liberty of re-formatting this article as a pdf for further dissemination.
Powerful to note that even “intelligent” demon-crats are starting to figure it out. Obama had an opportunity to show true leadership and stop the pork-barreling in this spendulus bill. He instead chose to pay off his political cronies and put our nation at even greater risk. Another 10% loss in the market in a week’s time? Who do they think they’re fooling?
Regardless of his “campaign-style” rhetoric, blaming our current woes on the past eight years of Bush – only part of which time Congress was controlled by Republicans – Obama could have and should have shouldered the responsibility that is his. HE is the President and can use his position to do what’s right or what is politically expedient. His weakness, cowardess, and shallowness is now made plain. Forget giving him 100 days. In 100 days, it may be too late to ever return to the freedom and independence the country was founded on. Have you heard the talk about the fairness doctrine? Have you heard the proposal to take the last six months of 401k contributions from 2008? The enemy is not at the gates, he is inside the keep and the treasure of the nation is being pillage before our eyes.
And who is really to blame for the better part of a century of government expansion and deficit spending? I think the following chart gives a pretty clear picture. What’s even more revealing but not easily displayed is that the margin of deficit spending increases dramatically when demon-crats control both houses and the presidency. Surplus occur when the demon-cratic margins are small or Republicans have control, up until the last few years when supposed Republicans threw in with demon-cratic philosophy and tactics.
| Year | Congress | President | Senate (100) | House (435) | Deficit |
| 2009 | 111th | D | D - 55*** | D - 256 | Y |
| 2007 | 110th | R | D - 51** | D - 233 | Y |
| 2005 | 109th | R | R - 55 | R - 232 | Y |
| 2003 | 108th | R | R - 51 | R - 229 | Y |
| 2001 | 107th | R | D* | R - 221 | Y |
| 1999 | 106th | D | R - 55 | R - 223 | N |
| 1997 | 105th | D | R - 55 | R - 228 | N |
| 1995 | 104th | D | R - 52 | R - 230 | Y |
| 1993 | 103rd | D | D - 57 | D - 258 | Y |
| 1991 | 102nd | R | D - 56 | D - 267 | Y |
| 1989 | 101st | R | D - 55 | D - 260 | Y |
| 1987 | 100th | R | D - 55 | D - 258 | Y |
| 1985 | 99th | R | R - 53 | D - 253 | Y |
| 1983 | 98th | R | R - 54 | D - 269 | Y |
| 1981 | 97th | R | R - 53 | D - 242 | Y |
| 1979 | 96th | D | D - 58 | D - 277 | Y |
| 1977 | 95th | D | D - 61 | D - 292 | Y |
| 1975 | 94th | R | D - 60 | D -291 | Y |
| 1973 | 93rd | R | D - 56 | D - 242 | Y |
| 1971 | 92nd | R | D - 54 | D - 255 | Y |
| 1969 | 91st | R | D - 57 | D - 243 | Y |
| 1967 | 90th | D | D - 64 | D - 247 | Y |
| 1965 | 89th | D | D - 68 | D - 295 | Y |
| 1963 | 88th | D | D - 66 | D - 259 | Y |
| 1961 | 87th | D | D - 64 | D - 263 | Y |
| 1959 | 86th | R | D - 65 | D -283 | Y |
| 1957 | 85th | R | D - 49 | D - 232 | Y |
| 1955 | 84th | R | D - 48 | D - 232 | N |
| 1953 | 83rd | R | R - 48 | D - 221 | Y |
| 1951 | 82nd | D | D - 49 | D - 235 | Y |
| 1949 | 81st | D | D - 54 | D - 263 | N |
| 1947 | 80th | D | R - 51 | R - 246 | N |
| 1945 | 79th | D | D - 57 | D - 242 | Y |
| 1943 | 78th | D | D – 57 | D - 222 | Y |
| 1941 | 77th | D | D – 66 | D - 267 | Y |
| 1939 | 76th | D | D – 69 | D - 262 | Y |
| 1937 | 75th | D | D - 75 | D - 333 | Y |
| 1935 | 74th | D | D – 69 | D - 322 | Y |
| 1933 | 73rd | D | D – 59 | D - 313 | Y |
| 1931 | 72nd | R | R – 48 | R - 218 | Y |
| 1929 | 71st | R | R – 56 | R - 267 | N |
| 1927 | 70th | R | R – 48 | R - 237 | N |
| 1925 | 69th | R | R – 54 | R - 247 | N |
Yellow years mark Presidential inauguration.
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