I haven’t blogged in a while. It isn’t that I haven’t had anything to say. I just didn’t want to sound like that old guy standing on his porch screaming at the neighborhood kids. “Get the fuck off my lawn!” I do want to make one thing clear here. This is my blog. I get to say what I want. If you get offended or don’t like what I have to say. Well don’t come back. Write a comment. Whatever.
I am frustrated with the current state of affairs. Aren’t we better than this? I think some of the nonsense is just to distract us from what is really important. Today it’s about tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Tariffs that are essentially a tax on American consumers. If you think corporations are going to absorb the cost rather than pass it on you are delusional. Go to the grocery store and look closely at some of the packaging. The price didn’t change but the contents of the package got smaller. Those three countries are our biggest trading partners. Inflation will increase and the federal reserve will respond with higher interest rates. Recession in our future? Maybe if we are lucky. Depression is a real threat. In order to increase our distraction there is also talk of changing our border with Canada. Why the distractions?
First, Congress is working on tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations. Let’s find the folks with the most money and make sure they get more. We are running deficits in the trillions of dollars. What is the Congressional response? How about we reduce our income. Trickle down economics hasn’t worked. Okay, you don’t like paying taxes. While you complain about that you also want police and fire services, good roads to drive on, clean water, sewer service, strong military and good schools. I think everyone should have adequate healthcare. Those things cost money. Everyone should pay their fair share. If I pay 15% of my income in taxes, for example, shouldn’t a millionaire or billionaire be expecting to pay the same percentage?
Second, this whole DOGE bullshit. I mean really! Some unelected, unaccountable, and in my opinion corrupt billionaire and his unsupervised minions are accessing our most private information and government payment systems. Firing people when they don’t even understand what those people do. Fire the folks dealing with bird flu. Trying to hire them back. Firing the folks who maintain our nuclear weapons. Trying to hire them back. Cut off funding to control the spread of Ebola. Trying to get that restored. Can the government be better and more efficient? Sure. What’s wrong with taking the time to evaluate and do it right. Oversight belongs to Congress not some billionaire asshole.
Keep your eye on the ball here. They want your money and the way to pay for their tax cuts is to cut your Medicare, Medicaid, veteran benefits, education benefits, and social security. They want to raise a generation who aren’t educated enough to realize how much the rich and powerful are fucking them over.
So, you have two choices. One is get involved. The power belongs to the people. Make your voice heard. Option two is bending over and grabbing your ankles. Brace yourself because there won’t be any lube.
