Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took to Facebook on Tuesday and put her two cents worth in on why she believes the Federal government is acquiring so much ammunition. Her remarks, seemingly to clarify her earlier tweet, about the current economic situation in the United States and the massive debt we have hanging over us concluded by stating, “We’re going to default eventually and that’s why the feds are stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest.”
Palin told those in Washington to “Cut the Drama. Do Your Job.”
She then went on to expound what the vast majority of Americans think. She wrote, “Americans are sick and tired of yet another ginned-up crisis. D.C. needs to grow up, get to work, and live within its means. The real economic Armageddon looming before us is our runaway debt, not the sequester, which the President advocated for and signed into law and is now running around denouncing because he never had any genuine intention of reining in his reckless spending.”
Palin also reminded her followers that the sequestration was the result of the long debt ceiling standoff in the summer of 2011. While she said it was not an ideal outcome for anyone, she attempted to claim that it at least included “real deficit reduction of about $110 billion per year for 10 years.” Actually the number is much less than that and when spread out over ten years and over various Federal programs and agencies, the effects would hardly be noticed.
The former GOP vice presidential candidate said that American families had already been hit with more tax increases because of Obama’s policies and bills he has signed into law, though she rightly points out that Obama calls taxes “revenues.” We wouldn’t expect anything less from a man that calls a “tax” a “penalty.”
“The American public doesn’t want tax increases; we want government to rein in its overspending,” Palin declared.
“If we can’t stomach modest cuts that would lower federal spending by a mere 0.3% per year out of a current federal budget of $3.6 trillion, then we might as well signal to the whole world that we have no serious intention of dealing with our debt problem,” she added. “If we are going to wet our proverbial pants over 0.3% in annual spending cuts when we’re running up trillion dollar annual deficits, then we’re done. Put a fork in us. We’re finished.”
Palin concluded her comments by stating:
“We’re going to default eventually and that’s why the feds are stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest.”
This is not from a conspiracy theorist people. This comes from a former State governor and vice presidential nominee.
However, she did not leave her comments with a sense of hopelessness, but instead encouraged the U.S. to put it’s “fiscal house in order,” to “stop the hysterics, tighten our belts, and take our medicine.”
Previously I wrote about how DHS had continued their stockpile of ammunition solicitations, even while citizens are attempting to acquire ammunition during scarcity in the market.
Recently DHS put in a solicitation for 7,000 “personal defense weapons” that shoot 5.56 NATO ammunition that have “fire select” capability along with high capacity 30 round magazines.
Back in December DHS solicited for 250 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. In September, DHS solicited for nearly 200 million rounds of sniper ammunition. In August 750 million rounds of high power ammunition were also solicited and in March DHS solicited 450 million rounds of hollow point bullets.
All of that is true, but to do that our representatives must be held accountable to their oath and that oath is to limited powers of spending. It would also require the people to understand those limitations and start calling their representatives to such limitations and voting out those that do not abide by them. For many, they are more concerned whether their team is in power rather than whether or not that team will obey the law of the land. We can no longer afford to think like that and must demand more from our leaders than mere rhetoric and we must look out for ourselves and our communities, should the feds decide they want to take up arms against the citizens of our country.
well u should be in canada,what a bunch of sheep. our news on such topics are a joke.if not for the internet,we might as well be living on an island. as far as i am concerned let the dune dwellers go at it. no Cdn or U.S life worth it.
Hey Sarah. Why don’t you run for Alaska Governor again. If you win, I’ll move up there.
Well in recent live fire testing and police statistics only about 14% of rounds hit their mark. Not a testament to accuracy. However it also indicates if the common American honed their skills on moving targets perhaps the exchange to wound ration would improve.
Meaning, do not waste ammunition. Hit what you are aiming at and forget the movie magic.
When your rounds are limited by availability your skill becomes paramount. If ever forced to fire on an attacker no matter who that attacker represents, it will be a case of them or you. Neither wants to be placed in that situation and neither is guilty. Whether it is survival or under orders, nobody wants to die.
Do not expect that surrendering or raising your hands will keep you out of the line of fire when police and authorities regularly attack and beat down perpetrators who lie down on the ground submissively before the police even get there.
The facts are that “authority” has placed morality and that the submissive will be abused whether they are guilty or not. Warrants are no longer required and you are guilty until proven innocent in today’s arena.
Avoidance is perhaps the best alternative, but when the situation is forced on you it will be a fight or die event and you will most likely die anyway. Do not expect the “white flag” to be any consequence because Bullies exist.
Too many negative media based television shows where bad guys and good guys fight when in reality the separation between each is negligible.
In war following orders, I was told I was the “good guy” however as an interloper in another country I was seen as the “bad guy”.
That soldier was thinking the same thing I was. “kill the bad guy”. When the facts all boil down to: We didn’t need to be there in the first place and we both believed we were doing what was right, and we both were victims of Elite provided media and deception. The same Elite that finances both sides of war and profits no matter who wins.
We are in the middle east for past 20 years to extend the domain of the Rothchild Bankers. They want financial control of the honey pot of middle east oil and the money flows. I’m in favor of gutting our Military by 50% so that we can’t wage foreign wars (just enough here to protect the USA from invasions). I too was Military, brother was military, and father was WWII, and I was not willing to encourage my 3 sons to enter the military for the purpose of some World Order Banking Cartel. Although, I would encourage them to enter the military to defend our nation on our soil.
I’ve read that the first thing that happened after Qadafi was replaced was to set up a Federal Reserve bank in Lybia. There may be only a handful of countries left that don’t have a Rothchild controlled Federal Reserve Bank.
Gary you are precisely on the mark. I thank you and your family for your and their service. Reducing the military at this point would benefit most Americans and would not reduce our ability to protect this country.
However it would leave a lot of soldiers unemployed because of the machinations of the political elite leaving our boarders open to illegal immigrants. While also allowing our prisons to fill with their criminals.
Yes, bring our boys home and let them spend their paychecks here to support our local economies. Yet that is not what the Government Elite will do because they fear our returning military. They are waking up to the truth of their enslavement. Many military are recognizing that since the “cold war” we actually have no reason to be in other countries.
Perhaps as aids or instructors? Definitely not at the levels we are and not for the reasons we have been given. (reasons = lies)
The UN itself is a wasted and useless organization that only serves the elite. A reduction in force is appropriate because this bullshit “War on Terror” needs to be fought within our nation’s Capital.
She probably rad the same thing I did yesterday… http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNews/billionaires-dump-economist-stock/2012/08/29/id/450265?PROMO_CODE=110D8-1&utm_source=taboola