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I have no idea who Gary DeMar is. But I have to wonder when a post about the US financial system uses the word communist four times in the first paragraph. Sort of sets up the whole article, IMO. Seeing as how the Communist party isnt a factor in US politics, near as I can tell.
The second paragraph used the same word six times. Along with words like intellectual dishonesty, brainwashing, and the manipulation of truth. Further sets the tone.
Now the author flips over to the label of liberals, and links them to the Communist Manifesto. OK. Got it. Liberals are Communists. Right. And they both want our money.
So that was the intro we had when we came to the second part of the article, a campaign by the US National Seniors Council. I didn't know about a reputed campaign to nationalize retirement funds, so I followed the link. The 'recent' hearing they refer to was held in 2010. It was about encouraging more people to participate in retirement savings plans, not about nationalization. But this lobby group doesn't like the government, so they concluded that the only reason the government wants more people to save for their own retirement is so that the government can then raid the funds. Seems like a bit of a leap from this vantage point. This lobby group has drawn this all out of the history file and linked it to recent US election results.
The use of fear as a motivator in politics appears to be continuing. Don't let the facts get in the way, let's just scare the masses.
Naz, it doesn't look anywhere near as scary as it is made out. In what way are you being punished? If you believe that the US Government is going to go bankrupt very soon, and then seize all the registered retirement funds (yours included), then don't keep your retirement funds in a registered plan. You would have to believe that you can somehow shelter them though, so you should probably stay away from banks as well. Maybe gold. Your call. Or, you could decide that the hysteria is perhaps overblown. Again, your call. But don't stop saving for your retirement, which is a good thing, because some political group believes that the Communists have taken over your government.
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