Nine hundred billion reasons to have lost faith in Washington D.C.
President Trump succumbed to the pressure put on him by Congress, the Senate, and the news media and signed a bad bill. His disdain for the pork packed 5,593-page stimulus bill was ignored by the left-wing journalism elites who hammered him at every turn during the legislative process.
Trump, with his arrogant, unique style of truth telling, came to Washington D.C. to defeat the swamp. However, the Democrat and Republican swamp creatures have defeated him, at least at this stage of the battle. Trump’s desire to make the American people government’s first priority has been given the middle finger by Washington D.C. politicians and power brokers with billions of dollars at their disposal. The funds they control should prioritize relief to Americans affected by the pandemic.
But this government doesn’t feel our pain. To them, we are a nuisance and they would rather engage in high level horse trading that hear us complain about our destroyed businesses and diminished livelihoods.
In 1956, the Soviet Union’s leader Nikita Khrushchev said: “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within.”
Well, communist Khrushchev’s prediction is becoming an all too uncomfortable reality. The idea that $600 dollars or even $2,000 dollars is going to make a long-term difference in the lives of millions of Americans is absurd. One of the key elements of what made communism, socialism, and fascism successful in other countries is the act of making its people dependent and happy with the idea of survival versus prosperity
ight now, a great percentage of American people will be happy to survive with the assistance of the government today, rather than thinking even remotely through the lens of prosperity, opportunity, or the future.
In addition to the anemic stimulus cash payout, which to Trump’s credit the bill contains a $300 weekly unemployment supplement, $284 billion in loans to small businesses and entertainment venues. The bill creates three new museums, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, the Coast Guard Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino.
There is also $15 billion earmarked toward grant programs for live entertainment venues such as Broadway. Another $40 million is dedicated “for the necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security” of The Kennedy Center, which received $25 million in COVID-19 relief earlier this year. By the way the Kennedy Center has been closed. I think it’s fair to say that despite the obvious sacrifices the Kennedy family has made for the country, the Kennedys nor their pet projects should be a priority when American children are starving.
I also would hope that Americans feel it is unconscionable that Congress would pass this omnibus bill allocating billions in foreign aid to “address the underlying cases of poverty and inequality,” in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. How about a cool $10 million for “gender programs” in Pakistan?
Washington D.C. politicians that pay off the world is a popular pastime in the beltway. All the while they are making America weaker. DC is starving Americans into poverty and pushing, we the people, into being thankful for our own survival.
We grovel for our pittance and obediently go on our way.
If Democrats and Republicans were truly interested in helping America, someone would have introduced an infrastructure bill that puts Americans to work building highways, rebuilding bridges, revamping 100-year-old rail systems, and modernizing our electrical grid.
However, that would make Americans independent and prosperity driven, not desperate and dependent, which is what this legislation aims to do.
Concerned Americans need to hold elected leaders accountable. Maybe we defund their salaries or “re-imagine” their roles. In the very least, we must let them know that though they operate in the opulent halls of impressive buildings, the power, the real power, lies with the people.