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Anticipating a crashed economy and bewildered populace, the Bush
Administration has a plan. To the extent that money can be gen'd up and
pumped into the economy, it will be done. This includes lowering interest
rates to banks, which has about reached its limits. This also includes
such moves as extending the unemployment insurance time period, so that
those unemployed can get checks for an extended period of time. But what
will occur when many companies go out of business, and the
unemployed reach huge numbers, and bankruptcies are clogging the courts?
During the Great Depression, most banks failed but not all collapsed, as
everyone pretended not to notice the failures. Likewise, bankruptcies were
rampant, but why collect a farm or house or business if you cannot sell
it? The banks ignored the bankruptcy and failure to pay, the government
ignored the essential failure of the bank, and later all pulled up and
moved on. In like manner, a long forgiveness and period of ignoring
non-payment or insolvency may emerge. During the Great Depression,
migration of the homeless seeking work occurred, with many given work that
was paid for by a place to stay, shelter, or meals. The barter system, at
work.
The Bush Administration is an isolationist, elitist, group, and thus does
not think of the man on the street so much as a human being as a pawn.
Pawns get moved about, and are not informed or asked their opinion. The
Bush Plan on what to do with many idle workers, who are asking intense
questions about the state of the world, the condition of the globe, and
why everything but the weather and rising seas are in the news,
is to treat them like children, and assign them to parents and caretakers.
Thus, churches are directed to take over charity efforts, as a source at
first of government funds and later no funds but the plan is for
the children to go there with their hands out. Thus, unwed
mothers among the lower classes are to wed the fathers of their children,
as though having this on paper will result in responsible parenting when
government services are stopped. This is of course naive, silly, and if
anything just giving those who are not providing information and
are storing goods for themselves a conscience-salve.
A third maneuver is to gen up a citizen work force, like the Peace Corps
but doing their good work locally. In that those who are Service-to-Others
minded are already doing work in keeping with their
inclinations, what does this accomplish? In that those in the Bush
Administration would scarcely care to extend effort for the common man,
unless ordered to do so, they cannot imagine anyone in the populace doing
this unless someone was coerced into the role. Thus, in the midst of what
they hope will be a long running "War on Terrorism", they hope to find
enough volunteers for their domestic Peace Corps who will feel compelled
by pressure from employers and church members that they will sign up for
service. Thus on the hook, it is the plan of the Bush Administration to
say, when the time comes, "Ok, we've got to go into our bunkers now, go
look to your local Peace Corp volunteers for help" and ditch out.