[写作练习］My American Dream

 I used to be an Angry Young Man(Woman) (GTK) （愤青）like Carpdiem, believing that everything in China is so corrupted and things in US simply make more sense. I still think that way to some extend (extent), but I have also realized that the dark side of America is much deeply hidden from the public's eyes. The corruption in US financial system is so well covered that it is a almost a crime protected by laws.
 
I used to believe a lot of things said about America. I believe(d) it is fair, I believe(d) it is free, I believe(d) it values individuals. And many others. These beliefs still haven’t completely failed me yet, but the rosy color around them is fading quickly and the realityies behind them is starting to show their ugly sides.
 
The biggest blow that shattered my confidence and belief was knowing how the Federal Reserve and Wall Street work together to deceit （deceive）people of America and around the world. I used to think that the US Federal Reserve, as one of the nearly sacred places like the Supreme Court where justice is served, is the heart of the US momentary monetary system that keeps everything alive, Well, It is partly true, only that it’s more targeted towards keeping the rich alive, instead of us, the common people. The Federal Reserve is privately owned by several rich bankers, who control our money through banks and have no one looking over their shoulders. Their balance sheets are kept so secretly that even congress is not allowed to audit.
 
As we all know, money talks. And the Federal Reserve is all about money and full of money. Not only that, it creates money and prints money. That is a new concept that completely shocked me. I always believed that money had to be earned. But no, I, have to earn money; THEY, simply print them. Even worse, they print and distribute them to the selected few and we have to earn from them.  
 
Everything can be bought, the presidency, the CIA, the FBI, the congress, the media, as long as the price is right. When someone, like the Federal Reserve, has unlimited money but no control, is there anything he can’t achieve or destroy?
 
How can the wealthiest country in the world accumulate 13 trillion debt in 10 years? (If you don’t know how much is 15 trillion dollars are, this link might be able to help.) This question fact is completely beyond my comprehension. (The question is beyond my capability to answer.) One might argue that China has accumulated its wealth by ripping off its working class in the last ten years while America has enriched its people by lending them more money. It is true that between these two counties I would still rather live in the US, but can we live like this forever? Where can this whole debt crisis lead us? I can’t see any light in the end of the tunnel. Can you?
 
What are your thoughts on this subject? Do you think US is even more corrupted than China?
 
More Fun Facts:
 
The presidential race is already in a war of words from both sides:
 
1) Rick Perry, Texas Governor and presidential front-runner of GOP, sharply criticized the Federal Reserve, stating that it would be "almost treacherous – or treasonous in my opinion" to be "printing money to play politics".
 
2) Sarah Palin told someone, I still need to figure out who, to  “go to hell”.
 
3) Ron Paul said the second American revolution had begun.
 
4) Obama declared war against “the Tea Party” by calling upon his working class voters, “his army”, in Detroit last week.

Just how much is 13 trillion dollars?
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/02/12/just-how-much-is-13-trillion/ 
 
Graphical illustration of 13 trillion dolloars.
http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/

 

I found the first part in follow video about Fed quite shocking.

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• 这两天上班比较闲，瞎写了些，看着玩吧。讨论，转头都欢迎 -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 18:39:05

• one question -菜鸟抄股- ♂ (184 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 18:59:09

• Congress has to lend money from Fed. Let me find a better video -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 19:00:21

• Here is a video that explains better -jennea- ♀ (239 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 19:02:38

• before watching the video, watch out who created the video -菜鸟抄股- ♂ (636 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 19:37:14

• I have no idea which source is reliable. -jennea- ♀ (82 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 19:40:14

• I want to find out why suddenly we have so much debt -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 19:41:53

• war -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:39:09

• wars -EnLearner- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:46:04

• 俺那是集体名词，哈哈。看这个好玩： -非文学青年- ♀ (90 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:52:37

• 我想embed没成功，在这里， -非文学青年- ♀ (70 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:54:54

• 嗯，这个好玩。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:57:46

• is that 1 trillion? I am terrible with numbers -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:01:43

• I saw "Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 = Cost of War in Iraq + Cos -EnLearner- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:23:03

• en, but war should bring more benefits~~ -jennea- ♀ (836 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:48:39

• 热烈鼓掌FOR both of your wrting and ur opinion -金迷- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:24:35

• 谢谢!! -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 18:34:23

• 佩服jennea不俗的洞察力！What should we do next step？ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:31:28

• Jennea你说的好，写得更好，样样拿手呀。 -toast2011- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:53:54

• 是啊。美坛的又一个才女！！！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 20:56:35

• 哪有。我发现我就发泄愤恨的时候特流畅～ -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:00:13

• 才女，小声问一句，你说US还值得一待吗？ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:02:19

• 别叫我才女。当然。俺们现在过的是帝国的日子，别人（中国）借钱供给我们花～ -jennea- ♀ (49 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:05:20

• 这次去vancouver玩，俺感触最深的是在加拿大的银行，加元利率是一点几%，而美元的利率是零点几%。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (63 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:09:56

• 美元还是世界通用货币。现在欧元又不行了，所以美元不会挎吧。 -jennea- ♀ (136 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:43:00

• 确实是太有柴了，又一个令我45度角仰视的。 -bingli- ♂ (147 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 12:51:40

• Some 砖头 -非文学青年- ♀ (1476 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:09:20

• 嗯，我写东西基本都是random thoughts -jennea- ♀ (127 bytes) () 09/07/2011 postreply 21:46:45

• A few discussion points -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (1437 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 00:30:34

• thanks for the golden bricks, will update -jennea- ♀ (820 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 08:21:27

• Haha, I'm not sure anymore -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 20:35:57

• Very thoughtful! A nice writing! -NewVoice- ♀ (1038 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 09:13:43

• Thanks!! Updated -jennea- ♀ (83 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 18:08:10

• 我觉得是the rich， the poor，the+形容词指集体。 -非文学青年- ♀ (52 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 21:21:05

• 写得真好！主要是很有自己的看法和思想，看着我也对FED愤青起来了...... -小麦熊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 09:54:42

• 谢小熊美言～ -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2011 postreply 18:32:46