What is wrong?

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18. What Is Wrong Answers - Right Wing, Corporatist, Oligarch Point Of View

With saying that we need to cut the bloated defense budget in half? Congress just passed a defense budget of about $632 billion dollars. I don't think that includes satellite reconnaissance, CIA, or intelligence gathering, or other black book projects? Do we really need every military weapon that can be imagined? Could we not cut the budget in half and still have a strong, reliable defense?

- Defense Department expenses are necessary to protect the Empire abroad. That is to keep corporations safe from the local rif-raff and competition. These expenses have nothing to do with Democracy.

What is wrong with saying that our people should not go hungry and that they should have jobs that pay a decent wage?

- Having people go hungry keeps people dependent and living in a state of fear. Fearful and dependent people are more docile, controllable and manipulatable.

What is wrong with saying that income inequality is immoral and needs to be addressed? What is wrong with saying that the wealthy need to pay more in taxes? But, they need to do more than just talk about it, they need to do it.

- The wealthy have no intentions of paying more given that their interests are being protected by the external Defense Department and internal Law Enforcement.

What is wrong with holding corporate criminals responsible?

- The Oligarchs rely on the corporations as part of the controlling mechanism to keep people in line. Thus, any criminality is overlooked as a necessary operating expense.

What is wrong with making Social Security stronger, rather than talking about putting it on the table to negotiate, so that the wealthy do not have to pay more in taxes?

- Making Social Security stronger would undermine the control mechanisms that rely on fear.

What is wrong with having different ideas than the Republican Party?

- The Oligarchs, Corporations and Banks own and control the politicians that own and control us. The Republican Party is the control mechanism in politics for the owners of America.

Why does no one talk about taking money out of politics?? Is it because everyone now in office is there because of secret contributions and special interest money, and not the ideas they bring to help the people?

- Money in politics is the grease that keeps the machine running in support of the Oligarchs, Corporations and Banks. How else can the owners get the minions to do their bidding all the while knowing the consequences.

Is this really "populism" or is it just common sense?

- The relationship between cause and effect is observable i.e. common sense. Changing the paradigm requires Courage versus common sense.