Currents
May 2019
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Duplicity & Illusion
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n a world where priests and
nuns can be aggressive
pedophiles with impunity and the
federal government separates
families and fails to record the
family information and elected
officials can use inside informa-
tion to create wealth while in
office, it is difficult to take any
political message to heart, as all
of them must be prejudged as
disingenuous. It certainly makes
one understand one of the coun-
try’s mottoes - “buyer beware.” It
also emphasizes the hypocrisy of
the Right to Life movement and
the poorly effected political party
division over the issue. No one,
not to mention poor children, is
important.
Duplicity & Illusion
America is marketed as a Mer-
itocracy with a Free Market.
Where politicians make speeches
about how Big Government is
Bad - because it allows for gov-
ernment officials to “choose win-
ners and losers in a free market.”
Absurd.
Gain and Choices
Elected and non-elected offi-
cials make daily choices that pick
marketplace winners and losers,
by legislation supporting tax
credits and rebates, one industry
is supported over another. When
the Pentagon ends support for
weapons and programs and con-
gress decides to maintain or
increase support for same. Net
Neutrality is supported by con-
gress, but overturned by an
agency.
Recently, congress codified
the support of a market over the
good of the people, by electing
not to streamline the IRS sys-
tems to allow the agency to bill
you or allow for your info to be
only a confirmation of the agency
files, the “post card filing” that the
GOP markets to the base.
Instead, the government
decided the jobs, education and
software industries far outweigh
the benefit to the people and
basically outlawed the streamlin-
ing of the process. Thus ensur-
ing the moneyed support from the
industry and lobbyists.
Congressional insiders are
able to adjust their stock and
investment portfolios well in
advance of their voting on the
legislative disposition.
Elected members of congress
are immune from many laws,
including insider trading. Indeed,
that was true until the Stock Act
of 2012, which restricts profit
from information about “ONGO-
ING LEGISLATION” which is nar-
rowly defined.
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