Boy, it was a little fun triggering people last time! I even wound up being the top Google result for “chumps & grifters,” which is neat. #humblebrag
But I’m not going to spend my time here picking apart responses I got to my last column, instead I want to look at the bigger picture and simply ask… why are you so angry?
Are you angry because I haven’t spelled out my plan for every possible problem, or because all of your leader’s plans aren’t working?
Are you angry at the word being used to describe a camp, or because we have camps to concentrate certain people?
Are you angry because people don’t pay any income tax, or because not enough people make enough money to pay more than the tax they already paid that year?
Are you angry because I say the tax cuts aren’t working, or because massive evidence shows they went to stock buybacks?
Are you angry because someone told you the tax cuts didn’t cause the one trillion dollar deficit, or because a simple search finds articles even from Fox Business that say it did?
Are you angry because not enough people are working hard enough, or because people working three jobs still can’t pay the bills?
Are you angry because no one notices your 401k is growing, or because the stock market going up means nothing to someone making $7.25 an hour?
Are you angry because people disagree with you about the economy, or are you mad that we still have starving and homeless in the richest country the world has ever seen?
Are you angry because people “play the victim” or because someone else wants to help that “victim”?
Are you angry because people want too many “free” things, or because people are dying because they can’t afford medicine due to price gouging companies?
Are you angry because the government spends too much, or because it spends so much on the military even they don’t know what to do with it or track where it’s going?
Are you angry that everyone is too PC, or because your opinion isn’t being respected?
Are you angry at intolerance, or because some random guy doesn’t tolerate your ideas?
Are you angry that a lady debunked all your claims with actual evidence, or because now you have to pretend your insults were just “tough love” instead of class warfare?
Are you angry because someone threw a milkshake at someone you like, or because someone drove a car into a crowd and killed someone?
Are you angry because one man shot up Dayton, or that about 260 mass shootings have happened this year?
Are you angry because my commentary is annoying, or because you might actually find somewhere you agree?
Are you angry because you don’t feel like you’re winning? This isn’t some a game you have to win and some other side must lose. I promise you I do not care about “owning” you as much as I care about helping everyone.
Yes, folks, here it is: the part where all of the grumps can immediately go from calling me a whiny snowflake to calling me a demon, or possibly both at the same time, because I’m about to tell you that when “the left” wins (and we always win) we’re really gonna give it to you.
We’re gonna give you healthcare, no questions asked.
We’re gonna give you peace of mind for the cost of one billionaire’s personal helipad.
We’re gonna give you clean water and healthy food.
We’re gonna give you stable shelter and strong schools.
We’re gonna give you enough not just to survive, but thrive.
We’re gonna give you a big, beautiful world, and the billionaires are gonna pay for it because they’ve been stealing your hard-earned money for almost 40 years now.
We’re gonna give you a break and punish giant corporations that try to cheat every cent out of you.
We’re gonna give you the freedom to live your best life.
We’re gonna give you the dignity of retiring comfortably.
We’re gonna give you the dignity of knowing you’re a human being, just like the rest of us.
And you’re gonna love it.
Peter says
Well, the usual operatives have posted their disparaging fluff.
It is funny; or is it telling, how the only people this local birdcage-liner wants to publish as a slice of commentary are a mixed trio consisting of a part-time resident, a scoff-law reprobate, well-known to county law enforcement, and and the local self-appointed reactionary for opus bonus or whatever passes for vatican city these days.
Hawkeye63 says
Words fail to describe the gigantic pile of utter hogwash contained in this commentary. America has more jobs then qualified workers to fill them.. wages are up across the board, going up more every day. Interest rates are very low, fuel is cheap. It would help people like me if crop prices were better, but hopefully that will come if foreign economies catch up to ours and they can buy our commodities. Stock market is booming, economy is booming. You can’t make poor people richer by making rich people poorer. Not that way, never was, never will be.
Eric, I guess you are immune to the dose of reality I tried to give you. I pity you. Your dream of big government intervention to fix all the ills you perceive is never going to happen. What ever side wins, you are doomed to disappointment. If conservatives prevail, you will have to work for success. If the left takes over, they can never deliver the kind of society you yearn for. Nothing is more pitiful then a person who sits around waiting for salvation that is never going to come. Good luck, I hope you wake up before it’s too late.
Greg Rendahl says
Yes, I’ve seen the “You can’t make poor people richer by making rich people poorer” many times. However, rich people’s excess wealth mainly goes to propping up the stock market, buying mansions, real estate, and farm land, stuff like that. Warren Buffet thinks it’s crazy that his secretaries pay a higher income tax percentage than he does. If we look at history, for instance, we see that the top income tax rate when Eisenhower left office was 91% and the economy was pretty darn good. Of course conservatives will come up with lots of reasons, many bogus, that we could never do that again or even at half that rate. They say stuff about capital flight and what ever, but laws can be made that say if you do business in the US, then you pay taxes. If a rich dude wants to give up the biggest consumer market in the world, then goodbye. Love it or leave it. Another businessman will take your place in a heartbeat. As it is, the middle class bear the brunt of paying for our government. That ain’t right. The wealthiest 1/10th of 1% own about half of America’s wealth. That is insane. I don’t understand people like you who can just take a terrible deal, watch our debt skyrocket, and apparently think that only the Almighty free market with no constraints other than rules written by corporations and signed into law by mostly Republicans is the Holy Grail, or what ever.
Kim Wentworth says
Class warfare, income redistribution are failed arguments. Here is a little secret, I am in the middle class, long time employed with same employer. I know for a fact, you want to help me, help the person who has the money to write my checks. To find common ground I say we have a spending problem, on all levels. Spending, yes, needs to come down. NO country has taxed itself to prosperity. FACT.
Greg Rendahl says
“NO country”?????? Please take a look at the Scandinavian nations, for instance. The US is near the worst of all nations in income inequality. The US has the lowest tax rates of all major nations except Mexico. Our government needs to spend more on a multitude of things, but that requires higher taxes. Those of us who can afford to pay taxes need to help keep our nation strong. We don’t need 2nd class infrastructure, people who can’t afford their insulin, and climate change do-nothings. Trump has had one good idea lately: buy Greenland. Smart people know that Northern Greenland will be a nice place to live at the end of the century.
Daniel says
And these neo-fascist pantywaists call anybody left of ghengis khan an idealist.
libertarians used to be considered anarchist hippy-like terrorists in the early 1900s. Now they act like they are the nation’s socio-economic priesthood.
Thomas E.H. says
@Eric
That was fun to watch. You know you’re on the right track when Jeff/Hawkeye63 gets triggered like he did. But of course he’ll say he wasn’t triggered at the same time calling other people triggered. It’s hilarious!
Kim Wentworth says
Psst, Tommy, “triggered” is a libtard therapist word spoken to a person in “session” wondering why they are in the sad position they are. Think of all the fools “triggered” after 2016 election. The same will happen in 2020 😃
Thomas E.H. says
Probably.
Daniel says
Exactly!