Trenches, Human Nature, and Numbers, by Robert Gore
At least 95 percent of what the federal government does will escape the purview of the Trump team. The small slice that draws their focus will run smack into committees, paralysis by analysis, endless consultations, inaction, obstruction, back-door appeals to friendly legislators, unfavorable media stories and editorials, demonstrations, lawsuits, and every other stratagem ever devised for stopping change in its tracks. Political parasites battling for their power and perks fight with the same ferocity as dug-in platoons.
As trench-mates they’ll have the media, whose already vicious attacks will only intensify. In his 2002 book Bias, former CBS journalist Bernard Goldberg noted that media coverage of homelessness came and went with Republican and Democratic administrations. We’ll soon see a jump in articles on homelessness and every other suddenly pressing socioeconomic problem imaginable. Those problems worsened during Obama’s tenure, but the media refused to take notice. Trump won’t even get a honeymoon before they’re “rediscovered.”
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As trench-mates they’ll have the media, whose already vicious attacks will only intensify. In his 2002 book Bias, former CBS journalist Bernard Goldberg noted that media coverage of homelessness came and went with Republican and Democratic administrations. We’ll soon see a jump in articles on homelessness and every other suddenly pressing socioeconomic problem imaginable. Those problems worsened during Obama’s tenure, but the media refused to take notice. Trump won’t even get a honeymoon before they’re “rediscovered.”
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If the populace would simply ignore the socialist leaders they (the leaders) could not function in their capacity to be slave holders. The ACA is not about health care so pointing out that it is a failure in providing promised benefits fails to realize that it is merely about collecting more taxes to bring money out of circulation in hopes of preventing hyperinflation which might wake up the masses to discover there is an enormous problem waiting to destroy their economy. The direct taxes in the form of 'premiums' is only part of the new taxation. All medical appliances are now being taxed; this includes everything from band aids, tampons, crutches, tooth brushes and anything else that can be associated health care. Also a new tax has been placed on real estate sales, 5%, tanning salons and any other health care provider causing all those prices to increase. My premiums have increased 8.75 times and my deductible went up 70 times and only covers each first time instance it does not accrue to a point where the ACA finally pays for all required healthcare. When examined closely there is an enormous inflow of money and the strategy for paying out is to avoid it if at all possible. The Republican promise is to repeal the act (not all of it they want to keep the good parts) and replace it. Which in politic speak means wait till you discover what we do to you next. I am not paying my ACA premiums nor will I. When they come to collect, their insurance had better be in effect because someone is going to need Obamacare.
I believe your analysis is right on target. No matter who is in charge the debt and bureaucracy must be cut down to manageable levels. Although it is probably too late to cut the behemoth down to size in time without some serious pain, regardless of who is in charge. The last paragraph is perfect and undoubtedly the best we can realistically hope for.
Regards,
O.A.
Little over a year ago, nobody (okay...few) believed Trump would ever make it to the Presidency
I hope you are right. The debt will crush us unless they take a chain saw to the budget and size of government... or grow and sustain the economy at rates we haven't seen in decades, while being fiscally responsible and not spending more. ...heard it all many times and I'm a bit jaded, but I do hope to see it once again. If I didn't keep the pilot light inside going, I would probably not be here. :)
Best of Fortunes in the New Year,
O.A.
I wouldn't relish having to scrub toilets, for a living, but I was willing to do most anything, back in the day when I didn't have two nickels to rub together.
[Sarcasm]Oh, I always been against debt-funded gov't spending. What we need instead is fiscal stimulus focused on capital investment in public infrastructure projects.[/Sarcasm]
Yes. I'm a bit jaded on this issue too.
My hope is in the view of history as a random walk. There are no vast Marxist social forces. Only people making individual decisions against a background of random events. If enough of us are strong individualists willing to fight the collective bureaucratic monster, then bureaucracy can be beaten back. It is not likely, but it is all we have.
Announcing a reduction in staffing by attrition and retirement buyouts is one way to start to revise this menace. Terminating the existence of some elements of the agencies is another, but harder to do. It will take a full eight years to begin to make a dent in a corrupt, entrenched government bureaucratic establishment.
Trump is a completely unknown factor to me because I cannot determine what he really believes by what he says. If he manages to survive and make any difference it will keep open the possibility that leaders that have actual ability can enter public service and serve their country. His greatest foe is the unseen enemy but the corpses that you describe will be the hordes that he will have to battle every day. I think the only way to prevail against them is by their ruthless destruction without regard to unfortunate collateral damage. Repeal it. Eliminate it. Close it. Empty it. If it is there it is part of the problem, drive it away! Analysis and evaluation be damned. Slash and burn. There is nothing there that is doing more good than harm. Why try to fix it? Is this not what you do when turning around a business that is failing under its own weight? Perhaps Trump and his cabinet are businessmen. Perhaps they know they have a small window for actions that they can take only moving quickly and by surprise.
https://straightlinelogic.com/2016/11...
With a sane approach to the future I believe the debt will melt away with little notice. It is mostly a threat because we keep doing the same things that created the deficit in the first place. How much of the money that we owe ourselves going to impact us if we are reducing it instead of adding to it? Debt to third parties must be honored, of course but in a sane economy it is a positive investment on their part in our system.
Reagan battled the govt leviathan...he was happy to get 75% of any change to big govt he attempted...still govt grew each year of his presidency..,he still managed to launch an economic boom...1.1 million jobs created every month for 19 months in a row at it's height...but he did not face the debt that Obama, Bush, and Clinton created after him...i am not optimistic, but will welcome any delay in what is coming...
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You avoid writing an alarmist way in this article, but there are some alarming figures.
This post summarizes many of my views.