Sometimes lessons learned from history can be very beneficial, while teaching us practical lessons in economic policy.
Dick Morris, the personal advisor to Bill and Hillary Clinton in Arkansas and Washington, D.C. during his two terms in office, has posted an interesting historical video on the difference of how economic policy of the two parties - Democrat and Republican presidents has resulted in very different responses by our nation's investors and the broader consumer of the country.
I was, I must admit, surprised that Dick Morris mentioned Pres. Trump's cutting taxes in the video, but never pointed out that it was Pres. Reagan who, in our more recent past, was the first to stimulate true economic growth by cutting taxes in the '80s.
However, there are many other factors which Pres. Trump is implementing which Pres. Reagan did not. Substantial and significant policy implementations, which the Media (D) refuses to tell the public who watches their stations, will, and are already, having incredible results which the left are finding difficult to refute.
I must also admit that their are both pros and cons to the policy of implementing tax cuts, as this History Chanel video points out clearly. The con which I find disturbing, since Pres. Trump is also engaging in, is deficit spending which has increased out national debt to almost $22 trillion today! While Pres. Obama took it from $14 trillion when he took office, (scroll down to Barrack Obama on this link.), it remains to be seen just how much more Pres. Trump will end up increasing it to at the point when he leaves office. The hope, or expectation, as I understand it, is that increased employment will ultimately result in increased revenue and thus, decreased national debt; if that revenue increase is applied to the debt. Don't hold your breath!
Saturday, January 26, 2019
What We Aren't Being Told About the Impact of Marijuana Use
As my e-friend stated in sharing this article with me, "Best article I have ever seen on the links between Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence." I was pleased to see that someone with credentials is providing significant data about the connections we are only now beginning to learn regarding marijuana use more recently.
As a high school student in the late '60s amidst the "cultural revolution" of that period, and an older brother who influence me to experiment with drugs at that point in my life, I can personally testify to the validity of what this author speaks to in this article. He is spot on. Naturally, he started me out on marijuana and it started out as very occasionally. Over the last few years of school, he introduced me at parties to more serious stuff. It was after I'd graduated from high school that I personally had to come to terms with my gradual increased and more frequent use of more dangerous drugs.
Fortunately for me, it proved to be the best decision I ever made in impacting my life's future, and I've never touched anything since then. Unfortunately for my brother, it ultimately was his undoing. He was killed by a gang member as a peripheral outcome of his long-term use during his attempt to rehabilitate himself from his addiction to "Crack".
During my teaching career I used to have a couple weeks lessons in the '80s that would speak to these issues, but it seems that the pro-marijuana faction has successfully managed to get it removed from public schools over time. It went away in the '90s or early 2000s.
I urge anyone reading this article to share it with others who may find it informative and, who knows, might result in saving someone's life in the long run.
As a high school student in the late '60s amidst the "cultural revolution" of that period, and an older brother who influence me to experiment with drugs at that point in my life, I can personally testify to the validity of what this author speaks to in this article. He is spot on. Naturally, he started me out on marijuana and it started out as very occasionally. Over the last few years of school, he introduced me at parties to more serious stuff. It was after I'd graduated from high school that I personally had to come to terms with my gradual increased and more frequent use of more dangerous drugs.
Fortunately for me, it proved to be the best decision I ever made in impacting my life's future, and I've never touched anything since then. Unfortunately for my brother, it ultimately was his undoing. He was killed by a gang member as a peripheral outcome of his long-term use during his attempt to rehabilitate himself from his addiction to "Crack".
During my teaching career I used to have a couple weeks lessons in the '80s that would speak to these issues, but it seems that the pro-marijuana faction has successfully managed to get it removed from public schools over time. It went away in the '90s or early 2000s.
I urge anyone reading this article to share it with others who may find it informative and, who knows, might result in saving someone's life in the long run.
Speaker Pelosi's Implementing Her Plan Early
It's becoming obvious that the projections of various political pundits who, in the past, predicted that Texas was the next target of the leftist/socialists to turn the state blue, were correct. I say this because the message I just received provides pretty clear indications from this recently elected Congressman Chip Roy. I urge you to take the time to read it carefully. (See below)
I'm NOT sharing it because I am asking you to donate to his need - that's your personal choice - but to provide you with an understanding that our politics are becoming more and more vitriolic and divisive. I believe it is because the Democrats see the current president's accomplishments as extremely threatening to their future existence. Liberals understand all too well that, if they can gain the upper hand in the Electoral College by the next presidential campaign season, they'll win.
Remember, the more informed about what's really going on we are, the more aware we will be about making the best decision for our own, and our children's, future. We can not afford to let the liberals get the upper hand in their ideological war on this nation and its promise of "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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The Cycle of Cultures
This post will be quite long because it has a lot of content regarding the topic, but those who understand what's at stake will take the time to wade through it. This topic's article is copied from a publication called The American.
First, the story in our local news which touches on some very critical issues affecting our lives today. Second, since at the end of this story a request for feedback is made, I have posted my sentiments following. And, for the sake of length, I shall leave the copy attributed to Mr. Driscoll of the TNT the regular width on the page.
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First, the story in our local news which touches on some very critical issues affecting our lives today. Second, since at the end of this story a request for feedback is made, I have posted my sentiments following. And, for the sake of length, I shall leave the copy attributed to Mr. Driscoll of the TNT the regular width on the page.
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Legal Procedures Questioned (excerpt from TNT by Matt Driscoll 1/17/2019)
Last week at this time, in the TNT as attentive readers might recall, Bonilla Gomez was an undocumented immigrant facing the very real prospect of being deported to Guatemala, a country he left more than a decade ago. He had been locked up at the Northwest Detention Center since late October when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials pounced on him in the parking lot of his children’s dentist office. Being forced to leave the United States would mean relocating his family to a country his wife and children had never known, or worse, separating them.
Last week at this time, in the TNT as attentive readers might recall, Bonilla Gomez was an undocumented immigrant facing the very real prospect of being deported to Guatemala, a country he left more than a decade ago. He had been locked up at the Northwest Detention Center since late October when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials pounced on him in the parking lot of his children’s dentist office. Being forced to leave the United States would mean relocating his family to a country his wife and children had never known, or worse, separating them.
Thankfully — at least for those sympathetic to Bonilla Gomez’s
story, and his family’s supporters —
those fears never materialized. While immigration cases across the country have been put on
hold because of the government shutdown, cases
continue to be heard inside the NWDC, and late last week a judge presiding over
Bonilla Gomez’s case ruled in the family’s favor.
Bonilla Gomez will be allowed to stay in the United States as a
lawful permanent resident, the judge decided.
Soon, a green card will provide the security Bonilla Gomez has
not known in this country, serving as documented proof of his right to be here.
The judge’s decision — which Bonilla Gomez’s attorney shared with
The News Tribune with his client’s permission — means no more fear, no more
uncertainty and no more hiding.
“This opportunity was the best that I could have hoped for in my
life,” Bonilla Gomez said. “I can come out from under the shadow where I had been
living as an undocumented person. I can now give my children, my family a
better life. … We can see things differently now.”
Officials with ICE couldn’t be immediately reached for comment,
likely a result of the ongoing government shutdown.
When I spoke to her last week, Maria Bonilla, Leobel’s wife,
said the possibility of her husband’s deportation wasn’t something she was
allowing herself to think about. The stakes were too high, the emotions too
raw, she said.
Still, it had clearly crossed her mind. The couple has five
children — three from a previous relationship Maria had with a man who drowned
in 2010, and twins, 3-year-old Joshua and Samantha, who were born prematurely
and deal with developmental issues.
In Guatemala or Mexico, she feared, her young children wouldn’t
have access to the medical care they depend on. Maria’s older children,
meanwhile, likely wouldn’t be able to pursue their dreams. Her 16-year-old
daughter, Guadalupe, is looking forward to college and dreams of studying
medicine, or perhaps the law.
Admittedly, as a columnist and outside observer, the likelihood
of Bonilla Gomez’s deportation crossed my mind as well.
That’s because his attorney, Diego Aranda Teixeira, explained
the case he would need to make on behalf of Bonilla Gomez. He said it would
involve demonstrating the “exceptional and extremely unusual” hardship the
family would endure if Bonilla Gomez was removed from the country and
convincing the judge of his client’s “good moral character.”
The first part, at least, seemed straightforward. Given the size
and needs of Bonilla Gomez’s family, removing him from the country and
potentially forcing his wife and children to follow appeared to have a decent
chance of meeting the high threshold of the court.
The second part was complicated — which is why I was drawn to
Bonilla Gomez’s story.
Bonilla Gomez is a family man and a hardworking breadwinner.
He’s also a flawed human being, like most of us. He has a history of alcohol
abuse that has led to two DUIs and a dismissed domestic violence charge marring
his record.
Would an immigration judge — even when presented with Bonilla
Gomez’s contrition, the acknowledgment of his alcohol problem and evidence of
the steps he’s taken to get and stay sober, which date back more than a year —
be convinced he was a good candidate to stay?
Would readers be able to appreciate the humanity of Bonilla
Gomez’s story, aware of the incredibly high standards we require of others to
enjoy the freedoms and opportunities we often take for granted.
The chances seemed precarious at best, and at worst, hopeless.
Then, last Friday arrived, and with it the news I can now say I
wasn’t expecting. Rarely have I been so pleased to be wrong.
I asked Aranda Teixeira if the judge’s decision represented a win
not just for his client but for society?
“Absolutely,” he said without hesitation, noting that his client
will have to avoid a long list of serious criminal offenses to take advantage
of his second chance, and one mistake could see it all taken away.
More importantly, the attorney said that while people often
search for model citizens, “nuclear scientists or geniuses” to make the case
for what immigration adds to this country, there’s potentially just as much
weight in what a story like Bonilla Gomez’s can teach us.
“There’s a value in regret, and there’s a value in turning one’s
life around, because that’s facing obstacles and then proving one’s self,”
Aranda Teixeira said. “In this case, we have a family that now gets to stay
together.”
Yes, we do. And while arguments will undoubtedly be made to the
contrary, it’s hard for me to see how that’s a bad thing.
As to what that family does next, Bonilla Gomez, who sobbed
tears of relief when the judge’s decision was rendered, was once again
succinct.
“Our family can now live our American dream,” he said.
The
editor of the American would like the opinions of the readership on the
legality of this action.
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I have mixed feelings & reactions to the article about Bonilla Gomez's story. I'm a bit conflicted between my sense of compassion - I grew up in a family who sponsored a Mexican family from Tijuana - and my sense of right and wrong; the upholding of law and order and justice.
Those on the left will focus on the compassion of the judge's decision. It aligns with their ideology regarding immigration. I say this because it's obvious to me that liberals - as my personal experience taught me during my teaching career - are very skilled at persuading those less grounded in their principles and values to side, or align, with their ways of viewing how society should be structured and operate.This is their means by which they bring more civic participants into the electoral process; whether legally, or illegally through voter fraud, as many circumstances have revealed in past elections. As for punishment of the commission of crimes, their compassion dominates their sense of justice and the rule of law. One does not want to offend those in your ranks who help grow your voter base. The bigger the bureaucracy, the more efficient and effective everything will be is their perspective on how to improve society.
Those who identify with the conservative ideology will focus on how they developed their principles and values of personal liberty and independence, respect of law and order to maintain civility, entrepreneurship, giving as their abilities allow, maneuvering and overcoming hardships despite the obstacle encountered, and a disgust for double standards, etc. which holds that those who disregard the law and ultimately use the "system of social services" without having contributed to it, are frustrated that their productive contribution to society's social net is being abused and ruined for those in society who've honestly and through no fault of their own, have fallen on hard times. Conservatives see the experience which teaches the principles and values of self-reliance - the "school of hard knocks", or hardships along the journey of life - being eroded away by programs which make it easier to develop dependency on the growing bureaucracy of the left.
Therefore, while I understand the personal impacts Bonilla's circumstance would generate, which no one would wish on anyone, and I would hope that Bonilla would become a legal citizen through the established process, the judge's decision to confer legality despite his flagrant disregard for respecting our laws by living a life "in the shadows", reveals that our legal system no longer adheres to a conservative view of upholding the nation's principles and values we once maintained. Such a shift is causing greater and greater divisions among among us because civility and decency are being gradually eroded away over generations. It seems societies inevitably cycle through periods of greatness, then eventually tear themselves apart and collapse. (Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the United Kingdom; to name the more well known examples.)
Exactly what the end result will be is uncertain. Yet, many ignore the lessons which history has demonstrated to everyone in past similar circumstances. If we ignore them much longer, we may well be doomed to repeat it ourselves.
Friday, January 25, 2019
What is the Virtue in Passivism?
To answer that question... There is none!
With the passing of a Virginia Senate bill that repeals an old law prohibiting bringing weapons to church, the press now appears to be taking on the roll of our spiritual advisors.
As the article in The Virginia-Pilot's opening sentence tells us, the bill has "...sparked an emotional debate over whether packing heat in a house of worship constitutes a snub to the Almighty." Apparently we are now, by exercising our right to defend our lives, offending, or going against God's command to be passive!
In my opinion, this kind of subtle and insidious way of thinking is nothing more than an attempt by the leftists to brainwash those who don't have the education, or skill, to exercise logic and critical thinking about a subject. Instead, they tend to go along with whatever the popular trend is today.
Of course, the press uses an unquestionable source to bolster the liberal meme that we Christians should take on the same attitude that our Lord Jesus Christ took when he was sentenced by Pontius Pilot to the cross. Typical of too many preachers or ministers of churches today, an out of context and misused verse from the Bible is used to justify this position.
Then, in the third & fourth paragraphs, explains why the old bill was in place, but apparently in an effort to be balanced, cites the phrase which reveals a "loophole".
Yet further on in this unbelievably insane article, more statements are made which belie logic and ignore the very Christian value that life is sacred by inferring that if worshipers are at their best, then a person who, for whatever motive they may have, will somehow also be their best.
There have been many conversations online in various forums and 2nd amendment organization sites that have discussed this issue for many years about how to best handle the rising threat of massacres occurring more and more in the recent years and how to protect congregants using extremely carefully thought through points which take into account all potential factors that would be involved.
Fortunately, but sadly at the end of the whole article, the reporter discloses what was shared by another Virginia Senator about this issue.
With the passing of a Virginia Senate bill that repeals an old law prohibiting bringing weapons to church, the press now appears to be taking on the roll of our spiritual advisors.
As the article in The Virginia-Pilot's opening sentence tells us, the bill has "...sparked an emotional debate over whether packing heat in a house of worship constitutes a snub to the Almighty." Apparently we are now, by exercising our right to defend our lives, offending, or going against God's command to be passive!
In my opinion, this kind of subtle and insidious way of thinking is nothing more than an attempt by the leftists to brainwash those who don't have the education, or skill, to exercise logic and critical thinking about a subject. Instead, they tend to go along with whatever the popular trend is today.
Of course, the press uses an unquestionable source to bolster the liberal meme that we Christians should take on the same attitude that our Lord Jesus Christ took when he was sentenced by Pontius Pilot to the cross. Typical of too many preachers or ministers of churches today, an out of context and misused verse from the Bible is used to justify this position.
"Psalm 46 said, 'God is our refuge and strength,'" Sen. Lionell Spruill Sr., D, said as he argued against the measure Thursday. "Now we are saying with this bill, we no longer trust in God."I hear the echoing of liberal passivism when using this selective verse.
Then, in the third & fourth paragraphs, explains why the old bill was in place, but apparently in an effort to be balanced, cites the phrase which reveals a "loophole".
Yet further on in this unbelievably insane article, more statements are made which belie logic and ignore the very Christian value that life is sacred by inferring that if worshipers are at their best, then a person who, for whatever motive they may have, will somehow also be their best.
Sen. Chap Petersen, D, struck a similar note: "When I walk into a house of worship, it humbles me. You need to act and be your best, and that means putting down your firearm."This, to me, is proof of just how much many of our houses of worship today have become liberalized. They're no more safe than the public schools which have become "gun safe zones."
There have been many conversations online in various forums and 2nd amendment organization sites that have discussed this issue for many years about how to best handle the rising threat of massacres occurring more and more in the recent years and how to protect congregants using extremely carefully thought through points which take into account all potential factors that would be involved.
Fortunately, but sadly at the end of the whole article, the reporter discloses what was shared by another Virginia Senator about this issue.
Sen. Charles "Bill" Carrico, R, sided with Black. After the vote took place and the Senate turned to other business, Carrico turned to his Bible to try to bolster his argument. Before the Senate gaveled out for the day, he rose to share what he'd found.
"'Blessed be the lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.' That was from the Old Testament," he said. "In the New Testament, ... 'When a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.' Those places of worship where I tithe, where I give offerings, are that palace. And it's my obligation and our right to defend it."Amen brother! For those wishing to read the entire article, here's the link. P.S. It strikes me as rather odd that in our modern society, we have evolved into a mindset which, with the advent of mass communication and media, we seem to willingly accept our government's involvement in deciding for the collective, the critical decision of life and death, rather than leaving them up to the individual, all under the premise of 'protection'.
The Politics of Personal Destruction
The special prosecutor "witch hunt" has taken in its sixth Trump campaign staffer; Roger J. Stone.
AP News reported that the FBI conducted an early morning raid on Mr. Stone's house in Florida. Why? The article's eleventh paragraph states:
Because as a young man in the '70s, Stone was helping the left's first major casualty - Pres Nixon - and was a member of Pres. Trump's campaign team in the last election, and because he wrote a book revealing information and evidence that V.P. LBJ was behind having JFK assassinated, the special prosecutor is going after all of those associated in any way with the man the liberals utterly despise because they lost to an outsider of the "swamp" whose now exposing all of their corruption. (I wouldn't be surprised, then, if Mr. McClellan was arrested by the special prosecutor as well.)
Since no evidence at all has been revealed by this rigged special prosecutor team of salivating "pit bulls", the only way they seem to be able to satisfy their leftist followers on CNN is to entrap campaign team members in "process crimes" which mostly consist of omitting a point about something which has nothing to do with the alleged "collusion with Russia to get Trump elected". Quoting from the Reuters article:
However, I caution those who feel that, because they've not found anything on Pres. Trump, he won't be impeached by the liberals in the House. Since it's becoming apparent from recent reports about those in Trump's cabinet who were doing their best to undermine the president's agenda, the "resistance" won't have a difficult time coming up with something that will stick to the wall. After all, it's payback for them to get Donald for Bill.
AP News reported that the FBI conducted an early morning raid on Mr. Stone's house in Florida. Why? The article's eleventh paragraph states:
"Well-known for his political antics and hard ball tactics, Stone has reveled in being a Washington wheeler-dealer dating back to the Nixon administration. He has also pushed several conspiracy theories and was an early and vocal supporter of Trump’s candidacy."And, just prior to that paragraph, Pres. Trump's press secretary said last Friday, 01/18:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s press secretary, told CNN Friday the charges brought against Stone “don’t have anything to do with the president.”There you have it!
Because as a young man in the '70s, Stone was helping the left's first major casualty - Pres Nixon - and was a member of Pres. Trump's campaign team in the last election, and because he wrote a book revealing information and evidence that V.P. LBJ was behind having JFK assassinated, the special prosecutor is going after all of those associated in any way with the man the liberals utterly despise because they lost to an outsider of the "swamp" whose now exposing all of their corruption. (I wouldn't be surprised, then, if Mr. McClellan was arrested by the special prosecutor as well.)
Since no evidence at all has been revealed by this rigged special prosecutor team of salivating "pit bulls", the only way they seem to be able to satisfy their leftist followers on CNN is to entrap campaign team members in "process crimes" which mostly consist of omitting a point about something which has nothing to do with the alleged "collusion with Russia to get Trump elected". Quoting from the Reuters article:
Michael Zeldin, a former federal prosecutor, said the indictment underscored the Trump's campaign's pursuit of damaging information, much like the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin. Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has acknowledged he was expecting to get "dirt" on Clinton at the meeting.
In other words, manufacture crimes on the target to make it look as though the special prosecutor team is justified for spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer money for sustaining a "witch hunt" that isn't finding anything significant against the president. After all, it was Asst. A.G. Rosentsein who authorized the special prosecutor, and he's clearly part of a liberal "inner circle" as my previous post has pointed out.
Zeldin said the new details in the indictment were damaging politically to Trump but that it remained unclear if there was criminal exposure for anyone else in Trump's orbit. He noted that Mueller made a point of portraying WikiLeaks as an organization that has repeatedly been involved in posting stolen documents from U.S. citizens.
However, I caution those who feel that, because they've not found anything on Pres. Trump, he won't be impeached by the liberals in the House. Since it's becoming apparent from recent reports about those in Trump's cabinet who were doing their best to undermine the president's agenda, the "resistance" won't have a difficult time coming up with something that will stick to the wall. After all, it's payback for them to get Donald for Bill.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Core Competency Differences
I received this from my brother in California who is a retired architectural engineer and former Air Force pilot. I share it hear because it shed light on one of the main reasons the liberal/socialists are so bitter towards President Trump. Read on...it'll make sense at the end. [These remarks inside the brackets are ones I've added.]
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These numbers help
explain why these last eight years were disastrous for the USA. I read
the last item and then looked at Trump's Cabinet. No wonder Washington,
DC is in a turmoil. Trump's picks are bosses who expect their employees
to work. [Anyone
who watched "The Apprentice" for years should've realized this.
Instead, they're being totally sore losers about who they wanted to
continue running the country into the ground after their "first Black
President" who only knew how to organize a community to pressure the local city council to get what they wanted.]
These are Eye Opening Numbers. This is what bothers a lot of
people about Trump. He won't accept a can't do attitude, or
inexperienced, incompetent performance. He will get results; it just
might not be smooth or pretty. [But man, does he know how to get things done!]
Here are some amazing stats: Make sure you read to the bottom. An eye opener!
1. These 10 States now have more people on welfare than they do employed!
California
New Mexico
Mississippi
Alabama
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
Maine, and
South Carolina
New Mexico
Mississippi
Alabama
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
Maine, and
South Carolina
2. Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2012, between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefits, the average U.S. Household below the poverty line received $168.00 a day in government support.
What's
the problem with that much support? Well the average household income
in America is just over $50,000, which averages out to $137.13 a day.
To
put it another way, being on welfare now pays the equivalent of $30.00
an hour for 40 hour week, while the average job pays $24.00 an hour.
3. Check this last set of statistics!! [This is where the glaring difference appears.]
The
percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the
private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You
know what the private business sector is: A real-life business not a
government job.
Here are the percentages:
38% T. Roosevelt
40% Taft
52% Wilson
49% Harding
48% Coolidge
42% Hoover
50% F. D. Roosevelt
50% Truman
57% Eisenhower
30% Kennedy
47% Johnson
53% Nixon
42% Ford
32% Carter
56% Reagan
51% GH Bush
39% Clinton
55% GW Bush
8% Obama
90% Trump
40% Taft
52% Wilson
49% Harding
48% Coolidge
42% Hoover
50% F. D. Roosevelt
50% Truman
57% Eisenhower
30% Kennedy
47% Johnson
53% Nixon
42% Ford
32% Carter
56% Reagan
51% GH Bush
39% Clinton
55% GW Bush
8% Obama
90% Trump
This helps explain the bias, if not the incompetence, of the last administration: ONLY 8% of them have ever worked in private business! [Emphasis mine.]
That's
right! Only eight percent - the least, by far of the last 19
presidents! And these people [Obama bureaucrats] tried to tell our corporations how to run
their businesses?
How
could Obama, president of a major nation and society, the one with the
most successful economic system in world history, stand and talk about
business when he's never worked for one? Or about jobs when he has
never really had one? And, when it's the same for 92% of his senior
staff and closest advisers? They spent most of their time in academia,
government, and/or non-profit jobs or as "community organizers." [I guess you could say it's the liberal/socialists "bread & butter".]
Probably
a good idea to pass this on, because we'll NEVER see these facts in the
main stream media, or from the alphabet networks.
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