We the Deplorables
by Robert Harrison
Special to Potomac Tea Party
January 2020
Scrooge described them as “surplus population” in Charles Dickens’ 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. Later, Henry Potter described them as “rabble” in the Frank Capra movie It’s a Wonderful Life. In the 2016 campaign for President, Hillary Clinton refereed to them as the “deplorables”.
But the United States Constitution refers to them as “We the People”. Despite this, there is a long history of average people being overlooked by certain members of the government. Their only opportunity to count was written into the Constitution by our founders who, despite their wealth in some cases, wanted this country to be governed by “the people”.
Over the years it has become so expensive to even run for office that only the very rich could hope to do so. Wealth can be made from business, but also from politics. But one has to ask “How do they become millionaires with a salary not representative of that figure?” The Clintons became excellent examples of this with the Clinton Foundation being used to raise millions of dollars for extravagant living and to give them the funds to be involved in politics. They were basically broke as a result of their personal efforts, but getting them into public office and running for President has changed all that. They are now part of the “ruling class”, and destined to run our lives, they thought.
They are all a part of the swamp that is imbedded into our government that runs it all, including the news media. But how can someone who generally cares about the average person ever have the resources to get into office and turn the situation around? Enter Donald Trump - a man with a reputation for effective negotiating skills, but he always had time and an ear for the average person. Truly he is an exceptional person. And what does he get for it? - absolute lies and attacks from the ruling class who see him as a threat to them. For this he takes no salary and has cut White House staff dramatically compared to his predecessor.
Why is he such a threat? Because he does care about the average person and owes nothing to the ruling class or the media. He believes that turning a person loose with economic opportunities will make this country better and his or her life better than it ever could be when run by the ruling class. The ruling class does not want this seen. The superiority of our system of individual freedom will outshine the socialist system promised by the progressives every time. When the average person sees his or her success without government intervention, the liberal philosophy of socialism will die a natural death as all people want to be free.
© Robert Harrison 2020
by Robert Harrison
Special to Potomac Tea Party
January 2020
Scrooge described them as “surplus population” in Charles Dickens’ 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. Later, Henry Potter described them as “rabble” in the Frank Capra movie It’s a Wonderful Life. In the 2016 campaign for President, Hillary Clinton refereed to them as the “deplorables”.
But the United States Constitution refers to them as “We the People”. Despite this, there is a long history of average people being overlooked by certain members of the government. Their only opportunity to count was written into the Constitution by our founders who, despite their wealth in some cases, wanted this country to be governed by “the people”.
Over the years it has become so expensive to even run for office that only the very rich could hope to do so. Wealth can be made from business, but also from politics. But one has to ask “How do they become millionaires with a salary not representative of that figure?” The Clintons became excellent examples of this with the Clinton Foundation being used to raise millions of dollars for extravagant living and to give them the funds to be involved in politics. They were basically broke as a result of their personal efforts, but getting them into public office and running for President has changed all that. They are now part of the “ruling class”, and destined to run our lives, they thought.
They are all a part of the swamp that is imbedded into our government that runs it all, including the news media. But how can someone who generally cares about the average person ever have the resources to get into office and turn the situation around? Enter Donald Trump - a man with a reputation for effective negotiating skills, but he always had time and an ear for the average person. Truly he is an exceptional person. And what does he get for it? - absolute lies and attacks from the ruling class who see him as a threat to them. For this he takes no salary and has cut White House staff dramatically compared to his predecessor.
Why is he such a threat? Because he does care about the average person and owes nothing to the ruling class or the media. He believes that turning a person loose with economic opportunities will make this country better and his or her life better than it ever could be when run by the ruling class. The ruling class does not want this seen. The superiority of our system of individual freedom will outshine the socialist system promised by the progressives every time. When the average person sees his or her success without government intervention, the liberal philosophy of socialism will die a natural death as all people want to be free.
© Robert Harrison 2020