FOREWORD
Y ou start with a cage containing four monkeys and inside the cage you hang a banana on a string, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana. Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
You then spray all the monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray all the monkeys with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.
Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new monkey. The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs. To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original four monkeys, replacing it with a new monkey. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment - with enthusiasm - because he is now part of the team.
Then, replace a third original monkey with a new monkey, followed by the fourth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs.
Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. Having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water.
Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
Why, you ask? Because in their minds, that is the way it has always been!
This is how todays House and Senate operates, and this is why from time to time, all of the monkeys need to be replaced at the same time!
America will have to vote out the corrupt members of Congress. Congress will not vote in term limits because it affords them the ability to become wealthy in a profession where they do not have to do anything but smile and lie to their constituents every two or six years when it is voting time.
You cannot impeach a Senator or Representative because it would have to be done by their fellow members and they will not turn on their own. They rarely investigate their own unless the offense is so gross as to cause great public attention and even then they are forced to resign.
It is the Good Old Boys Club of which 435 Representatives and 100 Senators have become life members unless America does the same thing every election cycle as they did in 2016 and everyone goes to the polls and votes for new Senators and Representatives until Congress gets their houses cleaned out.
I
THE 2016 ELECTION
T hey [Democrats in Congress] believe in Communism. They believe and have called for a revolution. Youre going to have to shoot them in the head. But warning, they may shoot you.
Glenn Beck
Bar Stool Economics
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, thats what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. Since you are all such good customers, he said, Im going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybodys share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each mans bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
I only got a dollar out of the 20, declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, but he got $10!
Yeah, thats right, exclaimed the fifth man. I only saved a dollar, too. Its unfair that he got ten times more than I!
Thats true! shouted the seventh man. Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!
Wait a minute, yelled the first four men in unison. We didnt get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didnt show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didnt have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Georgia
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
I used to think I was just a regular person, but I was born white and whether I like it or not, that makes me a racist. I am a fiscal and moral conservative, and by todays standards, that makes me a fascist. I am heterosexual, which according to gay folks, that now makes me a homophobic. I am non-union, which makes me a traitor to the working class and an ally of big business. I am a Christian, so that labels me as an infidel. I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which makes me a member of the extensive gun lobby. I am older than 70, which makes me a bit less than I used to be. I think and I reason, therefore I doubt much that the main-stream media tells me, which I suppose must make me a reactionary. I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, which makes me a xenophobe. I thought I was just a patriot. I value my safety and that of my family and I appreciate the police and the legal system, which makes me a right-wing extremist. I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individuals merits, which in todays world makes me an anti-socialist. I believe in the defense and protection of our homeland for and by all citizens, which now makes me a militant.
