The Raggedy Tale of a Poverty Stricken Economic Genius
A roving herd of progressives were angrily shouting; “Did you hear what Trump said? He said he didn’t want any poor people serving as financial advisers in his administration!”
You could actually see the spittle forming at the edge of their collectives mouths, as this mob of deeply committed progressives conveyed rage at the idea that a poor person might be bad at economics!
“Maybe they would be economic geniuses, if given half a chance! So, why not give them a chance?” They all exclaimed in unison.
This seemed reasonable enough. I mean, if a man could be a woman, because he believed, why couldn’t a crack addicted street hooker with a 4th grade education be a high powered economic adviser to the president? This seemed like a winning formula for the progressives. “Just believe! And all things are possible,” which sounded suspiciously like certain prosperity religions. The kind where the pastor drives a mink-lined Mercedes and lives in a forty story mansion. But, this clearly did not apply to these progressives, because theses progressives were beyond reproach. These progressives knew that they were incorruptible! So raking in millions and millions, and millions more, (plus, even more millions) wouldn’t be a problem. No siree! There would be no corruption here.
You see, in the world of politics, human nature is as malleable as the latest scheme concocted to get votes. Blue collar workers are really Joe Six Pack, when politicians are behind closed doors. Woman are all brave feminists, unless they diverge from the political script. Then, they become traitors to their sex and all womankind. When you get right down to it, it’s about power, not fairness. Yes, in politics, the desire to do good, must always take a back seat to the need to get elected—and that means you need to raise money. Lot’s of money.
How can we as a nation take money out of the system? We can’t, anymore than we can take money out of food production. Not without starving everyone to death, as has been the case in every truly socialist culture for the last hundred years. But that never matters to true believers. They know better, and they’re not buying any of that; “I don’t have any extra money, business!” That’s the same excuse my mom used to give us kids—about why we couldn’t have everything we wanted—which we rejected on the grounds that it wasn’t what we wanted to hear.
This new progressive youth cult is no different. They just want their stuff, even they don’t have a clue as to why they can’t have it.
“Don’t you know that we (America) spend more money than any nation on earth for the military. At least 80 trillion dollars!” They’ll say. “Just pound those swords into iPhones, dammit! And pass em out. I mean, what about Sweden and Denmark, where everything is free?”
Of course, everything isn’t free, and even if it was, it still wouldn’t be free. (I could explain it, but won’t. Let them work for knowledge.) Odds are they wouldn’t listen anyway—and that more than anything, is the real problem. Not money. But ambivalence and ignorance.
Need I say more? I don’t think so.
Claude Hopper
You could actually see the spittle forming at the edge of their collectives mouths, as this mob of deeply committed progressives conveyed rage at the idea that a poor person might be bad at economics!
“Maybe they would be economic geniuses, if given half a chance! So, why not give them a chance?” They all exclaimed in unison.
This seemed reasonable enough. I mean, if a man could be a woman, because he believed, why couldn’t a crack addicted street hooker with a 4th grade education be a high powered economic adviser to the president? This seemed like a winning formula for the progressives. “Just believe! And all things are possible,” which sounded suspiciously like certain prosperity religions. The kind where the pastor drives a mink-lined Mercedes and lives in a forty story mansion. But, this clearly did not apply to these progressives, because theses progressives were beyond reproach. These progressives knew that they were incorruptible! So raking in millions and millions, and millions more, (plus, even more millions) wouldn’t be a problem. No siree! There would be no corruption here.
You see, in the world of politics, human nature is as malleable as the latest scheme concocted to get votes. Blue collar workers are really Joe Six Pack, when politicians are behind closed doors. Woman are all brave feminists, unless they diverge from the political script. Then, they become traitors to their sex and all womankind. When you get right down to it, it’s about power, not fairness. Yes, in politics, the desire to do good, must always take a back seat to the need to get elected—and that means you need to raise money. Lot’s of money.
How can we as a nation take money out of the system? We can’t, anymore than we can take money out of food production. Not without starving everyone to death, as has been the case in every truly socialist culture for the last hundred years. But that never matters to true believers. They know better, and they’re not buying any of that; “I don’t have any extra money, business!” That’s the same excuse my mom used to give us kids—about why we couldn’t have everything we wanted—which we rejected on the grounds that it wasn’t what we wanted to hear.
This new progressive youth cult is no different. They just want their stuff, even they don’t have a clue as to why they can’t have it.
“Don’t you know that we (America) spend more money than any nation on earth for the military. At least 80 trillion dollars!” They’ll say. “Just pound those swords into iPhones, dammit! And pass em out. I mean, what about Sweden and Denmark, where everything is free?”
Of course, everything isn’t free, and even if it was, it still wouldn’t be free. (I could explain it, but won’t. Let them work for knowledge.) Odds are they wouldn’t listen anyway—and that more than anything, is the real problem. Not money. But ambivalence and ignorance.
Need I say more? I don’t think so.
Claude Hopper