Voting Conundrum

 

 

People believe what they want to believe, often facts don’t matter.

If you address an issue negatively that conflicts with someone’s belief, you have probably made an enemy for life. 

So many conspiracy theories and ‘alternative facts’ permeate our society that I consciously avoid commenting on the current controversies tearing apart this country.

It makes no difference to me if people want to believe the earth is six thousand years old, that Elvis is alive in Vagus, that UFOs will kidnap you and harvest your farts; but for the life of me, I can’t understand how a working, middle-class person can vote for Republicans.

 

Democrats passed Social Security, Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed Medicare, Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed VA funding, Republicans opposed it.

When George W. Bush crashed the economy and the two major automobile companies Dodge-Chrisler-Jeep and Chevrolet-GMC were facing bankruptcy.  Democrats bailed them out and Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act and Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed funding for families and businesses hurt by the pandemic and Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed a bill that limited the amount a senior would have to pay for medication and medical services, Republicans opposed it.

Democrats capped the amount that drug companies could charge seniors for insulin and Republicans opposed it.

Democrats passed the infrastructure bill that is paving our roads, repairing bridges, and creating jobs – opposed by Republicans.

 

What do Republicans pass?   Tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and major corporations.   They are a one-trick pony.   Republicans keep their base riled up by declaring that Democrats want to cancel Christmas,  take their guns, turn their sons gay, kill babies and make America into a black and brown majority country.   These are cost-free positions; but when it is time to pass legislation it will be to privatize Social Security, Medicare, and the VA. (turn these programs over to for-profit insurance companies to run) and of course: tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts for the wealthy. 

Ronald Regan declared it Trickle Down Economics: make the rich richer and the crumbs off their tables will feed the working class. 

It seems to me that working people voting Republican is like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving.

I can’t understand it.

The Ol’Buzzard

REPUBLICAN TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMY IS WORKING

About four hundred of Americas largest corporations paid an average tax rate of 11.3% on their profits last year; roughly half the rate paid before the 2018 massive Republican tax cut.   Ninety-one Fortune 500 companies paid no tax at all. 

Now if Republicans could just eliminate Obama Care and privatize (turn over to for-profit insurance companies) Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security their lives would be complete, and they could ride the Valkyries to Republican Valhalla and be allowed to kiss the ass of Ronald Reagan.

the Ol’Buzzard

tax statistics reported by the Washington Post

REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS

Just sent this as a letter to the editor of a local e-newspaper.  You are welcome to reuse all are any part for your local paper. 

The Republicans in the Senate just pulled out the credit card and charged one of the biggest tax cuts in our history. 

At a time of record unemployment, record stock market gains, and big business booming it is hard to justify the need for a tax cut. 

One point four trillion dollars ($1,400,000,000,000.00) will now be added to our already massive debt; and maybe it is worth it.   Now we can repair our road system and bridges, modernize our national power grid, construct a high-speed rail system connecting the east coast and west coast, create millions of high paying jobs, make Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security solvent into the distant future.

But that is not what is happening.

The Republican tax bill gives huge tax breaks to multi-national companies that are already raking in record profits.   It cuts taxes on multi-millionaires and billionaires (and if you don’t believe Trump stands to make hundreds of millions from this tax cut, I have some swamp land in Florida I will sell you.)  This is one of the largest giveaways to the mega-wealthy sine Reagan.  

This tax bill, also makes massive cuts to education – including student loans, cuts to health care that will leave millions uninsured, cuts to hospitals and emergency services, and cuts across the board to social programs.

In two to three years, claiming to be the party of fiscal responsibility, the Republicans will cry the that the national debt is unsustainable, and they will demand cuts in Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security to bring down the deficit.

 

Hard working middle class people that voted Republican, as well as the rest of us, now must pay the price.

 

 Republican voters have been duped by the Republican shell game and allowed to find the marble with God, guns, gays and abortion under the obvious paper cup; now the bait and switch has been accomplished and rubes must now pay the huckster.  

It is time to remove the emerald glasses and realize the man behind the curtain has just pulled the leaver on you; and vote out the Republicans in the 2018 election.

the Ol’Buzzard