Should citizens of the United States be treated equally? Most of us would definitely answer in the affirmative. However, increasingly, that is simply not the case.My first inkling that favoritism was becoming a way of life with the Obama administration came early on, when General Motors began to come under federal domination. For generations, in the small Ozark town of Van Buren, Missouri, my cousins had the local Chevrolet dealership, Grassham Chevrolet, which provided employment and quality vehicle service throughout that part of the state. Under government pressure, GM began to eliminate dealerships that supposedly did not generate a significant amount of business. Grassham Chevrolet was one of the many dealerships notified that their relationship with GM was being severed.
Upon close examination, it became clear that dealerships owned or managed by individuals who were contributors to the Democratic Party were more likely to remain in business with GM. Those who were identified as Republicans were more likely to be closed. The Grassham family was decidedly Republican. Accordingly, after many years as a mainstay in Van Buren, Grassham Chevrolet was to be no more.
In observing developments with the Affordable Care Act, it is easy to see that the legislation is now riddled with exceptions, waivers and dispensations, all bespeaking of cronyism running rampant. Big business, big labor and big government have all lined up to exempt themselves from provisions which the rest of us must live with.
I do not anticipate any subsidies coming my way to offset the inconvenience of Obamacare; however, members of Congress and their staffs will have the privilege of being subsidized to cushion the hardship of living with a monstrosity that they themselves passed. This is, put into simple language, an outrage. In the spirit of equal treatment, the minimum that we should expect is that those who pass the laws should live under the mandates spawned by their actions.
President Obama was quick to issue an executive order delaying conformity to the employer mandate for big business. For Mr. and Mrs. America, however, no such exception was forthcoming. In effect, there is no delay in the individual mandate. If this does not strike one as unfair and discriminatory, then we have truly lost what America is all about.
The Monsanto Corporation, through its many patents, has a virtual monopoly on the process of genetic seed modification. Stories of health hazards of genetically produced food are becoming increasingly common. How did Monsanto begin invading our food supply with agricultural products resulting from their patents? It's simple: They placed their own man in the government position charged with oversight of this area of agriculture and science. Now, all of us are consuming food stemming from genetically modified seeds, and Monsanto, the same folks whose carelessness killed hundreds in Bhopal, India, reaps unparalleled profits.
Examined your cell-hone bill lately? All of us who are self-supporting and own cell-hones are assessed a "universal monthly charge" to provide cell-phones for Medicaid and food-stamp recipients. A corporation producing TracFones has what amounts to a lock on this business. Who owns TracFones? None other than Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Slim, through his American executives, provided very generous donations to the Obama presidential campaign. Get the idea? Yes, Mr. and Mrs. America, through the tax you are paying on your cell-phone bill, you are not only providing free cell-phones for the non-working poor, you are also subsidizing the rich and famous lifestyle of a Mexican super-billionaire.
Why does the Obama administration keep its distance from developing our own energy resources in favor of "green energy?" A good example is that of Solyndra, a green company that went belly-up and, in the process, blew a half-billion of your tax dollars, money which will never be recovered. The executive at the top of Soyndra's chain-of-command was a heavy contributor to Barack Hussein Obama. So, there goes the money, and we continue to make ourselves dependent on resources from regions of the world that are not well disposed toward the United States.
Our economy is replete with all sorts of examples of crony capitalism; but, the few we have referred to will, hopefully, serve to get the idea across. Remember when merit allowed the best to rise to the top in this country? If we continue in our current direction, the possibility of morphing into Third-World status becomes undeniably greater.
Deo vindice!
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