Back Porch Recollections

 

Some people question my need to discuss stupid politics when there is not a damn thing that I or anyone like me can do about it...  but, I tell them that it is my right to speak out...  and while I am not displaying any form of civil disobediance, I am opposed to the assinine behavior of so-called intellectual democrats and wonder why they are so hell-bent to F_ _ K up this country...

Many of are worried about BLM and CRT but these are just temporary FADS that are designed to pacify these minorities until the wealthy have a chance to decide what the hell they want to do with them...

One of our biggest concerns is:

IMMIGRATION

which is followed by

INFLATION

which is followed by

CHINA's ECONOMIC THREAT TO USA

which is followed by

OUR NATIONAL DEBT

which is followed by

OUR DIVIDED COUNTRY

which is not really followed by anything else because this is enough shit for us to concern ourselves with at one time...

Now here's another question:  Do you think any of our MILLIONAIRES or our BILLIONAIRES are really worried about any of this...  HELL NO...  and, why should they be...  none of this is really going to impact them in any way shape or form...

What happens and has been happening in this country for the last 100 years is the fact that the MIDDLE CLASS and the LOWER CLASSES are the ones that actually DO ALL THE WORK and the ones that DO ALL THE SUFFERING...  whether it be health wise or financially...

AND YET, the wealthy in their cleverness has arranged this current situation where we are fighting ourselves INSTEAD OF THEM...  and, it would not surprise me at all if they are sitting in their estates laughing their asses off at us...

We are Being Controlled by the Wealthy and the Powerful

In 2018, the national middle-income range was about $48,500 to $145,500 annually for a household of three. 

Lower-income households had incomes less than $48,500 and 

upper-income households had incomes greater than $145,500 (incomes in 2018 dollars).

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

Are you in the American middle class? 

BY JESSE BENNETT, RICHARD FRY AND RAKESH KOCHHAR

About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Roughly three-in-ten (29%) were in lower-income households and 19% were in upper-income households.

My wife and I are retired and have been retired for 5 years now...  which means we both retired in 2015 before the end of the Obama Presidency and the beginning of the Trump Presidency.

We receive in our Social Security combined checks less than $36,000 a year, so we are considered to be in AMERICA'S LOWER CLASS...  and therefore are not entitled to the best of what America has to offer but we are entitled the LIBERTY and our PURSUITS of happiness...

Who is to blame for our situation?

WE, my wife and I, are the only ones to blame...  we could have lived our lives differently but we consciously made the choice not to by remaining in the South where wages are typically and traditionally lower and the services available are less as well.

There are thousands of people like us all over America that the WEALTHY and the POWERFUL are taking advantage of on a daily basis and are keenly aware that there is not a frigging thing that we can do about.

Even though I have a MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS, the wealthy and the powerful decide what is best for me and my future.  They don't give a rat's ass what I think or what I believe because those two topics are irrelevant to them because neither has an impact on their RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS, their POWER and CONTROL, and how they had decided OUR FUTURE should be...

If you think you are free because you are an American...  think again...  only the WEALTHY and the POWERFUL Americans are the ones that are truly free...  but, they will never admit this to anyone...  because it would not be proper...  everyone must think they have a chance at whatever they want...  even if for 80-90% of us, that will NEVER HAPPEN.

Unless You Are Wealthy

Did you inherit a Trust Fund worth millions?

Are you a movie star?

Are you a professional athlete?

Are you a singer or musicians?

Are you a writer?

Are you an artist?

Are you an investment banker?

Do you own your own company?

Are you a CEO?

Are you a Politician?

Are you in the top 10% of incomes?

THEN YOU, MY FRIENDS, ARE LIKE THE 90% REMAINING, AND ARE NOT WEALTHY NOR WILL WE EVER BE IN A POSITION TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE ARE TODAY...

Maybe 1-2% of you will always live in poverty no matter what the government does to help because any increases you get will be obliterated by cost of living increases, so you will never be any better off than you are now.

50% of you will earn more than you will ever need to live, spending that extra money on large house, cars, clothes, second homes, and vacations and well off you will be but you will never be WEALTHY and to tell the truth, NONE OF YOU GIVE A DAMN...

20% of you will have the money but you will struggle financially because of all the debt you carry and the fact that mentally you can not stop you spending habits...  you are addicted to the spending of money and either do not see it or do not want to see it.

The remaining 18% will live modestly from a modest income but your lack of education, determination, and discipline keeps you in the socio-economic level in which you find yourself now...  and, really do not want to see beyond because that is something that you have never been trained to do.

INTERESTINGLY,

the wealthy know all of this too well...  expecting you to be the sheep that you are and not rock the boat.  But, if you think that rocking the boat means getting your federal government to collect more in taxes so that they can give more to you, then you are sadly mistaken...

Collecting more taxes as the federal government wants to do will not be accomplished as easy as all that because the WEALTHY will shelter their monies in tax exempt offshore bank accounts...  and the easiest way to explain this is that the WEALTHY ARE NOT STUPID WITH STUPID TAX LAWYERS AND ACCOUNTANTS.

AND,

what is even more interesting than this, is the fact that all the other emerging nations because of our buying habits are getting wealthier and wealthier and now have the buying power in their countries that you have here in the USA...

So...  what does this mean?

It means that THEIR DEMAND for goods and services will pull those scarce resources away from you...  all you have to do is a little internet research and make sure your sources of information are reliable because many sites on the internet lie to people, especially Americans since they are so gullible.

THIS NEXT DECADE ENDING IN 2030 WILL RESULT IN A GLOBAL, ECONOMIC, AND FINANCIAL TURNING POINT...  AND, THE LOSERS WILL BE MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS...

America's Wealth Gap is our BIGGEST ENEMY

 

USA TODAY REPORTS... in 2019...

Nationwide, it takes an annual income of $538,926 to be among the top 1%. Among the approximately 1.4 million taxpayers who meet this threshold, the average annual income is about $1.7 million – about 20 times the average income of $82,535 among all taxpayers.

About 209 times the national average...

99% of all Americans...

Will education get you into the 1% or even the 10%

The top 10%...  not 1% mind you...  own 70% of America's wealth...  and the sad aspect of this data is that the gap between the wealthy and the poor or even average or middle class is GROWING STEADILY EACH YEAR...  while the rest of us watch it happen and DO NOTHING...

Is Russia our Enemy?

Is China our Enemy?

Is North Korea or India our Enemy as well?

Is global terrorism our enemy?

Is a shifting global economy our enemy too?

Will global warming destroy us in the next 100 years or so?

AMERICA'S ENEMY IS ITS OWN WEALTHY CITIZENS WHO REFUSE TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH OUTSIDE OF A SELECT FEW...

The wealthy fight no wars and end up in graveyards

The wealthy do not come home from wars with disabilities

The wealthy hire the best legal minds to protect them

The wealthy shelter they income from taxes that you cannot do

The wealthy have access to the best medical doctors and facilities

The wealthy can hire security companies to protect them

The wealthy can have access to food that you cannot

The wealthy has access to transportation they you cannot afford

The wealthy are the ones who make all the rules that you have to follow

The wealthy live in spacious homes with servants that we call employees

The wealthy have the power to put you in jail if they so desire

The wealthy have the power to hire and fire you at will

The wealthy KNOW THEY CONTROL YOUR LIVES AT THEIR PLEASURE