Republicans can’t sell squat
I have voted a Republican ticket many times in my life, but I have noticed that Republicans have a real problem getting their message out and presenting it in a vein that lets normal everyday citizens of this great country want it.
I believe it is an issue of perception and not of substance, because the real clear truth is that all of America benefits when we are a prosperous nation. Terms like trickle down or catch phrases are worn out with everyone. Every time I hear the Republicans want to give a tax break to the rich and steal from the poor makes me want to puke. Every time gas prices go up we all get nervous but the truth is our government is not qualified to run the economy with their stupid monetary rules and regulations. Most of the politicians have one goal and that goal is to help themselves first. Why would you pay several million dollars to get a 4 year job that doesn’t pay that much.
I am not a drug user of any kind, however there is an underground economy that has always flourished in America. The Illegal Drug business, Bootleg whiskey, Vending business, Restaurant servers, and a lot of small businesses that get paid in cash. When one business closes, another one succeeds. I am not kicking ass and taking names, because I do not have evidence to convict someone of stealing from themselves. It happens every day. America is messed up because of the living in the bubble beltway in DC that puts on blinders and is too busy finding the next catch phrase so you will approve their blundering tax and spend junket.
Don’t be disparage at my rant. We will be fine, and we cannot fix the economy as an individual but we can improve it enough to help with a normalization of the true business cycle that has to happen. We are not bankrupt as some would say because our country’s assets far outweigh our liabilities. The problem is our assets are in tangibles like gold, silver, land, natural resources, and man made structures and infrastructure that we own. The money system is not working now because all of the adjustments have been artificially manipulated by our government. Our money is paper that is based on ,,,,, well paper. It is not tied to anything like gold, silver, oil, coffee, etc. It is just based on the flow. Sometimes it is based on the flush. Our politicians are flushing it down the drain as I write this.
The National debt clock rose by over $60,000,000.00 in the hour it took me to write this. Wow!!
If we the people decide that we need food shelter clothing and transportation for our pursuit of happiness, then each of us has to manage our piece of the pie to the best of our abilities. It is easy to take a free handout when we are not disturbed about where it comes from. If a rich person came to your house and said I know times are tough and I want to give you a few bucks to help you get by, would you stick your hand out and take it without feeling that you are a slave to that person? If you answered yes to that question then you are in a deep hole and need to get a dose of reality.
My take on America is that eventually no matter what our politicians do the real economy will take over and provide the real opportunity we all need to get going. What could happen next may shock all of us. It may change America’s course from a free republic to a country held back by our own doing.
The first thing we need to do is to revisit math class 101. 10% is always 10% when you have $100.00 or $100,000,000.00. There should be an absolute revolt when our politicians raise taxes or change the percentages that we all pay. And we all should pay the same thing. The reason the rich pay more is over the years they have paid politicians to raise percentages on the other rich folks but provide their industry a loop hole for them to reinvest their money so part of their earnings are spent as a cost of doing business.
A business that takes in $500,000.00 in cash for goods that they purchased at a lower price receives a gross profit which is the difference in their cost and what they sold their products for. This is a healthy and a normal process that all small successful businesses do. If they don’t make a profit then they go out of business. The only industry that is not getting some of these benefits is the small retail business.
The problem that I see is there is no incentive for a business to reinvest their gross profits because the more money they make on the profit side means the government takes a bigger piece of their pie. It becomes harder to try to find the loophole that saves them a bigger piece. Once you get into the $100,000.00 range and over of profit you are penalized for what? Being successful. Gimmie Jimmie Government is there with their hands out taking a bigger % of your pie that you earned. Remember 10% is still 10%. no matter how much you make. If I pay 10% of my $50,000.00 and you paid 10% of your $100,000.00 we both paid our fair share and you paid more.
If you are one that is on the food stamps or unemployment insurance that is dollars that are counterfeit and unfunded pieces of paper that represent nothing but your piece of mind. You are really making less and you are not producing profit back into the economy. You can say that is not true because you are buying goods and services with that money. Not so. That money was already in the economy doing fine and turning itself over ten fold until the government got it and paid an overpaid administration to redistribute that money to you. This is why you need to get off the dole as soon as you can and build your wealth with sound investments in either a business that can make a profit, start your own service business, lawn service, buy a share in an oil well or commodities that will stay in demand as long as we are a country. Until we the people elect the ones that understand this, we the people are going to end up on the loosing end of the tug of war. It doesn’t matter if you are on welfare or rich. We all will lose unless we fix this. The Democrats keep saying that the Republicans just want to reward the gluttony of the rich, but I say it is not a Republican issue. It is an economic issue that is going to make a slave of anyone that falls into the welfare and unemployment line for long term. Each of use should save for the rainy day and I know that my wish that welfare would go away will not happen for a long time. The kitty is empty but at some point manipulating our dollar will collapse our economy on itself. It has already started with some industries using commodities instead of dollars because the smart economic folks know fake paper will not make it. They are not hiring because the dollar will not buy a quality employee. They have to take on too much risk for the reward.
The Republicans rhetoric is on the right course to slow the downgrade of our economy however it maybe too little too late. Remember that Politicians are paid well for the information they learn while in DC. The patent office alone should be a treasure trove of investment opportunities. Wake up and smell the coffee.
As I watch a school system in Chicago on strike because the teachers won’t back down, I ask you one question. What makes teaching a child any different than buying a product for the value of it. Technology could help us with remote learning and a lecture style environment. You could have an auditorium full of students learning with a method that is proven to teach. If it works for Harvard it could work for any grade of school other than the hands on that primary skills have to be learned so you can learn how to learn. This is the most important thing we could do. You wouldn’t need rules and regulations or as many teachers on the payroll. There should not be rules and regulations on what each child is forced to learn. They would learn skills at their own pace or face the truth of waiting to graduate next year. Stupid is as stupid does. Again don’t let the free education that the government provides suck you in to being on education welfare. If you are paying taxes you are giving your money to a bunch of village idiots with a loud mouth.
Leave our piece of the pie alone please.