Hell No, You Did Not Pay Back Your Debt

In many parts of the world, economic problem is not new. In America, however, it is a different story. We had experienced short and brief unemployment and economic slowdown for decades. This time the recession is deep and unemployment number is huge and long. Recently, our economic foundation had shifted dramatically from producing goods to importing goods, from manufacturing to servicing, from expanding jobs to outsourcing jobs. This shift builds the financial economy that values borrowing and debt very high and discourages economic independency and sustainable living. The result is what we start to see now. Lost jobs are not coming back, under the current system jobs do not create huge profit for companies compared to selling and buying imported high tech junk. The problems we face now are going to stay here for some time.
For many of us, this is the first time to notice such a magnitude of job loss, economic problems relating to national financial system and long time unemployment affecting so many people in America. However the majority of world population experience economic problems daily. Economic problem is usually a problem of third world countries. The most broadcasted and announced human sufferings are those that include starvation of millions of people due to drought and natural disasters in sub-Sahara Africa. Thanks to the heroes who spent their money and time to bring attention to the generous people of the world particularly American people. Many people were able to eat and drink the help they received.
However, this time the economic problem is different from the economic problem we know. This time it is a problem not caused by drought, flood or civil war, but a problem created by sophisticated merchants. These globalized casino experts transferred real and non-real values of who we are into commodity speculation. Companies and banks find it profitable to trade and issue debt in the form of credit than to manufacture or produce products. In the process, as part of this wild scheme they turned people’s houses into an ATM machine, leaving many people out of their houses, jobs and pushing the country into recession. The damage to the economy and the people is so great most people have to seek from their friends and relatives. Once again, when brothers and sisters are out of work, out of many, the relatives open their hands and their hearts to help those who are in need. Those who lost their house are welcomed by the relatives to shelter with them, to eat with them, and to share whatever they have with them. These heroes of the recession sacrificed comfort and privacy for the benefit of others, while the “too big too care” gangsters reward themselves with billions of taxpayer dollars.
They claim they are paying the taxpayer debt in full. No, you did not. Because of your actions and greed, millions have lost their jobs, their houses, and their retirement’s worth in trillions. These financial gangsters are not willing to admit their mistakes or learn from their mistakes. We do not expect them to change their way of doing business. They are against any kind of change that may threaten their standing in the society. Preserving and maintaining their status at any cost is their priority. They have powerful tools a communication apparatus that promotes lies, deception, as well as promote anarchy and lawlessness against individuals and organizations they disagree with. People behind these ugly tactics are not stupid, they are smart, but for them, no matter how ugly the means to achieve their goal is, it is justified by the outcome they pursue.
Yes, these peoples are powerful but we should not feel hopeless. We know in the past when we face great problems, people of all kind rises to the challenge. Some even pay the ultimate price for the good of their fellow man. They understood the hills to climb, the aches they have to feel, the sweats their body has to release for each step of gain or success towards improving humanity.
They are smart, but they use their insight to add a little light to those with deem of hope, they are courageous but they do not use their courage to attack instead to protect others.
They are harassed, insulted, called out names, attacked, and sometimes killed. They know all these things will happen to them but they do not try to back off from what they believed for a second. Men and women such as Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr., did left us something good we cherish everyday at their expense. Many ordinary people who did not have super human power, or who are not prophets chose peace instead of violence, but suffered many losses. These heroes were ambushed in dark alleys and harassed in open fields. For every Gandhi or King, there are many thousands we do not know who gave up their lives for the good of all.
The financial gangsters may try every means available to them, including foreclosing houses, denying credits, bankrupting jobs, sometimes even inciting violence in their twenty-four hour cable news and wage disinformation tactics just to keep us in debt. That is not going to happen. We learn from our mistakes. We believe in working and earning a living. We control our finances. We discuss our differences peacefully with civility. We vote for our interest and follow ideals that bring us peace and unity. Mr. Gangster, we will not fail for your small print tactics again. It is shameful and dishonest for you to claim that you paid your debt. Let me ask you financial gangsters a simple question. Did you pay the millions of homeowners who are under water? Did you pay millions of people who lost their job because of your credit default swaps? Did you spend any time in prison for your crimes against the people?
The answer is “Hell No, You Did Not Pay Your Debt".