The First Government Bail-Out

Government Bail Outs - Part 1
Government bail-outs are not new and not without a high cost. What is the cost? Everything you own, your freedom, and your future earnings. Believe it or not the first bail-out came during the times of the Pharaohs in Egypt, and was administered by one of the patriarchs of the Bible, Joseph. According to Biblical accounts Joseph was second only to Pharaoh in ruling over Egypt, so in this case he represents the government. Joseph came to power by interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams about famine (shortages) and he built silos and warehoused the food supply (grain –the main staple of the region). When the food shortages became severe, Joseph (the government) sold the food but gained control over all the money (financial markets).

Gen. 47:14, 15 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed."

Once the government controlled all the money, next they went for the livestock. It was not just cows and camels to them, but it was their only means of travel, transporting goods, plowing fields, grinding grain, etc… kind of like our automotive industry, it was like their car, their tractor, their truck, the difference between loading a mule and carrying loads on their backs, riding a camel and walking long distances, etc… you get the idea, it was the difference between an already hard life and an unbearably exhausting miserable existence.Our government already owns your driving privileges. First you are taxed on the purchase of a car; then you must renew the plates each year, maintain insurance perpetually, and operate within numerous perimeters or you will be walking. The government has always regulated vehicles, but now they are taking ownership of the car companies, literally.

Gen 47:16-20 Then Joseph said, "Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone." So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year. When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands. " . . . Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh's.

Government Bail Outs - Part 2
Now the Pharaoh (the government) owned all the money (financial markets); all the cattle (automotive industry), all the land (taxes, zoning - endangered species habitat, public domain), and the Egyptians bodies (present and future income, and the health care system). It doesn't stop there, Pharaoh wants your children (public schools are a government controlled monopoly), he wants your mind (political correctness), and even your soul (evolution, humanistic psychology and new age Oprah thought). Pharaoh wants all industry and commerce to be government owned or “nationalized.” You can call it a dictatorship, or a communist state, or a socialist society, they are all basically the same; it's just a matter of semantics. But even Pharaoh was more lenient than the U.S. government and the IRS with regard to taxation.

Gen 47:23, 24 Then Joseph said to the people, "Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. "And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth (20%) to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones."

The Egyptians got off easy; they paid ONLY 20% in taxes! Think about it, federal tax rates are 15 to 35% (at least for now, but they are no doubt about to go way up, they have been as high as 90% in the U.S.). That does not count State taxes, County taxes, Local taxes, Property taxes, taxes on gasoline, on cell phone use, taxes on food, and on and on and on. From the time you wake up till the time you go to bed; everything you touch, eat, drink, wear, heat, cool, drive, has been or is being taxed. The government owns ALL the land and property, we are just renters. If you don’t think so, just stop paying your taxes (rent). Did I mention that if they can get higher tax revenues from your property they can evict you and sell it to investors (by public domain). Yeah, they own it all.

The Modern Pharaohs own the fruits of your labors; in fact you work from January to June to pay them. Most households require two incomes, one income to pay government taxes and one income for you to live on. They even take money from you after you die by the death tax (taxing inheritances). If Tony Soprano did that it he would be arrested for extortion, but the IRS does it everyday, in the name of taxes. Every company, corporation, business, store, and individual has to give Uncle Sam Soprano his piece of the pie, or else. Believe me, it's an offer you can not refuse!

Without lifting a finger they take more profits from oil than the oil companies who dig it, refine it, transport it, market it and sell it. Yet "Big Oil" is evil. The government makes more money from tobacco products than "Big Tobacco", yet they require tobacco companies to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to them in legal settlements. On top of that they require tobacco companies to run advertising against their own products. If tobacco kills and is such a plague on society why not just outlaw it? These modern Pharaohs would rather have you die than to kill their cash cow (the golden calf).

Speaking of death, if a young girl wants to kill her unborn baby they take your money to pay for it. Yes, they will use tax money to give your kids condoms, sexual indoctrination and evolution in the schools, but the kids can't read, write, or do math. They have determined that a teen aged girl can cross state lines to kill her unborn baby without the parents knowledge, because it takes a village (the government) to raise kids, parents are too ignorant and uninformed. That's right, they own your kids!

Government Bail Outs - Part 3
The government used to put Mafia types in prison for running numbers and gambling in the 1920s. Now the government is the Mafia and they run the State Lotteries (numbers games) and take huge profits from gambling Casinos, to the destruction and ruin of the people they govern. Apparently, it's only evil when the government doesn't get their share of the money. And so forth, it's unending.

So now the money is failing (like in Egypt), so it's time for extreme measures. Let's sell our bodies and souls and everything we have to Pharaoh, government will saves us! Yeah right! NOW it's time for the politicians to spread the wealth around, (your money not theirs, yeah like they weren't spreading it before). Oh yes, you take a huge risk by putting your money, blood, sweat, tears, and innumerable hours into starting a business and making it successful, and guess what? You are a selfish evil rich person who obviously won life's lottery, and now it is your “Patriotic Duty” to give at least 35% of your hard earned money to somebody who does not work at all, in order to buy votes. It's your patriotic duty to take money from your family budget and give it to bail out (take government control of) failed corporations, because these poor corporate CEO's need a golden parachute more than your kids need diapers and milk. After all it would be such a crying shame for a CEO to fly on a commercial flight (with the little peasant people) on their way to beg for hundreds of billions of dollars from their buds in Washington. They can have all the golden parachutes they want if they pay for them from money they have earned, but don’t take money from people who work at Walmart and Burger King. For that matter, don’t take money from the rich and give it to the poor either. How about this, DON’T REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH AT ALL!

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE FREE MARKET! The government does not have solutions, because they are the problem. The market would readjust and fix itself if the government would just get out the way, and stop trying to micro-manage every aspect of human existence. We don’t need a group of Pharaohs to set on their thrones taking from one group to give to another, making all of our personal decisions, and telling us how to think; especially if they are godless, immoral and corrupt. I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. I just hope that the nation doesn't have to endure 400 years of bondage (or one more campaign cycle) and 10 plagues (market crashes, natural disasters, terrorist attacks) for us to be delivered from these modern Pharaohs. I pray God would raise up deliverers and leaders with integrity who love freedom and fear God (like to Moses) who will lead us up out of the grasp of these godless, immoral, greedy, socialist Pharaohs.

Government Bail Outs - Part 4
You might be thinking who are these politicians he is upset about? Let’s start with one of the perpetrators of this bail out debacle, Barney Frank. Frank has represented Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981, and is the first openly gay congressman. In 1990 Frank had a relationship with a male prostitute named Steve Gobie. It started with Frank paying $80.00 for sex, after which he hired Gobie to run errands. Frank let Gobie use his car and his Washington apartment. During that time Mr. Gobie was operating a male prostitution service from Barney Frank’s Washington apartment. The House Ethics Committee dismissed charges of illegality, but recommended that Frank receive a formal reprimand (slap on the wrist) for his relationship with a prostitute.

Jump forward to the current financial melt down, and who do we see in the middle of it? That’s right, Barney. No not the dinosaur, although they are both old and like purple. In 2007 Frank became the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee which oversees housing and banking industries. The New York Times called Frank one of the most powerful members of Congress. During his tenure as chairman, Frank pressured banks to lend to minorities and low income people even if they couldn’t afford it. Banks that didn’t make risky loans were taking the risk of being labeled racist by politicians and groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn).

Frank had oversight of FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC, of which he forced risky loans and heralded the good news that minority ownership was on the rise. When called into question about the risky loans he always said that everything was fairy, fairy nice. Well, maybe not those exact words. As soon as the bubble burst, Frank was the first to blame everyone but himself and the Democrat majority in congress.

Is this the really the best leadership our country has to offer? Really? Look at Ted Kennedy, a national disgrace. First it was the drowning of Mary Jo at Chappaquiddick, then rape at the Kennedy compound, and he is a world renowned drunk. Bill Clinton’s legacy is that he added a new word to our lexicon, a “Lewinski”. Well that was a beaming light of glory in our nation’s history, not to mention a great example for the youth of the world. There is an ever growing list of perverts and criminals (from both parties) who disgrace the halls of the highest offices of our land. I would rather take the first 100 names of the phone book to sit in the senate than our current leadership. CHARACTER DOES COUNT! More than ever we need God fearing leaders of the highest moral stature, who will fight for constitutional freedoms as envisioned by the founding fathers.