Big, Beautiful, Bunker-Buster Bomb and the Billionaire Bonanza Bill

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All problems have their roots in greed. Greed is one of the "Thee Poisons" in Buddhism. One can see how these poisons fill the rich and powerful, and how they use them to manipulate others.

• Craving (more, more, more)
• Aversion, Ill-Will, Hatred (Bomb, baby, Bomb!)
• Delusion, Ignorance, Confusion

There's a short discussion here:
https://oneminddharma.com/three-unwholesome-roots/

MORE.
I am including a reply I made this morning.
Life calls, and copy and paste to the rescue.

The administration's goal is domestic terror, not law enforcement.
They arrest without warrant.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20413271
The ad

shows this powerfully.

Trump is Elmer FUD.


Techies know FUD as Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.

He and his co-conspirators both locally and global in death and destruction must go down to defeat, and go down together, they will.



The point is that EVERYTHING Trump and the GOP put forward is a distraction from the cause of problems in the U.S. and the entire world. It is the insane concentration of wealth.

And their distraction is primarily racism and fear of minorities, projecting their own emptiness, fears, weaknesses and failures.



It works not only on rednecks, but on so-called "upscale" people.

The source of the Elmer Fudd graphic points out:
https://jamesstrauss.com/elmer-fudd/

My neighbor ... who is in the investment business, was walking his dog near my house yesterday afternoon between snow falls. I stopped to idle for a bit next to him while he waited. He had some things to say about Donald Trump. He’s very enthusiastic. And it was mostly about race but race was not openly discussed. It was about how the denser populations (blacks) in downtown Milwaukee and Chicago all have free cell phones paid for by the government. Those will now have to be turned in for alarm clocks because these people are finally going to have to work. The problems with America have all risen from parts of the population not working and living off those who do work.

Point Number 1 of business, overarching capitalism, is that business people make money through the labor of others. (2) And they demean that labor, and devalue it, when it is the foundation of the economy and a source of stability. Have you noticed the "stability" lately?

Rather than fill this page with words, I refer you to Oxfam's discussion of this matter.

https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/economic-justice/extreme-inequality-and-poverty/

Their report "Takers, not Makers" PDF
https://webassets.oxfamamerica.org/media/documents/Takers_Not_Makers_CbN1QBy.pdf

And now, we have the Feather Merchant (1) of Venice sticking his ugly mug in our faces. At least, it's not his tallywacker. 🍌 Pictured as "The Doge"



WHO is beating the drum on this point? I count Bernie and AOC busting ass all over the country to show up the REAL cause of woes.

Bernie sent this email, and it's to the point.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/13243041

People attending rallies in huge numbers are saying
YES to raising the minimum wage,
YES to expanding Social Security,
YES to guaranteeing health care as a human right,
YES to cutting the cost of prescription drugs,
YES to paid family and medical leave,
YES to equal pay for equal work,
YES to more affordable housing,
YES to making childcare and higher education affordable to all,
YES to taking on the existential threat of climate change.

And most importantly they are saying
YES to a government and an economy that works for all of us and not just the billionaire class and the Oligarchs.

(1) Feather Merchant
During the early days of the US Army, perhaps as early as the Revolutionary War, it was used to describe unscrupulous merchants (perhaps precursors of Haliburton) who would include rocks and other heavy objects to add weight to the feathers sold to the government that were used for soldiers' pillows, mattresses and such, so to increase the contractors profits.
Source: https://www.answers.com/english-language-arts/What_does_feather_merchant_mean

(2) The other biggie is speculation, lately fueled by the "tulip bulb" crypto craze.