Just watch what is happening in France to understand what is going to happen in the U.S. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, sold himself as a radical democrat for the people, but he is governing like a monarchy. He has culled the ranks of local authorities, slashed local budgets, and replaced the housing tax that funds local government with a promise of a block grant.
French history teaches that when a monarch oppresses the people, the people revolt. France’s mayors gathered for a congress in Paris last week. They bristled at being labeled spendthrifts and set themselves in opposition to Macron. They will find allies in workers’ unions and the media, since Macron hasn’t held press conference since his inauguration.
This is just some of the things that are happening in the U.S. Our people were promised things by our new occupant of the White House is now acting like a monarch. A lot of the people who voted for him are starting to see just what they really voted for and it was not job creation or rebuilding our infrastructure or draining the swamp or making America great again or the many, many other lies he has promised. His promises were about gaining power and ensuring he and his rich “friends” (who aren’t so much friends as they are people he is indebted to) profit from his tenure in politics at the people’s expense.
The inequality of the people, which breeds homelessness, substance abuse, no healthcare, pensions and the threats to our Social Security and Medicare, raising retirement to age seventy, and taking tips away from wait staff so owners can decide how they are distributed. We are heading into a revolt. We are just waiting for the right person or persons, and the right tipping point. Will it be France or the U.S. who will revolt first?
The tipping point here could be the scam of a tax plan and the attack on unions. But, can we still hit the streets without going to jail? There smells like a ploy is underway. Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., brought charges against inaugural protesters, claiming these protesters were violent and destroyed property; however, they had little or no proof these particular protesters did the violence or destruction. The jury acquitted six of the protesters, but 188 are still to be tried. What smells back is that, given this administration, antagonizers can infiltrate the peaceful protests and do damage that the others will pay for and ultimately scare people away from protests, and against stifling descent.
We have an election in two months, where the hell are the building Trade Unions? Members and organizers should be touting their wages, benefits and seeking out new members and union shops. So far, I’m only hearing crickets. While the Trade Unions sit back, the UAW have been striking and winning big benefits for their members. Then there is the Teamsters, who have taken on the Holy Grail—Amazon, the corporation. Again, just crickets from the Trade Unions. Then there is the Minnesota State model—-we can win more together than we can on our own. So why are all unions not working together? Why are all unions not talking with each other? There are two months left until the election—an election that could conceivably be the death null of unions. If we lose this election to the GOP, Trump and Project 2025, our unions will be destroyed and we’ll be back to the days of trying to make ends meet as the GOP will cut our wages, benefits will be eliminated and there will be nothing we can do abou...
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