To the Gauntlet

Annually Heads of State and the wealthiest of Business leaders sojourn to a ski resort in Davos Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum and to chat about - what else: "the world economy"!. Really, thousands of financial elites from all over the globe confab for 5 days in unimagined - at least to me - luxury whilst discussing issues related to the global economy.

The story isn't how much money attendees will be spending daily (close to $10,000 per day, each) or even how wealthy they are. Of interest is how many attendees will willingly throw-over the same economic system that "brought them to the dance" in order to pick the pocket of the American Taxpayer.

Per the Wall Street Journal on Monday:  

"This may be the first Davos where capitalism is widely viewed as a failure, rather than something to be admired," says Ethan Kapstein, professor of economics and political science at French business school Insead, who has been going to Davos since 1994.

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"The capitalist myth is lovely and youthful. It kicked off the industrial revolution, but maybe we need a new one," says Richard Olivier...

Source

To this gauntlet of inquisitors,  finger pointers and haranguers, likely to be lead by Russia's Prime Minster Vladimir  Putin and China's Premier Wen Jiabao; we, the United States (US or "us") are NOT sending thenewly appointed cabinet members of "dear Leader" -  the head of our National Economic Council Lawernce Summers , or even or National Security Adviser James Jones. Instead we are sending  'Dear Leader's" confidant: Valerie Jarrett.  (Who is Valerie Jarrett? Source )  I pray that MS Jarett is up to the task of defending our country's  interests. All the while "dear Leader" is signaling weakness to the rest of the world -  in the middle of the gravest economic challenges in decades -  he is  signaling that the US/World economy is not  important enough to send those in his cabinet that are tasked with it's oversight.

Let me be clear, and to quote Rush;" elections have consequences" and whether we accepted it at the time or not, we have elected in 'Dear Leader' a President known for is hostility to capitalism. His representative will be the "voice of America" at the World Economic Forum.

If capitalism and the free market are not vigorously defend by us - the Untied States, then by whom will the Free Market be championed?

Ceding our interests, Americas interest to the redistributionist in Davos would be the absolute sacrificing of our economic welfare to the alter of socialism. Moreover, it would forever make "working Americans" slaves to the demands of others not only from this country; but from around the world.