Sometimes I wonder if Joe Biden is trying to bankrupt our country as fast as he can to speed the arrival of a full-on Marxist economy. Broke, we will all be forced to rely on the government instead of our own initiative, robbed of the essence of our American heritage. Then I think nah, that’s too dark, maybe he’s just buying off voters before the election — with no regard for the Constitution or economic health of the country whose laws he swore to uphold as president. Reprehensible. Also impeachable.
Either way, his behavior is a textbook example of how tyrants operate — first grab reigns of power by skirting the boundaries of the law, then torque the system so you can keep them forever. Even if you are an angry old man with signs of dementia who likes to sniff hair you can pull this off — if you have good puppet masters around you.
No one knows for sure who is running this White House. Some think it’s Susan Rice, the mastermind of the Benghazi lies, others Ron Klain — both proud graduates of Obama school of leveraging the gears of government to subvert democracy. Personally I think they are part of a Politburo of key figures — most of them unknown to the public, like White House deputy counsel Jonathan Su, who coordinated with the Archives and FBI on the raid of Mar-a-Lago. Then these hidden evil-doers exploit feckless idiots— Merrick Garland, Alejandro Mayorkis, Rochelle Walensky — to sound sanctimonious, or at least earnest, in front of the cameras.
The funny thing about this theory is the insiders rarely use those too inept to even deliver the talking points. Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are outliers even in their own world. And the other amazing thing is that the Biden Politburo has roped in some Formerly Smart People, such as Janet Yellen, to say idiotic things, like “inflation is transitory” and “two quarters of GDP losses is no longer a recession.” Surely the former Fed Chair knows better. Such is the lure of staying in power.
Whatever the motive, the results are catastrophic — for our economy and this once proud beacon of capitalism called America. Also for our physical and mental health.
The student loan forgiveness is exhibit A. Nonpartisan estimates forecast that this will cost the economy $300 - $500 BILLION in the next 10 years. Critics are furious that this burden will fall on the shoulders of those who can least afford to pay. “It’s very unfair to have a truck driver have to pay back a loan for someone that got a Ph.D. in gender studies,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law School. Universities — many flush with large endowments and woke curricula — should eat the financial load they placed on students, he said. Donald Trump was called it “another election enhancing money grab” that bails out universities.
Only a year ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there was no provision in law for a president to cancel loans. Now that the Biden Politboro has decided to base its loan cancellation on “the hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic” and a 2003 HEROES act aimed at helping members of the military. Expect legal challenges.
Some Dems are also showing concern. Obama economic adviser Jason Furman called the handout “reckless,” saying it pours “gasoline on the inflationary fire.” Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, candidate for US Senate, said loan forgiveness “sends the wrong message to the millions of Ohioans without a degree working just as hard to make ends meet.” Other critics suggested this is payback to the universities for their woke allegiance to lib politicians. MSNBC’s Elise Jordan raged that the plan doesn’t tame “the higher education cartel.” Citing spiking tuition costs, she fumed at the idea of “infusing money into a higher education system that is basically just corrupt.”
What everyone seems to understand is that it is not the rich who will pay.
But the Biden Bankrupt-the-Nation train rolls on.
Everyone’s heart bleeds for Ukraine, invaded by the Big Russian Bear, caught in the cross-hairs of unwinnable international geopolitics. But is this really our war to fund? And is Ukraine, a country known for its corruption, to be trusted with the money? So far the United States has earmarked $54 billion to the cause. This week, at the war’s six-month mark, the administration announced another $3 billion in military aid.
Soon, insiders say, Biden will ink a new Iran Nuclear Deal that will give the Ayatollahs $275 billion now and $800 billion over the next five years. This of course comes on top of the Obama handout of $100 billion to Iran, including $400 million in cash, under a deal that Trump cancelled. But who’s counting?
Then there is the misguided rush to ditch fossil fuels. The recently enacted and misnamed Inflation Reduction Act is a $739+ billion bill Congress rushed because Dems didn’t want to wait for the Congressional Budget Office “scoring,” to find out exactly what it will cost. Like any gateway drug, it lures the unsuspecting — with subsidies for renewable energy, taxes on the fossil fuel crowd, promise of lower drug costs. And as usual, the middle class will pick up the tab.
All this is a bit much for thinking people, like Fox Business News’ Charles Payne, a self-made man who plenty of empathy who believes in the American system. “Stop the free money,” he begged. “This is crazy.”
Even as he destroys the country — or as the Western Journal put it, “Biden takes break from vacation to destroy the nation” — Biden says a movement that aims to make America great again is fascist. I don’t know why Dems keeping going to this well. Demonizing has never served them at the polls. Barrack Obama said in 2008 that Republicans cling to their guns and religion. Hillary Clinton in 2016 called Trump supporters irredeemables. The other day a guy named Charlie Crist — once a Republican then an independent now a Democrat — won the Dem nomination for Gov of FL — and promptly declared he didn’t want the votes of anyone who supports incumbent Ron DeSantis because they are “filled with hate.” DeSantis’ brilliant spokeswoman Christine DePauw — who recently left the governor’s staff to work for his re/election campaign — replied on Twitter, “We accept those terms.”
Maybe it’s a fundraising thing. All those rich white liberal celebrities love to diss other Americans even as they insist that bullying is bad. Whoopi Goldberg anyone? The parties have switched roles. Once the party of “the little guy,” Dems are now the party of the wealthy oligarchs — Pelosi, Biden, Bernie, Manchin — corrupt to the core.
As Americans grapple with food shortages, inflation, crime and a wide-open southern border that is flooding the country with illegals, Biden gives away our money to foreign countries, seeming to care more about their citizens than ours. Mr. President, are you so out of it you have lost all empathy for your own people? Or are you just following the orders of the Politburo running the White House?
Excellent article, Johanna! Your description of our sad plight is accurate, I believe. I believe Soros and Obama are powerful members of the Politburo you mention. Their goal, I believe, is to bankrupt the US as per guidelines in "Rules for Radicals" which includes over whelming every aspect of US life and ultimately reducing the influence and power of the US in the world; then to implement a one world government with Obama as the premier. Evidence the naked attacks by the FBI on numerous former members of the Trump administration and on anyone opposing the Biden administration. This is the stuff of Third World governments. As is always the case with the Left, if you want to know what they are doing look to see what they accuse their so called enemies of doing. Most recently, Big Joey accused Trump supporters of being Fascists--I'd say that accurately describes the actions of the Left.
Johanna
Sorry about the latest polling showing Biden’s rising approval ratings.
Oh BTW, Did you miss the NBC poll showing Americans top concern is “threats to our democracy”?
Things aren’t looking good for our sociopathic, wannabe fascist ex president.
And there’s the student debt hand wringing. Did you miss all the hypocrisy from the Rs when MTG and child molester Matty Gaetz got exposed for debt forgiveness on hundreds of thousands in PPP loans?
I really think our ex pres, the King of bankruptcy would be proud of them ….. Don’t you??
After all, Donny rang up $7.8 trillion in new debt ( $4 trillion pre Covid ).
And I loved the paranoid psychotic comment thread where apparently Biden and Ds will “implement a one world government with Obama as the premier.”
I believe he’s the one who once tried to convince me the 1/6 failed insurrection was grand parents touring the Capitol.
I think you’re losing your battle to make Orwell fiction again.