Is This the America They Really Want?

by Ruth A. Sheets

For the past thirty years or so, Republicans/Conservatives (Hypocricans) have been working very hard at all levels to shape an American society which closely reflects their stated ideals. 

What are those stated ideals?  Well, they change slightly over time, but essentially, the visible components of their “platform” include, but are not limited to the following.

1.  Cut Government spending at all levels, especially the spending on things not related to the military or security.

2.   Decrease or end regulation on everything, particularly businesses and money-making organizations.  Businessmen care about their businesses, so won‘t do anything to harm their customers.  Minimum wage stifles business growth and development. 

3.   Eliminate labor unions.  They keep businesses from growing and make workers get paid too much.  Low wages are OK for the poor and those who didn’t work hard in school.

4.  End welfare.  Those people are takers and don’t deserve help.

5.  Limit Social Security.  If that is not possible, privatize it.

6.  Privatize everything.  Private companies may not do as well as the government does, but at least it’s private and tax payers don’t have to pay for it.

7.  Get your candidates elected at all costs.  If they are unqualified, just be sure they are people who will rubber stamp anything the agenda calls for.

8.  Limit voting participation of those who are likely not to vote for your candidates:  young, Black, Hispanic, Native American.  This will probably cut down on some of the old people who would vote for you, but they are worth the sacrifice for the greater goal.

 9.  Promote anything that will advance rich white men.

10.   Include a few tokens of the various minority groups in America.  It is possible to find a minority person who holds any position, just as it is among the white majority.  Use those folks.  Make sure they are visible at your events.

11.  Pass the most outrageous laws at all levels of government so that when the things you really want come up, people will accept them saying “at least these ideas aren’t as crazy as what was already proposed.

12.  Support anything the military industrial complex wants.  They will keep you in office and keep patriotism alive by returning coffins and wounded warriors to the society.  Don’t support programs to help them when they get back, though because that won’t bring you any profit.

13.  America is a Christian country, so whatever conservative Christians say they want is OK.  Ignore people of other religious groups as much as possible.

14.  President Obama is BLACK!  He can’t possibly want anything we white guys want, so stand against everything he is for.  Be sure to say over and over that it is not racism.

15.  Women are gaining power and moving into our space.  Pass any laws that will keep women barefoot and pregnant in the home.  Be sure, though that men aren’t held accountable for the children who result.

16.  Our ancestors came to this country legally.  Everyone else should have done that too.

17.  Claim “States’ Rights.”  Even if the people of your state don’t want what you want, pass it anyway and say it’s your right.

18.  It isn’t necessary for everyone to have medical insurance.  If they can’t afford it, dying is an acceptable option, just so WE don’t have to pay for any of it.

These planks of the Hypocrican platform are moved into place one at a time.  Most Americans don’t get the big picture.  Much of what is proposed is based on lies, but of course, the end justifies the means. 

The society that would result from enacting the above would be so far from the Constitution the Hypocricans claim to revere and so far from any of the founders’ vision that it is nearly impossible to contemplate. 

Is this the America they really want?  Do the rest of us have to go along with their selfish, egotistical, racist, classist, power-hungry, greedy vision?  Not on your life.  Let’s fight every plank, every splinter, every day.