This just in: I have been reading about things like Bullet Trains in Japan, Universal Health Care in Canada and World Leading Free Education in Finland. This makes me wander, “Why can’t we have nice things here?”

I look at what the Biden administration has been pursuing; things like Universal Healthcare for all, Affordable Education, World Class Infrastructure and I think again, “Why can’t we have nice things here?”

It certainly looks like Democrats are trying to do the “people’s work.” But why is it taking so long?

The answer is simple, Republican Obstruction.

Republican’s, right this very moment, are trying to make the economy fail. They are doing this for two reasons. First, they want to be able to blame the Democrats for it when it happens and secondly, those that benefit are the super rich elite…the Republican billionaires. There is a third reason and it is perhaps the most likely…that is that Republicans are bad at math and have no understanding of economics.

So, if you are a Republican and you vote Republican simply because they are wearing your team’s colors, are you part of the problem?

Let’s take a quiz and see… (For best effect use you Jeff Foxworthy voice in your head as you take this).

If you think an insurrectionist like Jim Jordan should be the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee…you may be part of the problem.

If you think putting prolific liar (and possible criminal) George Santos on any committee is a good idea…you may be part of the problem.

If you think Marjorie Taylor Greene, who said she would have been armed at the January 6th insurrection, should be on the Homeland security committee…you may be part of the problem.

If you think Lauren Boebert, who dropped out of high school and only got her GED after being elected is qualified to be on the House Oversight Committee…you may be part of the problem.

If you think that we should “strengthen” entitlements like Social Security by limiting who has access to them by, for example, raising the retirement age…you may be part of the problem.

If you think Donald Trump is anything more than a mobster in a suit with numerous debilitating personality disorders…you may be part of the problem.

If you think Putin is a good guy…you may be part of the problem.

If you think Christianity should govern our country…you may be part of the problem.

If you think “small government” means banning books, abandoning historical education about race and telling a woman that she must build a baby in her body against her will…you may be part of the problem.

If you think immigrates are “taking your job” … you may be part of the problem.

If you think Fox News is anything other than a Fear/Hate machine…you may be part of the problem.

If you think higher education is bad for our country…you may be part of the problem.

That’s enough for now. You may have noticed that all of the things that I think make you “part of the problem” are positions that the Republican Party is currently and openly embracing.

Just sayin…

Time to save the world…

Jim

This just in: I think Biden is old but I don’t think he’s senile. I think Biden is soft-spoken, but I don’t thing he is not determined. Overall, I like his performance. Under his administration, our government has managed to get a lot of things done.

Let’s look at a couple of things…

1. Ten million jobs created since 2021
2. Actions taken to lower household energy costs by $100 per year.
3. Gas prices are dropping sharply
4. Passed gun safety regulations
5. Unemployment at historic lows.
6. Inflation, while high, is low compared to other countries and is dropping
7. Strong action against COVID
8. Massive infrastructure investment
9. Massive aide to Ukraine
10. Raised minimum wage for federal workers

There have been a couple of investigations as well. For example…

1. The commission looking into January 6th.
2. The investigation into Trump hiding and lying about having classified materials.
3. Numerous prosecutions of Jan 6 terrorists.

Let’s take a look at the Republican Agenda.

1. Calls Social Security and Medicare “entitlements” as if they are the government doing a favor for undeserving people. The GOP wants to lower the payments to people. In other words, once you are too old to earn, you will make less than before the GOP took over.
2. Cutting costs that help the IRS to do its job. The CBO is already projecting more than $100 billion in lost tax revenue as the GOP protects the billionaires that contributed to them.
3. Eliminate the Ethics structure that monitors the behavior of congress.

The GOP also has a couple of investigations of their own…

1. With regards to Hunter Biden’s laptop, why are there boner pictures on it?
2. They plan to impeach Joe Biden although they have not yet come up with a reason to do so.

There is some good news here. The GOP is so hopelessly incompetent and divided that they will not accomplish anything.

There is one exception to this.

One of the “give-aways” that McCarthy handed out to gain the speakership was an agreement to oppose all legislation supported by the Biden administration. This is something the GOP is good at. They are great at making sure nothing happens and then blaming someone else for the results – that nothing happened. They are also great at promising things and then not accomplishing them and then – blaming someone else for their failures.

So, let’s see how this plays out.

Right now, I intend to actively look for positive legislation introduced by the GOP.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim