Politicians love to play the game of redefining reality when reality doesn’t conform to their expectations.
Democrats want big government, lots of spending and taxation. The former is what we are currently paying for in inflation. So the new strategy of Democrats, spending and taxes to reduce inflation.
We now have the Senate moving legislation with a price tag of $433 billion in new spending and $327 billion in new taxes, and it’s called the Inflation Reduction Act.
It’s like McDonald’s serving up a new Big Mac with more beef, more cheese and more sauce, and calling it the Weight Watchers Special.
Our president, Congress and Congress are in crisis. We get word games from them.
Two consecutive quarters of economic contraction is a common definition of recession.
The Commerce Department has just reported that the U.S. Economy contracted 0.9% in the Second Quarter. This follows a contraction that was 1.6% in the previous quarter.
Recession?
Our president said no. Our Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, who apologized recently for being wrong last year, denying that inflation was on its way, held what the press called a “rare stand-alone news conference” at the Treasury Department, to assure us we are not in a recession.
It’s reminiscent of comedian Groucho Marx, who quipped, “Who are you going to believe—me or your own eyes?”
Similar to the House’s passing of the Respect for Marriage Act (now in the Senate),
The Respect for Marriage Act would codify federal law the legality for same sex marriage.
This is in response a note by Supreme Court associate Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurrent decision in the recent Dobbs case overturning Roe V. Wade. He suggested that the Obergefell judgment, in which court legalized same-sex marital in 2015, should now be reviewed.
Why is this the Respect for Marriage Act instead of the Redefine Marriage Act?
It’s simply more of the Washington word-game culture, which we now see in government spending and taxing suddenly being about reducing inflation, and consecutive quarters of economic contraction not necessarily being about recession.
This legislation could be called the Redefine Marriage Act, which is a slap on the face. It’s something that Washington has never seen before.
Respect for Marriage Act is an important name for advocates of same-sex marital union. This implies that for the few thousand year period in which no one has ever questioned that marriage is between men and women, we have disrespected marriage.
We now understand that marriage is a vow between two individuals of the same sex. This is why we respect this sacred institution.
According to a New York Times poll, only 13% of Americans are satisfied with the current state of affairs in America.
It’s not such a great surprise. Why are Americans so dissatisfied with their lives?
Billy Joel had a hit song years ago called “Honesty.”
“Honesty is such a lonely word / Everyone is so untrue / Honesty is hardly ever heard / And mostly what I need from you.”
As we move into elections during these chaotic times, we might recall the words of one of the nation’s founders, Thomas Paine, who observed, “We have it within our power to begin the world over again.”
Those who aspire for political office and power might consider that many among the 87% who are not happy with our country today and where they see it headed, know that truths exist—truths upon which a great nation was built—and despair how they have disappeared in our public life.
Leaders who are honest with themselves, no matter how difficult it may be, will awaken many souls in our country who long for better days.
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