Turbulent Times

The turbulent times of today require an understanding of how societies rebound from all the disingenuous policies that leaders of nations impose upon their nations. The falsehood that the US is the richest nation in the world is just that. Sure, we have some of the wealthiest individuals sheltering in America. But the majority of Americans are not monetarily wealthy.

A rich nation is defined not by monetarily wealth. It is defined by the health, happiness, abundance of fresh food, water, proper sanitation, housing, clothing and in general a quality of life free from want, worry, and fear. The wealth of a nation is also defined by having the majority of the population being able to fulfill the Williams Theory of Economic Evolution. This is where populations have enough disposable incomes to spend, pay down debt, invest and save 10% yearly. That defines a nation's wealth.

The United States is nowhere near being considered the wealthiest nation in the world, We inadvertently succumbed to a much-lowered standard where the hording of monetary wealth has displaced generosity for the common good. We now have a government use monetary wealth to oppress instead of uplifting the public.

We have to remember that poverty is a failure of society. And it is quite evident here in the United States today. No longer are we considered a benevolent society. The rise in homelessness, lack of affordable shelter, food and the overall cost of living is a sign of how far we have failed as a nation. Instead of using the monetary wealth that so few possess to actually warm the hearts of those millions whose lives languish in servitude they in turn are a constant reminder of what Charles Dickens was conveying in A Christmas Corol.

Humanity, humility, compassion and generosity all are the business of mankind. Too many leaders, nations and societies have all lost sight of what is right and just for all. Our Founding Fathers when they put forth the Declaration of Independence and the Original Constitution understood the concept of liberty, justice, morality, and education in those very important documents. Sadly, the erosion is almost complete by the greed and lack of character of those who continue to garnish more power, control and wealth. Turbulent times are surely ahead.

In retrospect though having lived from the years of Truman through the Biden Presidency now many wonder if they too will survive another Trump Presidency. Just recently there was a profile of Trump dressed like Napoleon Goose stepping his way across the globe. True to form following his most recent tyrannical rantings.

Questions keep surfacing over tis past election that propelled another disaster to unfold namely a Trump return to the White House. Was the Haris campaign so inept or was the public so blind that they couldn't see the forest through the trees as they say? Now all America must face the fact we were deluded into accepting the falsehoods of what really has been the actual rebound from the first Trump Presidency.

Many of our frustrations with our government can be traced back to the late 1960's. The cynicism of government with the background of the Viet-Nam era was more than justified by the public's condemnation of our continued involvement. We have to remember that our actions in South-East Asia did nothing to improve the quality of life for millions of Americans. All our involvement did was waste billions of taxpayers' dollars and destroy thousands of lives.

Ever since the end of LBJ's last term in office our government has had really no vested interest carrying through the programs that JFK and then LBJ initiated. And right now, with Trump and his henchmen cabinet taking over we can again conclude turbulent times are surely ahead,