The
mainstream media, and other assorted far-left hucksters, consider President Trump’s
promise to send a $5000 check to every adult in the nation if the Republicans
win the midterm elections in November an outrageous attempt at bribing the
American people. However, that is not the case. Even the far-left New York
Times admits that. There is no quid pro quo, he is not telling any individual
that they need to do anything in specific in order to get the money. Indeed,
those who didn't vote at all-- or who voted for “democratic” candidates, even Democratic-Socialists
of America candidates-- would ostensibly still receive the payment, as far as
is currently known.
What
these self-same leftists never point out, however, is that everything Democrats--
and especially the Democratic-Socialists of America-- promise and do is
essentially a bribe. Bigger government itself is a bribe. “Elect us and we will
provide government-subsidized grocery stores, free buses, free Medicare, free
higher education, free healthcare, and free everything else to boot. Hell,
we'll even throw in “free Palestine!”
Worse,
of recent they have started implying—and in some cases outright stating—that if
you don’t openly disagree with them and their proposed policies, actions, and
beliefs, they won’t cancel, attack, or kill you. (See also Charlie Kirk, three
assassination attempts on Trump, etc., etc.) So they have added coercion and
threats to their attempts to bribe.
And
what do you think today’s welfare is? It is one massive bribe presented as a
much-needed social contract, albeit one that requires you to vote a certain way
if you’d like to maximize your benefits, ill-gotten or not.
All
that said, I’m not a big fan of Trump’s plan. After all, we are $40 trillion in
debt. A tax refund would be a better way to go. And he had to know
Democrats and their media sycophants would go ballistic and use his assertion
as yet another cudgel against him, not that one more would matter. (If he and
his advisers didn’t anticipate that reaction, that would be concerning.)
But
everyone who was predisposed to hate Trump already hates him. (Here’s looking
at you fake news media.) And maybe this will resonate with some people,
especially “independents,” and get them to think about inflation and taxes
during the reign of the previous administration.
At
this time no one knows what any eligibility criteria might look like. But if,
for example, the homeless on the mean streets of cities like L.A. and Portland
can be bribed to vote for “progressive” candidates for a chance to “earn” 2 or
3 bucks, as has been documented, might not the thought of five
grand be a motivating factor?
Sure,
Trump can be a bit of a blowhard…but Democrats are hypocrites, liars, and
frauds. And pose a far greater danger to the country than Trump ever could.
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