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The U.S. Government avoided a default last year by the skin of OUR teeth. But, when you look at the way the default was avoided and the partisan politics leading up to it, it was downright embarrassing. What was more disgusting was that the U.S. Government resolved nothing, as far as the debt and the budget deficits, the Congress 'kicked the can down the road'. In a few short months they did the exact same thing all over again! With all of the bandstanding and rhetoric from these politicians, they resolved nothing! An upcoming fatality for a U.S. budget crisis is still lurking out there, like a monster from a cheap sci fi movie. The ultimate joke is on the American people and those creditors who buy U.S. Treasury bills! This joke will not stay within the boundaries of the United States, sooner or later it will spread like a fatal virus around the globe.
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| Figure One - Barack Obama, President of the United States, having a laugh at the country's expense. |
In my novel, Saving Miguel, I describe the 'end of the end' or life after the global economy collapses. It becomes a time when a few powerful Oligarchs rule the world. But, before global economic disaster, the 'beginning of the end' came when politicians allowed the United States government to spend itself into default and ultimately bankruptcy. The bankruptcy of the United States started the dominoes falling when other major economies of the world also collapsed. The world ended up in the economic equivalent of nuclear holocaust - a global economic Armageddon that plunged the majority of people in the world into poverty!
Figure Two - John Boehner, House Speaker,
clown number two.
In my novel Saving Miguel, there are a few politicians who have survived the global economic Armageddon. One of these politicians was named Senator Hallstein and he played a critical role in the book. I won't tell you whether Senator Hallstein is a good or bad guy, you will have to read Saving Miguel to find that out.
In the below passage from Saving Miguel, Senator Hallstein is meeting for the first time with a criminal named Volk. He is the President of the Skulls, an outlaw motorcycle gang that has benefited from the economic chaos. See if you can tell from this passage from Saving Miguel whether Senator Hallstein is a good guy or a bad guy.
Figure three - Harry Reid, Now, out of the picture!
Senator
Hallstein walked into the former restaurant on the south side of the city. Two humongous
bodyguards from the Monarchy flanked him, one on either side. Hallstein stood in
the doorway, allowing his eye pupils the time to adjust to the deep darkness of
the restaurant before attempting to take a step. His nose was overwhelmed with the
rancid smell of the cooking grease that had accumulated on the walls and floors
of this greasy spoon restaurant over decades. Once Hallstein’s eyes could see shapes
and objects, he spotted a ghost-like outline of a person’s long silver hair sitting
in a booth at the back of the restaurant. Hallstein cautiously walked towards
the booth, surveying the floor in front of him for trip hazards while his bodyguards
mirrored his movements. Before the trio could reach the booth, two gigantic bikers
with long hair and scraggly beards stepped in front of the bodyguards. The
bikers stood toe to toe with the bodyguards, waiting for the bodyguards to make
a move. The five people stood in the middle of the restaurant at a stalemate.
“Let
the old fella through,” Volk ordered the bikers from the booth. “Search him
first.”
A
bearded biker patted Hallstein down and then let him pass to the booth. The
bikers stood in front of the bodyguards, preventing them from going any further.
A round stubby candle burned in the middle of the table, casting an eerie light
on the bearded man sitting in the booth. Hallstein recognized this man from old
mug shots he had seen in meetings in the Monarch’s office.
“May
I sit down?” Hallstein asked Volk when he reached the dirty red booth.
“Yeah,”
Volk replied, nodding his head at the seat across from him.
Volk
recognized Hallstein as well. During the height of Hallstein’s political
career, a person could not open a newspaper or turn on a television without
seeing Hallstein’s face. He was a bit older now, but his overall features were
the same. Volk had no idea why Hallstein had requested this meeting, but he
assumed it had something to do with the boy. Hallstein slid across the simulated
leather bench seat of the booth when he sat down. He looked across the table at
the dangerous man sitting across from him and took a deep breath into his tight
lungs. Hallstein was on a mission into the lion’s den and now found himself
within an arm’s length of the alpha lion.
“My
name is Henrik Hallstein.”
“I
know who you were,” Volk replied.
“I
am going to get right to the point.”
“I
would appreciate that.”
“I
am here to present an extraordinary opportunity for you.”
“I’m
listening.”
“Everything
I am going to tell you should be considered confidential.”
“Then
don’t tell me,” Volk replied with a smirk. “I am not good at keeping secrets.”
Hallstein
was stunned. He looked at Volk with apprehension. This discussion needed to
remain confidential.
“Just
kiddin’,” Volk said with a smile. “Wild hogs couldn’t drag it outta me.”
Hallstein
peered down at his own folded hands, resting on the table in front of him. Volk
was an intimidating character and Hallstein carefully thought through what he would
say next. Hallstein had to be careful not to tell Volk too much information related
to the future of the Monarchy, but he still needed Volk’s help.
What is Senator Hallstein up to? Why is he negotiating with a murderous outlaw biker? what do they have in common?
You will just have to read Saving Miguel to find these answers!
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