First the economy is up and sputtering, but the stock market still finds a way to make the rich richer, even with the downturns. Remember the concept of balancing the needs of the many with the needs of the few. Yea, been awhile.
So if we open the economy up full speed, and say let the virus do what the virus do. Who pays for all the needless death? Seriously if people are going to die and yes some are older, but some aren’t, why should the families of these people being left out in the cold be left hanging with large medical bills to be added onto the expense of funerals etc? For profit hospitals are going to want theirs because hey, the economy is open and they want to make money too.
So barring the news articles that have extreme individual examples of medical bills, many families will see their inheritance that maybe they would be waiting another few years or for the younger deaths, no inheritance yet, be swallowed whole by the last medical bills. Three weeks in ICU ain’t cheap, but God forbid our lovely Governors cannot figure out a way to help people in need. Nope, need to make money, but will any of the money being made off the sacrifices of the people who died needlessly go back to the families that will need it most? The rich will get theirs, the poor will still suffer, the middle and working class will be lied to again and again and now these same families will have to find ways to live off the land because Mom’s little trust just got eaten up by the predators as she died. Yes, the economy is open and nothing has changed for the better.
Or maybe we need a wealth tax to pay for the death tax.
As you know I do not step at all into controversial waters so I make this next comment with a bit of trepidation, yet why not.
What happens after the protests? Outside of unfortunately many of them being sick with COVID19, what are the next steps to turn their momentum into tangible action.
Well the first thing they need to do is get the solutions out of the hands of the Democrats and Republicans and D.C.
Or maybe they should use the same system that has been keeping them down to build their own stock in the process. What is DC well known for besides monuments? Lobbyists of course. And what feeds lobbyists? Money.
How about some group of people form a non profit to sell the artwork that has been created by these protests in t-shirts and banners and whatever other merchandise they create and use this money to fund a PAC or Lobbying group and create their own legislation like the current lobbyists do?
As always once the money comes in the corruption begins, so hopefully they can build a very strong board of community and business leaders for this non-profit, make it very transparent, but very active in lobbying Congress.
Yet, having the money allows them the access to the very same power brokers who will take advantage of them, because...why... they don’t have money. On a side note, I would love to hear the conversations around some members of Congress when they realize the lobbyist knocking at their door is actually someone buying access to constructively change police reform and implement other reforms. Confusion, consternation, denial are expressions you might see. Yet in the big picture if you add this process to strong get out the vote campaigns, registering voters, and of course voting for new leadership then you might actually start to see change.
The protesters do need to vote, but they need more. They need the resources and the leaders to take this energy to Washington and actually write the laws like the current lobbyists do to protect the wealthy and their money. You do not get a tear down of EPA regulations because some Congressperson passed gas, no you get it because people are in DC spending money to get those regulations torn down. So lets use this energy to create a system that puts money alongside the votes to make real change and maybe build something back up for a change.
In the long run we should outlaw lobbyists, since they are counter productive to the greater good, but until then, lets use them for the greater good.
Cheers
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