On CB Day (10/4/2022), I updated and clarified some reference links, updated the title, and improved my original grammar and style. Yes, we all need to improve how we write and speak. My written words remain “spoken” here.
Introduction
On Saturday, 1/10/2021, as I started writing yesterday, I wished the change from clouds to sun had happened sooner. I need to hike! Instead, here I'd “sot,” as my father would say, writing. Since my last article, “1/1/2021, New Year's Day Update,” life, such as it was, went on. By way of further introduction, I will regale you.
Don't let that bore you, however! I'll get to the meat and potatoes on inflation, national debt, socialism, and the 1/6/2021 attack on the White House in historical context.
Life, Such As It Was, by Way of Further Introduction
Sunday, 1/3/2021, was cloudy and still damp. I worked on my book, “Light at the End of the Tunnel.” I may publish it in a year or two.
On Wednesday, 1/6/2021, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had to start “hitting a lick” at work. Her Christmas break was over. That day and the next, I worked at the office. Yes, I worked at home, doing the same job, on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. It's insanity. I know. My employer has this month to set up the five of us to each work at the office one day a week, with the other four days working from home. Otherwise, I will retire from my state job.
Something else happened on 1/6/2021. I'll get to it below. The event was very sad. I mark January 6, 2021, as the day that the once-great USA became the USSA (United Socialist States of America). The term “united” may need to be “ununited,” since the USA is not united. It has not been for many years.
On 1/7/2021, I received a mailing from a local nursing home. They want me to consider assisted living at their location. The incentive was that I could get a new cold virus shot! I was underwhelmed. For fun, I called the number on the mailing. The lady understood very clearly that I am very healthy and not in need of a “rocking chair” anytime soon. I doubt that nursing home will mail me anything else again.
On 1/8/2021, we had a “blizzard.” A dusting of snow turned to rain. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had a “snow” day off from work.
On Saturday, 1/9/2021, I got a new cold virus “compliant” haircut from my fine barber and friend. His listing is on my business recommendations list. Next, my 2006 Nissan Frontier received a good handwashing. The listing is on my recommended list. Afterward, I bought Molly, our ol' puppy, several items, which were in stock, at the Tractor Supply. We are getting close to the rationing during the former Soviet Union. Many items were not in stock.
On 1/10/2021, I replaced four of eight smoke detector batteries. Two more need to be replaced, before they start beeping at 2 AM. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman, being “vertically impaired,” helped as best she could.
Now, let's get to the meat and potatoes. I assume that you are still with me!
USA Inflation
“A dollar ain't worth much nowadays, boys,” as my father would say. The following are the facts with my comments added in parentheses and blue ink.
Via Inflation Tool, Inflation Calculator - US Dollar:
-- $1 in September 1960 is equivalent to $8.75 in September 2020.
-- $10 in Sept. 1960 equals $87.51 in Sept. 2020. (No wonder groceries cost so much.)
-- $5,000 in Sept. 1960 equals $43,755.05 in Sept. 2020. (That's why cars cost so much.)
Via in2013dollars.com, a “reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation:”
-- On their specific link: $1 in 1960 is worth $8.74 in 2020.
-- On their Inflation by Country link:
UK £1.00 in 1960 is equal to £23.46 in 2020, a cumulative devaluing of 2,246.00%.
Canada CA$1.00 in 1960 is equal to CA$8.81 in 2020, a cumulative devaluing of 781.23%.
Comparing the UK and Canada to the USA, “overall absolute change of $7.74 and total percent change of 774.36%.” (At least, the USA is doing better than the UK and Canada.)
USA Debt
The following appears to be from so-called “experts.” I thought that an “expert” was what you did after you ate soup beans! It's a joke, folks! These “experts” seem to have verified numbers.
The Balance article from January 2021 was updated. That article is “U.S. National Debt by Year: How the Debt Compares to GDP, Plus Major Events That Impacted It,” by Kimberly Amadeo, updated 5/17/2022, reviewed by Robert C. Kelly, fact-checked by Emily Ernsberger.
The article includes a table, excerpts from which I cite below.
-to-
Ratio
1929 $17 16%
1960 $286 54%
1980 $908 32%
1990 $3,233 54%
2010 $13,562 90%
2014 $17,824 101%
The following is “straight from the horse's mouth.” Fiscal Data, by the USA Department of the Treasury, on Historical Debt Outstanding shows:
-- 06/30/1960: $286,330,760,848.37 national debt. ($286 billion and change.)
-- 09/30/2020: $26,945,391,194,615.15 national debt. ($26 trillion and change.)
If you watch the US Debt Clock, you will see the current USA national debt increasing by the second.
Socialism in the USA is behind Socialism in the Former USSR
The 12/5/1936 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is available on several websites. One is The Marxists Internet Archive: “Constitution (Fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: with Amendments and Additions adopted by the First, Second, Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. Kremlin, Moscow, December 5, 1936.”
Bucknell University still has the 1996 Robert Beard source “1936 CONSTITUTION OF THE USSR,” which includes links to 13 chapters.
Of course, 12/5/1936 was before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and after the Russian Revolution in 1917. The former Soviet Union tried socialism. It lasted 74 years. It did not work. It will not work in the USSA (Ununited Socialist States of America). Anyone with any sense knows it. Of course, the proper education in history is not a part of this nation's socialist propaganda agenda. The agenda may not be stopped, until about 70 or so years in the future.
On Sunday evening, 1/3/2021, I decided to watch Mark Levin's “Life, Liberty, and Levin” on Fox News. It was a repeat of his Halloween, 10/31/2020, episode. The Independent Sentinel LLC article, “Biden-Sanders plan for America compared to 1936 Soviet constitution,” by M. Dowling, 1/4/2021, includes a link to the “Life, Liberty, and Levin” episode from 10/31/2020.
Mark Levin's 1/3/2021 repeat of his 10/31/2020 episode was interesting. Levin presented historical depth about the former Soviet Union. He compared it to the current “new normal” in the USA.
Attacks on the White House
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, drama unfolded at the White House. As I have stated, I consider that day as when the once great USA became the USSA (Ununited Socialist States of America). The next two links include historical details. They are intriguing.
An ABC News article contains details with a socialist propaganda spin. It is “Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this: In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power, desecrating the seat of the world’s greatest democracy.” ABC News, by Jerry Schwartz, 1/6/2021,
History.com, A&E Television Networks LLC, has the following article: “A History of Attacks at the US Capitol: Over its 200-year history, the nation’s legislative seat has withstood multiple episodes of violence.” History.com, by Becky Little. Updated 1/5/2022. Original 1/7/2021. The article places the events of January 6, 2021, into historical perspective.
Conclusion
What is the status of this once great nation? The USSA (Ununited Socialist States of America) will fall in about 70 or so years. Sadly, this once great nation is that far behind the former Soviet Union.
As a final example of how I keep my sanity, don't forget to:
– Wear your mask (unless you are playing sports, with coaches and officials wearing theirs);– Keep six feet apart (unless you are playing sports);
– Touch your mask, while wearing it, so you can breathe;
-- Don't pick your nose, as those boogers might have the virus in them;
– Don't attend church but attend a pub or strip club until 10 PM only;
– Vote early and often, if you are a socialist;
– Don't vote if you are a conservative, since your vote is irrelevant;
– Continue to stand as a free person in a once free and great nation, until the Good Lord calls us everlastingly home, or until we die and go to our everlasting home before He returns.
The latter is what I'm doing. Join me? Supper was in five minutes yesterday, as I concluded this article. Thus, I delayed publication until today. Today, January 11, 2021, the weather changed from snowy to rainy. I worked from home. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman drove to and from work. She had a fairly good workday. I'm buried in work. My employer wants me to do the job of at least three people. I may retire to teach them a very articulate lesson, verbally and in writing, as if they care. At 5:47 PM, I'd better publish this!
Y'all keep turnin' right and goin' straight out there!
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2 comments:
Enjoy that supper, my employer has me doing the jobs that took three plus the one I already was swamped with. Retirement can't come soon enough, if there is such a thing. As for the USSA, it never worked and never will!Eyes to the East.
Fine comment, "Unknown!" "Eyes to the East" does not mean Russia! I know that you mean "keep your eyes on the eastern sky," for our Savior to return soon! We hope!
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