Jay's Politics Blog

Some people think Bernie is too radical when really he's just a modern day FDR running in a Party that has a much closer resemblance to Reagan than to Kennedy. People forget that Nixon imposed wage and price controls. Obama bailed out the banks but let people lose their homes. I'm 63. In my lifetime the single biggest change in the lives of most people has been that housing has become a major source of speculation, investment and profit. Every time a deal gets done the banks and investors make their money and the people who pay for it are the renters who get their rents raised or the family trying to buy a house to live in after the house has changed hands a number of times with a consequent huge increase in the price. Investors look all over the country for areas to buy and sell and jack up the prices for people trying to make a living on wages that have not kept up with the rent gouging. In 1986 I was making $7 an hour and paying $100 a month in rent. That was not unusu...

Note that the years of highest tax rate correlate with most prosperous years in nation's history.

.THE POLITICS OF DESERVING and PSYCHOLOGICAL POLITICS Without judging... Underneath much of Blue politics is the idea that 1 we have a moral responsibility to care of everyone: homeless, healthcare, refugees, etc., and also the idea that 2 people who do not hold this view are bad people. Underneath Red are the ideas: 1  Deservingness-Do these people deserve help, especially if, as in the case of drug addicts, they are making very poor choices. This includes "you want to take my hard earned money and give it to THEM???" "Them" often has racial overtones (which this post will not get into). and 2 We can't afford to take in people from the whole world and take care of everyone. People will just be drawn to come here to take advantage of the benefits. "you want ME to pay for THEM?" And perhaps the key issue: 3***** Inside the psyche of many traditional people is a biblical worldview that sees wealth as a sign of God's favor, poverty a sign of sin, and ...

Man rape men molest men abuse men do War the world would be such a much better place if women were in charge. That's a lot of what we hear these days, that men are inherently bad, women inherently good, that men should really be a lot more like women in the way they speak and act. Little boys are given drugs if they act too aggressively, that is to say if they act like little boys instead of little girls. Male bashing seems to be an international sport these days. I am someone who sees all the wrongs done by the old order and is glad they're going and I am someone who does not want to see the old wrongs replaced by a new set of wrongs perpetrated by a new order. Foolishly, idealistically, I actually believe in true justice and equality and want to see a society that is fair to all. It is a historical fact that for a very long time men have been in charge with very little accountability and some have acted very badly towards women. It is certainly true that there have ...

There's a lot of discussion these days about billionaires. These are my thoughts: If you paid everyone who works for you a decent wage, if you are respectful of the environment and pay your fair share of taxes without scamming to avoid them,  if you Market your goods and services at a price that gives you a good profit but does not take advantage of people, in short if you've come by your money honestly without cheating or exploiting others,  then I see nothing wrong in some people making a lot of money, even being billionaires. On the other hand, if you got rich through taking advantage of others, paying people low wages, people who had no choice other than to accept because they had to feed themselves and their families and there simply weren't other choices, if you are constantly exploiting people, raising the prices of rents and Healthcare  far beyond the realm of any reasonable profit; if you have been gaming the system in various ways,  perhaps bribing pol...