Let's look at this through a financial lens. The unions which make up a smaller and smaller part of the total work force get unbelievable large pensions. They put in a minor amount and receive upwards of $36,000 to $50,000 to $75,000 to $100,000 to $150,000 per year; and many get more. Where does this money come from?
The money comes from Real Estate taxes and State Taxes for the most part. That means every home owner and anyone in a state with an income tax has part of their taxes going to pay for these pensions. Most of the people
who pay these real estate taxes and state taxes will never get a pension for a variety of reasons. But the unions
always demand more and get pensions for their members while the economy is barely limping along. Just plain greedy. That's my opinion. When 18% to 21% of working age people are unemployed the unions are not
satisfied to keep their jobs, they always ask for more. And that MORE comes right out of your wallets.
The way I see it in America today, it is the non-union people versus the unions - and definitely not low earners versus high earners. The class warfare is more about the union class taking from all the other non-union people. The unions are in fact a re-distribution of money channel. The unions are a very greedy group of people.
Think about this when your state raises your tax rate or when your real estate taxes go up while the price of
your home goes down. But the union members will be getting their share.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Political race 2012
The race to the President is reaching new lows. All I want to hear from the current President is what he has
done in plain talk. And how it will affect the USA and its citizens. And All I want to hear from the others is how they will be different from the current President.
All this double talk, lies and mis-direction is blurring reality and cheating the citizens of the USA.
We are at a cross-roads ---in my opinion--- similar to the 1930s in Germany. We have a choice between
traveling down a road to financial inflation and bankruptcy OR a very tough road to a strong USA. It is
that simple.
We can not spend money we do not have. Look at Greece. Look at Italy. Look at Spain. Remember what
happened to Mexico a few decades back. Remember what happened to Argentina a few decades back
We are seeing in Greece and Italy what could very easily happen in the USA. People not wanting to give up some of what they have to ensure that they will have something in the future. People greedy enough to demand pay
increases in the midst of a major recession. People demanding pensions while other have no pensions for
all sorts of reasons - many not their fault - like bankruptcies.
We need to cut our spending immediately - not in ten years. Why immediately? Because the interest is
approaching a level that cuts into the money available for social spending.
Do we want to spend out gross national product paying interest on the debt or to give everyone medical care?
The solutions are simple. It's the power grabs of congress and the President that are making it difficult. we
need to cut spending - plain and simple. And if we cannot figure out where to cut, then we need to cut
everywhere by 6% or 7%.
Like any company in financial trouble, we need to shed employees and assets. This will reduce expenses and
bring in revenue. We need to do things that we might not do in good financial times. Things like;
1) Open up Anwar for oil drilling. This is a wasteland delta close to another private drilling operation.
That will increase jobs and bring in tax revenue plus decrease our oil dependancy on countries that hate us.
2) Build the Pipeline from Canada to our southern refineries. This will increase jobs and bring in oil that will
otherwise flow to china. More jobs and more tax revenue.
3) We need to cut some of the agencies in our government or at least reduce the number of employees in
each agency. Private companies all over the USA are doing exactly that and they are turning profits.
4) We need to bring home some of our soldiers stationed in Germany and South Korea and re-deploy them
in the southwest States of America.
That will slow the drug traffic into the USA and help to secure our southern borders. And as a benefit, the
southern states will get needed income and from all these soldiers. More USA jobs and more tax revenue.
5) We need to deepen the harbor in South Carolina so it can handle the new and deeper container ships.
That will add tens of thousands of jobs plus keep costs low for imported goods.
All five of these choices will INCREASE JOBS AND TAX REVENUE. And this increased revenue can offset some of
the interest in our debt plus pay down our debt.
It is simple. It can be done quickly. The results will show up within a few months. Here's one reason why.
Just by announcing that we will drill in ANWAR, Alaska and that we will build the pipeline will bring down the price
of oil. It does not matter that the actual flow of oil will be a few years in the future. When the price of oil drops two things happen.
1) The price of gasoline will drop - putting thousands of disposable dollars into consumers' hands.
2) Those countries that hate us will have less revenue to finance terrorism against the USA.
All good things. So why aren't we doing this??????????? It's all about POWER. The power of congress,
The power of the President. The powerlessness of the USA citizens.
We need to accomplish these five tasks NOW.
Call your congressperson and demand that we accomplish these five things NOW!!!
And That's the Way I See It...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
done in plain talk. And how it will affect the USA and its citizens. And All I want to hear from the others is how they will be different from the current President.
All this double talk, lies and mis-direction is blurring reality and cheating the citizens of the USA.
We are at a cross-roads ---in my opinion--- similar to the 1930s in Germany. We have a choice between
traveling down a road to financial inflation and bankruptcy OR a very tough road to a strong USA. It is
that simple.
We can not spend money we do not have. Look at Greece. Look at Italy. Look at Spain. Remember what
happened to Mexico a few decades back. Remember what happened to Argentina a few decades back
We are seeing in Greece and Italy what could very easily happen in the USA. People not wanting to give up some of what they have to ensure that they will have something in the future. People greedy enough to demand pay
increases in the midst of a major recession. People demanding pensions while other have no pensions for
all sorts of reasons - many not their fault - like bankruptcies.
We need to cut our spending immediately - not in ten years. Why immediately? Because the interest is
approaching a level that cuts into the money available for social spending.
Do we want to spend out gross national product paying interest on the debt or to give everyone medical care?
The solutions are simple. It's the power grabs of congress and the President that are making it difficult. we
need to cut spending - plain and simple. And if we cannot figure out where to cut, then we need to cut
everywhere by 6% or 7%.
Like any company in financial trouble, we need to shed employees and assets. This will reduce expenses and
bring in revenue. We need to do things that we might not do in good financial times. Things like;
1) Open up Anwar for oil drilling. This is a wasteland delta close to another private drilling operation.
That will increase jobs and bring in tax revenue plus decrease our oil dependancy on countries that hate us.
2) Build the Pipeline from Canada to our southern refineries. This will increase jobs and bring in oil that will
otherwise flow to china. More jobs and more tax revenue.
3) We need to cut some of the agencies in our government or at least reduce the number of employees in
each agency. Private companies all over the USA are doing exactly that and they are turning profits.
4) We need to bring home some of our soldiers stationed in Germany and South Korea and re-deploy them
in the southwest States of America.
That will slow the drug traffic into the USA and help to secure our southern borders. And as a benefit, the
southern states will get needed income and from all these soldiers. More USA jobs and more tax revenue.
5) We need to deepen the harbor in South Carolina so it can handle the new and deeper container ships.
That will add tens of thousands of jobs plus keep costs low for imported goods.
All five of these choices will INCREASE JOBS AND TAX REVENUE. And this increased revenue can offset some of
the interest in our debt plus pay down our debt.
It is simple. It can be done quickly. The results will show up within a few months. Here's one reason why.
Just by announcing that we will drill in ANWAR, Alaska and that we will build the pipeline will bring down the price
of oil. It does not matter that the actual flow of oil will be a few years in the future. When the price of oil drops two things happen.
1) The price of gasoline will drop - putting thousands of disposable dollars into consumers' hands.
2) Those countries that hate us will have less revenue to finance terrorism against the USA.
All good things. So why aren't we doing this??????????? It's all about POWER. The power of congress,
The power of the President. The powerlessness of the USA citizens.
We need to accomplish these five tasks NOW.
Call your congressperson and demand that we accomplish these five things NOW!!!
And That's the Way I See It...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Obama and liars
Do you like being lied to?
Do you like having someone reach into your pocket and spend your money on themselves?
Do you like people always blaming others for what they were supposed to do? Never taking responsibility???
Well the obama bus campaign tour is just that lie.
It is not about doing his job as President.
The tour is a campaign tour for re-election and tax money is paying for it.
Tax money that you and I are sending in to the treasury every paycheck.
Call your congressperson and complain that obama should be paying for this campaign tour from his re-election fund.
Tell the obama to be responsible for his actions FOR ONCE IN HIS LIFE! Stop voting "present" and take a stand.
The only reason there was any debt reduction (small as it is) was because Americans said
TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY - TEA for short. Just like the Boston tea party when AMericans tossed the
English Tea Overboard in rebellion to the taxes imposed by the King of England, the TEA group
said ENOUGH. And it is only because of the TEA group that we have stopped some ((NOT ALL)) of
the run-a-way spending by congress.
And lastly - Remember the BS budget submitted by the obama calling for 4 to 6 TRILLION MORE
DOLLARS IN SPENDING??? WELL that 'budget' did not get one vote. Not one vote from the Republicans. Not One vote from the Democrats. That shows you just how STUPID that obama budget proposal was.
And the obama claims that he is doing something. That is pure BS - a lie.
Remember when someone yelled "You Lie" in obama's state of the Union speech. Turns out that obama did lie.
You can not trust this obama with any more time as President. Anyone Democrat or Republican would be better.
ANYONE BUT OBAMA is on my 2012 campaign button.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk WIth Jay Clifford.
Do you like having someone reach into your pocket and spend your money on themselves?
Do you like people always blaming others for what they were supposed to do? Never taking responsibility???
Well the obama bus campaign tour is just that lie.
It is not about doing his job as President.
The tour is a campaign tour for re-election and tax money is paying for it.
Tax money that you and I are sending in to the treasury every paycheck.
Call your congressperson and complain that obama should be paying for this campaign tour from his re-election fund.
Tell the obama to be responsible for his actions FOR ONCE IN HIS LIFE! Stop voting "present" and take a stand.
The only reason there was any debt reduction (small as it is) was because Americans said
TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY - TEA for short. Just like the Boston tea party when AMericans tossed the
English Tea Overboard in rebellion to the taxes imposed by the King of England, the TEA group
said ENOUGH. And it is only because of the TEA group that we have stopped some ((NOT ALL)) of
the run-a-way spending by congress.
And lastly - Remember the BS budget submitted by the obama calling for 4 to 6 TRILLION MORE
DOLLARS IN SPENDING??? WELL that 'budget' did not get one vote. Not one vote from the Republicans. Not One vote from the Democrats. That shows you just how STUPID that obama budget proposal was.
And the obama claims that he is doing something. That is pure BS - a lie.
Remember when someone yelled "You Lie" in obama's state of the Union speech. Turns out that obama did lie.
You can not trust this obama with any more time as President. Anyone Democrat or Republican would be better.
ANYONE BUT OBAMA is on my 2012 campaign button.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk WIth Jay Clifford.
Monday, August 15, 2011
obama's bus tour
Who is he kidding when he says it's a job's bus tour.
It is blatantly a champaign tour on the US taxpayer dollars - just insulting to taxpapers.
This President votes "Present" all the time BUT I DISAGREE!!!
He is not present.
He has not been a leader like any other Democratic or Republican President.
He is an absent President and needs to be voted out.
He has reached his PETER PRINCIPLE back when he was a community organizer.
Yes, he has a great campaign strategy and sometimes when he practices, his
speeches are given with a strong Baptist urgency. BUT, he does not have it
within himself to be a leader.
He has still not written a budget for over 830 days. That IS one of the President's most
important functions and HE HAS FAILED TO PREFORM.
All he does is create dis-harmony between races and find fault in the tiniest places with
Republicans about subjects that he refuses to tell anyone what he specifically and in detail believes.
This man needs to be replaced with a leader; Someone who will respect the Presidency and
make a budget and get out in front and lead.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
It is blatantly a champaign tour on the US taxpayer dollars - just insulting to taxpapers.
This President votes "Present" all the time BUT I DISAGREE!!!
He is not present.
He has not been a leader like any other Democratic or Republican President.
He is an absent President and needs to be voted out.
He has reached his PETER PRINCIPLE back when he was a community organizer.
Yes, he has a great campaign strategy and sometimes when he practices, his
speeches are given with a strong Baptist urgency. BUT, he does not have it
within himself to be a leader.
He has still not written a budget for over 830 days. That IS one of the President's most
important functions and HE HAS FAILED TO PREFORM.
All he does is create dis-harmony between races and find fault in the tiniest places with
Republicans about subjects that he refuses to tell anyone what he specifically and in detail believes.
This man needs to be replaced with a leader; Someone who will respect the Presidency and
make a budget and get out in front and lead.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Monday, August 8, 2011
Somolia's starving children
Your heart goes out to the millions of starving children in the world. BUT these people populate fast.
They just keep on having children and more children. They know there is not enough food in the entire world to feed them and they know there is not enough water, yet they populate and populate and when the drought comes or seasonal floods arrive, the world rushes to save these poor people.
This may seem harsh but the world has about 7 BILLION people and growing. What we need is a strict one
child per woman law just like china has in these countries. There are too many people in the world now!
They bring poverty on themselves by having so many children. They don't have enough farm land to grow
enough crops to support the populace now and they continue to populate. So why should the countries of the world rush aid to these people??? If we manage to save just half the children from dying, there will be another half million starving children in a few years - the children of these saved children.
This has to stop. I am in favor of stopping our aid. We have starving people in the US that need the food
and medicines. We do not have the money to feed the world. If we give all our corn and wheat reserves to
these people --who will be in need again next year-- and the US suffers a drought, there will not be food for the
citizens of the USA!!! And that is a fact.
And who will ever come to the aid of the USA??? Think about that. WHO??? Name a country. Hits you hard
doesn't it. There is no country that will come to the aid of the USA. Nor is there a country that could come to the aid of the USA if they even wanted to help us.
The USA has to begin holding back on our aid. - We need to re-assess our financial contributions to
countries that do not like us and we need to hold our food and water in reserves.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
They just keep on having children and more children. They know there is not enough food in the entire world to feed them and they know there is not enough water, yet they populate and populate and when the drought comes or seasonal floods arrive, the world rushes to save these poor people.
This may seem harsh but the world has about 7 BILLION people and growing. What we need is a strict one
child per woman law just like china has in these countries. There are too many people in the world now!
They bring poverty on themselves by having so many children. They don't have enough farm land to grow
enough crops to support the populace now and they continue to populate. So why should the countries of the world rush aid to these people??? If we manage to save just half the children from dying, there will be another half million starving children in a few years - the children of these saved children.
This has to stop. I am in favor of stopping our aid. We have starving people in the US that need the food
and medicines. We do not have the money to feed the world. If we give all our corn and wheat reserves to
these people --who will be in need again next year-- and the US suffers a drought, there will not be food for the
citizens of the USA!!! And that is a fact.
And who will ever come to the aid of the USA??? Think about that. WHO??? Name a country. Hits you hard
doesn't it. There is no country that will come to the aid of the USA. Nor is there a country that could come to the aid of the USA if they even wanted to help us.
The USA has to begin holding back on our aid. - We need to re-assess our financial contributions to
countries that do not like us and we need to hold our food and water in reserves.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Whose responsible
Have you noticed that whenever something happens bad, the first thing Obama does is to point his finger
at other people. Seems he is never responsible for anything he does.
Now Axelrod the slayer of truth and the lead finger pointer of blame is saying that it's the TEA PARTY that caused
this rating downgrade. Come on people.
All the tea party did was to point out to the Amercian people that we are spending too much for the money
we bring in as a nation. Talk about killing the messenger and forgetting about the message.
GET IT People. IT IS ABOUT SPENDING AND SPENDING ALONE. Yes, some people will get hurt a bit. But the entire
US could crumble from within if we continue to spend like fools without being responsible.
IT'S ABOUT IDEOLOGY, GREED AND POWER. And that has brought the US to a downgrade on our credit rating.
It is time to do some unpopular things to get the US back on track or we will begin to look like GREECE and
the riots in the streets.
http://craigkamman.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/sp-downgrade-whos-to-blame/
Read the article above. Then call your congressperson and tell them to cut spending.
We are all in this together. The poor, the middle class and the rich - the small businesses and the large
corporations - the financial institutions - all. The dollar is built on trust. That's the secret. If the populace
believes in the dollar and if the world believes in the dollar, the dollar will be strong. And of course the dollar
has to be based on a strong budget with positive cash flow. That means we need to get the spending down
and let business grow so we can increase revenue from increase business - not taxes but increased revenue
on which taxes are levied.
We need to reduce spending until spending is below 35% of GDP. Currently Spending is at 67% of GDP on
our way to 75% of GDP in a short time unless we change and reduce spending. It is not about casting blame.
IT IS ABOUT DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
at other people. Seems he is never responsible for anything he does.
Now Axelrod the slayer of truth and the lead finger pointer of blame is saying that it's the TEA PARTY that caused
this rating downgrade. Come on people.
All the tea party did was to point out to the Amercian people that we are spending too much for the money
we bring in as a nation. Talk about killing the messenger and forgetting about the message.
GET IT People. IT IS ABOUT SPENDING AND SPENDING ALONE. Yes, some people will get hurt a bit. But the entire
US could crumble from within if we continue to spend like fools without being responsible.
IT'S ABOUT IDEOLOGY, GREED AND POWER. And that has brought the US to a downgrade on our credit rating.
It is time to do some unpopular things to get the US back on track or we will begin to look like GREECE and
the riots in the streets.
http://craigkamman.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/sp-downgrade-whos-to-blame/
Read the article above. Then call your congressperson and tell them to cut spending.
We are all in this together. The poor, the middle class and the rich - the small businesses and the large
corporations - the financial institutions - all. The dollar is built on trust. That's the secret. If the populace
believes in the dollar and if the world believes in the dollar, the dollar will be strong. And of course the dollar
has to be based on a strong budget with positive cash flow. That means we need to get the spending down
and let business grow so we can increase revenue from increase business - not taxes but increased revenue
on which taxes are levied.
We need to reduce spending until spending is below 35% of GDP. Currently Spending is at 67% of GDP on
our way to 75% of GDP in a short time unless we change and reduce spending. It is not about casting blame.
IT IS ABOUT DOING THE RESPONSIBLE THING.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
The Obama vacation days
Ok everyone should get a vacation every now and then. But $76,000 for a night out on the town is way too
much money for a President to spend in the recession.
And where is the President these days where the proverbial sh*t is hitting the fan. He is out trying to gather money for the re-election game. In fact he has been campaigning to be re-elected from the first day in office instead of doing what a President should do - and that's be a leader. And where will he be over the next 16 months???
On the road collecting more money. He knows he will need more money to lambast any Republican candidate.
That is his strategy. Not to run on his absolutely dismal record but to make the Republican candidate seem so
terrible that you might vote for Obama because of how the Democrats have painted the Republican candidate.
This President has taken a bad time and made it worse by a factor of 10. He DOES NOT DESERVE ANOTHER 4 YEARS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
much money for a President to spend in the recession.
And where is the President these days where the proverbial sh*t is hitting the fan. He is out trying to gather money for the re-election game. In fact he has been campaigning to be re-elected from the first day in office instead of doing what a President should do - and that's be a leader. And where will he be over the next 16 months???
On the road collecting more money. He knows he will need more money to lambast any Republican candidate.
That is his strategy. Not to run on his absolutely dismal record but to make the Republican candidate seem so
terrible that you might vote for Obama because of how the Democrats have painted the Republican candidate.
This President has taken a bad time and made it worse by a factor of 10. He DOES NOT DESERVE ANOTHER 4 YEARS.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
STOCK MARKET FELL FROM 12850 TO 10800 IN 2 WEEKS
EVERYONE should have seen this. And what happened immediately after the stock market fell over 600
points and rallied back to only a 400 point loss?? Well the obama spoke. In the next ten minutes after he spoke,
the market crashed back down another 200+ points. Why? Because obama spoke smoke and mirrors and
had nothing concrete to say; just more of the same.
So what happened next? The Republicans said the same thing they have been saying for over a year. "It's
not about adding income. It IS about reducing spending." And S & P rating agency agreed and downgraded
the US debt for the first time in our history.
The treasury market rallied. Why? Because the world knows that the DOLLAR is strong. But the stock
market took it hard and everyone with a mutual fund or 401K lost money
We need to reduce spending NOW. And contrary to the Republicans thought, we need to both lower federal
taxes while closing loopholes which allows GE to make hundreds of Billions of dollars profit and pay no tax plus by adding a national 1/4% national sales tax on everything except food and medicines. Between the parts,
the debt could be reduced enough to shrink to a NON-GROWTH phase. And in 10 years the debt could
be lower than it is now by several trillion dollars. That's real money people. We pay real money on the interest on that debt. The lower the debt and less we spend on interest - the more we can spend on US citizens.
BUT we need to act now! The congress needs to act NOW!
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
points and rallied back to only a 400 point loss?? Well the obama spoke. In the next ten minutes after he spoke,
the market crashed back down another 200+ points. Why? Because obama spoke smoke and mirrors and
had nothing concrete to say; just more of the same.
So what happened next? The Republicans said the same thing they have been saying for over a year. "It's
not about adding income. It IS about reducing spending." And S & P rating agency agreed and downgraded
the US debt for the first time in our history.
The treasury market rallied. Why? Because the world knows that the DOLLAR is strong. But the stock
market took it hard and everyone with a mutual fund or 401K lost money
We need to reduce spending NOW. And contrary to the Republicans thought, we need to both lower federal
taxes while closing loopholes which allows GE to make hundreds of Billions of dollars profit and pay no tax plus by adding a national 1/4% national sales tax on everything except food and medicines. Between the parts,
the debt could be reduced enough to shrink to a NON-GROWTH phase. And in 10 years the debt could
be lower than it is now by several trillion dollars. That's real money people. We pay real money on the interest on that debt. The lower the debt and less we spend on interest - the more we can spend on US citizens.
BUT we need to act now! The congress needs to act NOW!
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Budget framework compromise weakened by obama's press conference
After all the wrangling between two sides and between sides within sides the President opens his mouth
and in a few sentences tells everyone that he believes the compromise is bad and he would not have
gone along with it.
How dare the President.
If I was either a Dem. or Rep. on the left or right of my party, I would be thinking hard whether
to vote yes or no after the President's stupid speech. He should have just kept his mouth shut
and left the process work. BUT NOOOOOO. He has to be the big shot and try to take some of'
the glory that was made by Congress.
This is a man who reached his Peter Principle when he became a senator and is mucking things up.
This man needs to admit he is over his head, step down and let the Vice President take over.
Let me know what you think - either leave a response so all can see or e-mail me at JayClifford@gmail.com
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
and in a few sentences tells everyone that he believes the compromise is bad and he would not have
gone along with it.
How dare the President.
If I was either a Dem. or Rep. on the left or right of my party, I would be thinking hard whether
to vote yes or no after the President's stupid speech. He should have just kept his mouth shut
and left the process work. BUT NOOOOOO. He has to be the big shot and try to take some of'
the glory that was made by Congress.
This is a man who reached his Peter Principle when he became a senator and is mucking things up.
This man needs to admit he is over his head, step down and let the Vice President take over.
Let me know what you think - either leave a response so all can see or e-mail me at JayClifford@gmail.com
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Why we need a FIX on the DEFICIT
A while back Congress passed a credit card law which said that the credit card issuers must charge more
in their minimum payment. Why did this law pass? Because if your interest is 19.99% per year and the bill
is only for a minimum of 1% of the outstanding balance, then next month's balance will be larger even if that
person does not purchase anything over the next month. So by BEING FORCED TO PAY HIGHER MINIMUM, the
CONSUMER WILL BE FORCE TO PAY DOWN THEIR BALANCE AND AVOID A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
SOUND FAMILIAR ???
Today with our deficit around 1.426 Trillion and growing by 4 BILLION A DAY the ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE
DEFICIT IS TO STOP SPENDING.
WHY NOT JUST INCREASE THE PAYMENT??? GOOD QUESTION!
UNLIKE the individual consumer who can stop spending and use that extra savings to pay down their credit card balance, CONGRESS IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON TAX REVENUES. AND BY TAXING EVERYONE MAKING OVER
$150,000, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY CREATED BY THE 100% TAX RATE TO MAKE A DENT IN THE DEFICIT.
Therefore there are three options.
Sell Assets - The US has HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ASSETS THAT COULD BE SOLD AND AND THE
NEW OWNERS COULD RUN THESE ASSETS MORE PROFITABLY AS WELL. Money into the treasury now and a stopping of red ink by owning these assets over the years.
CUT Spending - The toughest and best option - but it is more political than fiscal. Both sides seem to not
recognize that there is too much deficit and their way of receiving BRIBES from lobbyists to pass favorable laws for particular companies at the expense of the Citizens of the USA are over.
Devalue the dollar - the worst option. We have already devalued the dollar some 25% in the last 2 years.
That is a hidden tax on everyone. Costs will go up and inflation will grow. We are already printing hundreds
of billions of dollars EVERY WEEK more than the US receives in tax revenue. This is not good.
So the easiest and best solution is to cut spending now. And forget about this bull of cutting over ten years with most of the cuts occurring in the last few years. That is smoke and mirrors because by the time the real cuts begin, the deficit has already grown by another 25%.
We need cuts this year and every year for 10 to 20 years.
We can cut the military - 50 to 100 billion a year
We can cut out completely the Cabinet of education - saves about 15 billion a year
We can cut partially aid to hostile counties - saves about 50 billion a year
We can partially cut food stamps to non-citizens - saves about 35 Billion a year
We can partially cut the size of the Congressional staff force - saves about 100 Billion a year
SO YOU SEE THERE ARE WAYS TO CUT THE DEFICIT IF THE CONGRESS LIVES UP TO ITS OATH TO PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
HERE'S THE BEST PART > FOR EVERY HUNDRED BILLION OF DEFICIT CUT - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAVE
ONE BILLION OR MORE IN INTEREST PAYMENTS. THAT IS IMMEDIATE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
IF THE DEFICIT IS CUT IN HALF OVER A FEW YEARS, THE REMAINING DEFICIT WILL ONLY REQUIRE HALF THE
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND AT THAT TIME, THE BUDGET WOULD HAVE BILLIONS FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS. AND
THE INTEREST RATES WOULD REMAIN STABLE AND THE HOUSING MARKET WOULD STABILIZE AND THE
RECESSION WOULD BE OVER AND THERE WOULD BE JOBS FOR ALL WHO WANT TO WORK.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
in their minimum payment. Why did this law pass? Because if your interest is 19.99% per year and the bill
is only for a minimum of 1% of the outstanding balance, then next month's balance will be larger even if that
person does not purchase anything over the next month. So by BEING FORCED TO PAY HIGHER MINIMUM, the
CONSUMER WILL BE FORCE TO PAY DOWN THEIR BALANCE AND AVOID A FINANCIAL CRISIS.
SOUND FAMILIAR ???
Today with our deficit around 1.426 Trillion and growing by 4 BILLION A DAY the ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE
DEFICIT IS TO STOP SPENDING.
WHY NOT JUST INCREASE THE PAYMENT??? GOOD QUESTION!
UNLIKE the individual consumer who can stop spending and use that extra savings to pay down their credit card balance, CONGRESS IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON TAX REVENUES. AND BY TAXING EVERYONE MAKING OVER
$150,000, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY CREATED BY THE 100% TAX RATE TO MAKE A DENT IN THE DEFICIT.
Therefore there are three options.
Sell Assets - The US has HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ASSETS THAT COULD BE SOLD AND AND THE
NEW OWNERS COULD RUN THESE ASSETS MORE PROFITABLY AS WELL. Money into the treasury now and a stopping of red ink by owning these assets over the years.
CUT Spending - The toughest and best option - but it is more political than fiscal. Both sides seem to not
recognize that there is too much deficit and their way of receiving BRIBES from lobbyists to pass favorable laws for particular companies at the expense of the Citizens of the USA are over.
Devalue the dollar - the worst option. We have already devalued the dollar some 25% in the last 2 years.
That is a hidden tax on everyone. Costs will go up and inflation will grow. We are already printing hundreds
of billions of dollars EVERY WEEK more than the US receives in tax revenue. This is not good.
So the easiest and best solution is to cut spending now. And forget about this bull of cutting over ten years with most of the cuts occurring in the last few years. That is smoke and mirrors because by the time the real cuts begin, the deficit has already grown by another 25%.
We need cuts this year and every year for 10 to 20 years.
We can cut the military - 50 to 100 billion a year
We can cut out completely the Cabinet of education - saves about 15 billion a year
We can cut partially aid to hostile counties - saves about 50 billion a year
We can partially cut food stamps to non-citizens - saves about 35 Billion a year
We can partially cut the size of the Congressional staff force - saves about 100 Billion a year
SO YOU SEE THERE ARE WAYS TO CUT THE DEFICIT IF THE CONGRESS LIVES UP TO ITS OATH TO PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
HERE'S THE BEST PART > FOR EVERY HUNDRED BILLION OF DEFICIT CUT - THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAVE
ONE BILLION OR MORE IN INTEREST PAYMENTS. THAT IS IMMEDIATE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
IF THE DEFICIT IS CUT IN HALF OVER A FEW YEARS, THE REMAINING DEFICIT WILL ONLY REQUIRE HALF THE
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND AT THAT TIME, THE BUDGET WOULD HAVE BILLIONS FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS. AND
THE INTEREST RATES WOULD REMAIN STABLE AND THE HOUSING MARKET WOULD STABILIZE AND THE
RECESSION WOULD BE OVER AND THERE WOULD BE JOBS FOR ALL WHO WANT TO WORK.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Why a fiscal crisis???
One side says it's all about the other side not wanting to compromise.
LETs LOOK AT THIS STATEMENT...
What this really means is: Congress has spent the USA into a financial crisis. Not one side, but both sides.
Now --- One side or rather a part of one side has said ENOUGH. --- LETs Get OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.
And for once a part of Congress is requesting that there be a BALANCED BUDGET.
Why a BALANCED BUDGET???
That will restrict how much Congress will be able to spend of OUR MONEY WE SEND CONGRESS EACH YEAR.
So when one side says the other side is not willing to compromise, they are really saying ---
DO NOT TAKE AWAY MY BLANK CHECK.
IS that all bad???
When you consider how having a BALANCED BUDGET WILL RESTRICT LOBBYs' ABILITY TO GET FAVORS IN THE LAWS, A BALANCED BUDGET HAS POSITIVE IMPLICATION.
AND LIKE SPOILED CHILDREN, THE CONGRESS DOES NOT ANY RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON IT.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
LETs LOOK AT THIS STATEMENT...
What this really means is: Congress has spent the USA into a financial crisis. Not one side, but both sides.
Now --- One side or rather a part of one side has said ENOUGH. --- LETs Get OUR FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER.
And for once a part of Congress is requesting that there be a BALANCED BUDGET.
Why a BALANCED BUDGET???
That will restrict how much Congress will be able to spend of OUR MONEY WE SEND CONGRESS EACH YEAR.
So when one side says the other side is not willing to compromise, they are really saying ---
DO NOT TAKE AWAY MY BLANK CHECK.
IS that all bad???
When you consider how having a BALANCED BUDGET WILL RESTRICT LOBBYs' ABILITY TO GET FAVORS IN THE LAWS, A BALANCED BUDGET HAS POSITIVE IMPLICATION.
AND LIKE SPOILED CHILDREN, THE CONGRESS DOES NOT ANY RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON IT.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Our Budget is going to take us all down.
If you have credit cards where the minimum payments are more than your take home pay and you are borrowing even more money from your credit cards to cover the payments, then you are in reality --- BANKRUPT!
NO GETTING AROUND THIS ONE FACT.
So what are you going to do. You have three choices:
1) Get a second job and earn your way out of the dilemma you created by spending too much;
2) Find some way to decrease your monthly spending - stop buying some discretionary items.
3) Sell some things to create some extra source of income
AND probably all three.
OR
You will have to declare bankruptcy.
Now we take the US government's budget. The INTEREST on the debt is fast approaching what the total income
of the United States is. Once the debt ceiling is raised and the U.S. borrows more money; and once interest rates begin to move up just a little bit, the total interest on the US debt WILL BE MORE THAN ALL THE INCOME THAT THE U.S. TAKES IN. And as inflation kicks in and we print more money to pay for the interest without ever paying down the principle debt, the US Dollar will become worthless. And worse, the U.S. will be forced to de-value its currency. Time will come when you are asked to turn in 10 old green dollars for 1 new tan/green dollars. Instantly everyone will be poorer by a factor of TEN. If you had 10,000 in the bank, you would then only have 1,000. And the prices of food and commodities would be the same or higher.
GET IT PEOPLE !!! WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIKE IT!!! BUT WE EITHER HAVE TO REDUCE THE U.S. SPENDING AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITH GET HURT OR WE CONTINUE TO SPEND AND ALL THE PEOPLE WILL GET HURT.
THOSE ARE THE U.S.A.'s ONLY TWO CHOICES. You do not have to like them. The two choices are there and you have to decide how you will go from here.
It's a choice between very bad and disaster. No one will like it. BUT it will be one or the other choice no matter what side of the political spectrum you are on. So my choice is to begin to cut spending and NOT raise the U.S. debt spending limit.
As the debt is slowly and painfully reduced over several years and as the U.S. economy slowly begins to increase and more people are employed and pay more taxes, then and only then, will the U.S. economy and the U.S. dollar get on firm ground.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
NO GETTING AROUND THIS ONE FACT.
So what are you going to do. You have three choices:
1) Get a second job and earn your way out of the dilemma you created by spending too much;
2) Find some way to decrease your monthly spending - stop buying some discretionary items.
3) Sell some things to create some extra source of income
AND probably all three.
OR
You will have to declare bankruptcy.
Now we take the US government's budget. The INTEREST on the debt is fast approaching what the total income
of the United States is. Once the debt ceiling is raised and the U.S. borrows more money; and once interest rates begin to move up just a little bit, the total interest on the US debt WILL BE MORE THAN ALL THE INCOME THAT THE U.S. TAKES IN. And as inflation kicks in and we print more money to pay for the interest without ever paying down the principle debt, the US Dollar will become worthless. And worse, the U.S. will be forced to de-value its currency. Time will come when you are asked to turn in 10 old green dollars for 1 new tan/green dollars. Instantly everyone will be poorer by a factor of TEN. If you had 10,000 in the bank, you would then only have 1,000. And the prices of food and commodities would be the same or higher.
GET IT PEOPLE !!! WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIKE IT!!! BUT WE EITHER HAVE TO REDUCE THE U.S. SPENDING AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WITH GET HURT OR WE CONTINUE TO SPEND AND ALL THE PEOPLE WILL GET HURT.
THOSE ARE THE U.S.A.'s ONLY TWO CHOICES. You do not have to like them. The two choices are there and you have to decide how you will go from here.
It's a choice between very bad and disaster. No one will like it. BUT it will be one or the other choice no matter what side of the political spectrum you are on. So my choice is to begin to cut spending and NOT raise the U.S. debt spending limit.
As the debt is slowly and painfully reduced over several years and as the U.S. economy slowly begins to increase and more people are employed and pay more taxes, then and only then, will the U.S. economy and the U.S. dollar get on firm ground.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Friday, April 8, 2011
Where is Lincoln when we need him
We had a leader in President Lincoln. A person of commitment. A person of foresight. A person of justice. A person of Honor. Yes, President was all these things and more. And he was killed by the confederates. John W Booth, it turns out, was an officer in the confederate army. But the President was a leader among men.
And what do we have now??? A passive quasi-professor with one foot racial world and one foot in the socialist world. Someone who may or may not be a citizen of the USA. Someone who really never taught at the Univ Of Chicago. He was just a grad student fill-in who worked for free just to be able to say he was a professor on his resume. And he probably never went or Princeton or Harvard. At least there is not one graduate of either UNiversity who remembers him. And did he get the scholarship he applied for as a KENYA resident? Who knows.
And when he was in the Illinois house of Representatives he ALWAYS voted "present". He never was able to make a commitment. OH YES, except to the pastor who hates America - "wright".
Then there is his Senate tenure where he repeated most of his votes as "Present" EXCEPT where he voted exactly opposite the way he acts as President.
And has he every worked? I mean taken a job. NO
And has he every managed a group of employees. NO - He has zero experience as a manager.
In my opinion, he is as weak as President Carter and President obama is doing to America what President Carter did. He is weakening America and hurting alliances with our best allies. obama is embarrassing the USA with all the world. The world now thinks that the USA and obama are weak and not to be trusted. Quite an accomplishment for just two years in office.
And lets not forget how the Democrats and obama are bankrupting the USA. Don't come to me crying that the dollar has been de-valued in a short while from now. Every nation that tried to "inflate" its currency to get out of debt has de-valued their money. The people suffered terribly. That is the Future of the USA unless some one or Some group can stop the spending and reduce the obama and democratic debt significantly.
President Lincoln - President Reagan - we need you now.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
And what do we have now??? A passive quasi-professor with one foot racial world and one foot in the socialist world. Someone who may or may not be a citizen of the USA. Someone who really never taught at the Univ Of Chicago. He was just a grad student fill-in who worked for free just to be able to say he was a professor on his resume. And he probably never went or Princeton or Harvard. At least there is not one graduate of either UNiversity who remembers him. And did he get the scholarship he applied for as a KENYA resident? Who knows.
And when he was in the Illinois house of Representatives he ALWAYS voted "present". He never was able to make a commitment. OH YES, except to the pastor who hates America - "wright".
Then there is his Senate tenure where he repeated most of his votes as "Present" EXCEPT where he voted exactly opposite the way he acts as President.
And has he every worked? I mean taken a job. NO
And has he every managed a group of employees. NO - He has zero experience as a manager.
In my opinion, he is as weak as President Carter and President obama is doing to America what President Carter did. He is weakening America and hurting alliances with our best allies. obama is embarrassing the USA with all the world. The world now thinks that the USA and obama are weak and not to be trusted. Quite an accomplishment for just two years in office.
And lets not forget how the Democrats and obama are bankrupting the USA. Don't come to me crying that the dollar has been de-valued in a short while from now. Every nation that tried to "inflate" its currency to get out of debt has de-valued their money. The people suffered terribly. That is the Future of the USA unless some one or Some group can stop the spending and reduce the obama and democratic debt significantly.
President Lincoln - President Reagan - we need you now.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Candidates for president in 2012
Just saw the interview with Mr Trump. He tells it straight. No BS here. He knows that China is cheating
the USA and other countries with their currency manipulations and their cheap prison labor. He knows that we
are sending BILLIONS of dollars to countries that hate us and would cause harm to the USA if they had half a chance. He knows that GE made $5,000,000,000 and paid ZERO USA TAXES last year. How does that make you feel as you read that fact. He knows that GE is in bed with the obama. That is why GE gave money to congresspersons to pass the obama health care law. So GE could make hundreds of millions of dollars in the next decade off the medical industry. And guess who owns NBC - That's right - GE - Think you are getting
honest coverage with obama or GE on NBC - no way !!!. Would you tell your boss he is wrong and risk
being fired? I do not think so.
Trump has an uphill battle with folks in IOWA and New Hampshire. But he has my vote. He is a mixture of the Republicans and the TEA party. By the way TEA is short for TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY. IT IS ABOUT TAXATION
AND THE BUDGET. SO WHEN TRUMP an excellent businessman says he can balance the budget or at least get
it back down a few TRILLION dollars. A trillion is 1,000,000,000,000 - And the USA only collectively earns
about 3,200,000,000,000 a year. And our deficit is 14,600,000,000,000. So even with these unbelievably
exceptionally large numbers, by reducing the budget by a trillion dollars every 5 years, that will bring the deficit under what the entire USA gross national product is. And that is very good for everyone - Dems and Reps alike.
Lots of numbers and they are important. When the USA deficit gets too large, someone will one day devalue the
USA's dollar. And that will mean that everyone who has dollars will have to exchange 100 of their OLD green dollars for ONE NEW tan dollar. And all your money in the banks will automatically be be exchanged. And then
we will all be poor because the prices will stay the same. So a Newspaper that cost $1 in old dollars will
still cost $1 in new dollars. But the new dollars will be valued at 1 percent of the old dollars - so expect all prices to rise - thru Instant poor-house for almost everyone.
Since, I believe that Trump can get the budget reduced and save the USA from having to Devalue the Dollar, i
would vote for him. Forget all the side issues, this election is about your financial solvency - plain and simple.
Yes, there are side issues. BUT they become meaningless if the dollar is devalued. This election is more about
the deficit then employment. This election is not about Democrats or Republicans BUT about who will
reduce the budget. Financial solvency is the only thing to vote on in this election.
And that's the way I see it...
Stright Talk with Jay Clifford
the USA and other countries with their currency manipulations and their cheap prison labor. He knows that we
are sending BILLIONS of dollars to countries that hate us and would cause harm to the USA if they had half a chance. He knows that GE made $5,000,000,000 and paid ZERO USA TAXES last year. How does that make you feel as you read that fact. He knows that GE is in bed with the obama. That is why GE gave money to congresspersons to pass the obama health care law. So GE could make hundreds of millions of dollars in the next decade off the medical industry. And guess who owns NBC - That's right - GE - Think you are getting
honest coverage with obama or GE on NBC - no way !!!. Would you tell your boss he is wrong and risk
being fired? I do not think so.
Trump has an uphill battle with folks in IOWA and New Hampshire. But he has my vote. He is a mixture of the Republicans and the TEA party. By the way TEA is short for TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY. IT IS ABOUT TAXATION
AND THE BUDGET. SO WHEN TRUMP an excellent businessman says he can balance the budget or at least get
it back down a few TRILLION dollars. A trillion is 1,000,000,000,000 - And the USA only collectively earns
about 3,200,000,000,000 a year. And our deficit is 14,600,000,000,000. So even with these unbelievably
exceptionally large numbers, by reducing the budget by a trillion dollars every 5 years, that will bring the deficit under what the entire USA gross national product is. And that is very good for everyone - Dems and Reps alike.
Lots of numbers and they are important. When the USA deficit gets too large, someone will one day devalue the
USA's dollar. And that will mean that everyone who has dollars will have to exchange 100 of their OLD green dollars for ONE NEW tan dollar. And all your money in the banks will automatically be be exchanged. And then
we will all be poor because the prices will stay the same. So a Newspaper that cost $1 in old dollars will
still cost $1 in new dollars. But the new dollars will be valued at 1 percent of the old dollars - so expect all prices to rise - thru Instant poor-house for almost everyone.
Since, I believe that Trump can get the budget reduced and save the USA from having to Devalue the Dollar, i
would vote for him. Forget all the side issues, this election is about your financial solvency - plain and simple.
Yes, there are side issues. BUT they become meaningless if the dollar is devalued. This election is more about
the deficit then employment. This election is not about Democrats or Republicans BUT about who will
reduce the budget. Financial solvency is the only thing to vote on in this election.
And that's the way I see it...
Stright Talk with Jay Clifford
Monday, March 21, 2011
If it's time to make a decision - the obama gets out of the USA
What is going on with the selective decisions on foreign politics. We do not interfere when muslims are slaughtering Christians in west africa. We start a face book ground swell in Egypt whose outcome is still in question. We do nothing when China massacres hundreds during a protest. We semi-attack Libya to little
to late and get involved in a civil war that we know nothing about who is doing the uprising.
And we have no way to finalize the results.
We have not interfered in Bahrain where we have physical assets in our naval ships. The Saudis have sent troops
to Bahrain to support the government there. The entire middle east is splitting between two factions of muslims.
Does it seem to you that the obama always takes the side of muslims or gets involved in racial matters???
It seems that way to me.
And where did the obama go immediately after he declared war on Libya? He went out of town. And did the obama go to congress to obtain a declaration of war before sending out ships to fight??? No way!!!
And will we accept Libya as two countries like North and South Korea??? is there any way an east Libya can
exist without the oil from west libya? I do not think so. And with the tens of BILLIONS of oil dollars that Libya's
dictator has stashed away, does it matter that we freeze his assets abroad??? Not in the least. So what will be
the possible outcome? We have to HOPE and PRAY for Libya's dictator's untimely death. Not a good bet.
With a President who can not and has never led anything, we can expect nothing from the obama except
what he has shown us already. He will protect the interests of muslims and Blacks. Definitely NOT a President
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
We have to wait and see. Maybe one of our missiles will get lucky find the right person. Are you feeling lucky
today???
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
to late and get involved in a civil war that we know nothing about who is doing the uprising.
And we have no way to finalize the results.
We have not interfered in Bahrain where we have physical assets in our naval ships. The Saudis have sent troops
to Bahrain to support the government there. The entire middle east is splitting between two factions of muslims.
Does it seem to you that the obama always takes the side of muslims or gets involved in racial matters???
It seems that way to me.
And where did the obama go immediately after he declared war on Libya? He went out of town. And did the obama go to congress to obtain a declaration of war before sending out ships to fight??? No way!!!
And will we accept Libya as two countries like North and South Korea??? is there any way an east Libya can
exist without the oil from west libya? I do not think so. And with the tens of BILLIONS of oil dollars that Libya's
dictator has stashed away, does it matter that we freeze his assets abroad??? Not in the least. So what will be
the possible outcome? We have to HOPE and PRAY for Libya's dictator's untimely death. Not a good bet.
With a President who can not and has never led anything, we can expect nothing from the obama except
what he has shown us already. He will protect the interests of muslims and Blacks. Definitely NOT a President
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE.
We have to wait and see. Maybe one of our missiles will get lucky find the right person. Are you feeling lucky
today???
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Over Population and ENERGY
The Japan earthquake and tsunami has shown the world that we need something new to create energy.
Recently in INC Magazine, there was an article about a little box that is being tested that takes less energy
to create more electric power. In fact, one Electric utility is currently testing this new product.
I think this company should offer their new product to Japan's electric company. They would get world-wide
coverage and - in my opinion - if it works as people are saying - this could change the face of electric
power within a decade. People could eventually purchase smaller versions and not be tied to an electric
company's "down lines" during storms. PLus they could save on their energy costs.
Sounds like an idea whose time has come and the opportunity is perfect.
Read the latest issue of INC Magazine and see what I am talking about. It is part of your near future.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Recently in INC Magazine, there was an article about a little box that is being tested that takes less energy
to create more electric power. In fact, one Electric utility is currently testing this new product.
I think this company should offer their new product to Japan's electric company. They would get world-wide
coverage and - in my opinion - if it works as people are saying - this could change the face of electric
power within a decade. People could eventually purchase smaller versions and not be tied to an electric
company's "down lines" during storms. PLus they could save on their energy costs.
Sounds like an idea whose time has come and the opportunity is perfect.
Read the latest issue of INC Magazine and see what I am talking about. It is part of your near future.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Over Population and WATER
AT 7,000,000,000 PEOPLE, there is just so much fresh, drinkable water. It's about 1% of all the water on Earth. A lot of water BUT the drain of water is increasing every day as an increasing population will need more water; as more people switch from a grain diet to a meat diet; as more land need irrigation for farming. One of the largest population countries is doing a great job in managing and reducing its population. BUT no good deed goes undone - as they say. The Chinese people have acquires a taste for meat. The difference is about 45,000 gallons of water per pound of growing meat versus 1.5 gallons of water for the same amount of rice. WOW !!! BIG DIFFERENCE. And the oceans are producing at capacity now. So we now have fresh water fish farms; another drain on the limited water supply.
There is about 1.5% of all the world's fresh water in ice burgs and glaciers. Who would want to risk melting this source of water. At some point, the ocean levels would rise and that would mean millions would be force to flee lower ground for higher ground. That would cause unbelievable over-crowding and sanitation problems.
So what are we to do? For one, every country need to force a population reduction. India is the biggest population growth country and the one of poorest countries overall. Yet their population is soaring. That is an issue for another time. For now, someone needs to be prodding India to reduce their population.
The other resource for water is the ocean. Now the cost of fresh de-salted water is very expensive. When someone can figure out how to extract the pure water from the ocean and harvest the salt inexpensively, that will be the next multi-billion industry. And that will have a down side as well. That will encourage population growth.
Does anyone have abetter idea??? Hopefully someone reading this will have an idea and make it happen.
Until then, every drop of water you conserve, will prolong the remaining supply of fresh water. Thank about that when you are washing, bathing, brushing your teeth, washing you car or clothes or dishes. We can all do small bit that will add up to a huge slowing of the fresh water drain.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
There is about 1.5% of all the world's fresh water in ice burgs and glaciers. Who would want to risk melting this source of water. At some point, the ocean levels would rise and that would mean millions would be force to flee lower ground for higher ground. That would cause unbelievable over-crowding and sanitation problems.
So what are we to do? For one, every country need to force a population reduction. India is the biggest population growth country and the one of poorest countries overall. Yet their population is soaring. That is an issue for another time. For now, someone needs to be prodding India to reduce their population.
The other resource for water is the ocean. Now the cost of fresh de-salted water is very expensive. When someone can figure out how to extract the pure water from the ocean and harvest the salt inexpensively, that will be the next multi-billion industry. And that will have a down side as well. That will encourage population growth.
Does anyone have abetter idea??? Hopefully someone reading this will have an idea and make it happen.
Until then, every drop of water you conserve, will prolong the remaining supply of fresh water. Thank about that when you are washing, bathing, brushing your teeth, washing you car or clothes or dishes. We can all do small bit that will add up to a huge slowing of the fresh water drain.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Over Population
What would happen if the population increased by another Billion ??? Would the world take notice? Probably not,
as long as there was peace and prosperity.
But if you combine another Billion people and a drought lasting years over several 'major crop areas' - then you would see a world-wide calamity. There would not be enough food to feed all the people. On top of that, the food exporting countries would lose export money. Their economies would falter - maybe food riot - maybe just riots in general.
Add to that another earthquake rattling Peru or Southern California or the Pakistan/turkey area, hundreds of millions of people would die of starvation - maybe a few billion people would starve. The airports would be unaccessible, the roads would be not passible, the water/sewer systems would stop working. There would not be enough fresh water for everyone. Disease would rule the world killing billions.
All because the world has too many people and just one or two events combining to create a huge loss of life.
It's time to start reducing the world's population before these major events happen. And happen they will. It's just a matter of time before another volcano, earthquake or hurricane happens.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Cliffoprd
as long as there was peace and prosperity.
But if you combine another Billion people and a drought lasting years over several 'major crop areas' - then you would see a world-wide calamity. There would not be enough food to feed all the people. On top of that, the food exporting countries would lose export money. Their economies would falter - maybe food riot - maybe just riots in general.
Add to that another earthquake rattling Peru or Southern California or the Pakistan/turkey area, hundreds of millions of people would die of starvation - maybe a few billion people would starve. The airports would be unaccessible, the roads would be not passible, the water/sewer systems would stop working. There would not be enough fresh water for everyone. Disease would rule the world killing billions.
All because the world has too many people and just one or two events combining to create a huge loss of life.
It's time to start reducing the world's population before these major events happen. And happen they will. It's just a matter of time before another volcano, earthquake or hurricane happens.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Cliffoprd
Monday, February 21, 2011
Over Population
Whatever happened to "natural selection" of the human species? When people living in harsh lands had little water or less food, it was OK to have a baby every year. And maybe one or two would grow up to have babies of their own. BUT What happens when you "help" to maintain that population with just enough water and food to allow those families to have almost all their babies grow up to have babies? That is a population explosion everyone can understand. Add to that today's medicine and natal care and you have the makings of a future over-population that will one day collapse on itself and take down a few neighboring countries in the process.
Take the Middle East as an example. They are populating exponentially. One country is spending enormous amounts of money they get from oil-sales to get fresh water by de-salting the ocean. Another country has turned the desert into a garden and feeding its population while exporting food. Other countries are importing food - some from oil sales and some from world food banks. There is no rational reason to have such excessive population growth. It is unsustainable and will collapse on itself at some point.
Europe has been reducing its population for decades - BUT with the immigration and the immigrants' continuing to have multiple babies per family, the population is both increasing and politically rushing towards disaster.
South America has had its over-population spurt and will soon be unable to feed itself.
What does this mean for everyone? Possible starvation. Possible no jobs for everyone. Possible a change in the structures of governments. Does any of this sound good to you?
That is why I believe we need to be taking a rational approach to curbing the world's population. Hear that India? Put a condom on it. You cannot feed your population now. India has over 50% unemployment. This is serious. Slow down your population. You are headed towards a major water and food shortage. The world can not and should not rush to your aid. Natural selection is necessary everywhere. It's nature. It's the way the planet works.
If shortage of water or food does not reduce your numbers, then disease or even war will eventually reduce the entire planet's population.
A little thought now will stave off a terrible disaster later. Limit the number of babies per family NOW!
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Take the Middle East as an example. They are populating exponentially. One country is spending enormous amounts of money they get from oil-sales to get fresh water by de-salting the ocean. Another country has turned the desert into a garden and feeding its population while exporting food. Other countries are importing food - some from oil sales and some from world food banks. There is no rational reason to have such excessive population growth. It is unsustainable and will collapse on itself at some point.
Europe has been reducing its population for decades - BUT with the immigration and the immigrants' continuing to have multiple babies per family, the population is both increasing and politically rushing towards disaster.
South America has had its over-population spurt and will soon be unable to feed itself.
What does this mean for everyone? Possible starvation. Possible no jobs for everyone. Possible a change in the structures of governments. Does any of this sound good to you?
That is why I believe we need to be taking a rational approach to curbing the world's population. Hear that India? Put a condom on it. You cannot feed your population now. India has over 50% unemployment. This is serious. Slow down your population. You are headed towards a major water and food shortage. The world can not and should not rush to your aid. Natural selection is necessary everywhere. It's nature. It's the way the planet works.
If shortage of water or food does not reduce your numbers, then disease or even war will eventually reduce the entire planet's population.
A little thought now will stave off a terrible disaster later. Limit the number of babies per family NOW!
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Saturday, February 19, 2011
over-population
Nature has a way of dampening down on "Overpopulation". When small ground mammals have extra large families, the predators somehow know to increase their babies. And this gets the population back level. When any human grouping prior to very recent times grew to large, disease always struck and reduced the human population.
Now we have used our brains to build larger cities with intricate systems of fresh water plants and food and transportation and disease control plus reduce baby mortality. All this combines to create an over-populated world.
When any disaster occurs like a hurricane or major flooding or tsunami or earthquake or prolong drought, all the structures for supplying fresh water and food disappear. This will be the way of the future. The "bread-basket" of the Midwest USA has experienced several repeating droughts. The underground lake in the Midwest is slowly being drained for irrigation. If a drought and the water table in that lake drop at the same time, the USA will be without both a food source and a multi-billion export industry. Are you prepared to last 2 or 3 years before the "bread-Basket regains its growing capacity?
Some of the things we are doing now could stave off that scenario for a year or two. But 3 or 4 years and there will be riots in the streets with people looking for food. And people will begin to migrate back to around the Great Lakes where there is plenty of fresh water.
Somehow - Someway - the world's population needs to reduce by as much as half or we will all be in dire straits.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
Now we have used our brains to build larger cities with intricate systems of fresh water plants and food and transportation and disease control plus reduce baby mortality. All this combines to create an over-populated world.
When any disaster occurs like a hurricane or major flooding or tsunami or earthquake or prolong drought, all the structures for supplying fresh water and food disappear. This will be the way of the future. The "bread-basket" of the Midwest USA has experienced several repeating droughts. The underground lake in the Midwest is slowly being drained for irrigation. If a drought and the water table in that lake drop at the same time, the USA will be without both a food source and a multi-billion export industry. Are you prepared to last 2 or 3 years before the "bread-Basket regains its growing capacity?
Some of the things we are doing now could stave off that scenario for a year or two. But 3 or 4 years and there will be riots in the streets with people looking for food. And people will begin to migrate back to around the Great Lakes where there is plenty of fresh water.
Somehow - Someway - the world's population needs to reduce by as much as half or we will all be in dire straits.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk With Jay Clifford
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