First, I think the term
undocumented is pathetic. I cannot think
of any descriptive word worse than the cursed terms Democrat, Republican, or
Congress, except undocumented worker.
Maybe we should say the "underground" since they are part of
the underground economy in America
So far, the underground
are the only winners in the election as they forced the president's hand after
his six years of broken promises. In
terms of numerical impact, the GOP were big winners and the Democrats big
losers. Contrary to press reports, that
is pretty much what happens every midterm election, the party holding the
presidency loses and the minority party wins.
Still, my instinct tells
me neither the Republicans nor the Democrats won because it was the
Independents, the forgotten Americans, who brought the GOP to power. There was no interest in the election by
Democrats, and enough by Republicans to assure that only about 25% of all
eligible voters actually voted. So I
guess that makes apathy the big winner.
I watched the returns even
though long ago I had predicted a GOP tidal wave, and was stunned when I kept
hearing how state after state saw major reductions in voting by both Democrats
and Republicans, but up to a 40% increase in Independent voting.
Other obvious losers were
Harry Reid, the war on women nonsense, the Kill the Koch Brothers campaign, liberal
media, peaceniks, big brother advocates, and Democratic National Committee
leader U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida
Winners were much harder
to find but did include those wanting bigger and better wars, the arms
industry, bankers, Wall Street, oil dudes, rich people, and the many GOP
candidates for president in 2016.
One group that always wins
come election time is the news media who benefited from $3 billion dollars
being pumped into the political campaigns.
If congress had the guts to ban paid political commercials for everyone
and made the network television, cable, and radio outlets give all candidates
free commercials, very few I might add, the media would finally lose out on the
big bucks but until then the newest groups of fat cats are the media.
As for the short term
future, it does not matter if the Democrats and Republicans get along because
in the end there is little difference between the way they govern. We can only hope the country survives long
enough for the growing Independents to throw them all out of office.
Once congress is forced to
adopt an Ethics Law that actually works bureaucrats and politicians will be
lined up awaiting criminal indictments.
Tax reform is needed, both
personal and corporate, but trusting those to fix it that now have us $17.5
trillion in debt while the private sector and stock market have record profits
seems a little counter-productive.
Maybe the key to the
future is to remember the past and as the founding father of America
.
