History Looks Back

Toward the latter part of spring in 2023, people hovered around their smart devices trying to ascertain the progress of Congressional debt talks. President Biden had cut short his G-7 meeting to broker an end to the process but many observers thought Biden had procrastinated for months. His counterpart, Speaker Kevin McCarthy was no better. Each represented divergent priorities for the national budget, all of which impinged on the debt ceiling being raised.

At one point the budget had been balanced when President George W Bush was elected president in 2000. But Republican led wars in  Afghanistan and Iraq raised the budget and national debt substantially. Then came the pandemic which cost America 16 trillions of dollars or 90% of the national GDP. (JAMA network, October 12, 2020)

During the 1929 Great Crash of the Stock Market men had flung themselves from buildings or shot themselves. It was that time no American ever wanted to repeat. Buy, in 2023. with no new debt ceiling and no movement of the budget, financial ruin was in the cards for everyone.

Seniors on Social Security; Veterans that expected checks; Disabled folks depending on monthly support - all will be part of the new Bonus Army, or perhaps an earlier, late 19th Century, Coxy's Army, marching on D.C. to right the wrongs and confront Congressional corruption. Has America's "little man" ever been treated as a citizen?

In 2023 it was gross corruption. A Congress that does not represent "we the people".  A Congress that holds on to power and enriches itself.

The failure in 2023 to set a path toward financial recovery and to chart a plan to eliminate blatant spending by both parties would destroy the Republic. Is it any wonder certain politicians strove to eliminate history from the nation's curricula?