My Non-Violent, Very Effective Financial Revolution

The best way to war against the corporate control of government in retribution for their threats against our representatives to pass the Wall Street Bailout (it was for the bankers too)... is to simply turn off the flow of money to them. By doing so, we devalue THEIR wealth. In this post, I will show you how I have done my part in turning off my financial spigot to them. And if you are angered as much as me (who bails US out? Huh?)... perhaps you will not only participate with me through discipline, but perhaps you can help convince millions of others to DO THIS THING!!

The corporate CEOs and Wall Street fat cats saw the value of their precious wealth being threatened by a failing dollar. Their accusations were against the "consumers" (that's what they call you and I, folks!) who haven't been spending enough money to support their kingly lifestyles.

And so they petitioned Treasury Secretary Paulson to suck the money out of us another way so they could maintain their expensive lifestyles. They used scare tactics and threats, broadcasted through the media, in order to force the citizens of this country to hand them money in the form of the taxes we pay. In fact, it is natural for the economy to go through major CORRECTIONS in order to remain viable and usable for everyone - rich AND poor.

With the passage of the bailout legislation, the wealthy decided it wasn't fair to themselves to allow the playing field to be leveled, which is what the economy was about to do. And so, as history has now recorded, they changed the rules. Forcibly take from the consumers at political gunpoint, who didn't want to spend money to them, and prevent the painful economic correction (painful to them... we the people have already adjusted to what was coming in the form of doing without luxuries).

My Response

Dear Secretary Paulson, President Bush and All Corporate Lobbyists:

Now that you have criminally held a political gun to my head and duly robbed me, you have received your small amount of money from me through taxes. But your precious wealth is now threatened as justice will be dealt to you in the form of my right as a human being to choose whether I spend or don't spend. It is my right to choose NOT to spend any more than I have to in order to survive, to prove my point. Be it hereby known that I choose to NOT spend and that I will gently ask millions of my fellow Americans to follow my lead.

I have closed out all my savings accounts. My funds are no longer available to the banks to help them in providing loans to corporations. Since the banks were partially responsible for the robbery of my tax wallet, I have no mercy left.

I have chosen to keep only enough in my checking account to pay utilities, rent and food. I choose to keep the rest as cash for the purchase of emergency supplies I will need to survive when your house of cards comes tumbling down all around you.

I have withdrawn the remaining funds I had after losses in the markets. That's right, no one bailed ME out and prevented MY losses. But I took my losses AND the remaining money from all of my investments and closed out every account. I will not put my money into the stock market again, as my losses are your gain. I absolutely refuse to prop you up.

I am opting to stay out of 401k retirement plans. Your wreckless behavior threatens every 401k account. I will not lend you my money through a retirement account because the banks borrow it to invest, thus making profits from my money for themselves. You and they robbed me, and you will not receive another dime from me willingly either.

I am paying off my credit cards rapidly. I will never, ever use them again. You may as well not invest in credit card banks because you are losing my dollars!

I will not purchase a single new item from any store again.. no K-Mart, no Wal-Mart, nothing. Bare necessities perhaps. But no more stereos. No more computers. No more portable media players. I will purchase used items only, through yard sales and auctions. I will barter and trade when possible. No new money from me will be spent on new items from you.

We will care for our cell phones and we will cease buying the latest and greatest every two years, no matter how appealing you make it look to us. Our phones will not be replaced until they are completely worn out and unusable.

We will not purchase any high-definition television sets. We are canceling any purchases of cable or satellite television equipment. We will obtain a cheap converter box and continue using the television set we have now. And when it breaks, we will fix it or.. buy a used working one from a pawn shop or yard sale or auction. NO NEW TELEVISION SETS FROM YOU!!!

With the help of others, we will modify engines from internal combustion to implosion engines, which can burn hydrogen. Compared to gasoline which explodes, providing pushing power... hydrogen IMPLODES creating a vaccuum in a cylinder which generates more motive power than combustive explosion. Therefore, we need no more gasoline from you. Further, hydrogen and passive solar heats homes quite well. Soon we will need no natural gas or propane from you either.

We are canceling all spending in the areas of memberships of any kind. No magazine subscriptions. No more YMCA membership. No more movie theaters. We will not purchase any more DVD movies. We will rent one a month. We refuse to buy new ones from you.

Yes I know you expect me to spend on something, because you feel that we Americans will always spend because it's what we like to do. But since you have robbed me at political gunpoint, under threat and duress through my representatives, this American has seen your expectations of me and you will now discover that I am incensed so dramatically over your "bailout" that you can stop expecting me to give in to my "American Urge to Spend" for one year, two years, perhaps even longer. I don't need your stinking 'progress' and my family and I can survive just fine without your "technology".

To those corporations trying to gain monopoly powers over seeds and life through genetic engineering and "biotechnology"... you can forget it. We will choose to grow our own food from seed stock we have which doesn't have your manipulated genes in them. We won't buy your tainted, horrific products.


So in closing, you may laugh in my face against my words now. But this upcoming holiday season, my lack of spending as well as the millions of others I convince to join with me in NOT spending, may you find yourselves eating Raman Noodles and Oscar Meyer hot dogs.

No feast of stuffing for you. At least I hope that this one wish of mine comes true!

Incensed American