Contributed by Joe Ford
Tired of the malfeasance and thievery taking place at the highest levels of our federal government?
Tired of seeing your tax money go to people that already have too much money and don't pay taxes anyway?
Tired of seeing the federal government spend billions of your money annually on stupid wars and even stupider weapons systems?
Then stop buying stupid stuff!
Consumption is 70% of our economy and it is that money that gives our inept leaders the big stick to travel the world beating poor people with.
Been stuck in your house for the last month chompin' at the bit to get out there and resume recreational consumption? Please reconsider.
I understand the regular rat race allows little time to dig deep into current issues and gain an understanding of the nuances underlying this system but we've been shut down for a month.
Plenty of time.
Log off FortNite, tune out of Netflix, ignore all the outlets of distraction promoted, with a greasy, million dollar smile, by our mainstream "journalists" and find sources that offer real news and detailed analysis of the lies and corruption we're being fed by the people driving this train wreck.
Real information is as hard to come by as getting a handle on pentagon expenditures.
That is by design. Relevant reality does not serve the system.
If Fox News viewers knew the many ways they were being fleeced, the Tea Party would all become Independents.
If mainstream media viewers understood the reasons they can barely keep their heads above water, political heads would roll.
If red states realized the many ways they were being screwed, they might turn blue… maybe pink.
Nobody in power wants that 'cause that would be the end of their power.
Big corporations and the CEOs in charge get to divvy up a half a trillion dollars of aid money, not to mention the trillions being passed out behind the curtain, through a program with loopholes big enough to drive private jets through on thier way to secluded retreats to wait out the pandemic while we get a thousand bucks for some beer and some Hulu.
I wish Trump would retreat to his gaudy New York digs to ride out the crisis. I wish he would invite Pence and the entire congress to join him in the tower. Bring your families. Entice them with free accommodations and an open bar. Reality-based pols would decline the opportunity, but Moscow Mitch and his crew would gladly join Pelosi and her sycophants to feed at another trough. Then we shut the city down, cut their supplies and bar the exits. Make a no-fly zone like 911. Check back in a month and see if the virus left anyone alive.
Start over.
I live in a bus. I opted out many moons ago. This virus has given 2.5 billion people a taste of what they can live without. Factories have shut down, airlines hardly have any costumers, the cruise industry has come to a halt and the oil industry can't find a place to sell their poison but look, you can see the sky again. We can breathe easier. Pundits pining for a return to "normality" have a skewed vision of what normal could and should be. Capitalism is competition. Where would cooperation take us?
