America’s Government is Incompetent, Corrupt, and Unworthy of Their Salaries
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
Professional politicians continue their baseless claims that
America is the greatest, richest, and most envied country in the world. Of
course these are all lies. The quality of life for the majority of all
Americans is not on our government’s list of priorities.
Here are some of the reasons the United States is last in
quality of life on a list of developed nations.
Worst Healthcare in the World.
It is true that America has some of the best doctors and
healthcare equipment in the world. However these services are only available to
about 10 percent of our nation’s people: millionaires and billionaires. Ours is
the only nation without universal healthcare for all. If Trump’s “Big,
Beautiful, Bill” is passed, at least 50 million men, women, and children will
lose the minimal healthcare they have today.
Education is No Longer a Priority
Nearly every other democratic nation offers its citizens
free or affordable higher education. Every year some of our finest minds are
wasted simply because the cost of attending our colleges and universities is
out of reach for most. It is rapidly becoming an issue related to national
security.
A Tax Code Which Allows the Super-Rich to Avoid Paying Their
Fair Share of Taxes
The IRS tax code is 6,871 pages long. When accountants file
tax returns for their customers, the first 100 pages contain basic requirements
and instructions. The remainder offers “deductions” which help the wealthiest
Americans avoid paying their fair share.
In 2018, after Trump passed tax breaks for the super-rich,
Walmart and Amazon, among others, paid zero dollars in taxes. During the
Covid-19 pandemic, the number of billionaires/oligarchs in the U.S. increased
significantly.
The People of the United States Do Not Elect Their
Presidents.
In America, the states choose the man or woman who will
become the president. The existence of the Electoral College voids all votes in
states where the majority requires that all of its Electoral Votes belong to
the candidate who wins that particular state.
Every vote should count and the people should choose the
person who will lead them for the next four years. The fact that the current
system fails millions of Americans every four years is why we have the disaster
known as red and blue states.
Without Term Limits on All Three Branches of Government,
Power Corrupts Absolutely
The same reasons why there is a 10-year maximum term for our
nation’s president are applicable to the legislative and judicial branches. Any
elected official remaining in office for decades becomes corrupt, self-serving,
and incompetent. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
The poster boy for
term limits in the legislative branch is Moscow Mitch McConnell. He is in his 7th
term in the Senate. There is no record of a single accomplishment which
positively affected all 340 million Americans.
Lifetime appointments for justices on the Supreme Court have
resulted in the exact opposite intention of our Founding Fathers. Today, there
are six justices on the Court who are supportive of the extremist right-wing
policies of those who call themselves “Republicans.” These same six traitors
are the reason Trump is currently our nation’s first dictator. In an action which
directly violates the intent of the Constitution, they gave Trump absolute
immunity in 2024.
Only in America does an Election Year Last 24 Months or
Longer
It is estimated that our general elections cost as much as
100 times more than any other democratic nation in the world. A large part of
the reason for this atrocity is that our elections last about two years. This
is wrong for so many reasons.
First and foremost, the candidates are not forced to face
voters and answer direct questions. Nearly 90 percent of what the voting public
learns about the men and women seeking public office is from the “boob tube.”
Other reasons include the waste of hundreds of millions of
dollars which are greatly needed for many more important reasons Because the
election season lasts for such a long period of time, by the time election day
arrives, most voters simply don’t care any longer. They are exhausted from the thousands
of lies and half-truths they heard continually on their televisions.
Unfortunately, this situation all too often results in the
worst possible candidates winning elections, including Trump, Ted Cruz, George
W. Bush, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst,
Jim Jordan, Josh Hawley, and many others.
Although our Elected Officials are Intended to Serve Us, They
Choose to Rule Over Us
Nearly every issue
important to the majority of our nation’s people is ignored by the 546 men and
women who sit on their fat asses and accomplish nothing of importance in
Washington, D.C.
In nations like Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, voters
know that they live in a dictatorship. In America, our leaders pretend to
support democracy, but in fact vote for themselves and their political party. Our
leaders lie to us and hide the truth about their own corruption “for reasons of
national security.”
My list is much longer proving why America has never been a “great
country.” However, I will offer just three more reasons at this time because
they are critical to the future of the United States of America.
War is Good Business
It has been apparent for decades that the Republican Party
has been the party of big business: the super-rich. This is why presidents who
claim to be Republicans are responsible for America’s involvement in wars we
cannot win.
Today, Donald Trump, who is not a Republican or a Democrat,
but confirms that he is a fascist by his own words and actions, made an ignorant
and horrifying decision to join Israel’s war with Iran.
Without the approval of Congress, Trump bombed three
suspected sites whose alleged purpose was the construction of nuclear weapons.
He authorized B-2 bombers to attack targets which allegedly were dedicated to
that single purpose. In addition to the bombs, U.S. warships off of the coast
launched multiple Tomahawk missiles. Once again, a Republican president ignored
the wishes of the majority of the American people who oppose another war in the
Middle East.
Where’s the Bullet?
This issue offers proof that all government agencies are not
to be trusted.
During the 2024 campaign, the media lost its mind when an
apparent assassination attempt on Trump’s life happened at a hate rally in
Pennsylvania.
I have watched the film several times, thanks to DVR, and I
am 100 percent convinced that it was staged. I will not offer every detail, but
I can offer you two simple and undeniable facts.
Trump used an old wrestler’s trick and cut his own ear with
a razor blade when he hid behind the podium.
When the bullet allegedly nicked his ear, where was its
final destination? There was a sea of people behind him and the Secret Service
could never account for the high velocity projectile.
The Truth Has Been Hidden from the American People for Nine Years
In October of 2016, our nation’s leaders attended a meeting
requested by every national security agency. The purpose was to confirm that
Russia was involved in a massive effort to alter the results of the 2016 election
in support of Donald Trump. Leaders of both parties, including Barack Obama,
refused to inform the voting public prior to the November 8th
election day.
Immediately after the 2024 election, a respected tech agency
claimed that Russian hackers had gained access to the voting machines in all
seven swing states and altered the results of the election. There was no
response from either party.
If the results of the 2020 and 2024 election are compared,
it is unthinkable that the results of the November 5, 2024 election were
accurate.
I know that every politician in Washington, including the
corrupt Supreme Court, is aware of the truth but continues to hide the facts
from the American people. Once again, Trump is not your legitimate president.
He is without a doubt Putin’s puppet.
America needs heroes, but all we have in 2025 are cowards,
liars and hypocrites.
Not a single allegation I offer you can be disproven.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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