According to Trump, the economy stinks. It is rigged (for
people like him). It is not what the Obama administration promised. Again,
according to Trump, the unemployment rate is 10 percent, maybe 20 percent and
he even heard up 42%. We know he is nuts but the people are starting to believe
this crap. It comes down to an old joke where a wife comes home and finds her
husband in bed with another woman, as he steps away from the bed he asks, “Are
you going to believe me or are you going to believe your eyes?”
In this case, the economy, I am opting for what I see. Not what I am hearing. Yes,
you can make the argument that there are people hurting, there are always
people hurting. The reasons are not always of their own making, but many are
because they won’t “flip burgers.” There are so many people who are under
qualified and won’t take the job that is there – hence migrant workers, braceros
on the street looking for manual labor, handymen and women without green cards.
They get jobs.
If Trump deports the 11 million “illegals” I am confident
that the people who are out of work, will still be looking for a job. That is
not the answer.
So, if this economy is so bad why are the 38 million people going
on a trip this Memorial Day weekend? Why are the security lines so long at the
airport? People without money don’t travel. The planes are full. They don’t go
Disney Land or World. They don’t go camping. They don’t spend billions at the
movie box office. This is not the top 10% is the “middle class” that is being
destroyed in s systematic way by the Right. They, the Right, are trying hard
but 20 million more people are enjoying health insurance for the first time in
spite of the Right.
Is the economy a state of mind or is it really bad? Make your
own analysis. Next time that you are
stopped at a traffic light look at the ten cars around you? (Remember, many of
the foreign brands are built on the US by us). How many cars are three years
old or younger? I will bet that you will be astonished at what you see. I had a
guy tell me yes, but they are all leased and the payments are lower. There are
two things wrong with that argument: 1. There are still payments to be made 2.
The lessee needs a better credit score to lease than to buy. You get a better
score by paying your bills.
Trump and others tell you how bad it is so often you almost
have to believe it. Believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see.
Maybe then you won’t let the politicians on the left and right depress you.
Go to a major league ball park and see how many people, not
in the 10%, are there. With their kids, buying six dollar water (I have written
about this), wearing logo shirts and having fun. They are the working class
that the pundits says are angry. Really! Angry? May be pissed at $15 parking,
but angry they are not.
I often hear that college kids that are graduating can’t get
jobs. True, they can’t get the jobs that pay what they are expecting. I am not
saying we don’t have problems within the economy, but we are better prepared to
deal with them. We must not let the Right increase interest rates on student
loans or prevent them from adjusting them as the economy may dictate. We, the
people, are aware of the solutions but look at who are stepping in front of the
way to solve the problems. There is the Tea Party, the ultra-right, our right
wing congress members who won’t raise the minimum wage but give themselves enormous
raises to do nothing and they appear to do nothing quite well. They have
created the appearance of a negative economy so they can install their
solutions – privatize it.
Take the TSA for example. They, the right (they are in
control of Congress) cut the TSA budget. So, we get longer lines and poorer security.
What did they suggest? Yep, privatize it.
The US Postal Service is doing well, well enough to drop the
rate of a first class stamp. No one is going “postal” these days. That is
killing the right that imposed major financial regulations that required the
USPS to prefund all pensions. So, even with one hand tied behind their back, to the Right’s chagrin, there is no need to privatize.
Social Security is not broke, it could be better if the cap
was lifted. The Right and some lefties, won’t do that either. The Social
Security program is one of insurance not investment. Since its inception, not
one Social Security check has ever bounced or been missed.
Will Hillary, Bernie or the Donald fix any of that? For sure,
the Donald won’t. Our best bet is with someone from the left. That is for you
to decide, but they and us, feel that America is great now, but it could be
greater. Listen to the issues not the propaganda.
What makes America great is the fact that I can write this
blog, you can read it, and you can agree
or not agree.
I want a leader to lead us, not a conniving business man
with a record of distortion, a record of deceit. Not someone with a record of
cheering for our misfortunes so he can make a larger fortune. Not a bully that
wants to dominate other world leaders. That is a recipe for disaster and Trump,
using that word to describe everything but his ideas, will be the largest, and
biggest creator of disasters. They will be “huuuuge.”
I just drove down a major thoroughfare here in the San
Fernando Valley. There are several large “Now Hiring” signs displayed. Go the mall
and see the “Hiring Now” signs in the windows. Need a job, you can get a job.
Don’t blame the other guy for your situation. Take charge of yourself and
change it. The guy with the different color skin is not causing your problem,
you are.
That is my take, you decide
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