We already have small government

Bill Moyers had a nice piece about the myth of meritocracy. Bill Maher had a short piece about the recent CPAC meetings and how, despite the cable news for and against conservatism, we are not a conservative nation. In 5 of the last 6 elections, the GOP has failed to win the popular vote. They haven't even straight up won a presidential election since Bush senior, way back in the 20th century. And if you pay any attention at all to politics and if you are female, black or Hispanic, you know they are not even close to being muy popular with the ladies and the brown people. Women alone are a little better than half the population. Conservatives should be laying coats down over puddles for ladies everywhere but, they do not. It turns out life- especially as we know it in America- doesn't work that way. There is no meritocracy.

The Bills are both right. We are not conservative and there is no meritocracy. The country is run by the 1% that holds 50% of the wealth. To a degree it always has been this way. Money has always ruled the world. But- in my view- since the moment they murdered Kennedy, we the people lost our tenuous  control of the government for good.

There is no way that the powers that be would roll the dice and turn the country over to one man (and/or his party) every 4 to 8 years. Really, if you think about it, would you? There's probably no need to murder me in my sleep here because I don't have the details or any Illuminati tales or name and addresses or any of the usual junk politics. I'm just going by what I know of human  nature and greed. Someone always has to be in charge, ALWAYS!

It's that simple. At work or at play, someone is going to try and run things. Someone else will try and take that power away from them. Rarely is the one in charge, in charge, because he is the bestest, smartest guy for the job. Nor does he represent anything near the majority of  the people. Politics is all about the Benjamins rather than the Benjamin of Franklin fame. You get control of the country and you keep it or someone will take it from you.

The best way to do this so far has been the American way. Yay US! We the people think we are running the show because we think we change leaders every 4-8 years because that's just the way we do things here in THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!

Well, it's smoke and mirrors and a dog and pony show. Not to pick on GW Bush but, he was appointed by the USSC for his first term and it only sorta/almost  was nearly close because his brother happened to be governor of Florida and voting there has often been more interesting than it should be. Then in '04, Ohio took it's turn sorta electing him with their own brand of shenanigans. My point is that, even though we actually do have a history of changing parties in the White House every 4 to 8 years by vote, no republican conservative has been popularly elected since 1988 and he only made it one term. That and Mitt Romney losing by some 5 million votes  in '12 tells me that we're not a conservative country.

But, do you know who is conservative? The 1%. I think they're tired of the illusion of democracy but, in a country with about as many guns as people, you just can't make the big changes over night. You have to ease people into things and make them think it's their idea. More importantly, you have to make them think it is a popular idea. This can be tough to do when you're pushing conservative agendas in a non-conservative nation.

Look what they're doing now SNAP and welfare programs. They're telling us that we don't want them. We don't want Social Security either. And not only do we not want the minimum wage raised, we don't want the minimum wage at all. It's not that we are cold and heartless. Fuck no- we're a Christian Nation and we're not communist and those things I mentioned are all communist and make people lazy and, we can't have that.

So, take away welfare and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Program and people either get jobs or they die. OK, they don't talk about that in polite company even on FOX but, do the math. They'll get jobs as long as the minimum stays the same or, better yet, is eliminated. When employers can afford to hire is when they do hire. Forget all that nonsense about supply and demand you might have learned in college. If employers have cash laying around from tax breaks and the price is right, they hire people to work, out of the goodness of their hearts. For example, up until 1861, black people in the south had full employment. Yes, you may call it slavery but, the largest concentration of wealth was in Vicksburg, Mississippi and not fancy-pants New York. What does that tell you?

I digress but it tells me that there was big money in slavery. While that peculiar institution is frowned upon these days, paying people next to nothing is as en vogue as ever. And, it's legal and getting more legal every day....