Pirates for the Day

The triplets went to a birthday party last Sunday. Their twin friends just turned 7, or is it 8? I'll have to ask. They were happy to be pirates for the day. What fun kids can have!

I checked out my google dictionary and it limits piracy to the sea. I suppose the definition has been narrowed since my little Webster's desk dictionary was published in 1985. At that time it could mean a robbery on the sea or in the air. Now, we need to add more to the definition , since we have piracy in our national treasury as well.

What fun our congressional pirates are having looting our treasury....or what used to be 'our' money. It is only promissory notes now. They 'promise' they will come up with the money one way or the other when any debt is actually called. It is an imaginary game. There is actually nothing there.

Of course we can always print more. Let's think about that option. We could print tons of it every minute. But then, we may as well just say that money isn't necessary anymore. All we need to buy necessities and even luxuries are leaves from trees. Wouldn't that be wonderful? We could see it growing by the road. And just think how much we could buy. Whoops. Think again. Who would labor to produce goods if all they would get for them is a bunch of leaves? Why, they could pick all they want for themselves.

It is a game our feds are playing...with our money and our minds. And they continue to act as if they have found a buried treasure and they can do with it whatever they want. Wasn't piracy against the law...in the old days?