The Rich Leading the Poor

THE UTTER INEXPLICABILITY of anyone, let alone millions of people voting for ans supporting Donald trump has been written about, studied, researched ad nauseam, yet remains unresolved. These studies have often revolved around the curious fact which stands out above all others: that Trump, who is notoriously immoral in his behavior, words, and attitudes, enjoys as his strongest basis of support the American Christian evangelical community. Incompatible as Trump and fundamentalist Christians may seem, most researchers conclude that by promising to pursue policies which reflect widespread fundamentalist beliefs, the Christian conservative community is willing to overlook Trump's un Christian behavior, considering him preferable to a liberal democrat. Evidently America's evangelical Christian community, eighty percent of which supports Trump, are either not overly concerned about Trump's racism, his pathological dishonesty and narcissism, his denial of climate change, and all his other seemingly unacceptable behaviors, or, those behaviors reflect the true, largely hidden values of America's evangelical community. Less often mentioned is the apparent contradiction in which Trump, a billionaire whose policies are distinctly favorable to the wealthy at the expense of the poor, enjoys the support of millions of America's working poor. This may be the greatest paradox of all. There is, for instance, no reason for anyone who is not a millionaire or billionaire corporate owner to support the fourteen percent tax cut for the wealthy which Trump and the Republicans successfully rammed down America's throat. Only the very wealthy benefit from this, and yet, from the non wealthy, we hear not a peep, except from liberal socialist types. If America's tens of millions of poor people decided to actually vote in an educate, informed manner in favor of their own personal best interests, they would all vote for Bernie Sanders, or some other tax and spend bleeding heart liberal Democrat, from which there are dozens to choose, all running for president. A close examination of every policy of the Trump administration, a close examination of every piece of legislation supported by and passed into law by republicans is favorable to the wealthy, and harmful to the working class, and the poor. In america, the wealthy elite have the teeming poor masses duped and brainwashed, mainly through mass media, which is of course owned by billionaires and corporations. If the poor working class in America, which consists of about two thirds of the population at lest, ever decides to start voting in its own interests, a revolution will take place, and corporate billionaire control of America will be ended. But, from the looks of things, I wouldn't hold my breath.