WAG THE DOG - AGAIN

 

ATTACKING VENZUELA!   ATTACK CUBA! ATTACK GREENLAND!

EPSTEIN WHO?

the Ol'Buzzard

LIVES FOR OIL?

 

 

I fought in Vietnam where fifty-eight thousand young men lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands were wounded - for absolutely nothing. 

 

Today, military personnel must be asking themselves; Do I want to die for oil?  Am I putting my life on the line so billionaire oil executives can become richer?

 

I thought it was about defending the Constitution of the United States and protecting this country from adversaries!

 

I was so naive.

the Ol’Buzzard

WAG THE DOG. EPSTEIN WHO? JANUARY 6 WHAT?

 

 

Isn’t it convenient that just as the Jack Smith report was released on New Year's night, showing that Donald Trump was responsible for the insurrection of January 6, and as more and more of the Epstein files are released, showing a close relationship between Trump and Epstein, we suddenly find ourselves attacking Venezuela, turning the attention of the American public to war news?

 

the Ol’Buzzard

REPUBLICANS DON'T WIN, DEMOCRATS LOSE

 

 

 

I’ll make this short and simple: If the Democrats shut down the government again to protest healthcare cuts, then we will have fumbled the ball on the one-yard line. 

People are hurt during a government shutdown.  A portion of people will not be able to pay rent, put food on their table, or pay the fuel cost to heat their homes during the height of winter; and they, their friends, and their families will not forget come election time in November. 

 

the Ol’Buzzard 

I

THE GOVERNMENT'S CREATIVE BOOK KEEPING

 

There is something I don’t understand about government finance.  Republicans go on and on about paying down the national debt while at the same time exploding it with their tax cuts.

 

Who the fuck, what country, is lending the United States trillions of dollars that we are obligated to pay back? 

 

To my understanding, we are the richest country in the world, so what country has such a financial excess to the extent they can lend us trillions of dollars, or is this some kind of creative accounting where we spend more than we earn from taxes and then just write it off as an IOU to ourselves?

 

We keep hearing about paying the interest on the debt; but to whom?

There was a time when I was young that I paid only the interest on a loan for several months because I couldn't afford the monthly payment.  That certainly wasn’t a sustainable solution to debt.

 

The answer to me is clear: everyone making over one hundred thousand dollars a year pays five percent income tax – no deductions – no tax shelters.  Businesses valued over a million dollars pay ten percent of gross.  In return, a cap is placed on government spending, and we receive universal healthcare at 100%.

 

We know who is making the money under the present system: and it ain't us.

 

the Ol’Buzzard