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The Cost of a Few Kind Words

ballot_box_3192711bWhat would you give to hear a few kind words? Lesbians gay men bisexuals and transsexuals love Hillary Clinton. Afro Americans, and Hispanics love Hillary Clinton as well. Do any members of these groups ever ask themselves why?

What they get are kind words at a super high price. In all of U.S. history, members of these groups have gotten nothing out government. It is amazing what people will do for kind words.

In Hillary Clinton’s words, LGBTs and minorities are just about sacred and always belong at the head of the table. Of course, Hillary needs to count on their votes, so that she can serve the citizens she genuinely appreciates. These are members of the ruling class who pay her for representation. LGBTs and minorities are only the suckers she needs to put her in office.

Suppose Hillary is elected. If you are LGBT, your plight in the world at the end of any terms she serves will be identical or worse than it is today. Blacks and minorities will fall even further down the income ladder.  O.K., so it doesn’t cost a thing to vote. The cost is in lost time, opportunities and income due to bad government policy that is solely designed to pay folks who have political power.

Who will Hillary serve? Hillary will serve those who pay her by way of the Clinton Foundation and other avenues she has constructed. To the degree LGBTs and minorities have paid her up front they will get some benefit from her holding the office. But, these folks have not paid to play.

The cost does not stop with the suckers who support Hillary Clinton. The cost of allowing government to be used as a tool by industrialists is so high that it is impossible to calculate.

The majority of the poor and middle class don’t even get kind words. The new world order ,as some call it, is all cost and no benefits for all but just a few.

Trump on Immigration

bestI don’t know why Trump is running for president. Candidates don’t run for office because they want to help everyone else. Nature provides no natural incentive to serve. Service to mankind that is devoid of self interest is rare. There is always a Mother Teresa somewhere but these kinds of people don’t run for president.

In the minds of many, the job of president includes the task of enforcing federal laws. There is a law on the books that makes it illegal just to cross a border and come into the United States. As far as I can tell, Donald Trump is the only candidate for president in many decades who sees the importance of enforcing laws.  Immigration laws are just part of the many laws that are enforced selectively.  Many laws that have to do with the financial markets are being overlooked completely. Consumer laws are enforced if someone with political power wants them enforced. If enforcing a law is perceived to be bad for profit, then no one sees laws being broken.

So, what we have is a huge set of federal laws that are enforced selectively. Folks wonder why people at the bottom of the pyramid have lost respect for the law. It is not just those at the bottom of the food chain. It is everyone in the country. Should we make a list of laws for which enforcement is optional? Perhaps immigration laws should go on the top of that list.

Which is worse, a candidate who promises to enforce the immigration law or a candidate who promises to help people break it?