Screw your freedom

[Bill Bonner’s Diary]( Screw Your Freedom By Bill Bonner Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Screw your freedom. – Arnold “The Terminator” Schwarzenegger [Bill Bonner] YOUGHAL, IRELAND – This week, we are looking at some big dots… ruminating, really, about freedom and how it is connected to prosperity… vaccinations… the First Amendment… truth. What good is freedom, anyway? In our economy? In our lives? Here at the Diary, we don’t particularly care about freedom. We just don’t like anyone telling us what to do. Especially when the person telling us what to do is an idiot. Of course, whenever someone tells us what to do, it’s a good bet that he is an idiot. Heck, half of the world’s people have an I.Q. below average. The other half are morons. Throw a rock through a Capitol Building window and you’re bound to hit one of them. But it is a certain kind of moron who thinks he has the inside story on God’s Ultimate, Absolute, and Complete Truth (GUACT). Getting vaccinated has become – like wearing a face mask – a sign of secular piety and obedience. The vaccinated person shows his “health pass” proudly, like a war hero with his medals. The medals prove that he has done the Right Thing. Recommended Link [Watch Now: Millionaire’s Horrifying Prediction…]( [image]( Teeka Tiwari – America’s No. 1 Investor – just made an outrageous prediction. Recorded live from his living room couch… He blasts Congress, reveals nasty truths about America… And reveals one technology set to radically change our nation. Already, 400,000+ viewers have checked it out. WARNING: This video may make you furious. [Watch His Urgent Video Now]( -- Irresponsible and Immoral By contrast, the unvaccinated are treated like cowards… shirkers… lepers. They are unclean… irresponsible… immoral. Pope Francis says so: I believe that morally everyone must take the vaccine. It is the moral choice because it is about your life but also the lives of others. Others – including the American Civil Liberties Union – believe there should be no choice at all. They see “no civil liberties problem with requiring COVID-19 vaccines in most circumstances:” In fact, far from compromising civil liberties, vaccine mandates actually further civil liberties. They protect the most vulnerable among us, including people with disabilities and fragile immune systems, children too young to be vaccinated, and communities of color hit hard by the disease. […] COVID-19 vaccine mandates – much like mask mandates – are public health measures necessary to protect people from severe illness and death. Yes, the people who gave us the war in Afghanistan, the war on poverty, the war on drugs, and the Wall Street bailout – the great and the good, the elite, the media, the professoriat, the medical/pharmaceutical complex – all now insist that we get vaccinated. [Featured: 2,000X Bigger than Bitcoin? Forbes calls THIS the Future]( But is forced vaccination really “necessary,” as the ACLU claims? Colleague Jim Rickards spells it out: Among all individuals, vaccinated and unvaccinated, the global survival rate is 99.2%. Among those under 70, the survival rate is 99.97%. The survival rate for children is 99.995%. And if the vaccines are so effective, couldn’t anyone who is worried about getting COVID-19 protect himself by getting vaccinated? Why make a federal case out of it? Apparently, the ACLU has reconsidered its mission. It used to be dedicated to protecting Americans’ liberties. Now, it is protecting their health. “Protecting our health and safety” is now the desideratum of the entire nation. Nothing else seems to matter. “Screw your freedom,” says former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 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We make whoopee with people who may have a communicable disease. We visit Chicago on a weekend. And we buy cryptos! Hey… you could get hurt doing those things. What gives? All we have is questions. Why take chances…? When you’ve got real geniuses who know God’s Ultimate, Absolute, and Complete Truth, who needs the freedom to discover it for himself? [Featured: WARNING: Is Your Bank on this List?]( Who needs to wander into sin when the saintly path is so clearly marked? Who cannot know the truth about vaccines, when the major media have excised all “misinformation” on the subject? And why do we let markets set interest rates… employment levels… wages… or consumer prices – when the Federal Reserve, bless its craven little heart, [knows exactly what they should be]( Shouldn’t we inoculate ourselves against the rough and tumble, the booms and busts, the ups and downs… of all of life? 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CNBC reports: Job creation for August was a huge disappointment, with the economy adding just 235,000 positions, the Labor Department reported Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 720,000 new hires. New hires fell from 1.1 million the previous month. But wages rose. Alas, they did not rise enough to keep up with inflation. The 4.3% overall annual wage gain was still below the latest 5.4% inflation reading. At least those people laboring in the Leisure and Hospitality sector got a real raise. Colleague David Stockman tells us their weekly wages rose at a 12% annual rate – the fastest in 52 years. But on Monday came more bad news for some people. Those federal unemployment “toppers” came to an end. The Associated Press has the latest: Two critical programs expired on Monday. One provided jobless aid to self-employed and gig workers and another provided benefits to those who have been unemployed more than six months. Further, the Biden administration’s $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit also ran out on Monday. It’s estimated that roughly 8.9 million Americans will lose all or some of these benefits. The amount of money injected by the federal government into jobless benefits since the pandemic began is nothing short of astronomical. Misery and Heartbreak Oh my… This is what free-ish markets bring us, isn’t it? Good news and bad news. Wealth and profits… misery and heartbreak. Maybe that is what freedom gives us in the rest of life, too – flimflam… fantasy… and a brief glimpse of truth. Stay tuned. Regards, [signature] Bill --------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you’re reading? Send your thoughts to [feedback@rogueeconomics.com](mailto:feedback@rogueeconomics.com?subject=Kicking the common man). --------------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED READS [August Job Report Dismal, September Growth Is Critical]( 728,000 new jobs were expected in August, only 235,000 were added. If job growth stalls, the Federal Reserve could delay its tapering of the $120 billion a month in asset purchases. Chairman Jerome Powell says that job growth has not been as robust as they had hoped… [Democrats Struggle to Deliver an Economic Win]( Biden needs House Democrats to pass his $4 trillion economic agenda. But the rift between Moderates and Progressives grows wider, and the battle with Republicans over increasing the national debt continues... MAILBAG In today’s mailbag, dear readers respond to Bill’s take on the [indebted, financially trapped “faceless crowd”]( the ones at the mercy of the corrupt elite… The faceless crowd does have something to show for the $28 trillion debt… It shows them that they have been taken to the cleaners and willingly so. If the school system was, at best, just “reasonable,” then people could figure this out for themselves. If they ever heard of Albert Einstein in a science or physics class (did they ever have one?), they could have learned one of Einstein’s most important definitions, that being Einstein’s “Definition of Stupidity.” – Lyndon B. I own quite a few rentals, all paid for. Started buying in 2012 when prices seemed too cheap. After paying for a property manager, taxes, insurance, vacancies between renters, and a generous maintenance allowance, I truly net 50% of my gross rents. And through this whole pandemic mess, I haven’t had a single renter miss a single payment. Maybe it’s because I keep my places in top-notch shape and the property manager responds to all maintenance needs PROMPTLY, at my behest. – Henry D. The other day, I listened to a lady who runs the local homeless shelter. She said that once the rent moratorium ran out, their phone was ringing off the hook with families facing eviction. I want to be compassionate. Really, I do. And I feel for those at the bottom who are working but are squeezed by economic extortion. But for those who collected the extra federal unemployment benefits while not paying any rent, what were they doing with the money? – John M. Meanwhile, another laments the [cost of the American empire]( Oh, we’ve been had. With all the opportunities for “free tuition” and free child care, and no one working in the trades anymore, who will fix our cars? Where will we go to find someone to fix the fridge or to repair our lawnmowers? They will all be at college or something that will be paid by the government. And there will be no family farms, as they will be bankrupt by the government and sold to the highest bidder. So free is pretty expensive, apparently!! – Don H. Could “free education” hurt trade jobs and future needs, as Don H. believes? What do Americans have to show for their spendthrift government? Write us at feedback@rogueeconomics.com. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… [For just $19 Join “The Movement” Before It’s Too Late]( In 2019 Jeff Clark launched a radical trading experiment. It was unlike anything available at the time…most people thought he was crazy. But the results have exceeded all expectations. 100,000 people from all across the world have joined “the movement” and they’ve had the chance to see double and triple gains over and over again – sometimes in a matter of days and weeks. Fair warning: This investment approach may not be right for you. It’s different… and there are no guarantees. But today, it’s being unveiled for just $19. 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