In the 1960’s there existed two large suppliers of construction materials in the US, East Coast Construction and West Coast Construction. Both were similarly sized corporations employing around 20,000 people at various regional facilities.
The East Coast Construction company became unionized in the mid 60’s and they saw an upward trend in direct labor costs for 10 consecutive years. Their rates of pay became ‘the industry norm’, so wages began to rise in the West Coast Construction company and most other construction material manufacturers were forced to follow suit. Most of the workers employed by the corporations were deemed semi-skilled, yet they rose from relatively poor/working class situations into the new ranks of the middle classes, earning on-par with qualified tradesmen, teachers etc.
In 1975, China began to show signs of accelerated economic growth which raised the eyebrows of global economists. The Chinese and Japanese Governments had effectively negotiated trade deals with the US allowing the easy import of construction materials and other hard goods from the US to Asia, in exchange for equally ‘loose’ export regulations for goods leaving China. It looked like a WIN situation for the US construction companies and any concerns at higher levels of Government were bought off by lobbyists for the big construction corps.
Over the next 7-10 years, output from both companies grew by over 50%, new plants were opened, more Americans were hired on good wages and the economy and new middle classes prospered.
By the mid to late 80’s, China had developed its infrastructure and had learned how to make the construction materials domestically which it had historically imported from the US and Europe. Export sales to China slumped and began to slide to the rest of the world as China increased its own export capacity into Europe and other parts of Asia.
By the mid 90’s, East Coast Construction had closed all but one of its plants in the US and had moved most of its manufacturing offshore to plants in China and Malaysia where it was able to exploit their lower labor rates and take advantage of the newly trained workforce. West Coast Construction had successfully negotiated reduced wages for their workers on multiple occasions, and were supplying into the void left by the decline of its competitor from the east coast. But they were living on borrowed time and money. It seemed the only way to stay afloat was to further reduce labor costs, which would either be in the form of layoffs, (thus affecting output), reduced salaries, or by relocating their manufacturing base offshore as their competitor had done.
By 2000, both East and West coast construction had laid off most of their US workforce and both were actively outsourcing. The impact on their respective local communities was devastating.
Over the next decade the situation became a nationwide problem. Unwilling to relinquish their middle class status without a fight, Americans relied more and more on borrowed money to maintain the illusion of prosperity. Credit card debt rose to new highs, whilst unemployment rose and wages remained static. Rather than tighten the economic belt and control the situation, financial institutions devised elaborate schemes to keep Americans spending outside of their means. Using the Hedge Fund markets and “shrewd” trading practices, it became possible to lend money to people and bet on their likely future default. Billions of dollars circulated in the economy that no one really had a handle on. Wall Street became its own industry, controlling the lives and destinies of a large percentage of the American public. A few of the wealthiest corporations controlled Wall Street.
Then the inevitable happened and it all came crashing down.
During the ensuing fallout The Federal Government were seemingly at a loss over what to do. They threw money at the problem, burdened the nation with more debt, attempted to pass aggressive agendas for reform, then gathered behind party lines to play the age old game of politics with people’s livelihoods.
But that was on the surface. The game of two-party politics had always been rigged to give the voting public the illusion of choice, and thus hope for the future. But in a democracy where the only possibility of political success is to embrace corruption, it would always be false hope. So in the middle of the crisis, the two political parties on which the burden of hope was shouldered, passed around the scapegoat and pointed the finger of blame at each other. All the public could do was follow the lead finger as it pointed at the latest corporation or politician whose turn it was to shoulder the blame. On occasion, the national desire for blood and revenge would be appeased by the hauling out and public flogging of the latest ‘Wall Street tycoon’ said to have profited from the financial debacle.
The political circus was both distracting and debilitating for the American public, but it was always only a carefully planned charade, or smokescreen.
Back in 1970, a group of the world’s wealthiest individuals had gathered behind closed doors at a luxury ranch in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley. On their agenda was the projected decline of manufacturing output in the US and the projected rise of China, Japan and Taiwan as the new manufacturing elite. As technology was developing at an alarming rate, it was clear to these great financial minds that the world was shrinking and the landscape was changing. It was just a matter of time before a global economy took shape and the world became a flat playing field for trade. But this group of individuals, the world’s banking elite, could see a serious issue when it came to the US. The explosion of growth in the 40’s (supplying the war machine), and ongoing economic growth through the 50’s and 60’s, had brought with it a tremendous social shift. A huge growth had taken place in the middle segment of the social ladder, between the rich and the working class. This new layer had multiplied on an unprecedented scale, and now the new “middle classes” had a strong influence on the American economy. In prosperous times, there would be enough for everybody, but what would happen when the projected competition from Asia became reality and American output fell? Who would pay for this new middle class, how would their new found status and expectations be funded, where would the money come from?
And so the conversation moved around the table and the wealthy world bankers and business elite all agreed on two important things. First, the new middle class was clearly the underlying problem, but there was no way it could be removed overnight, it would need to be a long period of attrition, a natural death as it were. Social change on this level takes time, is never popular and would lead to a great deal of unrest. There was obviously the social implication to consider and the issue of dulling down the senses of the soon to be ‘extinct’ middle classes so that the process could take place in a relatively controlled manner, but the Government could take care of those issues by creating the necessary distractions.
But more important to this group of the world’s elite, was how to manage the economic changes to their own benefit. The USA would simply not be able to compete with the up and coming Asian nations in manufacturing since our middle class labor rates were just too high. Their labor pool came from impoverished areas with vast numbers and their Governments and controlling corporations would simply have the issue of accelerated training, relocation and other logistics. After the transition, which would take only a decade or so, their pay-back would be a labor force able to produce goods for a fraction of the cost of the American labor force; with the wage expectations of the new middle class, we simply could not compete.
So they all agreed American manufacturing would decline, the middle classes would diminish and America would gradually lose its position as the world’s economic leader. It would take perhaps two decades to manifest, but the outcome was inevitable, it was the only possible outcome given the clarity of the situation. They needed to plan carefully for the future. The severity of the situation coupled with the certainty of the outcome made planning not just vitally important, but also relatively simple. They must avoid massive losses when the levee finally broke, but by acting covertly and promptly they could actually make incredible financial and political gains from the situation.
Whatever was to happen, and the future was quite clear to these people, the important thing was the continued acquisition of wealth and power by the banking elite. With the global shift would come opportunity, an opportunity for the consolidation of wealth and power the likes of which had never been seen before. The act of negotiation with an entity in a position of strength yields little advantage for either side, but bring that same entity to its knees and the negotiations prove far more productive. The opportunity for a global power-grab was on the table.
The discussion went on long into the night. A plan was carefully laid down. They would need to invest heavily in Asia, develop trade agreements, support the Asians as the inevitable played out.
They would profit heavily from this support. Through Asian banking syndication the elite would be able to buy stakes in the future of Asia, then cash in their chips via unbridled financial and political leverage when the economic tides changed.
But there was more. They needed close collaboration with the American Government, they needed people on the inside. When the economy collapsed, as surely it must, there would need to be government intervention, Wall Street would need to be bailed out. Money would flow freely from the Governments coffers and it must be dispersed into the right pockets. This would be the world’s largest economy teetering on the brink of disaster, it made sense to transfer the wealth from the system before it was lost arbitrarily. Wall Street could facilitate the transfer of taxpayer money from the Treasury to the largest financial institutions and then directly into their pockets – the World Banks.
In the mid 1990’s their remarkable plan started to play out. By 2000 they had a firm hold of the White House. A family member of their own elite faculty was at the helm and through their careful manipulation he would set the wheels in motion. The next 8 years were the most profitable this group of the world’s elite had seen in almost a century. The American economy was signed over to the financial power-houses and the raping and pillaging had begun.
By 2008 the coup d’etat was complete. Their man, who had seemingly appeared from nowhere, had taken over the White House and placed representatives from their large financial institutions in roles of power, to manage and control the transfer over of assets as the world’s largest economy fell into ruin. Sufficiently ‘stunned into inaction’ by wars overseas, the threat of terrorism, their own personal financial chaos and a world full of random stimuli, the American people stood helplessly by and watched.
Over the next decade America experienced the hardest of times. Unemployment rose to 45% and crime rates increased by 120%. The liberty and freedom Americans had taken for granted for so many decades was barely a distant memory. FEMA containment camps housed over 750,000 men women and children. Old abandoned factories were converted into shelter and containment for the poor. The new personal identification chip was a mandatory implant for all people in the US, citizens or otherwise. Working from data supplied by Federal sources, including Facebook and Google, the chip automatically graded people based on their level of risk, with those in higher level categories managed by FEMA, and those deemed not to be a threat, managed and contained at State level. Since a Federal state of emergency had been declared some years ago, the Internet was only available as a communication platform for Federal agencies. No other Internet access was allowed as it had been deemed a threat to National Security.
Most people lived in passive fear and deep poverty with no outlet for their frustration that didn’t carry harsh consequences. Fearing arrest by the Department of Homeland Security and incarceration in FEMA containment camps, the masses were neutered into compliance. Militant factions took to the streets and were promptly dealt with by Civil Containment forces comprised of mercenaries from the private sector. It was a dark era for America, its citizens living in the shadow of the forces of aggressive repression.
By 2028 the hope of a new era of prosperity appeared on the horizon. The global transition to a ‘New World Order’ was almost complete. America, still on its knees following the nations longest and deepest recession, was offered an olive branch by the World Banking Organization. Only a decade into a new currency system, the ‘Amero’, the US was invited to join the New World Union by surrendering its sovereignty and taking up a partnership position on the EurAsian Council. Working under the World Governance of the NWU, America could yet again compete squarely with the Asians and Europeans and work towards some degree of economic recovery. By placing the Federal Reserve and Department of Treasury under the direct control of the more stable World Banking Organization, America could avoid a repeat of the last three decades of economic turbulence. It made good sense for our nation.
Thanks to the ‘resetting’ of the social system in the US, our global competitiveness had been restored and we were slowly able to redevelop our manufacturing base, building our GDP annually by increased manufacturing production and export. And with costs contained by the eradication of the labor unions, removal of the old middle class system and regulation by the NWU/WBO, prosperous times lay ahead.
By the mid 30’s, America of old had been systematically written out of the history books and out of the New World Union’s school curriculum. It was important to erase memories of the volatile past for many good reasons. A close examination of our history would reveal the past bigotry against the new leadership and our ideology for material possession. “These memories of the ‘old ways’ must be eradicated if we are to avoid the wide-scale social anarchy, prominent through the last two decades of civil disobedience”, remarked the World Banking Organization President for the United States, Mohamed Ibrahim.
“To retain America’s position alongside the world’s elite, to maintain the member privileges granted to us by the WBO; to solidify our new found status in the NWU, America must maintain, as a Nation united under the Great God Allah, its dedication and commitment to a one world union”.
The ‘New Constitution’ was delivered by the Head of the NWU to the American people with a stern reminder – nothing good ever comes from looking to the past.