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Break-down both left and right political types into three general categories:

Type one: real elites, from both the political left and right, are well known media personalities, nationally recognized elected officials, and vary – vary – wealthy individuals. Home town (or state wide) recognition is not sufficient to change mass minds on the federal level.

Most conservative elites are obviously registered Republicans; and similar for liberal Democrats. PC elites (Lingensjo previous blog sociopaths) are typically liberal; however, a few are inexplicably not.

Type two: acolytes - many acolytes envision themselves as elites; however, their influence is not significant enough to be included in that class. The actual elites will discard acolytes when convenient.

Conservative acolytes promote the defined (by elites) philosophy using empirical evidence and rational thought; the “silent majority” is traditional middle-class. Liberal acolytes promote the collective party-line through emotional responses to unpleasant situations. Reality is disconcerting for PC acolytes if they are not sociopaths.

Type three: cool-aid drinkers – the vast majority of liberals have arrived, and maintain, their talking points through “feel good” social contact. Conservatives in this class are a smaller percentage of the total right-wing, and they are better informed and rational.

EXAMPLE: Labor wage rate as a function of supply and demand.

Imagine for a moment, a rhetorical question, what would the common (not craftsmen) labor wage be if every able bodied adult had regular employment. If you’re honest, you must conclude that compensation would be higher; how much would be significant. When an employer wanted to hire another person they would be forced to entice an individual away from their current job.

This econ 101 review is a reminder that; when the supply (of labors) is increasing faster than demand, the equilibrium point (compensation) is lowered. Modern economists consider 5% unemployment on the macro level as “full employment”, because at any given moment, there are potential employees in transition from one job to the next.

The official unemployment numbers are not accurate (even allowing for some small percentage of transitional workers) because, over the years, many citizens have fallen out of the statistical collection system. Many more people (without official social security numbers) are not even included in the base numbers.

A recent local LA television spot about the large number of children, of homeless adults on the streets, is heart-breaking. What impact would employment for the parents, at a living wage, have on those children? Flooding the economy with illegal aliens has had the direct result of lowering labor rates and taking jobs from US.

Everyone knows business owners (liberal and conservative) want the lowest possible labor rates so their company can maximize profit. We also know what to expect from groups such as the Cato Institute; “let them eat cake”. Over the past few years, real family income has declined on average $2,000 per year.

Liberals win the prize for extraordinary deception, way beyond hypocrisy, in that, they claim to be for the “little guy”, and yet, consistently advocate LA be a sanctuary City. This rationalization is astonishing; over the past 50 years I have witnessed the devastation of the “minority” living standard in LA. Low-income citizens have been thrown under the bus.

Influencing the elites by the average person (such as temporarily stopping amnesty) can be done from the bottom up (plan on Lingensjo blog at TownHall.com). Acolytes will come around only when given implicit instruction to do so from their respective elites. Cool-aid drinkers want to “change” the people in charge of the same shenanigans, hoping they will personally benefit.

If you are incapable of comprehending the above facts and analysis you are a cool-aid drinker. If you simply refuse to acknowledge this reality you are a PC acolyte. “What luck for rulers that men don’t think;” Hitler 1940.

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A concerted effort in the 1970s was initiated by the Carter administration to fight “red-lining” by residential lending institutions. Pressure was placed on government licensed “private sector” companies to make loans to buyers not traditionally qualified, who happened to be geographically clustered. In 1999 the Clinton administration (dems moved on to Freddie and Fannie) exacerbated those sub-prime loan issuances by repealing Federal law regarding certain securities transactions.

The stage was set and liberals in Congress aggressively promoted (left-wing activist group Acorn flourished) practices objected to by a few conservatives. Now, when the predicted day of reckoning has arrived, the vary people who failed in their “over-cite” authority expect us to believe they have the solution!

The foregoing explanation is the reason why the persons in charge are desperate, to have those who have been in opposition, sign-on to their fix.

I recall many years ago, at the Cal State University LA that, I took an entire course titled “Money and Banking”. To summarize one subject, the primary lesson from the “depression” is that the “money supply” should be managed, not left to chance. Confidence in the currency (FDIC $100K insurance and other measures) is essential for uninterrupted commerce over an extended period if time.

I my opinion, this current money melt-down is a direct result of government interference in the otherwise objectively managed money supply market by the independent Federal Reserve System. A perfect example of why the Fed. should remain independent; otherwise, imagine how much nonsense government officials could create, unwarranted expansion of artificial assets would run wild.

Bean-counters always have the last word. You can spin and temporally distort a semi-free market; however eventually, a supply & demand equilibrium will prevail. The USSR learned that lesson, even with a totally controlled economy, because, unless you are completely self-sufficient, trade balances are subject to world money markets. The more these markets are integrated (new world order); the longer it takes to correct manipulation.

Democracy and Capitalism make for the best combination for the average citizen. Free (or even controlled) markets for individual property rights, despite the lame-stream media and “educators”, provide long-run protection for commercial transactions. Over-cite by elected representatives should provide the necessary transparency.

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The tipping point has arrived.

Individuals are aching for some ACTION they can do personally! Many authors and media personalities promote broad-brush, macro-ideas, and general philosophy. Citizens want specific impact (metaphoric pitch fork) activity they can engage in. Obviously, researching (beyond the lame-stream media) and voting on the issues, not personalities, is number one.

Every government entity has a building program, the management of which exemplifies their malfeasances. The law provides that public agencies (school board, city council … etc) allow any attendee of an official meeting to address the proceedings. Form a posse, show up at a meeting, and challenge elected members to read the book.

Search on-line for:

Construction Budget Management by Richard Lingensjo

the blueprint to initiate a reduction in the size of government. This book is not the sanitized bean-counter version, rather, the universal antidote for those perpetrating PC deception. This work has the caustic ingredient necessary to penetrate the bureaucracy.

Expect some ORWELLIAN moments.

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As a hostage, by definition, your liberty has been removed, or depending on the circumstances, at least diminished. The ever expanding US government, through taxes (intimidating IRS apparatus) and regulations, encroaches relentlessly into our lives. Touted by the chattering classes’ as progress, the taking of personal property rights and medaling in traditional group (Boy Scouts, marriage … etc) affairs has reached the threshold of totalitarianism.

Like the proverbial frog in the sauce pan, most citizens are distracted and placated by their comfortable standard of living. This scenario has been accurately depicted by numerous authors over two thousand years of history. There are examples of civilizations failing entirely under these vary circumstances. The unconscionable run-up in the national debt is a primary ingredient.

For those who are well off financially, and therefore have much social freedom, the affect is less severe. Those in the upper-class, those with the most power to affect change, are not likely to pursue real improvement. Those less educated, those in the lower-classes, have resolved themselves to the oppressive burden (by the “man”) of ever present government. The “Stockholm syndrome” has taken affect; some hostages are defending, even encouraging, their captures for increasing their bondage.

More at stake than the US as we know it, if that is not enough for you. Most hostages are not aware (quiz one on the street) of the unprecedented freedom and opportunity available in the US.  That fact contributes to the question of Western civilization’s survival. Not appreciating what you have reduces your anxiety about loosing it.

The US has been the engine for prosperity (a prerequisite for freedom) and liberty around the globe, since winning WWII for the “free world”. True to the founders’ vision, in the interim, President Ronald Reagan won WWIII. A healthy economy, including a vary large middle-class, and vigilance by those same middle-class patriots is necessary to preserve our Country as originally intended.

During the depression of the early 1930s many unemployed took refuge on family farms for basic necessaries. The drastic reduction, through to current times, of such agrarian life negates that opportunity. A macro-economic failure of that magnitude in modern time would result in a global catastrophe, beyond any historic proportion, a new “dark ages” in extreme.

The entire world would be subject to military conflict. Modern surveillance, communications, and the speed of force deployment would make a secrete operation (as in the movies) by the “good guys” impossible. Tyranny would be the norm world wide; the fascist “strong man” and slavery would rule. Countries currently with a dictatorial central government (i.e. Russia & China) will have a head-start in the fight for resources to supple their military.

The tipping point has arrived.

Construction Budget Management by Richard Lingensjo

is the blueprint to initiate the reduction in the size of government.

This book is not the sanitized bean-counter version, rather, the universal antidote for those perpetrating PC deception. My work has the caustic ingredient necessary to penetrate the bureaucracy.

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