Comments by "Henry TheGreatAmerican" (@henrythegreatamerican8136) on "FRONTLINE PBS | Official" channel.

The main problem is the media tries to play "both sides" as equal when it's obvious the republicans (and some corporate democrats) want to keep funneling every global asset into the hands of the ruling class. The debt issues brought on by the FEDERAL RESERVE and endless tax breaks is the top issue. That doesn't mean everything else is insignificant. It just means the overall direction of the country and entire globe won't change until it's fixed. Are immigration and abortion important issues? Yep, but are they the main problem that if fixed will change the fundamental issue I discussed? Nope, not even close. So stop voting on them as a top issue. All the money from the tax breaks and FEDERAL RESERVE printed money ended up in the hands of a few elites. They used that money to buy up everything in sight. Asset prices for things like healthcare, energy, education, housing, agriculture, etc... quickly inflated in price beyond what average American's could afford. American's and the entire country started going in debt to pay for these things owned and controlled by those elites. These elites are taking it to the global stage. Countries across the globe are falling into debt because their assets are now owned by these same elites. And any time a country wants to fight back to control their assets (Venezuela, Cuba, etc...) they are labeled an axis of evil or some kind of terrorist. And as much as republican voters don't want to hear it, that top issue was brought on by Reagan revolution. That's where the term "trickle down economics" came from and it's the reason every right wing talk show pretends to admire him as a hero. Their supreme court judge picks are the ones who support money in politics because it's now considered free speech. And these same supreme court judges gave human rights to corporations. And now comes the fun part. Trump is doubling down on all of this and wants to further double down on it yet again with more tax cuts while he demands the FEDERAL RESERVE continue lowering interest rates. I don't care who you vote for, but any politician not addressing this will not fix the problem until another major recession or depression forces them too. Is that what you want?
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Time to hold the "major" shareholders in these companies accountable for demanding extreme profits at the expense of everything else.
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I think my co-workers quote pretty much sums up the problem with republican voters. He said something along the lines of, "I don't agree with everything Trump is doing, but he is a true patriot that loves America." I could not keep a straight face and started laughing really loud. I could tell he was getting angry. But seriously.... Trump had a history of cheating and immorality long before becoming president yet republican voters refuse to acknowledge any of it. He cheated his wife. He cheated military service with his rich privileged father buying a fake bone spur diagnoses He cheated his taxes. He cheated his tenants. He cheated his charities. He cheated his college students at Trump University. He cheated his contractors who worked for him. He cheated the stock market with insider trading. And what's really scary is I didn't even mention all the cheats while president. The only reason republicans vote for him is his calculated religious stance..... basically he is letting the religious zealots have their way.
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I wonder how many of these thousands of posts are from bots
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The great divide is simply the educated versus the uneducated deplorables who think religion is the only education needed. Obama was a fool thinking he could compromise with those deplorables. I bet if he could do it all over again he'd show them what an angry black man with power could really do. Unfortunately he will go down in history as Bill Clinton 2.0 without the sex scandal. And to all the angry buffoons out there, please educate yourself on financing and the money supply. Simply balancing a household checkbook doesn't make you an expert on banking and money supply. Learn how money is created and where it is truly being spent frivolously. Hint hint hint.... it has nothing to do with lazy welfare queens and immigrants. And if you are too lazy to educate yourself on that, THEN STOP VOTING. You are the problem.
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^^^ People like that are the problem. Assuming it's not a bot.
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@danerichards4582 How in god's name is the economy better? Healthcare is still unaffordable. Housing prices/rents are still sucking up 30 to 50% of monthly paychecks. School loan debt continues increasing. The only thing that changed is even more money is being transferred into the asset hording class thanks to low interest rate FEDERAL RESERVE printed money and untargeted tax cuts. An economy can't function when all the money continues accumulating in fewer hands. And they use that money to buy up everything average folks need to make a living resulting in higher prices for those assets and endless debt to pay for it. That's the economy Reagan brought us. Daddy bush called it VOODOO ECONOMICS back in the day. Trump simply doubled down on it.
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Obama's biggest mistake was thinking he could compromise with big money republican politicians
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People are missing how all this easy money is the main driver of inflation. What do you honestly think these large corporations and private equity firms do with all these tax breaks and historically low interest rates? Oh that's right.... they are creating all sorts of wonderful jobs and making America great!!! *laughs* Seriously, dumb voters tune into the corporate media who blame Biden and whoever else is currently in power. The truth is, no administration has truly dealt with this issue because they are all milking it to their advantage while they blame the other side. Meanwhile, the rest of us are subsidizing the extravagant lifestyles of these thieves claiming to look out for us. And politicians like Desantis in Florida are praised by a large majority of voters for going after WOKE culture. Really? REALLY? Woke culture can go away tomorrow and these Desantis politicians will find someone or something else to blame other than themselves. I don't remember the exact quote, but it goes something like this. "The people in power managed to convince a large portion of voters that the people without power are the problem."
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The cycle of theft continues. 1. FED keeps interest rates low so big financial institutions can borrow really cheap money to maintain liquidity in the market. Tax breaks also play a role in this. 2. The financial institutions use these low interest rates and tax breaks to buy up all our assets which eventually causes inflation. 3. The FED raises interest rates to bring asset prices down again. Whichever high priced assets aren't sold, the FED buys up at those high prices. And when the FED stops buying and the prices begin to drop super low, the FED starts to sell those assets back to the elites which will eventually increase the price of those assets again. That's a very simplified view of the process, but think about it for a minute. The elites need the assets prices to endlessly go up and down to make tons of money, and when things get a bit out of control in either direction, the FED steps in to make them whole again. And when the FED makes them whole again, the money is coming out of OUR POCKETS. Yes, we are paying for these guys to manipulate the markets for money. But they managed to convince many of us all that money is being used to make our lives better.... to create all sorts of wonderful high paying jobs. Simply passing out printed money and increasing interest rates to pull the money back in does not create jobs. It creates phony wealth at our expense. That's where the phrase 'asset bubble' comes into play.
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We need more tax breaks and more super low FED interest rates to help these great american patriot job creators create more wonderful high paying jobs with great healthcare benefits!!!! ** rolls eyes** As lame as that was, there are still millions who buy into that propaganda.
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And what is the FEDS role in it? They are the ones who purposefully try to create a market where prices constantly fluctuate up and down. The elites can't make as much money in a stable market. They need those price fluctuations to be able to shift their money around for the greatest profit. Meanwhile the rest of us get stuck with the bill when things don't go perfectly. That's the current form of american capitalism in a nutshell. We financialized the economy for wealth creation a few elites benefit from rather than create better products.
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