“In the early days of the pandemic, after being warned multiple times that a killer virus was heading towards the United States, Trump was busy golfing.
“Therefore, it makes perfect sense that as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus approaches 100,000, Trump golfs.” Bill Madden
Trump is spending taxpayer dollars, money which could be used by Americans who have been greatly harmed by Trump’s failure to lead the fight against the coronavirus, while he golfs at one of his resorts this weekend. He is partying while the 100,000th American dies from Covid-19.
Meanwhile, Moscow Mitch McConnell is delaying a second stimulus package, planning to rewrite the bill to ensure the super-rich receive their ‘unfair share.’
David Cay Johnston at DCReport writes; “The Rich Are Making Out Like Bandits in This Pandemic”
His research reported the facts.
“My analysis of Federal Reserve data shows a record flow of greenbacks let the corporate rich pour trillions of dollars into their accounts as they fired tens of millions.”
If you are like most Americans and uninformed about how the right-wing supports the wealthiest Americans, you are unaware that although the working class is suffering from this pandemic, the rich are receiving bailout money from the U.S. Treasury. Why? Ask Trump and Moscow Mitch. They don’t need it, but will not refuse to take it: money is money, regardless of where it comes from and who needs it most.
To call America’s government corrupt is an insult to criminals everywhere. They rape our country and ignore the majority and do it in a twisted way which makes it legal.
Johnston writes: “The Trump administration and its Radical Republican Senate allies are taking care of those who need help the least while declaring enough already for the unemployed.”
So, what do you think about uncontrolled capitalism? Is it the intelligent and right thing to do when the income gap between the one percent and the working class continues to grow? If you ignore Fox and Republican grifters, you will understand that “Democratic Socialism” is the only system which can save our nation.
“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” Eugene Debs
“Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
I learned one fact about 50 years ago: “in America the amount of freedom you have is directly related to how much money you have.” Income inequality is the result of greedy capitalists who worship money and ignore the men and women who make that money for them.
I am a little tired of hearing about “these difficult times.” However, it is true that most Americans are feeling the effects of Covid-19 which are not related directly to the virus. More than one-and-one-half Americans have contracted the coronavirus, which means that approximately 328 million have not. However, every working man and woman is suffering from economic distress and joblessness.
Why should corporations and the wealthiest men and women in our society receive money from the stimulus package? They should not. Those who need it most should receive a bailout in the same manner our largest banks, automobile manufacturers, and airlines did in 2008. Republicans are eager to bailout those who should be caring for themselves and have the economic power to do just that, while shunning the great majority.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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