John Boehner is acting true to form. He is faithfully serving the wishes of his constituents. His constituents? The lobbyists on K St. who lobby on behalf of Wall Street. These constituents have no interest in matters of principle they are interested in issues of profit.
They are interested in open borders to depress wages and increase profits; They are interested in trading American jobs for cheap imports to sell at a profit; They are not in favor of free markets but favor the profits to be associated with crony capitalism; They are not interested in reforming regulations for all but favor building barriers of entry to protect their profits; they are not interested in the culture war they are interested in profits.
So John Boehner considers the issue of the Confederate flag and asks, what do my constituents want? They want the music to play on. Who will fund our campaign coffers if we resist the mob on the Confederate flag? Virtually no one. What will our constituents say when the media denounces me as a racist? They will regard me to be radioactive and seek another mouthpiece in the House of Representatives. What's in it for me to act on principle? Nothing.
