TheWiseOldFart

Political writers claim the results of the 2024 election were based on one single promise made by a pathological liar. Trump said: “I will end inflation on day one.” Personally, I do not agree with the reasons offered by others for Trump’s questionable victory on November 5, 2024. However, I may be wrong and what was in reality “Greedflation” continues to grow today. Not once has Trump mentioned a single effort on his part to address the issue. The fact is that his ill-advised tariffs will be in effect today and the prices of necessities will rise even higher. In 1992, Democratic political strategist, James Carville, spoke to the press about the coming election. For 12 years Republican presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush destroyed our nation’s economy, adding trillions of dollars to the national debt. They shared the same belief in “trickle-down economics:” give money to the rich and they will increase employment and therefore grow the economy. They were terribly wrong. When ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Beginning with Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, I followed presidential elections: not in an objective way when I was 10-years-old. However, after graduating from high school in 1964, I began to look more closely at the political process. In just three years I would be able to vote, and I took both the privilege and responsibility seriously. I enlisted in the USAF in September of 1964, and it was shortly after that when the Vietnam war escalated. Soon the number of body bags began to grow. I asked questions like why, who, and how long. There were no answers, and none remain to this day, with the exception of how long. I was one of the lucky ones. The military draft would not end until 1973, and I was not forced into an illegal and controversial war. TIME AND OBSERVATION ARE GOOD TEACHERS I was motivated. I had been a freshman in high school when President John F. Kennedy was elected, and a senior when he was murdered. This led to my becoming a political junkie. I b...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: Trump was the greatest failure in the history of Real Estate. Without criminal actions and assistance from the leaders of foreign nations, he would have been living on the street since 1999. Fact: Recent Republican presidents, Reagan, George W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Trump were rescued by Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden from the economic disasters they created with the same failed fiscal policy, and illegal and immoral wars. In each situation a Democratic president restore our nation’s economic future. Fact: Not a single accomplishment was achieved by Trump in four years, with the exception of huge and permanent tax cuts for the super-rich. When he was in Washington on a few occasions, he spent less than four hours a day in the Oval Office. The remainder was spent watching FOX News, texting, and eating fast food. Most of his four years in office was spent on a golf course, partying at Mar-a-Lago, and holding his infamous...