But Chad what do you mean they don’t make the rules and we have to follow them? What do you mean voting for a party rather than the candidate is the cause? What do you mean we can change it? 😂
Fact is until voters get away from straight party voting, actually understand the constitution is the blueprint for governmental abilities, get away from uneducated voting, and convince their friends and family to do the same.. nothing any of us say or do will make a difference. Because like the marines, we are the few.
Our people are too lazy to cook their own food most of the week. Our newest generation are too lazy to apply for a job from the comforts of their own home online. But they believe everything is their “constitutional right” they believe that either republicans or democrats are the only answer because whatever side they don’t like “violating their constitutional rights” are going to take total power. Why? Because too many gave up actually understanding it a few generations ago and pick a color and that’s all they vote regardless whose name is by that color. So politics in the house, when it’s even spoken, became less and less this person and more and more this party. Schools obliterated teaching it to a necessary understanding enough to make “educated votes” and then politics became a no no subject along with religion.
Not long ago, maybe two weeks, I wanted to list all the absurdities this nation in particular is engaging in. Your 11 bullets were definitely included and among those points, there were sub categories that related directly to the parent subject, but were so outlandish they merited their own focus. I quit at 31. It seemed every time I opened myself to research another outré I fell down another rabbit hole. When my ears started ringing, I knew my blood pressure was spiking, so I closed the list for a later date.
I don't like being angry all the time and spending too much time unraveling the web of inane and maniacal atrocities we've been subjected to for the last couple decades has me approaching rage. There are things being perpetrated on the citizens of this nation that should be opposed in the strongest sense of the word. at times I think we're in an undeclared war and with each new affront that inserts itself into our national consciousness, our foes (those that seek the fundamental transformation of this country) gain a stronger foothold and another victory.
I can see the advantages of avoiding tribalism and strict division, but more often that not, it boils down to an Us vs Them equation. In a thread I was involved in yesterday I mentioned small words have enormous power. Chief among them is NO. A couple of six letter sentences too wield tremendous might. MAKE ME, and NO MORE.
If a directed and coordinated effort is not carried out against these fantastical assertations and fairly soon, then the unthinkable will surely come to pass. My oldest granddaughter asked me yesterday what I thought the future might hold. I'm a bog proponent of not lying to kids, she's gonna be 14 in a few weeks, and my response left her incredulous. I told her that it's very possible that by the time she's her parent's age, the United states as we know it, knew it, will no longer exist, but smaller, fractured regions or territories will take its place.
"But grampa, that's dumb, we're the United States!"
"Not anymore sweetheart, not anymore."
Not seeking division, only acknowledging reality as it exists today.
I'm not convinced the economy is in "shambles". That is an inflammatory term and would need further defining before I'd flat out agree. Yes, inflation is seriously hurting the average person. The USA is carrying an absurd debt burden and continuing to add to it. But overall people still have jobs, food is still affordable. The end of civilization isn't here *yet*.
Otherwise this article is very "spot on".
Certainly I would advocate that people read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and study the Federalist papers. However many would benefit from experts guiding them along in their studies. Try Hillsdale College: "Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution" (12 lectures) and Wondrium: "America's Founding Fathers", "Can Central Banks Print Prosperity?", and "Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers".
John, there are a couple of things you mentioned that I'm not so sure about. I beg to differ that "food is still affordable." I know a number of people that have had start rationing their food or not buying any at all in some cases so they can afford their meds. The combo of prices going up and their social security going down puts them in a very touchy predicament. My mom has been blessed to have not only her social security, but her pension as well. The rising costs of her meds, which she is truly dependent upon to stay alive, and the rise in food costs, especially among the local growers/producers, has made it very difficult to get stuff that is not just good for us but that we like as well.
I am extremely grateful that Mom hasn't had to start rationing her meds. It saddens me greatly to know there ARE people that HAVE to.
There was a time, many years ago in a galaxy far far away, that I had to be "careful" about how much insulin I was using because I didn't have enough money to buy any more until my next payday. I had to ration at that point, and I would go hungry at times because I couldn't risk my blood sugar going up. That was long before all of the gizmos and gadgets were available. They have made life MUCH more enjoyable for me and millions of other diabetics. As much as I love those gizmos, I might have to face not being able to afford them for a time. And without them my control over the disease would NOT be as strong.
AS for the unemployment, the numbers look good right now, but a big part of the reason for that is that people have maxed out their benefits and have simply stopped looking for a job.
Lastly, there are some "experts" in history that are going on faulty information themselves and are regurgitating the same wrong or skewed info. I have a friend who was once a professor of history who gave every one of his students the same "don't take MY word on it. Do your best to find information from the source" lecture. He finally quit when the administration said he HAD to teach a certain agenda driven curriculum (crt). He old them where to shove that BS in a variety of places on their bodies, then packed his desk up and went home.
I only sat in on a couple of his classes. But just in those couple of classes I learned a good deal about doing everything you can to get info from the source. And we became friends, and we became members of the same SCV group. There again I learned a great deal of things that are NEVER taught in the schools any more.
My points are that A) there are some that are feeling the effects of this administrations policies a lot more than others. But, you won't hear about them much on the news because that is their dirty little secret. And B) that not all EXPERTS are as knowledgeable as they want you to think they are. OR, if they are telling you the complete TRUTH, or not, on the subject. Just look at what the "experts" told us about the coof.
Beware of "experts". I'm 100% in agreement with you there.
It's hard to judge our world because we either have our very limited personal experience and contacts or we have to judge the propaganda passed off as "news".
There is no doubt in my mind that food prices have increased. I've been watching food prices for quite a while (I have a spreadsheet of my grocery costs going back money by month to 2014, as well as paying attention to certain items I purchase constantly). There are a lot of ways people can keep food costs affordable (currently switching from meats to more plant foods can make a huge difference). Food costs can't be blamed on rising costs of prescription drugs. There are only a few prescription drugs that I would consider "essential" (that some people couldn't live without).
It's tough to judge "unemployment". I know people working entry level jobs and the pay is pretty "good" (for an unskilled position) and plenty of jobs available. If anything the employers have it worse in having a problem finding people willing to work.
Retirement is another topic that is tricky to judge. A lot of people go into retirement unprepared and if they haven't earned much over their lifetime their Social Security benefits are not really enough to get by on (unless they have otherwise set themselves up in a good situation).
I totally agree that employers have a hard time finding people WILLING to do the job. That has been a struggle since businesses started hiring. Lord knows I've hired some that seemed GREAT on the application and were awesome in the interview. But when it came time for them to actually WORK, they would find all kinds of ways to do anything BUT the job I hired them for. I have been very grateful to live in a "right to work" state. I loved being able to tell them to take a hike and not having to give a reason. THEN when the unemployment office called I could tell THEM what a horrible employee they turned out to be. I know of a few times that their unemployment was denied after they called me. I got some very nasty calls.
I also agree about retirement. SO MANY give zero thought as to how they are going to survive once they can no longer work. They don't save ANYTHING or set up any kind of retirement fund and they are left TOTALLY dependent upon social services for help with EVERYTHING. And your options are very limited when you are living off the government teat. I know that the local medical facility that is set up for social services patients is "adequate" at best. Some of their services are scary as hell thinking that people have no other option than that torture mill.
You stated that food cost can't be blamed for the rising costs of prescription drugs. You are certainly right about that. Thing is, people are faced with a either or decision when it comes to food vs. drugs. They have to choose which expensive thing to spend money on.
I can think of a good number of meds that are absolutely essential. They all treat the same diseases but they are each as necessary as the other. Diabetes treatment has a wide range of meds that are needed to treat the disease. At one time I was taking 3 different meds for my treatment and I know my Mom was taking several oral meds as well as insulin injections.
Then you have cancer treatments, heart disease, kidney disease, pain management, thyroid disease, I could go on with this list. I know that each person affected by any one condition considers the meds they take as absolutely essential. I know that I take several drugs AND have devices that help me manage my diabetes that without them my life is VERY difficult and will be cut short for sure. Each one has an affect on the others. It is a very vicious cycle when just one thing goes untreated. In order for me to have any quality of life, and even quantity of life, I MUST take those meds.
The whole thing is an incredibly tangled mess. And our current government is making the situation worse because of the spending decisions they have made in the last 3 years. Government should NEVER have this much negative influence on our day to day lives. They should have a VERY limited affect at all. Things have gone bat shit crazy.
Rent is a serious issue for many people. It's rising and rising significantly and pushing people into choosing between paying rent or buying groceries. Groceries you have some choice on. You can eat less expensive things. A huge number of grocery items haven't changed in price at all. In some cases you can even grow your own food to supplement buying other items. But if you are stuck in an apartment rental situation there is often no options.
I couldn't imagine trying to keep up with rent at this point in my life. Yes, we have house payments (Mom owns 2 houses and rents one out).
The house Mom has that is a rental has had the same tenant for over 3 years now. They moved in just before all the garbage with the coof. Mom has not raised their rent in the entire time they have been there even though she COULD have. Mom has a motto: Don't drive away good tenants by bleeding them dry via high rent.
They have been VERY happy living there and the rent, for this area, is EXTREMELY low. They have done a lot of the small repairs themselves because it was easy to take care of and they are thankful that they haven't been gouged with high rent.
This area is very bass akwards. The cost of living is WAAAAAY higher than the average income. Wages here have stayed insanely low though the rents have skyrocketed over the last 15 years or so. It doesn't really matter if you make $15 per hour if your rent is more than HALF of your take-home pay. Unless you REALLY go without you HAVE to have a room mate. And finding one you can trust and actually get along with is NOT an easy task. This area is full of granola people; them that ain't nuts is fruits and flakes.
But Chad what do you mean they don’t make the rules and we have to follow them? What do you mean voting for a party rather than the candidate is the cause? What do you mean we can change it? 😂
Fact is until voters get away from straight party voting, actually understand the constitution is the blueprint for governmental abilities, get away from uneducated voting, and convince their friends and family to do the same.. nothing any of us say or do will make a difference. Because like the marines, we are the few.
Our people are too lazy to cook their own food most of the week. Our newest generation are too lazy to apply for a job from the comforts of their own home online. But they believe everything is their “constitutional right” they believe that either republicans or democrats are the only answer because whatever side they don’t like “violating their constitutional rights” are going to take total power. Why? Because too many gave up actually understanding it a few generations ago and pick a color and that’s all they vote regardless whose name is by that color. So politics in the house, when it’s even spoken, became less and less this person and more and more this party. Schools obliterated teaching it to a necessary understanding enough to make “educated votes” and then politics became a no no subject along with religion.
Not long ago, maybe two weeks, I wanted to list all the absurdities this nation in particular is engaging in. Your 11 bullets were definitely included and among those points, there were sub categories that related directly to the parent subject, but were so outlandish they merited their own focus. I quit at 31. It seemed every time I opened myself to research another outré I fell down another rabbit hole. When my ears started ringing, I knew my blood pressure was spiking, so I closed the list for a later date.
I don't like being angry all the time and spending too much time unraveling the web of inane and maniacal atrocities we've been subjected to for the last couple decades has me approaching rage. There are things being perpetrated on the citizens of this nation that should be opposed in the strongest sense of the word. at times I think we're in an undeclared war and with each new affront that inserts itself into our national consciousness, our foes (those that seek the fundamental transformation of this country) gain a stronger foothold and another victory.
I can see the advantages of avoiding tribalism and strict division, but more often that not, it boils down to an Us vs Them equation. In a thread I was involved in yesterday I mentioned small words have enormous power. Chief among them is NO. A couple of six letter sentences too wield tremendous might. MAKE ME, and NO MORE.
If a directed and coordinated effort is not carried out against these fantastical assertations and fairly soon, then the unthinkable will surely come to pass. My oldest granddaughter asked me yesterday what I thought the future might hold. I'm a bog proponent of not lying to kids, she's gonna be 14 in a few weeks, and my response left her incredulous. I told her that it's very possible that by the time she's her parent's age, the United states as we know it, knew it, will no longer exist, but smaller, fractured regions or territories will take its place.
"But grampa, that's dumb, we're the United States!"
"Not anymore sweetheart, not anymore."
Not seeking division, only acknowledging reality as it exists today.
I'm not convinced the economy is in "shambles". That is an inflammatory term and would need further defining before I'd flat out agree. Yes, inflation is seriously hurting the average person. The USA is carrying an absurd debt burden and continuing to add to it. But overall people still have jobs, food is still affordable. The end of civilization isn't here *yet*.
Otherwise this article is very "spot on".
Certainly I would advocate that people read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and study the Federalist papers. However many would benefit from experts guiding them along in their studies. Try Hillsdale College: "Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution" (12 lectures) and Wondrium: "America's Founding Fathers", "Can Central Banks Print Prosperity?", and "Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers".
John, there are a couple of things you mentioned that I'm not so sure about. I beg to differ that "food is still affordable." I know a number of people that have had start rationing their food or not buying any at all in some cases so they can afford their meds. The combo of prices going up and their social security going down puts them in a very touchy predicament. My mom has been blessed to have not only her social security, but her pension as well. The rising costs of her meds, which she is truly dependent upon to stay alive, and the rise in food costs, especially among the local growers/producers, has made it very difficult to get stuff that is not just good for us but that we like as well.
I am extremely grateful that Mom hasn't had to start rationing her meds. It saddens me greatly to know there ARE people that HAVE to.
There was a time, many years ago in a galaxy far far away, that I had to be "careful" about how much insulin I was using because I didn't have enough money to buy any more until my next payday. I had to ration at that point, and I would go hungry at times because I couldn't risk my blood sugar going up. That was long before all of the gizmos and gadgets were available. They have made life MUCH more enjoyable for me and millions of other diabetics. As much as I love those gizmos, I might have to face not being able to afford them for a time. And without them my control over the disease would NOT be as strong.
AS for the unemployment, the numbers look good right now, but a big part of the reason for that is that people have maxed out their benefits and have simply stopped looking for a job.
Lastly, there are some "experts" in history that are going on faulty information themselves and are regurgitating the same wrong or skewed info. I have a friend who was once a professor of history who gave every one of his students the same "don't take MY word on it. Do your best to find information from the source" lecture. He finally quit when the administration said he HAD to teach a certain agenda driven curriculum (crt). He old them where to shove that BS in a variety of places on their bodies, then packed his desk up and went home.
I only sat in on a couple of his classes. But just in those couple of classes I learned a good deal about doing everything you can to get info from the source. And we became friends, and we became members of the same SCV group. There again I learned a great deal of things that are NEVER taught in the schools any more.
My points are that A) there are some that are feeling the effects of this administrations policies a lot more than others. But, you won't hear about them much on the news because that is their dirty little secret. And B) that not all EXPERTS are as knowledgeable as they want you to think they are. OR, if they are telling you the complete TRUTH, or not, on the subject. Just look at what the "experts" told us about the coof.
Beware of "experts". I'm 100% in agreement with you there.
It's hard to judge our world because we either have our very limited personal experience and contacts or we have to judge the propaganda passed off as "news".
There is no doubt in my mind that food prices have increased. I've been watching food prices for quite a while (I have a spreadsheet of my grocery costs going back money by month to 2014, as well as paying attention to certain items I purchase constantly). There are a lot of ways people can keep food costs affordable (currently switching from meats to more plant foods can make a huge difference). Food costs can't be blamed on rising costs of prescription drugs. There are only a few prescription drugs that I would consider "essential" (that some people couldn't live without).
It's tough to judge "unemployment". I know people working entry level jobs and the pay is pretty "good" (for an unskilled position) and plenty of jobs available. If anything the employers have it worse in having a problem finding people willing to work.
Retirement is another topic that is tricky to judge. A lot of people go into retirement unprepared and if they haven't earned much over their lifetime their Social Security benefits are not really enough to get by on (unless they have otherwise set themselves up in a good situation).
I totally agree that employers have a hard time finding people WILLING to do the job. That has been a struggle since businesses started hiring. Lord knows I've hired some that seemed GREAT on the application and were awesome in the interview. But when it came time for them to actually WORK, they would find all kinds of ways to do anything BUT the job I hired them for. I have been very grateful to live in a "right to work" state. I loved being able to tell them to take a hike and not having to give a reason. THEN when the unemployment office called I could tell THEM what a horrible employee they turned out to be. I know of a few times that their unemployment was denied after they called me. I got some very nasty calls.
I also agree about retirement. SO MANY give zero thought as to how they are going to survive once they can no longer work. They don't save ANYTHING or set up any kind of retirement fund and they are left TOTALLY dependent upon social services for help with EVERYTHING. And your options are very limited when you are living off the government teat. I know that the local medical facility that is set up for social services patients is "adequate" at best. Some of their services are scary as hell thinking that people have no other option than that torture mill.
You stated that food cost can't be blamed for the rising costs of prescription drugs. You are certainly right about that. Thing is, people are faced with a either or decision when it comes to food vs. drugs. They have to choose which expensive thing to spend money on.
I can think of a good number of meds that are absolutely essential. They all treat the same diseases but they are each as necessary as the other. Diabetes treatment has a wide range of meds that are needed to treat the disease. At one time I was taking 3 different meds for my treatment and I know my Mom was taking several oral meds as well as insulin injections.
Then you have cancer treatments, heart disease, kidney disease, pain management, thyroid disease, I could go on with this list. I know that each person affected by any one condition considers the meds they take as absolutely essential. I know that I take several drugs AND have devices that help me manage my diabetes that without them my life is VERY difficult and will be cut short for sure. Each one has an affect on the others. It is a very vicious cycle when just one thing goes untreated. In order for me to have any quality of life, and even quantity of life, I MUST take those meds.
The whole thing is an incredibly tangled mess. And our current government is making the situation worse because of the spending decisions they have made in the last 3 years. Government should NEVER have this much negative influence on our day to day lives. They should have a VERY limited affect at all. Things have gone bat shit crazy.
Rent is a serious issue for many people. It's rising and rising significantly and pushing people into choosing between paying rent or buying groceries. Groceries you have some choice on. You can eat less expensive things. A huge number of grocery items haven't changed in price at all. In some cases you can even grow your own food to supplement buying other items. But if you are stuck in an apartment rental situation there is often no options.
I couldn't imagine trying to keep up with rent at this point in my life. Yes, we have house payments (Mom owns 2 houses and rents one out).
The house Mom has that is a rental has had the same tenant for over 3 years now. They moved in just before all the garbage with the coof. Mom has not raised their rent in the entire time they have been there even though she COULD have. Mom has a motto: Don't drive away good tenants by bleeding them dry via high rent.
They have been VERY happy living there and the rent, for this area, is EXTREMELY low. They have done a lot of the small repairs themselves because it was easy to take care of and they are thankful that they haven't been gouged with high rent.
This area is very bass akwards. The cost of living is WAAAAAY higher than the average income. Wages here have stayed insanely low though the rents have skyrocketed over the last 15 years or so. It doesn't really matter if you make $15 per hour if your rent is more than HALF of your take-home pay. Unless you REALLY go without you HAVE to have a room mate. And finding one you can trust and actually get along with is NOT an easy task. This area is full of granola people; them that ain't nuts is fruits and flakes.