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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Uncle Sam Welcomes You To The Third World

Patrick Repper
Patrick Repper, former IT Consultant (1988-1997)
The good news. Trump is showing Europe, Canada, Australia and other allies that they no longer need us. In the long run, they will do better if they can cut as many ties to the United States as possible. What sane developed country wants to be dragged down by a country being ground into dust by the corporations who own its government?
A UN research team with experts on poverty came to the US and found that we have poverty on par with any third world right next door to developments with McMansions. Multiple universities from various countries have found that many states have less representative governments than third world countries - wherein the state houses are outright run by large local and multinational corporations. And thanks to gerrymandering created with computer programs to carve out safe districts for the GOP, even in a 50/50 state like NC they have a virtual lock on power.
All that was well under way before Trump showed up and with the help of the GOP rolled back banking regulations so that consumers have no protection and the economy will rinse and repeat the 2008 meltdown. On top of that the EPA now works for the petro-chemical industry so coal ash, fracking fluid, arsenic from mining run-off and horrifically leaking oil pipes (Koch Industries is the worst offender) is now making getting a clean glass of water out of the tap a nightmare. NOW add cuts to city infrastructure, cronies in state-houses etc (ie Detroit’s destroyed water system) and you are left with both rural and urban pollution nightmares piling up while funding for cleaning and regulation enforcement is disappearing.
Empires fall. They can do it with soft landings like the UK or they can collapse like Rome. Given the state of GOP strongholds like Kansas where public schools and safety nets have intentionally been gutted, roads are a sick joke and healthcare is fast becoming a crime against nature (Look up infant mortality as well as postpartum deaths of mothers in Red counties in the South)…why would any developed world want to rely on us for anything more than raw materials…same as any third world?
I was born into a country where one parent could work 40 hours, buy a house and a new car every few years and take a two week vacation to the beach every year. Today I live in a country where both parents work, many 2 or even 3 jobs and barely get by. Not to pay for expensive cell phones and cable TV..just to pay rent and put shoes on their kids feet. Looks like I’m going to die in a developing country.


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