Every month we devote posts to just general political class insanity that is running rampant through the country. The members of the American political class continue to show that they are incapable of operating any level of government in this country.
Even their best efforts are almost always inefficient and ineffective at resolving any problem facing Americans. They spend a great amount of time not trying to improve the lives of their citizens but continually ensuring their reelection and enriching themselves, their families, and their friends in the process, all at taxpayer expense.
1)Liberals and Democrats in this country have long had a hatred for the Second Amendment and have tried all types of ways to restrict Americans’ ability to protect themselves using the Second Amendment for that purpose. But the politicians in Wyoming have finally realized that the liberal way of thinking, as it applies to so-called “gun free” zones, is more fatal than liberals think they are:
Simply stated, a gun free zone makes it illegal to carry a gun within the confines of a gun free zone be it a school, a public venue, etc.
The faulty reasoning is that making it illegal to carry a gun inside these zones would make a criminal, or crazed gunman, stop and not carry out their intentions since it would be illegal.
But in reality, if someone is crazy enough to want to shoot and kill people,, a law is not going to stop them, they are criminals by definition the law does not inhibit them.
And in reality, a crazed gunman is more likely to seek out gun free zones since they know that law abiding citizens will not want to break the law and will be unarmed and defenseless.
In fact, research by the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that 82% of mass shootings between 1998 and 2023 occurred in gun free zones.
As a result, the political class in Wyoming has finally come to its senses and will soon pass legislation that bans gun free zones with a few exceptions (hospitals, mental health clinics, jails).
It is a common sense and rational decision that will hopefully make potential mass shooters think twice before carrying out their evil plans since they are now more likely to themselves get killed by Wyoming citizens using their restored Second Amendment rights in the state.
2)The American political class no longer cares about the good of the country for the most part, they are more concerned about their continued self enrichment by being in office and bashing their opponents, never debating the issues and the need to fix what ails the country. They continue to divide the country along economic, racial, and political affiliation lines in order to satisfy their greed and lust for power,
As a result they have Americans fighting among themselves while the real culprits are the politicians that make sure they keep us angry and divided. It is a brilliant move on their part, but makes sure that we never come together to resolve the major issues facing the country with plans to fix those issues.
The end result of their divisive rhetoric and actions result in the following sad reality in this country:
According to the latest annual “World Happiness Report,” the United States fell down 8 spots and is now rated as the 23rd most happy country in the world, an all-time low.
People in Finland are the happiest folks for the seventh year in a row.
This is the first time that the U.S. was not in the top 20 as far as happiness.
A lot of the unhappiness is driven by those under 30 years of age in this country: “In the US, happiness or subjective wellbeing has decreased in all age groups, but especially for young adults,” Gallup managing director Ilana Ron Levey told CBS News in an emailed statement, adding that social connections are one key factor contributing to these generational disparities in happiness. “The World Happiness Report and the Gallup/Meta social connectedness data show peak loneliness for younger Americans. It’s widely recognized that social support and feelings of loneliness are influential factors in determining overall happiness, and these dynamics differ across various age groups.”
Afghanistan was the most unhappy place in the world.
Even Israel, a country constantly under attack and criticism ranked 5th happiest.
As politicians continue to harp on the negatives and set citizen against citizen we will all probably continue to be unhappy living in a country of hate and pettiness, a country that is severely divided by those that should be uniting us for common goals.
3)As politicians across the country at all levels of government continue to lavish billions of dollars on illegal immigrants to take care of their food, shelter, and medical needs, hundreds of thousands of American citizens have their needs unmet:
Over 2,000 homeless people, likely mostly American citizens, died in Los Angeles in 2023, a 300% increase from 2014.
According to a report by the Guardian newspaper, “Bodies have been found in “tents, encampments, vehicles, parks, alleys, vacant lots, underpasses, bus stops and train stations.”
The over 2,000 deaths in 2023 brings the grand total of homeless deaths in the past ten years to 11,572.
For various reasons, the Guardian report asserts that the 2,000 is probably an undercount.
The LA department of health estimates that almost 60% of these homeless deaths were “accidental,” another word for drug overdose: “The data shows a dramatic increase in fentanyl-related deaths over time, with 30 cases listing the powerful opioid as the cause of death in 2018; 255 in 2020; and 633 in 2022,” the Guardian reported.
Yes, Americans are suffering from hunger, lack of shelter and lack of medical attention including drug addiction treatment. And yet, politicians continue to spend and waste our tax dollars on foreign aid, foreign wars, self enrichment and the gentle and generous caring of millions of illegal immigrants while American citizens continue to suffer.
4)Even to the causal observer, it has to be obvious that American politicians have virtually no economic sense of understanding basic economic principles. Examples of their ignorance are far too numerous to go into today but consider just another example of their ignorance when it comes to pretty simple economic realities:
Rather than let the market drive customer preferences, the Minneapolis city council recently flexed their economic ignorance and ordered the ride sharing companies, Lyft and Uber, to increase their compensation to their drivers via recent legislation.
That legislation ordered the companies to pay their drivers $1.40 per mile and $.51 per minute or at least $5.00 per trip.
Their intent was to try and get the average compensation of their drivers up to the city minimum wage of $15.57 an hour, up from the average of $13,64 per hour.
As a result of this economic meddling, both companies have decided to stop operating in the city because of the ignorance of the politicians and the dire economic onus the politicians imposed.
Lyft will shut down city operations on May 1st and Uber will do the same at about the same time including stopping all airport runs.
Again, rather than let individuals and the market to set prices, the politicians inserted themselves into the process and as a result:
City citizens will now have two fewer options to get around.
With fewer options, no Uber and Lyft, there will be less competition which means cab companies can now increase their fares making it more expensive to get around.
The Lyft and Uber drivers, who were perfectly content with the existing monetary arrangement, now are out of jobs, i.e. “The good news is your pay went up, the bad news is your job disappeared.”
So as a result of their economic ignorance, their citizens will pay more for transportation, the unemployment rate will go up in the city, and it will be more inconvenient for city citizens to get around, strike one, strike two, strike three. What was a perfectly functioning economic arrangement between buyers and sellers got destroyed.
Council Member Jamal Osman perfectly summarized his economic ignorance when he stated, "Drivers are human beings with families, and they deserve dignified minimum wages like all other workers." And now those drivers/human beings/family breadwinners are soon to be unemployed despite Osman’s lofty goals.
The mayor of the city actually tried to prevent this economic disaster by initially vetoing the legislation, showing at least some degree of understanding basic economics. But the city council overrode his veto to the dismay of many. Ignorance is bliss…and economically dangerous.
Enough insanity for today: economic ignorance in Minneapolis, homeless death rate continues to rise, Americans are very unhappy, and finally, a little bit of common sense relative to the Second Amendment in Wyoming.
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