shits and giggles

 

I am privileged to not have the

luxury of giving a shit what people

think of me, so I can say what makes

sense to me, rather than what I think

they want to hear.

 

 

 

We so often hear the US is the richest

country in the world – but how is that

richness reflected?

We also hear that in the richest

country in the world children go hungry,

the sick go homeless, people suffer

desperate lives of deprivation.

Our sorry little sin is that the land of

freedom and democracy is a clear

oligarchy where the vast wealth is

the power of a private few who use it

to oppress and rule, cruelly.

 

 

 

Always thinking the worst of you.

Expecting you to think the best of me.

Telling ourselves they – big, bad they --

are monstrous instead of knowing you

are just another guy, trying to get by,

never knowing the rules any better

than me, laughing and faking while

hoping no you will see and use my

weakness to defeat me.

 

 

 

People made it.

People can change it.

It’s not a matter of can, but will.

 

 

 

organize with local businesses and leaders

to create the goods and services people want

meanwhile offer direct subsidies to consumers

for basic needs like food and fuel, paid for by

a tax on "windfall" profits

 

 

 

people are saying: let's have some

commonsense rules so so many people

don't stupidly die

you say: they're coming for our guns

 -- SHOOT them dead!

 

 

 

 

I don't want all student debt "canceled"

because a contract ought to mean something

I do want free state education through the

graduate level so no one needs to go into

debt to get an education.

I want policies whereby debt is forgiven for

doing designated deemed important work.

I want renegotiation of debt and a lowering

of interest rates.

I want bankruptcy protection for people who

have no way of paying these debts.

I want financial education and a requirement

that a person going into debt has a clear

understanding of exactly what they are getting

themselves into and how to avoid it.

I want a savings bond issued to every US born

infant sufficient to pay for a first class education

or start a potentially successful business or buy

remunerative property.

 

 

 

6/18-23/22