THE REAL REASON WHY THE US IS IN DEBT, IN CRISIS AND IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE
by Zackary Richards
Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, both
sides are fighting for what they KNOW is right. Their voices are shrill,
venomous and demanding to be heard.
Problem is they’re all wrong.
Here’s why.
I’ll start with a general overview of Liberals. The
Liberals take great pride in their compassion. Their loyalty to the underdog. Their
belief that everyone should be free to live in peace regardless of race, creed,
color or religion. That the wealthy should be made to support the poor and help
them attain a better station in life. They are adamantly against the death
penalty and lengthy jail sentences for non-lethal crimes.
They are for women’s
right to choose and support public assistance to illegal immigrants. They want
all guns banned, drugs decriminalized and free healthcare for all. They believe people
should be able to do what they want, when they want, as long as it doesn’t hurt
anybody. They are generally college-educated, patrons of the arts, and believe all
peoples should be housed, clothed and fed regardless of costs.
Sounds nice.
Here’s where they go off the rails.
They flatly ignore certain realities, like the fact
that one-third of the population has below average intelligence and a tendency
toward violence. Or that truly evil people exist. Or that drug use leads to
domestic violence, auto fatalities, and child abuse. Or that the American
government could turn on its people and use the military to eliminate all
opposition. Or that the cities with the strongest gun control laws have the
largest amount of gun violence. And if you point out any of these realities,
they will call you racist, homophobic and misogynistic.
And no amount of hard evidence will convince them that he
who has the gun gives the orders and that he who has the money makes the rules. And when one faction has both and you have neither, you exist at their discretion. And
most importantly, they refuse to believe that there is an unsettling number of people among us who would
gladly kill anyone, just for the thrill of it, if they could do it legally.
That is our sad reality. They are insisting we raise
kittens while the rest of the world is raising lions.
Now for a general overview of the Conservatives. Most
people view conservatives as stuffy businessmen driving expensive cars and
living in mansions. Some do.
For the most part, however, they are working-class,
blue-collar, sportsmen and family orientated. They are our tradesmen and physical
workers. They put in long hours of hard labor. They support capital punishment for
murderers, pedophiles and sex traders.
They love our country, are solid members
of their community and for the most part, good neighbors. They are self-sufficient,
will come running when you need them, and fight alongside you when you are
being abused.
Good people.
Here’s where they go off the rails.
They fight against government programs even when they
are beneficial to them. They don’t like diversity. They harbor prejudices that have
no basis in fact. They wave the Confederate flag, which represents the right to
enslave, torture, rape, and murder black people. They want illegal immigrants kicked
out, woman’s reproductive rights abolished and no restrictions of gun
ownership. And they support Mitch McConnell's policy of preventing any democratic legislation from being voted on, which leaves nearly one-half of the American people without a voice in their government.
That is our sad reality. We are so busy fighting each
other’s agendas, and each other, we’re too distracted to notice that each year
our money is worth less, that our taxes are being spent subsidizing corporations. We spend trillions on military weaponry that will
never be used. That any attempt to free our nation from oil dependency is blocked
by our so-called representatives, and that our country is being poisoned and confiscated
under our very noses.
Here’s the problem.
The president and his corporate allies (who are all now
members of his cabinet) along with Congress are lifting restrictions that protect our farmlands, our
forests, our lakes and streams, and our national parks. He is been granted executive
powers no former president ever had, by the same Congress that got us into two
wars. One in Afghanistan to find Ben Laden (who was in Pakistan the entire
time) and the other in Iraq to capture weapons of mass destruction (that never
existed in the first place.) And third, to bail out huge corporations and
financial institutions that committed criminal acts of theft so massive, it
crashed the economy and led to the Great Recession. What’s more, that very same
Congress, who, for the most part, is still in power today, used our Social Security
payments (the FICA we’ve been paying into our entire working lives) to pay for all
three. Leaving this once great nation TRILLIONS of dollars in debt and our
seniors in danger of losing the benefits they paid into their entire
working lives.
Here’s my solution.
During the primaries, if you are a Republican, vote
for the Republican opposing the person presently in office. If you are a
Democrat, vote for the Democrat opposing the person presently in office.
In the meantime, I strongly suggest we all go back to
our neutral corners. Liberals, stop being so sensitive. Stop the socialism
agenda, stop interfering with immigration policy, and if you didn’t earn the
money, don’t make suggestions on how it should be spent. And if you’re not a member
of some downtrodden race, or gender, or sexual orientation, step back and let
them fight their own battles.
Conservatives. Stop waving the Confederate flag. Stop fighting
programs that actually benefit you and your neighbors. Stop defending Trump and start holding him responsible for his actions. I
know you love that he drives liberals crazy, but a man who believes we had airports
during the Revolutionary War, isn’t smart enough to make decisions that affect
all our lives. Instead, choose whoever Republican challenges him.
I have no problem with a Republican or a Democratic Congress.
I have no problem with a Republican or a Democratic president.
I just don’t want what we presently have.
