In England, David Lloyd George came to power. In France, Leon Blum. FDR in the US. Mussolini in Italy. All of them shared the same idea — transfer wealth from those who earned it to those who did not.
I still yearn to know what happened to Argentina’s defrocked bureaucrats. When the Federal Govt is halved, where do those people go? If Trump & Co lay off large numbers of Federal employees, won’t there be a real uprising? When I’ve been laid off or fired, I sucked it up and found new employment. Many government employees are entitled. It will not be easy to truly deflate the government balloon.
Let's just say, for fun, that we are ultimately successful in cutting the US government by 50% in the second Trump term, you know, gone, just like Afghanistan! Then what? The people who are enjoying government "employment" are suddenly on the street, with no income, no benefits, no standing, and precious few actual skills. Thousands, perhaps millions of them, in an "economy" already at "full" employment! Where do they go? What do they do? What happens to all the McMansions? All the private schools? All the expensive non-USA-made cars? What happens to all the privilege? How do you face life when you're no longer "special"? Think about it. Best always. PM
"Once upon a time, you dressed so fine, threw the drunks a dime, in your prime, didn't you?" -- Bob Dylan
They're doing now. Ninety four percent of them are home sitting on their asses. They'll get a great big severance.And a nice pillow to sit on. Eventually they'll have to work. One can hope.
Good article Bill. Biden, the stooge of the global elites, will try to get us into a war somewhere (Syria?) in the short time he has left to damage the country.
You’re right Dorothy we don’t have to worry about Biden. Because he’s not in charge, never has been. He’s just a Pinocchio being held up in front of a teleprompter that he is not even capable of reading…
WF: Your welcome to your opinion but I disagree with you. You obviously didn’t watch all of Trump’s speeches. He has lost his concentration, repeated false information and at one juncture swayed to music for about 30 minutes without saying anything. I thought the poor man was comatose.
WOW, you need to watch Biden more and Trump less. Biden can't put two sentences together without a teleprompter and even then he is a mess. Trump can stand up at a rally and rift for 90 minutes off the top of his head. You live in a very bizarre, alternative universe.
Except that "RedState" doesn't charge money. They are 100 percent donation based. You whiff again, just like you whiff on your assessment of Biden's mental acuity.
I marvel at how Bill writes a fairly sane piece like this loaded with historical fact and it seems completely lost upon him that the leaders that made good, rational decisions had an "R" after their names and the warmongering idiots had "D's".
That last sentence Dave, what a punch line! I cannot stop chuckling. Stooges. Makes me stop, to pause, to wonder, what life is like in the tassel loafer clan. And for Spiff’s benefit…
The lead off hitter is ol’ Prescott (Skull and Bones (a.k.a.The Order, Order 322 or Brotherhood of Death) is an undergrad senior secret student society at Yale), he’s banker later a Senator.
Next up to bat is his son (G.H.W.) in the shadow of his dad ol’ Prescott who was on the board of directors of CBS, having been introduced to chairman William S. Paley around 1932 by his close friend and colleague W. Averell Harriman, who became a major Democratic Party power broker.
Not surprisingly, post WWII ol’ G.H.W. becomes hand picked for (wait for it):
▫️by President Nixon appointed G.H.W. Bush as the ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. ▫️President Gerald Ford appointed him as the chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China in 1974 and as the director of Central Intelligence in 1976.
Let’s not overlook ol’ G.H.W. was a Yaleman also.
And now we end up with the GW., a Harvard grad. Some sort of an oilman, baseball team co-owner, TX governor, & POTUS . At various points in his presidency, he was among both the most popular and the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. He received the highest recorded approval ratings in the wake of 911. The lowest approval ratings during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
Great points and all factual. I would just add that ol' Prescott was a big fan of Adolf Hitler.
The other point that could be made to Spiff and the rest of the big government stooges on here (it does have a nice ring to it), is that I wasn't saying that every Republican has made good decisions (e.g. GHW and GW), but the context of my comment was about this article where the Bushes weren't mentioned. Though I should also point out that while Republicans don't make good decisions in every case, Democrats make bad decisions about 99 percent of the time.
I was just sorta following where your hockey 🏒 puck was going towards the net and couldn’t resist a body check against the boards on an Order 322 rascal even if forced to watch the game from the penalty box 🤣
DJ: Oh, rather than say Bush was a lousy president; he was not a legitimate republican president. Exactly how does that work? A president is a president. And the buck stops with them for the decisions made while President whether Rep., or Dem.
WFE: Well he wasn’t totally a pig. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t call him that. Bush signed a major tax-cut program and an education-reform bill, the No Child Left Behind. He successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind-generated electricity in the U.S. He also initiated the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief in 2003 to address the Aids epidemic, Signed the Patriot Act. He also ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime on the false belief that they possessed weapons of mass destruction. So, he did actually do some good, even if I didn’t vote for him.
It continues to amaze me how the fervent MAGAs of the world look for anything that may be considered a "slight" on their MASTER - good ol' Donald. Stunning........there is absolutely no thought that he might NOT be the Messiah they absolutely know him to be. He wasn't last time and he won't be this time. Bill's only thought on what lies ahead today was - "That’s why we believe the US is still on the downswing of the Primary Political Trend... still headed for more government, more debt, more inflation, and more war." And, those with a grain of skepticism and - in today's world how can you not - would have at least a fleeting thought "maybe not".
In the 80s, when Trump was becoming a nascent, national celebrity, I considered him a rather clownish, stuck-up, 1st-line, ego-maniac rich guy, out to game the system (serial bankruptcies) and enjoy himself primarily at others' expense. I didn't consider him presidential material, nor did I understand that soon "we" would put an actual clown in the White House in 1992, or double-down with a two-faced Marxist ideologue in 2008, but we did. Yes, the fact that Donald Trump is considered a "Messiah" by ANYBODY demonstrates how far and fast we have fallen, but the fact is, he is the best chance we have to work our way out of the hole, if that's actually possible. What's the alternative? Hunter Biden? Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsome? Best always. PM
Those that voted Trump (MAGA or whatever) don't think for a second that Trump is a Messiah, or is infallible or any other drivel government stooges and the media try to peddle to sheeple.
The recent election wasn't about "the elites versus the working class", or misogyny or racism. This was about Americanism versus a bastardized version of Marxism. Abortion, transgender rights, redistribution of wealth, restricting liberty through killing the oil industry and gas powered machines (including cars and trucks) are all antithetical to the American mindset.
Trump and his policies are not and will not be a panacea. No Trump supporter thinks that. What Trump and Musk know is that if we keep borrowing money at the current rate, the interest on the debt is going to cause more harm and pain than cutting the government down to size. Therefore, "more government, more debt, more inflation, and more war" are simply not options. If Trump doesn't change course away from those things, I'll be his biggest critic.
Hey, Tom. Do you feel we would be better off under Kamala Harris? I live in a small town, and we overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Do you feel we made a mistake?
“… their MASTER - good ol' Donald. Stunning....” Yes, stunning is your narrow-mindedness to paint MAGA folks as seeing Trump as their “MASTER.” Now you’re simply projecting onto us a worship of a “cult of personality.” That, sir, is what Our Dear Leader BarryO was all about to the MAGA-haters.
One of your better columns, Bill. Of course, you had to take an obligatory shot at Trump, but I get it - TDS. Nonetheless, many good points made today.
I still yearn to know what happened to Argentina’s defrocked bureaucrats. When the Federal Govt is halved, where do those people go? If Trump & Co lay off large numbers of Federal employees, won’t there be a real uprising? When I’ve been laid off or fired, I sucked it up and found new employment. Many government employees are entitled. It will not be easy to truly deflate the government balloon.
Let's just say, for fun, that we are ultimately successful in cutting the US government by 50% in the second Trump term, you know, gone, just like Afghanistan! Then what? The people who are enjoying government "employment" are suddenly on the street, with no income, no benefits, no standing, and precious few actual skills. Thousands, perhaps millions of them, in an "economy" already at "full" employment! Where do they go? What do they do? What happens to all the McMansions? All the private schools? All the expensive non-USA-made cars? What happens to all the privilege? How do you face life when you're no longer "special"? Think about it. Best always. PM
"Once upon a time, you dressed so fine, threw the drunks a dime, in your prime, didn't you?" -- Bob Dylan
The same as.
They're doing now. Ninety four percent of them are home sitting on their asses. They'll get a great big severance.And a nice pillow to sit on. Eventually they'll have to work. One can hope.
Maybe they can take the jobs the illegals are swarming the border to fill? Or are those jobs beneath them?
…will be waiting for volunteerism virtue signal from ‘em …or booking…
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Cool hand Luke! Nice one Gone Fishin’
Sounds like a huge character building experience. Just saying.
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Good article Bill. Biden, the stooge of the global elites, will try to get us into a war somewhere (Syria?) in the short time he has left to damage the country.
BG: Dream on. Better worry about Trump doing that.
Trump was the only recent president not to start a new war in his last administration.
You’re right Dorothy we don’t have to worry about Biden. Because he’s not in charge, never has been. He’s just a Pinocchio being held up in front of a teleprompter that he is not even capable of reading…
WF: Your welcome to your opinion but I disagree with you. You obviously didn’t watch all of Trump’s speeches. He has lost his concentration, repeated false information and at one juncture swayed to music for about 30 minutes without saying anything. I thought the poor man was comatose.
WOW, you need to watch Biden more and Trump less. Biden can't put two sentences together without a teleprompter and even then he is a mess. Trump can stand up at a rally and rift for 90 minutes off the top of his head. You live in a very bizarre, alternative universe.
Hey, Dave. She really does. She appears to be insane by her comments. Where is she getting her information?
The planet Mars. I'm told that's the one place where the inhabitants actually understand Biden.
Read this, I rest my case: https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/12/10/bidens-teleprompter-goes-out-and-it-doesnt-go-well-n2183028
Dj: What do you expect from the RedState a Republican news media. No good news about the Dems; only good new about the Rep. I wouldn’t waste my money.
Except that "RedState" doesn't charge money. They are 100 percent donation based. You whiff again, just like you whiff on your assessment of Biden's mental acuity.
I marvel at how Bill writes a fairly sane piece like this loaded with historical fact and it seems completely lost upon him that the leaders that made good, rational decisions had an "R" after their names and the warmongering idiots had "D's".
Like all leaders, some things that they did were good and other things not so good. I suppose it is on which side of the isle that You stand on.
Would you include GW Bush in that statement?
Neither Bush were legitimate Republicans. Two big government stooges like all Democrats.
That last sentence Dave, what a punch line! I cannot stop chuckling. Stooges. Makes me stop, to pause, to wonder, what life is like in the tassel loafer clan. And for Spiff’s benefit…
The lead off hitter is ol’ Prescott (Skull and Bones (a.k.a.The Order, Order 322 or Brotherhood of Death) is an undergrad senior secret student society at Yale), he’s banker later a Senator.
Next up to bat is his son (G.H.W.) in the shadow of his dad ol’ Prescott who was on the board of directors of CBS, having been introduced to chairman William S. Paley around 1932 by his close friend and colleague W. Averell Harriman, who became a major Democratic Party power broker.
Not surprisingly, post WWII ol’ G.H.W. becomes hand picked for (wait for it):
▫️by President Nixon appointed G.H.W. Bush as the ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 and as chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. ▫️President Gerald Ford appointed him as the chief of the Liaison Office to the People's Republic of China in 1974 and as the director of Central Intelligence in 1976.
Let’s not overlook ol’ G.H.W. was a Yaleman also.
And now we end up with the GW., a Harvard grad. Some sort of an oilman, baseball team co-owner, TX governor, & POTUS . At various points in his presidency, he was among both the most popular and the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. He received the highest recorded approval ratings in the wake of 911. The lowest approval ratings during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
Great points and all factual. I would just add that ol' Prescott was a big fan of Adolf Hitler.
The other point that could be made to Spiff and the rest of the big government stooges on here (it does have a nice ring to it), is that I wasn't saying that every Republican has made good decisions (e.g. GHW and GW), but the context of my comment was about this article where the Bushes weren't mentioned. Though I should also point out that while Republicans don't make good decisions in every case, Democrats make bad decisions about 99 percent of the time.
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I was just sorta following where your hockey 🏒 puck was going towards the net and couldn’t resist a body check against the boards on an Order 322 rascal even if forced to watch the game from the penalty box 🤣
DJ: Oh, rather than say Bush was a lousy president; he was not a legitimate republican president. Exactly how does that work? A president is a president. And the buck stops with them for the decisions made while President whether Rep., or Dem.
Bush was a total pig.
WFE: Well he wasn’t totally a pig. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t call him that. Bush signed a major tax-cut program and an education-reform bill, the No Child Left Behind. He successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform. He also helped make Texas the leading producer of wind-generated electricity in the U.S. He also initiated the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief in 2003 to address the Aids epidemic, Signed the Patriot Act. He also ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime on the false belief that they possessed weapons of mass destruction. So, he did actually do some good, even if I didn’t vote for him.
It continues to amaze me how the fervent MAGAs of the world look for anything that may be considered a "slight" on their MASTER - good ol' Donald. Stunning........there is absolutely no thought that he might NOT be the Messiah they absolutely know him to be. He wasn't last time and he won't be this time. Bill's only thought on what lies ahead today was - "That’s why we believe the US is still on the downswing of the Primary Political Trend... still headed for more government, more debt, more inflation, and more war." And, those with a grain of skepticism and - in today's world how can you not - would have at least a fleeting thought "maybe not".
In the 80s, when Trump was becoming a nascent, national celebrity, I considered him a rather clownish, stuck-up, 1st-line, ego-maniac rich guy, out to game the system (serial bankruptcies) and enjoy himself primarily at others' expense. I didn't consider him presidential material, nor did I understand that soon "we" would put an actual clown in the White House in 1992, or double-down with a two-faced Marxist ideologue in 2008, but we did. Yes, the fact that Donald Trump is considered a "Messiah" by ANYBODY demonstrates how far and fast we have fallen, but the fact is, he is the best chance we have to work our way out of the hole, if that's actually possible. What's the alternative? Hunter Biden? Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsome? Best always. PM
Those that voted Trump (MAGA or whatever) don't think for a second that Trump is a Messiah, or is infallible or any other drivel government stooges and the media try to peddle to sheeple.
The recent election wasn't about "the elites versus the working class", or misogyny or racism. This was about Americanism versus a bastardized version of Marxism. Abortion, transgender rights, redistribution of wealth, restricting liberty through killing the oil industry and gas powered machines (including cars and trucks) are all antithetical to the American mindset.
Trump and his policies are not and will not be a panacea. No Trump supporter thinks that. What Trump and Musk know is that if we keep borrowing money at the current rate, the interest on the debt is going to cause more harm and pain than cutting the government down to size. Therefore, "more government, more debt, more inflation, and more war" are simply not options. If Trump doesn't change course away from those things, I'll be his biggest critic.
In small town America where I live the MAGA folks sure seem to him as a Messiah.
I see him as inept. Time will tell.
Hey, Tom. Do you feel we would be better off under Kamala Harris? I live in a small town, and we overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Do you feel we made a mistake?
So Biden and Harris are quintessentially competent? Who knew?
“… their MASTER - good ol' Donald. Stunning....” Yes, stunning is your narrow-mindedness to paint MAGA folks as seeing Trump as their “MASTER.” Now you’re simply projecting onto us a worship of a “cult of personality.” That, sir, is what Our Dear Leader BarryO was all about to the MAGA-haters.
One of your better columns, Bill. Of course, you had to take an obligatory shot at Trump, but I get it - TDS. Nonetheless, many good points made today.
Great article framing a complex issue
More food for thought.