This is what I observe and how I feel about first responders. Particularly police officers. The job has changed over the years. The risk reward factor seems out of balance. What would we do without them ? Really ?

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    When I was growing up back in Louisville Kentucky my father was a city bus driver. My uncle owned an auto body shop, and it seemed to be open 24 hours a day. The local police officers working the night shift use to hang out and have coffee, tell war stories, and “watch over the place”. As my brothers and I grew up my middle brother decided he would become a firefighter. He showed courage and passion for his calling in life. He retired a Captain after about 27 years in uniform. Many times he was called to lay his life on the line to save someone he’d never met. I always looked up to him for that. Many of my friends were police officers back then in Louisville. They were a well oiled machine and managed for the most part to stem the tide of crime, work traffic accidents, and basically make life really good for the people of our city. 

   I moved to the Atlanta area in 1986. Again I met a lot of law enforcement officers over my years here. In the 80’s it seemed like a great career. A career with a purpose, respect, and community. They hit the streets every day and did what they do no matter what it takes or costs them. A soldier on the front line in battle could not be doing any more than they do. The concept of becoming a law enforcement officer was dangerous but something one does because it had to be done. 

   Flash forward to 2011. Wow has things changed. If you decide to be a police officer you must accept the fact that politics will control your career, that you move up because of who you know not what you do,  that the respect many in society had for your authority has vanished because of ignorant public policies, and the public in general is painted a picture very unflattering of you. Public schools are not allowing anything in them that may teach what it means to be a good citizen, judges no longer are on your side, instead they have an agenda. Usually pandering for votes in the next election, and a judicial system that sometimes does the unthinkable. To turn on their own. The liability of becoming a law enforcement officer has become incredible. 

   What would we do without these people on our front lines ? We would no longer have a society, we could not live with any type of safety. Security would be us barring up our homes and standing guard 24/7. Why do we not appreciate the fact that we have these amazing people that are willing to do a thankless job for way below what they could make in the private sector ? I’m amazed at the public perceptions of true community heroes. 

   I live next door to a great family. My neighbor, Jeff is a police officer. He drives his patrol car home every night. As a family man I love having that car that close to my family’s home. This morning my wife and I walked outside and Jeff was cleaning spray paint off of his car. Someone in the middle of the night wrote words that I will not repeat in the press release. They also spray painted the minivan in his driveway. It sickened me. We live in a middle class area, near our kids schools, and peaceful. A coward came in the middle of the night and defaced these cars for what ? Showing off ? Someone angry ? Jeff has accepted a position in society that if the person that did this had their life threatened then Jeff would stand between this unknown person and danger. He’d do this without an agenda, without reason other than it is what he signed up for and what he does. Amazing. 

   I just want to take the time to say “Thank You” to all those on the front lines of society that put it all on the line every day for perfect strangers. We should say thank you. It’s not just a job these people do. It’s a passion. Why else would they do it ? I say it all the time. It is a thankless position and I for one would like to change that. 

Ken Stepp 
Director of Operations 
American Angel Works 
Rosebud Advocacy 
877-577-1486 
info@americanangelworks.com

This is a story of someone with a giving heart that wanted to help those that help others. Incredibly there are still generous loving people working with nothing to gain for themselves. We needed help and “Nina” showed up. We remain thankful.

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    American Angel Works in a new division of Rosebud Advocacy. Established in 1999 and almost invisible since the economic collapse beginning 2007 to the present. Rosebud was working with men with addiction issues for years and continues to this day. In late 2010 because it seemed like so many people were searching for basic help due to job loss, injury, or sickness American Angel Works was born. Rosebud’s President, Peter Erbele had a meeting with Ken Stepp in a little coffee shop early one morning and the question was thrown out. How can we partner our time talent ideas and passion and make a difference in hurting peoples lives ? How can a nonprofit with $18.00 in the bank offer help to families that may not have food today ? Let’s work with offenders and make them a resource that makes a difference in hurting families lives. And lets get started right away ! 
   Well the “right away” thing wasn’t to go off without a hitch. It seems there are a lot of legal things one must do to even begin such a journey. First we have the board to petition on this idea. And since they are so spread out that would not happen overnight. Who knew that wanting do do something good for people would be so difficult ? Not us. But in the nonprofit world all the T’s are crossed and the I’s are dotted. This would be much the same. We met with our board, met with our attorney, and met with some very wise people. After receiving an all systems are go sign from everyone we began. Of course now it was late January 2011. We would launch in February. 
   One of the first thing we learned is that the desire to help others would not actually lead to helping others. It would take more than desire. It would take a community of people that would have to be found to do the things that we did not have the training or talent to do. I decided to write this press release because of just such a person that literally came out of nowhere. I ran an ad on Craigslist. I received spams, scams, and crazy things from it. But one person sent me an email. Her name was Nina Gibson. Her email was pleasant, thoughtful, and to the point. She wanted to help. No agenda, just help. She asked what we needed. I emailed her back that we really needed a flyer that we could email people. She asked what it needed to say. I mentioned a few items that should be included but asked her to do the creative part. I thought that was pretty bold of me but it really is all I could offer. She sent me the proofs, they were fantastic. Nothing about what she created looks free at all. In an economy and a time when so many Americans have pulled back and watching out for number one she came in and made a difference. American Angel Works is in this for the long haul and it’s people like Nina that reminds us we are not alone in this struggle to make a difference. Here’s to tomorrow and beyond. I just wanted to say thank you. America really is the most generous nation in the world, and full of the best people on Earth.
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Rosebud Advocacy and American Angel Works is a 501C3 national nonprofit that focuses on helping families in financial crisis and first responders that have been injured or can no longer do their job.

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American Angel Works is a division of Rosebud Advocacy. Standing in the gap for those in need. Emergency groceries, utility bills, gas to get to an interview,etc.

Helping budgets has become the rage lately , finding ways to keep county ,city ,and even states budgets in line. How changing the way they punish minor pot offenses to drawing productive people back to their city or state will help. Today the need is saving more money and doing it with a purpose in mind. Today the focus is on saving your court much needed funds and helping families in need can both be done at the same time ? Yes and it is very simple. 

 Sentencing offenders to community service hours can be a way to save a substantial amount of the budget. Sending people to jail is costly and very high in liability. It also causes in many cases the offender to lose their job and thus adding to the problems the economy has today. This action can even displace entire families because they lose their bread winner to unnecessary incarceration. There are smarter more helpful solutions. 

 Community service sentencing really only has one problem. There are very few places to do community service in the community. American Angel Works a foundation that helps families in crisis has developed a unique way of combining an offenders community service hours and helping these children. It’s simple really. 

 American Angel Works supports families in every state and most communities. A probation officer ,judge ,or district attorney loves sentencing people to community service or having them do their service hours with American Angel Works because they know that it is their area that will benefit from it. Mark Baker with North Georgia Judicial Services explained that he met people in his area receiving funds . 


 The average daily cost to incarcerate someone is $50 providing they do not need medical attention or file a law suit for an event. If you used community service more in a small municipality and could keep 10 people per day out of jail they would save nearly $200,000 by simply offering an alternative. A larger municipality that could keep 100 people out would have an extra $2,000,000 (2 Million) with no cost to implement this program whatsoever. 


 A story that starts out bad and ends great is what this is. If these courts need to balance their budgets ,want to help their community ,and some families in need this is truly a fairy tail ending for everyone.
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American Angel Works is a division of Rosebud Advocacy with their home office in the Atlanta Georgia area. Helping families in financial crisis is our mission. If you have community service to complete this is definitely the place to complete them. Helping others through fund raising. 
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American Angel Works has designed an online program that provides you the freedom to work your Court-ordered hours given your otherwise busy schedule. There are many ways to work this program. We will credit you with hours to create opportunities for…

Nonprofit works with offenders that have been sentenced to court ordered community service in all fifty states by helping them complete their service through fundraising and helps police and firefighters with the proceeds.

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 America Angel Works is a division of Rosebud Advocacy, a national 501C3 nonprofit. Rosebud began as a small community outreach in the Atlanta Georgia area. They have worked with men with addiction issues since 1999. In 2010 Ken Stepp came on board with them as a consulting board member and Director of Operation. American Angel Works was his dream and Rosebud was his path to making it come true. Mr Stepp wanted to help America’s first responders like police and fire fighters when they were in financial trouble. And that is where America Angel Works began. 

   In late 2010 Peter Erbele, Rosebud’s President gave Mr Stepp the go ahead to create a foundation dedicated to helping our heroes when they are injured or hurting. For example most Law Enforcement Officers work part time jobs to make ends meet. If they are sick or injured their income has a gap in it. They could lose their car, home, or credit rating because of this gap in income. That is when American Angel Works steps in to help. They will offer temporary help to keep “life going” while the officer heals or starts getting their regular pay. 

   In a unique twist they do this by helping offenders work off their court ordered community service hours they were sentenced to. The offender raises funds for American Angel Works from any city in America. The funds are then issued to the first responders to help them through their difficult time. It’s a win win. The offender often can’t find a place that fits their schedule to complete their hours and with American Angel Works they can finish them faster and at a time that is convenient to them. This form of community service is accepted by both courts and probation officers. 

   I had a meeting with a local district attorney and was stunned to find out what is going on in most if not all of our judicial systems right now. One of the consequences to a terrible economy and budget shortfalls is that many cities and counties in America simply cannot afford to incarcerate as many people now. Yet they do have to hand out justice. They are doing this on a national scale. They are now sentencing more and more offenders to court ordered community service. The district attorney I met with loved the idea of having offenders work off their hours by fundraising for first responders. Again it is a win win for everyone involved. 

   As Rosebud Advocacy continues helping men with addiction problems and their families cope with these problems American Angel Works is blazing new territory for the great men and women on our front lines all over the US. What was a dream has become a reality for Mr Stepp. He started a company in 2006 called To Protect and Serve that addressed this problem and helped many first responders. Now with American Angel Works he hopes to take it to a new level of service. Officially launched in February of 2011 American Angel Works is build roads of compassion and gratitude for America’s first responders. Although small now he hopes to be able to meet many needs in the future for the true heroes of our society. 

   We are proud of our law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency responders and want to make a difference in their lives when they have been put in harms way for us. If you would like to donate to American Angel Works or Rosebud Advocacy you can do so online. 

   If you have been sentenced to court ordered community service hours and want a fast solution to completing them and would like for your service hours to actually make a difference in the lives of others feel free to go to American Angel Works web site, read what they are about and how their program works, then email them for how to get started. 

Contact 
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American Angel Works and Rosebud Advocacy Steps Up to Help a Mom in Trouble

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National Nonprofit Steps in to Help When Help Cannot Be Found

A mother in dire need turns to a Craigs List ad for help and finds a community. American Angel Works steps up to help.

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PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 11, 2011 – Very few parents have had to face the hardships Amanda Whitfield has.  And until a week and a half ago, Amanda was facing them alone. 

“I’ve never asked for help like this,” she said in her e-mail to American Angel Works, a nonprofit organization based out of Marietta, Georgia.  “I’m not sure what to say.” 

Amanda probably never would have turned for help had it not been for her son.   

“I try to always look at the cup half full, but life is hard for Micah.  I know I have a tough road in front of me.”   

Her son Micah just turned seventeen.  Since being diagnosed with Complex Congenital Heart Disease at one month old, Micah has undergone twelve heart surgeries.  For two years he could not breathe without the help of an oxygen machine; even now he requires constant medically competent supervision.  A stroke has left him unable to fully use one side of his body.   

Caring for Micah is a fulltime job, but one Amanda does not resent. 

“I have never once complained,” she says.  But it has become increasingly difficult to take care of Micah on her own. 

Every three weeks he receives eight hours of blood infusions from the hospital since his body does not produce its own antibodies.  Micah takes thirty-five medications daily, ten more in case of emergency.  Twelve of these medications are not covered by Amanda’s medical insurance.   

Micah’s father, who suffers from a severe mental illness, has threatened Micah’s life repeatedly over the last five years; Micah currently suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Amanda has had to move three times, and is no longer in contact with her former husband.  To make ends meet she has had to sell nearly everything they own.  A low point came a few weeks ago when she had to pawn one of Micah’s videogames (beside watching his beloved Phillies on television, playing his videogames is one of the few forms of entertainment Micah is able to enjoy).   

Amanda Whitfield knew she needed help.   

While scanning Craigslist for opportunities to make money from home, while still caring for Micah, Amanda found an ad that led her to American Angel Works.  American Angel Works is a nonprofit organization, sponsored by Rosebud Advocacy, Inc., that is dedicated to providing assistance for children and families in need. 

American Angel Works contacted fifteen churches in the Philadelphia area; of these two responded.   

A representative from Ensamples Church, Mission, and Ministries—sponsored by the New Life Community Church of Truth, Inc.—contacted American Angel Works and agreed to offer her support.  The representative recognized the importance of providing Amanda with what she needs to feel good about herself so that she can be strong for Micah.  And while they may not be able to provide Amanda with direct financial support, the representative from Ensamples Church has made arrangements with the merchants at 9th Street Market so that Amanda can maximize the potential of her government food benefits. 

Valerie McCrae, in charge of the ministry outreach at Fellowship Evangelistic Church where her father is the pastor, had already heard of the Whitfield’s situation—McCrae works at the children’s hospital where Micah receives his blood infusions.  Although Fellowship Evangelistic Church is a small church without liberal funding, McCrae has agreed to make a donation, out of her own pocket if necessary.  She will be meeting with Amanda within the next week to discuss the situation. 

Even more important than the financial support these two churches are providing—American Angel Works will attempt to match their contributions—is the caring community in which Amanda and Micah now find themselves.  They are no longer alone.   There are two congregations of friends, neighbors, babysitters, caregivers, confidants, who know their plight and are working together to help.   

Even the smallest things can make all the difference.  Recently, for the first time in 150,000 hours, Amanda found someone who could watch Micah for a couple of hours, while she took a break, and she did a thing most of us take for granted:  she went for a walk.   

For a while now Amanda Whitfield has been ‘getting by’.  She hasn’t been able to plan ahead, to save her finances; all she can do is make sure that there is food on the table, that the electricity bill is paid on time, that the van has enough gas to get her to the store and Micah to the hospital, that she has enough for basic internet so Micah can complete his online schoolwork, basic cable so he can watch his Phillies.  Ultimately her goal is to live without the anxiety of not knowing how she is going to do it all again tomorrow.   

She needs someone to watch Micah while she pursues the opportunities that have been passing her by (last week she had an opportunity to do paid research, but she could not afford to pay someone to watch him).  She needs a friend to stay with her at the hospital, while she waits for Micah’s infusions.  She needs someone who will pick her up when she gets discouraged, to laugh with her when things are good.  She needs a network.  She has that now. 

“With an extended network of caring people,” she says, “I could both be helped and helped others.”   

American Angel Works is a small organization, with limited financial reach.  Fellowship Evangelistic Church and Ensamples Church, Missions and Ministries are small inner-city churches and do not have nearly the resources of some of the other churches that were contacted.  But by pooling their resources together, each organization’s capacity for outreach is increased.  By contacting churches in an area and creating a dialogue between church leadership, American Angel Works hopes to establish meaningful networks and lasting relationships between churches; so that churches can help families like the Whitfields.

     I was taking a break from writing for the Summer but I found some info on a bill that is being looked at by Congress that has merit. It’s a tax hike. Most of you that know me also know that I hate the “T” word. America is taxed enough already. Lowering taxes on the upper and middle class has always and will always help lubricate the economy. That is just the way it works. But this bill is very different. The mega banks are sitting on over a trillion dollars of money they borrowed from the Fed at zero interest. So it’s just sitting there on their balance sheets earning small interest and making their stock look more appealing. Somewhere between 65 % and 80% of American jobs are in the small business community. Small business borrowing is now at a negative level. In other words they are paying debt and not borrowing. This has caused expansion in these companies to contract instead of expand giving us a negative job growth situation. I’m sure most everyone reading this knows that we have a “jobs” problem in America. The bill going through Congress introduced by Rep Sanders will tax the money sitting in these banks if it isn’t loaned out to small business. This is so simple and it would work. If our leaders want this economy to start moving then this bill needs to pass. It’s simple yet genious at the same time. If you read some of my previous predictions you will see that in June of 2009 I said that the flood gates to small business lending would be the way to make the economy roll again. I was very wrong on the timing. I predicted by May 2010 it would start. Maybe in August we can see it happen. Until then keep your fingers crossed. I really do think after the midterm elections that more leaders will be listening. We will have their attention by then.

I’m taking some time off from writing this Summer to enjoy my family. With two teens these days will be gone in a blink. The picture above is Sarah Beth ,Samuel ,and I on the riverfront in Louisville KY Memorial Day 2010. I’m still working with some political campaigns and working at American Angel Works. Keep checking back.

The greatest scam ever !

    Most people have no clue what their taxes get spent on. There are so many twists and turns. It is all just smoke and mirrors and I’m personally left thinking the privately ,secretly owned Federal Reserve Bank no longer needs to be in this powerful and illegal position. It is in a place where it can steal our labor and goods at will.

    Here is how it works. Congress passes a law, the House appropriates the funds. The Federal Treasury Department prints the notes for the appropriation. Then the Federal Reserve purchases these notes/paper at the cost of printing, about 4 cents note. A $1bill, $100 bill, or $1000 bond, costs the same 4 cents. The Federal Reserve then loans this money back to the Federal Government at interest based on face value. This interest rate may fluctuate. The cash is then distributed to the regional Federal Reserve banks from which the appropriations are disseminated as per the Congressional mandate. 

    Now, as the interest climbs with each appropriation, this debt requires payment your taxes – and occasionally the taxes must be increased to keep up with the “can never be paid off by design, debt”. The Federal Reserve profits greatly on this value created out of thin air paid by IRS collected taxes, and OUR REAL ASSET collateral on loans that go into foreclosure/confiscation.

     Periodically, the Federal Reserve will ask Congress for an increase in money supply. This indirectly taxes folks by pumping cash into the economy which decreases the buying power of the dollar. This makes it seem as though prices have risen – not the case, the money added causes the value of the dollar to drop. This is the inflation tax. A tax that causes big problems for people with savings or on fixed incomes. The frightening thing is, the FED-IRS has NEVER had it’s books opened to Congressional scrutiny. 

    In this unique Federal Reserve/Federal Government relationship the IRS works as the “Taxing Arm For The FED” – NOT the Federal Government which is prohibited from direct taxing at Article 1 section 9 clause 4 of the Constitution!  Now you know.   

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How To Get Re Elected !! Save Save Save (pet Projects)

By Ken Stepp

Dated: Mar 31, 2010

    Saving those pet projects that matter to groups and citizens If you are a mayor ,commissioner , sheriff ,etc you are dealing with a budget shortfall. There are groups of voters and individuals worried about what they fear you will have to cut to keep basic services going. These groups and people can’t understand the budget enough to see anything other than what they want to see. And you can’t expect much more out of them.

    First looking at ways to save is really quite simple. Most monies are spent on the judicial budgets. That becomes a much larger percentage if you include Fire and Rescue in with judicial. So the judicial percentage of most budgets will be the biggest part.

    Looking at ways to cut. The way certain crimes are punished is first on the list. Citations are revenue and incarcerations are debts. So take a look at why you are arresting people on things that you can issue a citation. In Gwinnett County Georgia if people with under an ounce of marijuana were issued a citation for $500.00 instead of being arrested it would save over 100 million dollars or about 10% of the entire budget. You are not legalizing it ,you are simply punishing it in a way to save the Libraries ,parks, etc. You can even step up patrols. That is just one thing.

    Another innovative way to save just as much is changing the way certain non violent crimes are punished. American angel Works is referenced at the bottom of this press release. They are a foundation that works with families, co ops, and churches every state by supporting families and first responders all over the country. How they are funded is the trick to balancing fiscal budgets and saving those pet programs and projects that your voters love so much.

    A person is arrested for DUI. They go to court and are sentenced to 30 days in jail at $50.00 per day plus medical and possible law suits if they are injured while a guest. That is a huge cost when we look at the non violent offenders that come and go.

   American Angel Works allows them to work off community service hours. Their program costs nothing for the courts to implement and instead of spending money the county ,or city spent nothing. The person sentenced to community service can keep their job ,dignity, and learn a lesson ,the entity saves thousands ,and a helped at the same time. Wrap all this up with a family or co op in the city or county’s community is the one that will be supported by the offenders efforts and you have a platform to run on in some trying times.

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City And County Budgets Save 10% With New Pot Punishments

By Ken Stepp

Dated: Mar 19, 2010

” American Angel Works Help Families and First Responders and helps keep budgets in line “

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In January of 2010 in a meeting with Tunde Akinyele . Tunde is running for a Georgia state judge seat and is currently the Senior Assistant District Attorney in Dekalb County Georgia. A county with a budget of $583,000,000.00 this year. The conversation was about Dekalb being a very typical county , almost like a micro America. One thing that was clear is that the county has a budget problem. And yes that is typical.

Dekalb is facing a shortfall of about $50,000,000.00. Tunde ,a leader with answers to problems said theway we punish people that are caught with less than an ounce of marijuana could fix it tomorrow. He has asked state leaders to allow this.

You see the judicial budget is 51% of Dekalb’s overall budget. And 20% of that goes to punish these offenders. Once they are put into the system it is so costly. It is about 10% of their total budget. That is $58,300,000.00. Giving them an extra $8,300,000.00 to use any way they chose. All they have to do is be able to write a $500.00 citation instead of incarceration. This cuts the 10% ,makes $500.00 ,and rules out any law suits that happen while these offenders are in Dekalb’s custody. They average paying $50,000.00 per suit.

Now for the reason for the meeting with him.American Angel Works is a nonprofit that works in all fifty states helping offenders with their community service hours. They work with probation officers ,courts ,and individuals helping offenders complete their community service hours with us. If cities and counties would write citations and give community service hours to these offenders everyone wins. The budgets are cut ,revenue is up ,the offender isn’t strapped with fees ,bonds ,etc ,the courts are freed up to take care of real crime ,and best of all at the end of all this a special child gets life changing therapy and a smile that lasts forever.

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As I study the stock market ,the Comex ,and what is really holding it together I’m struck by one thing that could change America as we know it. Precious metals and how they are sold. George Soras ,Goldman Sachs ,and JP Morgan in the last 60 days have been buying real metal. By real metal I mean metal you can touch and hold. Yet they are all trading or selling their certificates or paper metals that are just digits on a screen. I find this curious. In January 2010 there was a law suit filed by an action group out of Texas against the Federal Reserve Bank. It seems that they have been swapping gold and silver with other countries reserve banks and the selling that gold and silver. The law forbids them from selling OUR gold and silver but not other countries that they acquire. This is keeping gold and silver prices down. It manipulates the metal markets and makes our stock markets blind to problems that may exist. Hence the term “jobless recovery” stated by Mr Bernanke in December 2009. That is impossible you know. A recover in part is not a recovery at all. I’ve looked at so much info. It appears that gold should be between $2300.00 per ounce up to $4400.00 per ounce but is being manipulated down by these huge banks and elites. When the prices cannot be held down any longer there will be a crash like we have never seen before. It will be global ,and it will almost destroy currencies worldwide. These banks that are doing the manipulating will double or triple their net worth overnight while breaking the backs of everyone else. My humanity cries out. It’s hard to believe that anyone would love money and power so much that they would severely damage 95% of the people on the planet to get what they want. It really is sad. My answer is a scorched Earth answer. Stop playing the game. Start being independent from the government. Go off the grid. Barter ,set up private trading groups ,grow your own foods. I am one that believes the world will change very soon. It’s up to the people that can fight to fight. Stop electing the lesser of two evils ,start backing people that love the Constitution ,stop being a member of a party. That’s a great place to start.

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Rumors

Well starting out with some undignified pictures of me training with my daughter will have to do. Consider it a metaphor.

In January of 2006 then President Bush forced the fed to give the begger banks (Goldman Sachs ,JP Morgan,Etc) a little more that a trillion dollars at 1%. This with the promise that they would reinvest this in small businesses in America at reasonable rates to help boost the amount of people that had average or above average jobs. Instead they reinvested it in safe overseas funds at about 2% and made a bundle. In March of 2007 with a bleak picture of our country’s future again President Bush pushed a 1.3 trillion dollar stimulus through congress. This with the promise from the bank recipients that it would go towards building up small business in America. You see small business employ’s 68% of all Americans. Again these large banks reinvested the funds in safe 1% plus bonds ,etc. It really made their profits go through the roof.. In late 2008 the congress passed another “bailout” bill to stimulate the economy. The recipients were all banks with the exception of some major production companies. No reinvestment into small business, AKA jobs at all. After the Obama machine took office the first thing they did of note was to go to congress once again and structure another bailout. This time it was 787 billion (went over a trillion though). This was suppose to be invested into jobs and homes. Instead it went right into the same banks. These are now the same banks giving out an average of 600k in bonuses per employee. Although this is one blogger that would and could use it. I believe if this is not criminal it is at least wrong. This made my mind go to another place.

Why pay it? Lets all default on our loans and cause the nation to default on its promises. Since the promises were unconstitutional and our children ,grand children ,and great grand children will never be able to put a dent in this debt lets just let the thieves that ran it up explain how they can’t pay it. Go to a total cash system and screw the rest. These animals set up a system to make you fail. You only fail as long as you are part of that system. Think about it before you condemn the idea. If you worked for years and saved 100k in cash ,stocks, and things. You paid off your home after 20 years or so. Your 100k is worth about 90k now. It also buys much less in goods. And the house you paid off that was worth 250k could be worth as little as 125k now. You did nothing wrong and everything right. The people that run the system broke the system and now want you to pay to have it fixed. Think about it.

ken@kenstepp.com