© 2019 Jim Spence - Like all readers, I interact with other citizens. We all understand there are processes going on in America and around the world that are puzzling. “What the hell is going on?” is one question that is asked regularly. “How did we get here?” is another.
Readers of this column understand that they get “opinion”
here. It’s understood. Facts are gathered, events are interpreted, and conclusions
are reached.
Willie Sutton is a good case study for the answer to the questions posed above. Once
asked why he robbed banks, Sutton reportedly said, “Because that is where the
money is.”
Let’s do a very simple exercise here and follow the money.
Consider what virtually all the Democratic Party candidates
for president said during their “debate” earlier this week. Virtually every
single Dem bashed the idea that America has “billionaires.” There is no need
for any billionaires was the recurring theme. It echoes what Mr. Obama once said
when he was criticizing wealthy people. Long before Barack and Michelle signed lucrative
book and movie deals and bought a mansion on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama said piously,
“When is enough, enough?” It was as if Obama felt there should be some
measuring rod determined by him, with a maximum, wherein as soon as a person
reached that limit, the state should confiscate the rest.
Most Democrat candidates are millionaires. Joe Biden’s
family seems to still be milking a portion of his political franchise in the Ukraine.
Following the money makes it easy to understand what
continues to unfold in America every day. What we are seeing is a filthy battle
for the biggest prize. The news media for the most part does not report on this
filthy battle. Instead, they are participants in it. While the CEO’s and management teams at tens of thousands of companies compete for billions of
dollars in revenue in their niches, in exchange for goods and services, American politicians battle
for control of the TRILLIONS of dollars flowing into the federal government
coffers EVERY year.
Americans need to understand that the United States
government is now the most powerful entity in the world. It has been made all powerful
by TRILLIONS of dollars in annual cash flow and the ability to borrow even more money to spend, at near
zero interest rates. This is real power and it is bolstered by legions of powerful
bureaucratic battalion leaders managing their government niche fiefdoms, They enjoy huge
salaries, are supported by amazing benefits, lax work schedules, and they face ZERO accountability.
So, while millions of Americans live from paycheck to
paycheck, and a few multi-millionaires and billionaires live more comfortably, those in
control of the federal government are in a position to not only live
comfortably, they are also in a position to encourage the confiscation of property that
belongs to others to keep the TRILLIONS in cash flow and control flowing.
There are great contradictions and ironies in this filthy
fight we see play out in Washington every day. Many politicians, who have created amazingly powerful political
franchises and made themselves millionaires, pretend that somehow their “political pathways”
are virtuous, while they stigmatize anyone working in the private sector who serves
their customer’s needs and prospers. In their speeches, people who work hard to satisfy millions of customers
are branded as exploitative and greedy.
Politicians do all these things because they are involved in a filthy fight. In this fight, they are willing to lie, cheat, mislead, and manipulate in all ways possible to gain or maintain control
of TRILLIONS of dollars flowing into the federal government.
With everything involved in controlling TRILLIONS of dollars, they control most aspects of the everyday lives of every American.
Democrats claim the dirty things they do aren't dirty, they claim they are virtuous. But of course their personal contradictions and
ironies betray their words for anyone paying a lick of attention. These are people, who are brazen in their efforts to seize control TRILLIONS, who bash people who have actually EARNED billions serving customers.
Democrats should
not be believed anytime they open their mouths, nor should ALL of the media entities that
prop them up be believed either. Just follow the money to understand what is happening. Politician try to get you to hate those with millions or billions so they can get their hands on TRILLIONS. It is a shell game.
What about the GOP? Know this about Republicans. They enjoy controlling TRILLIONS of dollars too. And once they have controlled TRILLIONS of dollars for a little while, Republicans forget where the money actually comes from, just like Democrats. Taxpayer money and taxpayer borrowing power is an opiate.
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