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What’s wrong with Democratic Socialism ?

I’ve been watching some political adds on local TV that I would not normally pay attention to calling those that they are running against a Socialist, much like the talk of Bernie last go around.

What I found funny back then, was when ever I mentioned Sanders name, they called him a socialist. And that is all they knew about him or Democratic Socialism.

I had to ask… Do you know what socialism is ? to you know what democratic socialism is ?
Who does any form socialism harm ?
Of course they had no clue and/or could not explain any of it. It was just bad because it was made to sound like a demerit.

But it reminded me when Reagan made Liberal a bad word in the American mind.
He started that pitch with George Bush Senior in the republican run-off and then chose him as his running mate. Go figure. It was so effective that even G Bush Sr used it against his opponent in his election bids in 88 & 92. I was a conservative throughout this. But began changing my thinking as I watched the republicans trash their own man for very bad reasons. This is the point of change in American politics. The neo-capitalist had begun taking charge and using the demerit name calling as a useful toll in their work.

So I find it like playing a record until everyone buys it as a hit. At least enough to for-fill your unstated agenda anyway.

But still, those that do not like democratic socialism can not define it or describe it and can’t state who would loose in such a structure.
And then. I tell them we have been practicing democratic socialism for a very long time and they are in disbelief with no answer for that. And bounce back with a talking point they have been pre-programed to say (like a broken record).
I’m sure that me bringing the topic up for discussion will cause a bunch to do a google on it, but I doubt they will find truly accurate picture on the surface of a search.

The folks that have a reason to be against it are neo-capitalist, because the government should not be doing anything a company could make a profit from even if it can provide poor service for higher expenses and eventually go belly-up leaving the people that get served by it without service.
So they have the motivation to give it a bad name.

But some things (not everything) only the government can do in a meaningful way.
The problem with the current system that I still stand by until something better can come along is that it has become to corrupt. A problem for any form of governance or social order.

Social Security is a very good example. The politicians had added/changed the wording of the governing regulations to allow some rat company’s to game the system.
Sometimes I think it is a ongoing effort to cause it to fail to eliminated it as we now know it. But hey… they give money to the candidates to make the changes and a little more after the fact to keep it going.

But we have been under democratic socialism for some time. The difference is to what degree. And some want to tear that down for a quick profit, even if it is a temporary one. A company can go bankrupt and those in charge can walk away with those profits.

Take a look around you… The folks from K-Mart could fleece the company, file a chapter 11 and go on to buy Sears a few years later. They raped it and now filing again. Everyone will believe it’s just changing business which is a good part of it but not the whole story.
Just have to watch what their next move will be in a few years. But I still have 5000 worthless shares in K-Mart to say I have no confidence in what these ceo/managers and the board do. They are about 1 of 6 groups of players I have noted doing the same BS. And that hardly scratches the surface. They are raping the company’s as well as the share-holders and the tax system. I call it the syndrome of ‘MORE’ ’cause it’s always about ‘MORE’ they want more more more.

Capitalism OWNS Democracy now, what did you think they would be saying about it ?

The 3% owning over 90% happens in less than half of your lifetime is something quite different to think about the implications going forward!

Do you think you can buy back your democracy ?
You can’t afford it now.

Do I Trust My Government ?

Simple question with no simple answer… But ‘You Are The Government’ unless you choose not to be.

With the recent moves by corporations to make and take a stand in our political landscape, I found it strange that folks that have pure motivation for MONEY and PROFIT are taking stands on moral and political positions.

This all sounds good and well in it’s current form but one has to be weary if this should be the new standard.

At least this has been up front and in your face. Unlike monetary contributions by many of the rich to contribute large amounts of money into campaigns through the’ non-profit’ issue oriented advertising that you will never know the source of. And little to no way to find a foreign power from doing the same thing. Why do they wish to hide that fact… because they fear a boycott of the public for promoting their real motivations for rules in their favor. And they probably are very correct in their fear. As a consuming citizen, you have 2 powers… your vote and your purchasing decisions. Yes, you can vote with your wallet, but only if you know who is shelling out millions to promote legislation against your interest.

It comes down to this…

Do you believe in the rule of law ?

Without rules we would have anyone becoming judge and jury and taking the law in their own hands without consensus of the moral value of right and wrong.

But right and wrong are determined sometimes how you presented the facts and sometimes not all of them. And that is where the public often comes divided.

But the rule of law provides a framework for you to change those rules that fit your moral code of the time with the new circumstances that exist now.

If people would put as much effort in pressuring those that are responsible for seeing to the public concerns are met with a reflection of their want and needs as they do in posting to social media and argument with friends, relatives and neighbors, this landscape would look a bit different.

The fact that few take advantage of the intended landscape of politics and the rule of law allows others to form public opinion in the fashion they wish with statements contrary to the real intent of proposed legislation.

The skinny….

Your lack of participation in holding these politician’s feet to the fire has allowed them to pretty much do as they please. They only have to convince ‘some folks’ for everyone else may be passive, even if they have strong opinions they might express online or in other chatter.

You can’t hurt these folks with chatter in social media and will prove nothing to anyone who is willing to hear it. You are certain NOT to change anyone’s mind on your issue. Their opinions have already been formed for them with a set of facts that may not be complete or correct.

BE pro-active, be sure to at least be registered to vote and vote as much as you can. Don’t give these folks a chance to take you for granted as a number because of your inexcusable reasons for not being registered to vote. Write your congress / senate and let them know how you feel as a warning shot that you might actually turn out to vote. Not just the US government but your state and local governments as well. Do what you have time for but do not do nothing. You will deserve the outcome you receive.

So, Yes, I trust my government as long as I still have the power to public discourse and petition the government, I have to… it’s all we have between mob rule and arguable discourse.

It’s the guys running my government that I have little trust for. And I have the ability to help change that, but only with your help. Your inactivity has let them take advantage of me as well as you ! I am registered and do vote and do write my government officials.

So if you don’t like the baby’ stroller, throw it away and get one you like, buy it from who you choose and trust, just make sure the baby is not in there when you toss it ! You might not be able to get it back. Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it. Stop being passive about your future and your children’s future. It is up to you to restore that trust in the government because you are the government unless you choose to not to be. To many have taken this latter path and you are seeing the result. Minority rule of those with plenty of money to shape public opinion as they wish with carefully selected facts and mere slogans.

Shall I say… ‘TRUST BUT VERIFY’

Kavanaugh – The Jury Is In… Or Are They ?

Ya know, originally when the first allegation came up, I was not seriously concerned.
We all do stupid things when we are young without the realization of how that might effect our future. We live in the moment for the most part. As long as there was not pattern of behavior afterwards.

Then, a pattern emerged that can not be tested. While I am thankful for Senator Flake to do the right thing and hold his vote unless a FBI investigation moved forward. Of course, only Trump can order that.

All this talk of fairness and the hearings are not a trial but the Judiciary committee is somewhat a jury. The FBI will gather facts and they (the committee) will discern them and make a decision.
That is their job.

One has to be suspicious on the rush to put this through. Especially when Obama’s nominee was denied a floor vote for 293 days after passing through all of this stuff.
His nomination expired with his presidency.
McConell should have to eat his own words on that ’cause “there is a election coming and we should let the voters decide”.

But I say, just let him in and also proceed with the investigations and remove him from office when found guilty. Seems to be the less political and non-argumentative path for now. But we all know that you just can’t do that. It would look even worse if we had a Supreme Court Justus taken down for previous bad behavior. It would permanently mark our court system in a way that could not be reversed and question just how good our process is.

But, for each day, more information may spring-up on other behaviors.
I think he is doomed in the full house vote.

But I am getting restless for all the deception of process in a way that angers me and a bit of distaste for who we have become as a nation.
I do not aspire for this. We are no role model for anyone anymore.
Does anyone care about that. The big picture. I am embarrassed as a citizen.

Nobody will cure what ill’s themselves until they stop pointing fingers at each other.

If nobody demands better from their government, it will get worse.

BTW…
If Kavanaugh showed anything of himself at those hearings, he showed he is not a non-partisan impartial judge.
“WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND” so he says in disgust for democrats.
Hey, I’m not exactly happy with them either but he just showed me the number one reason I don’t want him to make it.

If legislators would quit trying to legislate with the court system there would not be any of this.

Capitalism & Democracy – Self Governance While It Lasts

This is a capitalistic democracy…. remember which word comes first.
While I do not support it, communism was never a threat to democracy.
It was a threat to capitalism. Notice we sparred no expense in squashing that idea down.

Capitalism is great, yes, greed is good, but uncontrolled greed and uncontrolled capitalism is bad.

Capitalism should never OWN democracy.
You have to manage it as a tool and a end to a means. It can not set the rules for itself. It then becomes uncontrolled greed.

In Russia, Capitalism owns democracy. How does that look ? Want some…
It was the same reason they had the communist revolution. It was against capitalism not democracy since they did not have democracy then. It was a revolution against capitalism.

Capitalism is not bad, uncontrolled capitalism is.

This is the real war you are fighting and everyone is wearing masks !

Vote your aspirations.

Who will pay for the Tax Cuts ?

Pretty simple question.

I guess the answer depends on who you ask.

But it is clear that removing 15% or more of the tax collections will need to be paid for by someone… Sometime.

Doesn’t that go against what the Republicans have been telling us for the last 35+ years…

You got to ‘PAY FOR IT’… oh… that was additional spending.

So now they need to spend less to pay for it.

What’s on the chopping block ?

For starters, since it’s in the same bill of the tax cut, they repealed the individual mandate for the ACA/Obamacare and that will cause it to implode. I wonder if we now have a path to repeal the individual mandate for auto insurance… isn’t that preformed with the same theory.

Social Security… something they have been against since it’s inception.

Medicare… same as above.

Welfare… same as above.

Now it is their chance to reduce the budgets of all those ‘EVIL’ hands of the government that watch over corporate America to insure they don’t poison our water, air, land and food and watch over the banks so they don’t cause a total collapse of the economy that have been reducing the profits of those corporations.

If they only wanted to get profits made overseas to come back to the U.S., why not just reduce the taxes paid on overseas profits. It is the only benefit we will really see for this tax bill. The profits will most likely be used to buy back diluted stock, thereby increasing the value of a share of it. Giving more power to those insiders who already own most of it. You can not explain the valuation of the stock market any other way since even while profit margins may be at the highest level in history, they have found ways to spin most of it so the shareholder does not reap the rewards of their investment in favor of the upper tier of the company and it’s board of directors. So the stock market has nowhere to go now but down. The above mentioned benefit is already baked in to the market.

So the cuts will come and will you realize when your roads, water air traffic control are in such bad need of repair that you paid for that depreciation of your infrastructure with tax cuts. The new retirement age ill likely be age 70 when this is all said and done. And the medical/pharma/health care systems collapse.

Someone will pay for it… YOU ?

The only question I have is WHEN ?

You can not run this kind of defecate spending more than a year or two max and we will have a new crisis that these republican’s should take credit for but will likely blame someone else as always.

Funny since the republican’s are the ones that warned what would happen when budgets were busted that bad and they are the ones to do it.

Oh… that was just a method to cut the regulatory arm of the government…. for more profits…

So I guess the real reasons are the same all this time.

Take’n a Knee For Patriotism and the Constitution

Take’n A Knee !

The Constitution is everyone’s Constitution.

The flag is a symbol. I do not worship symbols.

Creating a parody of the flag means our troops or our documents or other things. Nonsense…

If those words of that document are not honored, what exactly is it those troops were fighting for ? At that point that flag become a mere rag.

But we really are not talking about a flag, it was a anthem.

How is a anthem a flag and a flag then our troops ? When the anthem is over, they rise and the flag is still flying just as it did before they took a knee.
Many are attacking the messenger… you don’t want to deal with the root problem here nor admit one exists.

I don’t agree with all of the accusations made against the law enforcement community, but I don’t see real progress working to a solution to the others.

The constitution is meant to protect everyone… not ‘some people’
The cops being agents of a state or city are still governed by the US constitution.
We are a nation of laws.
Those laws insure equal protection and equal judgement for all, not some.
The moment you ignore any part of that, you are ignoring all of it.

If you wanted to defecate on the flag, I might laugh at you and advise you not to do it, but I would stand-up for your right to do it if anyone tried to stop you.
It does not change the words of the document I cherish. It adds true meaning to them.

But our men and women in uniform have not lost their lives so that I might be forced to bow and worship before a flag. And I always have honored them and what they do more than just ‘thanking them for service in words’.

You can say it is a matter of respect.
If you want to be respected, act respectful.
When our nation does not act respectful, it is not respected.
Nobody is asking for more than to live-up to the words in that document.

Take’n a knee is a reminder that for the constitution to mean something, we all have to participate to honer those words.

Just something to think about…

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