by: Dr. Samori Swygert
John Kerry has just pledged another $380 million dollars to Syria for humanitarian aid, and this brings it to a total of $1.7 Billion dollars… Okay, let that linger and simmer for a second.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/world/meast/us-syria-aid/
So what’s all this talk about debt ceiling, sequestration, fiscal cliffs, recession, furloughs all about? What’s all the talk about cutting SNAP, cutting long term unemployment insurance, destruction of pensions about?
We are not in a war with Syria? We haven’t destroyed Syria? So why are your tax dollars going over to Syria, while people are going poor right here in America? America’s priorities are in complete disarray! How many families are getting displaced daily due to increased cost of living compounded with low wage jobs that stubborn companies refuse to raise despite booms in revenue?
Unemployment reports come out that hold no water. They drop a half percent and the news media acts like the citizens should be jumping for joy. They don’t comment on the type of jobs that are obtained. Many of these jobs don’t provide gainful employment. By that I mean this, a job that generates enough revenue to cover your living expenses with adequate surplus for savings and an opportunities to progress in the field. I mean slaves had jobs, and they were paid in food, water, and whips. Yes, the unemployment rate for slaves was extremely low, all of them had a job, right?
Don’t act like 1000 people getting hired at McDonald’s is a step in the right direction. Certainly it is work, but lets be real, you cant work at McDonald’s and support yourself in today’s economic atmosphere. Why do you think McDonald’s employees are striking all over the nation. Their income doesn’t compliment their routine expenses.
So when we can send a total of $1.7 billion dollars to a country we don’t have any ownership to, we are contributing to the bankrupting of America and subjugation of the poor and middle class. We are completely ignoring their issues. Is America being economically and fiscally patriotic to it’s own citizens? This is fiscal negligence.
However, we sit quietly by, assuming or hoping that things will change, but our apathy is shocking. Are you okay knowing that we still have to readdress the debt ceiling of $17 Trillion dollars, but your taxes go to Syria for ___________(you fill in the blank)? So each and every time a foreign government makes poor choices on governing their people, the American citizens have to pick up the tab?
Hmmm lets see,….. we’ve bailed out the banks, bailed out the housing market, bailed out the auto industry, now we’re bailing out Syria. All of this done with our tax dollars. Well who is bailing out the American citizen that is bankrolling the bailouts for everybody else?
I’m not saying that I wish ill will and hatred on Syrian people, because I don’t. However, imagine this ladies and gentlemen. Suppose your baby had pneumonia, your wife is unemployed, and bills are due. How would the husband look taking his paycheck and spending it on a family around the corner to help get their kitchen remodeled? Who is this man’s loyalty, and allegiance to? The only other reason I can think about is if the nation is engaging in “global loan sharking”, lending money to foreign nations at high interest rates in exchange for control, and I hope it’s not that!
Either way I hope we see this. The American citizens can use that money right here and right now in America for job creation, and other social services. I highly recommend that you read my other article to see the perspective I’m coming from as we pop bottles, watch the game, watch TV, but not watching our own destruction. Many of us are in denial and can’t see that we are being slow walked off the plank. How many of you know someone that is unemployed, just laid off, lost their home, or you’re helping a relative get back on their feet from today’s economy?
Until next time… wash your hands, exercise 30 minutes a day, love your family, save and invest your money, help somebody, eat healthy and pray…..Dr. Swygert signing off.
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