draining the swamp
by Elouise
welfare for the wealthy
addicted to power and privilege
never trickles down
It’s a nice image, this trickle-down myth. It could sound almost patriotic if it weren’t so patronizing.
We aren’t dummies. Especially those who live at the lower end of the trickle down that never seems to arrive.
I think it all gets diverted into a swamp somewhere out there in the ocean on an island far far away. Anonymous trickle-down, deposited anonymously into thousands of anonymous rabbit holes for those who believe wealth assures them of power and privilege and, most importantly, survival.
It does not. True survival is visible in any city or town with eyes to see and ears to hear.
I’m no economist. I am, however, a voting taxpayer. And I do know how to smell a swamp nearby, especially when it’s dressed up as a ‘deal.’
Happy Monday, everyone!
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 27 November 2017
Cartoon found at dailykos.com
Daily Prompt: Underdog
Telling the Truth 
Keep it coming Elouise. I get a feeling that you are becoming quite comfortable now you have jumped out of you comfort zone.
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Well John…That’s probably pushing it. Nonetheless, I’d rather say it than not say it. Not all the time, but most of the time. Being older and wiser helps, don’t you think? 🙂
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The trouble is, that the accumulation of great wealth seems to be the dream of the Americans, and something that they can all have if they just work hard for, it will come to them, and be theirs, and they can join the ranks of the rich and watch their wealth grow, by the labour of those striving to join them, because all men are created equal.
Unfortunately this is a furphy, promulgated by the rich who employ them, and pay them a pittance, so that they can never become rich, and sit with them.
Time for a revolution methinks; you got rid of the English/British monarch, replaced it with a Republic for the people, governed by the elite who still believe in slave labour, and the slaves are???
The poor, those slaving away for a pittance.
But then that’s just my red rag. socialist thoughts on the US of A, and now we will all stand for a rousing chorus of “Comrades”
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Way to go, Elouise!
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Thanks, Waldo! 🌹
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cheers to you for speaking your truth Super E ❤ it does smell a bit swampy doesn't it….sigh.
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Right….holding my nose as I type 😦
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