Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Colony Collapse Disorder

A strange new disease is attacking colonies of bees. It affects the social order of the hive in such a dramatic way that is is called Colony Collapse Disorder. Beekeepers noticed the mystery malady last year when thousands of seemingly healthy hives suddenly had a drastic decline in the number of individuals per colony.

The queen was still there, so were her attendants, but gone were the worker bees that go out and get pollen and nectar – they were AWOL.

Where did they go? There were no dead bees around the colony, no dead bees inside the colony. It was simply a case that they went out and did not come back.

Eventually when enough bees left the hive, the colony collapsed.

Now, you might ask. Why is this do important?

Well, bees pollinate our crops and without food, we would be in bad shape. Still, the reason I bring it up is as follows.

A very similar thing is happening in our society. Property taxes have gone up dramatically. In the state of Indiana where property prices fell last year, property taxes rose in some cases over 33%. People that were paying $300 a year in taxes back in 2001 and now paying $1500/year in taxes on their house.

You know that inflation has been mild in the last few years and yet the government is forced to hike taxes again and again. There is state sales tax which used to be 2% in the 1960’ s and is now 6%, soon to be 7%.

The taxes on personal and corporate income have gone up as well. In fact, we are seeing the state tax and tax and tax, but why?

Indiana like most of the US had large factories in the 60’s, but now all those factories are closing and moving to China. The high paying high tech white collar jobs are being outsourced to India. Meanwhile millions of illegal aliens are sending their paychecks to Mexico and other places.

As the available supply of funds dries up the state is forced to increase taxes. Already the foreclosure rate is three times greater than it was in 2002 after 911.

The solution according to our ruling caste – the executive elite – is to close more US factories and move them to China. They constantly talk about making cuts, yet their megabuck salaries have gone up far faster than inflation. Executives increase their profits while they are outsourcing our future.

If you look at a Walmart you will notice that all the products are being MADE IN CHINA. The company was caught hiring illegal aliens and paying them below the minimum wage – less than $5.15/hour.

What happens in Colony Collapse Disorder is that the workers leave the hive, while the queen and the royalty stay behind. Eventually the colony cannot sustain itself. We are seeing a similar process in the US.

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