Remember when as children we used to ask, “Are we there yet?” I don’t know about you, but I’ve been asking this question of myself and my government for the past 4.5 months. Are we at the point where we are going to stop this madness? Stop trying to blame everything on the other party? Stop trying to be the government with no allies? Stop trying to erase the middle class so that the only classes left are the unbelievably rich and the unbelievably poor? Stop trying to erase the constitution by bending the rules and not caring whether we are legally told not to bend them?
The man with the best deals has dealt us the joker. There are fewer people coming to visit our country than ever in the past. Recently, our deal maker has placed travel bans on many countries. But no worries, many of these countries are poor so we wouldn’t be losing much in the way of income or investment. This act, however, though not hurting us monetarily, doesn’t do much good for our favorability in the world. Maybe some of you think this is alright. Keeping our country ours. Well, we sure are being cut off from the rest of the world at this point.
Do we think that our country will be better off with the middle-class being squeezed out? The bill presently being discussed in the Senate would continue the tax cut for the rich in perpetuity. But they need it so bad, right? The middle-class will pay for the loss in revenue. Don’t you agree? Well at least until their money runs out. Yet, others at the bottom of the totem pole get breaks, too. I wonder if these will continue or be cut off in the coming years. Maybe you have the answer? Don’t think about it too hard, though. Your brain may explode needlessly.
And what about the poor? Will the crumbs floating down to them cause a constant fight to see who gets one? Will we end up mobbing trains or planes bringing food into poor areas? I think I’ve seen this somewhere. Have you? Even after the bill passes, when there are still some “social” programs keeping people alive, how long will it last? Even now, there are more requirements to participate in the programs. Though these are not, at this point, way out of bounds, how long will it take to get them there? From what’s happened in the past 4.5 months, hardly any time at all.
Some of us agree with these methods of controlling the country. The tightening of our belts, so to speak. But corsets went by the wayside many years ago. Except, of course, at those “special” times. I don’t know if anyone could strap in like they used to do. And I don’t mean to apply this mainly to women as in the past. Men will have to try on the “belt” tightening method, too. Can you do it? Can you squeeze that hard?
So, are we there yet? We used to have a little thing called free speech. This also is being whittled away. In Los Angeles, beginning on the weekend, there were picketers wanting ICE agents out of town. Not because they were there. But because they were there in full gear and masked as if they were ready for war. Not a good look for agents of America just “doing their jobs” as we are told. The local authorities were handling the situation. Then against the will of the mayor and governor, the National Guard was brought in. Again, in full uniform as if it were needed. Escalation, but by whom? Not the picketers. Still an easy situation to handle but now, with the picketers feeling like they were in a third world country, things began to get heated. So, what does the deal maker do? He calls in the Marines. What do you think will happen next? Maybe when you read this you will know.
Is this deal making without the other party in attendance? How does that work? I guess when you have no one to deal with, you can make a pretty good deal. Is this an excuse to elevate something that was a non-event to one that can be an excuse for other actions listed on someone’s agenda? I sincerely hope we are not there yet. But I’m getting more doubtful by the minute. By the executive order.
Many wonder why there are so many lawsuits and injunctions being brought against the government. Has anyone been paying attention to the unlawful acts that are being carried out? Are you saying to yourselves that the undocumented immigrants do not have any rights so what is being done without warning is, okay? Remember, some are calling for individual citizens to be arrested. What are their crimes? Aren’t most of them exercising free speech? We used to be able to say things, but if we can get jailed because of our words, our free speech is effectively squelched. Our freedom of speech is crushed. The first one, I fear, of many.
Are these the “deals” we signed up for when we voted in November? In L.A., for example, if these people are insurrectionists, as the deal maker infers, will he be pardoning them as he did others recently? They are doing less the what the previous forgiven group did.
All things considered; we are falling into the same trap that was set about 90 years ago. Will this one bring the same outcome? Is that what we want to be led towards? The Marines being deployed to L.A. are confronting American citizens. This can’t be what we want, right? We don’t want this for our citizens nor our troops, right? Even our National Guard troops are being confronted with this.
Will we see the truth before the lies put a hole in our head? I would love to say that “we are not there yet”. But I feel that it would be the final lie. How close do you think we are to our destination?
