Posted on 09/17/2023 4:28:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Desperate left-wing pols turn to old Soviet tactics to solve the problems they themselves created.
The Soviets successfully pulled off a number of dirty tricks which increased their power but impoverished their citizens. Among them was to stir up class warfare by politicizing envy. Thus, unsuccessful farmers were urged to demonize and even kill “kulaks” -- that is, any productive farmer in the area. Another trick was to fail to provide factories with sufficient raw materials to fulfill the overly optimistic state-set production quotas and then criminally prosecute factory managers who couldn’t meet these targets as "saboteurs.” It deflected from their own failures but unsurprisingly resulted in a shortage of qualified managers and engineers.
It’s disheartening to see the same tactics being used by unsuccessful politicians in North America, though you can easily see why they are desperate enough to try it.
In the first place, Democrats are losing public support. Taking the latest Reuters polling information, former President Trump is likely to be a clear winner in 2024, garnering 312 electoral votes to Biden’s 226.
Among the factors weighing heavily on public disaffection with Democratic governance is the downturn occasioned by their policies, which hamper production, raise prices, and allow widespread retail theft.
Robert Barnes has done the math: “Under #Trump, real median family household incomes rose 15% in just 3 years, the highest rate since after World War 2. Under #Biden, real median family household incomes fell 5% in just 3 years, the fastest rate of decline since the Great Depression.”
To be sure, the bien pensant big thinkers don’t see this as a problem. The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman offers up a defense – essentially, voters shouldn’t believe their lying eyes.
“The economic data have been just surreally good. Even optimists are just stunned,”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If Brandon had won the election I would say we deserved it. But...
Clarice ping
Brandon didn’t win the election and NOTHING was done about it.
Therefore not only do we deserve it, WE DESERVE IT GOOD AND HARD.
Maybe, just maybe by the next election the stories we hear about voters drifting away from Democrats is true. But rest assured, VOTER FRAUD will ensure Democrats have nothing to worry about.
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Oh, sure.
My wife and I went to a farm yesterday where I like to buy their Italian sausage subs, which used to cost $7.
$12 now.
And that is just one thing. It is everything.
Clarice Feldman bump, and including the link below to an article this thread’s readers might fight interesting:
https://themessenger.com/business/ten-red-flags-warning-of-a-looming-recession
“Economists have practically sounded the all-clear on a looming recession, but plenty of signs are still flashing red.
Clearly, economists were wrong earlier this year when they forecast an economic contraction that has yet to manifest. Could they be wrong now?
To be sure, economic growth, the labor market and consumer spending have proven unexpectedly resilient in the face of rising interest rates and elevated inflation. But there are still plenty of signs a recession might still be on its way.”
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