By Michael O’Derrick
The President needed money, his financial crisis forcing the Executive branch to reluctantly convene Congress in order to levy a new tax to solve his monetary woes. It had been years since this deliberative body had produced a balanced budget. Included at this meeting were representatives of the Judicial, Legislative and Executive Branches.
Congress convened in Washington on November 11, 2011 and quickly entered into a power struggle. The Executive branch soon declared itself as acting in national interest, thereby moving to create a “National Assembly” (Super Committee) that was representative of the people. This new National Assembly expressed its desire to include the other two bodies in its deliberations, but also made it clear that it was determined to move forward without them.
The tension increased, exacerbated by massive unemployment leading to further shortages of consumer goods and services. In major cities, mobs filled the streets. Fear spread that the Executive branch would retaliate with force. On November 18th the mob stormed the National Guard armories, the attack launching the nation down a pathway that would eventually lead to the destruction of U.S. democracy as we know it.
Does this all sound familiar? It should, this occurred on May 5, 1789, and was known as the beginning of the French Revolution.
Have we now reached the same point in our history? We need desperately today to see true executive leadership emerge or else we could suffer the same fate as the monarchy did in late 1700’s. Is this our time in history to repeat the mistakes of that time? Or can we exhibit a strength of purpose and direction that over the last years has been missing in this country? We are faced with difficult choices – listed in empirical order, Banks-Banks-Banks and Banks. Regardless of the majority party that is in favor, the limitless power of the Banks subjugates our citizens to a polarization of rich and poor without redress, which is guaranteed by our constitution. We have systematically given over our economic future to Bankers who use our money for their personal economic well being. It is time for our nation to provide a national recall of politicians who are part of business-as-usual, and relegate Banks to a role that will reduce limits on profitability.
The time to act is now.
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