Love of country has been replaced by worship of money for too many in government

Editor:

For over 120 years, economists and sociologists have predicted that an era of accelerating income inequality would lead to something termed a “post capitalist collapse.” Due to massive turnout by voters (who voted out the entire hierarchy of politicians who supported elites and outdated economics) the Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal led to policies that addressed the inequality then.

Those changes led to unparalleled decades of prosperity. There was greater opportunity provided for all. The rub (which resulted in decades of gorilla politics financed by the greedy) was that the greedy did not get ultra rich as fast.

Meanwhile government printing presses covered a lot of the tax shortfalls by printing money. Problems, caused by lack of money for job creation, training, education, infrastructure, health care (needed to cut the high death rate in rural areas), were blamed on big government which could not spend enough to meet real people’s real needs.

The worship of money and downright meanness now pervades every level of government and includes many on our Supreme Court. People who should know better glorify illegal illogic when it benefits them or their buddies.

This is the 4th of July – a day to express love for our country. But love for our country is not the same as meanness, distain of other human beings, or policies which really enrich only a few.

Love for our country is a collective expression or it dissembles into the selfish chaos we are experiencing as the long predicted post-capitalist era arrived and now accelerates.

On this 4th of July we must all, as Patriots, rededicate ourselves to massive voter involvement. All levels of government must be run by brave people dedicated to: factual accuracy and consistent, one person, one vote, and ensuring all have the opportunity to go as far in life as both their talent and their will can take them.

God bless our Country and let us work to ensure the voter turnout to bring in a New New Deal. A New Deal which once again will  take us back to our core principles.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion