DATELINE: Oceanside, CA, USA
After what seems like an eternity of squabbling over what to cut or who to tax to chip away at the US National Deficit, a fraction of our National Debt, US “leaders” seem powerless to act. They are locked in media frenzied combat over whether whittling down the “discretionary” budget or taxing the wealthy will save our economy. I say the answer is neither. It is elemental economics on a grand scale.
Any vidiot knows that if your heavily in debt, whether your a homeless person or a business or a nation, than you’ve got to either tighten your belt, find sources of revenue or sell off assets to balance the books.
I carefully studied what in the world the United States had to offer that might be worth 14.5 Trillion dollars? [$14,500,000,000,000 ! ]
We’re in luck because we do have one thing. We bought it for 2 cents an acre from Russia in 1867 in what was known as “Seward’s Folly“, the Gold Rush of it’s day. Today, it is “the least densely populated state of the US” with less than 711,000 people. Many of them are indigenous and will continue to live there no matter who owns it. I am talking about Alaska!
We could whack it off just north of Yakstat and keep the coastline area of the southeast for security or for those US residents who love the colder climes and desire to continue living near our Canadian neighbors. To maintain strategic control of North Pacific sea routes and fishing waters we should also hold onto the Aleutian Islands.
But as to the bulk of Alaska, if we sold it today to the Chinese [who already have made a 10% down payment in financing our National Debt] for $37,000 per acre … lock, stock and barrel … the USA would be out of debt!
The Chinese would get a fabulous resource and life would go on.
What are the objections to selling Alaska? Such sale would certainly provide a fantastic return on investment. [ROI] We could even save $$$$ on flag replacements by admitting the US territory of Puerto Rico as the 50th State.
Does anyone know if Craigslist is up and running in Beijing, Moscow or Saudi Arabia? These nations all have a vested interested in owning resource rich Alaska. Let them deal with Greenpeace and the Native People of Alaska. They could even subcontract oil extraction of petrochemicals by drill, frack, and pipelines to experienced corporations like Exxon-Mobile.
Whether we like it or not global economics have shifted into “Exclusive Economic Zones“. The Chinese are currently in a mad dash to build a Pacific to Atlantic land route with ports for supertankers to tap the resources of the South American economic zone. Alaska is a lot closer to the Chinese homeland.
The US would be debt free and highly motivated to develop the 5M’s of production in NAFTA if they want to avoid becoming a second class economy in the 21st Century. Standard & Poors would undoubtedly raise the US credit rating back to AAA. Think about it?
Tags: Bob Kiger, Common Sense, Economics, Energy Independence, Global Chaos, Green energy, jobs, Jobs for Americans, National Defense, National Security, New Hampshire Primary, Oil Prices, out-of-debt, Presidential Poliitics, Pumping gas, Threats
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