July 11, 2009 by ItheConsumer.

As the Media Pundits debate on if the Government should issue another stimulus package, I wonder where and why they are not asking the Private Sector where their Stimulus Package is? Given that the so-called experts say that is where all the jobs will be created and all the profits are to be made one would think that the Elite on both sides of the political spectrum would find it better for them to dictate the pace of change inside of having the Elders and Powers-that-Be once again step in and tell them what the future will look like. Or is the Summit of the Billionaires in Utah just another feel good party of those citizens who think they are wealthy. For why the Stock Market remains at 8,000 with no good hope at reaching the all time high of 14,000 any year soon I wonder how many corporations are going to keep their stock holders if the only business in town hiring is the Federal Government.

For I would love to hear how Commerce and Industry are going to survive if they do not have the infrastructure to move their goods and services in the 21^st Century or meet the Bling-Bling of the 21^st Consumer as they look for more and more ways to cut down on their expenses. Yes, putting money into the Consumers’ hands when they have no confident in “We the Corporation” to bring to market the innovations needed to help build a better world would lead to the banks having more money through savings if history can be trusted. And why I will not say that is a bad idea in and of itself, having grown up challenging the Powers-that-Be of the 70’s I do believe that the Lone Voices lost in the Wilderness can and should hold the Private Sector accountable to the same Principles and Standards as their Elected Officials for coming up with a spending plan that will help every American have the opportunity to become economically viable and financially independent.

So stimulate this My Democratic and Republican Parties. With less than 25% of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spent and lacking the guidelines to rebuild the Federal Infrastructure where are the plans of the Major Players on Wall Street to get back on their feet. For limited to My Personal Opinion, I ask My Brothers and Sisters of the 70’s if “We the People” should create another Corporate Welfare Program or follow our ancestors of the 1990’s and force Washington to create a Job Welfare System for Private Sector designed to move America toward Energy Independence and the Blessings of Prosperity that it will bring.

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July 11, 2009 by ItheConsumer.

Are you shocked to hear that the CIA withheld information from Members of Congress and the Public after 9/11? Well, given the atmosphere in the Whitehouse and Washington to protect certain data and programs as America went to war I do believe that history will show that the CIA was told to keep tight lipped and avoid leaks at all costs. So how is it that the Democratic and Republicans of today seem shocked to hear that they were not told everything when even the lead up to the War in Iraq left both sides without all the necessary data to make an informed decision before the 2002 Election. And why I will not defend such actions from the CIA or close the eyes to the fact that Congress did not ask the necessary questions to hold the Whitehouse accountable over the last 8 years. Old enough to remember the Late 60’s and Early 70’s and the mess that America was in when it finally released that the CIA was spying on its own citizens I do wonder about the timing of this latest uncovering of supposed misconduct. I have to ask who did not know the CIA was withholding information.

However, now that Congress and the Public has been told that from 2001 the CIA did have a program that may have kept certain data from being compromised by remaining silent I do believe the Politically Correct thing to do is to have the House and Senate Committees start public hearings and waste millions of dollars “We the People” do not have. Since if the Republicans are going to score political points showing the Speaker of the House lied about not being informed (an almost impossible case to make) than the American Public are going to have to air secret information that could jeopardize our national security.

And though I agree Congress needs to look into the problems caused by a system failure to follow the Rules and Procedures of Law, given the nature of the business and ones’ inability to openly comment on the facts I do believe that the Committees time would be better spent if all parties worked on a solution that would properly teach its members how to ask the CIA what they know. For Public Hearings or behind Closed Doors, I do wonder if even the Chairpersons over the last 8 years even thought to ask the CIA any questions on the information that was supposed to have been withheld from Congress. Since I do not remember hearing one question asking for any information available that Iraq did not have WMD’s before given President Bush unfettered power to take America to war in 2002.

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