The Vast Right-Left-Center Conspiracy on the Payroll Tax "Holiday" Extension

I'm home. As such I'm able to listen to and occasionally catch glimpses of how Fox News is covering the "crisis" in Washington revolving around the proposal to extend last year's Payroll Tax "Holiday" into this year.

Folks... those of you who have also been watching... listening... reading... let me ask you a question:

Have you heard from the people opposed to an extension....?

Have you seen the media seek out and interview any of the House members and Senators who last year voted against the original Payroll Tax "Holiday" - even if only to ask why they've changed their minds now... assuming they've changed their minds?

Folks... this is a "conspiracy" to manipulate you - and it's being done in broad daylight!

Folks... Social Security is supposed to be separate from the general revenues and expenditures.

In reality this is only an accounting fiction, however... it's this accounting fiction upon which is based the whole concept of people paying into their Social Security and thus being owed an eventual payback.

Now of course this whole concept is itself a fraud... legally you own nothing... legally the government can take Social Security benefits away from anyone... anytime... at their sole discretion in accord with proper legislation being drafted, approved, and then either signed into law with the president's signature or put into law over his veto.

(Regular readers of Usually Right know all this... regular readers of Usually Right are familiar with Flemming v. Nestor as well as Helvering v. Davis.)

In any case, folks... back to the present day debate over this Payroll Tax "Holiday" business...

Social Security went upside down last year - 2010. By this I mean that the program took in less money from "contributions" than it sent out in checks to beneficiaries.

Last year's Payroll Tax "Holiday" doubled down on the 2010 Social Security program operating deficit via widening this year's Social Security program operating deficit.

Folks... in other words... once again the politicians robbed Social Security - only instead of robbing a surplus, spending this surplus elsewhere, and putting an I.O.U. in the "trust fund," these scummy bastards doubled down on the deficit! These bastards stole from Social Security, put an I.O.U. in the "trust fund," and gave you your own money which YOU and your children and grandchildren will have to make good on in the future! (Plus accrued interest...!!!)

Are you hearing the politicians admit this?

No.

This is to be expected, however; why would the politicians admit to scamming you...?!?!

But what of the media...???

Notice, folks... the media are pretty much fully on board with the scheme... with the scam.

How is the media portraying this? They're almost universally portraying the "crisis" in Washington as a "crisis" concerning not whether or not the original Payroll Tax "Holiday" should have been passed in the first place - let alone dealing with the question of whether the scam should be renewed - but, rather, they're portraying further delay as bad for the American People and bad for the economy and then going on to debate who the political "winners" and "losers" will be when all is said and done!

Folks... we're the losers!

Folks... the future economy is the loser!

What these bastards in Washington are doing is attempting to bribe us - to pander to us - paying us off with our own money that we're borrowing from ourselves (and our children and grandchildren) at interest!

But this isn't how the media is playing it. In fact, they're not even going through the motions of giving this "opposing view" equal time.

Folks... I know you're busy... but I hope you've been reading "Newsbites."

You're being robbed and abused and your country... our country... is being sold down the river.