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Which Choice — Inflation, or Idiocracy?
The Current Politics Lack Choices Or Reason
I am no fan of the Democrats or Joe Biden, the triangulating politician. I am all for the emergence of someone else. I am also for change from the ground up, which is usually the ticket.
But, in the meantime, the inflation narrative in the mainstream media has to be put in perspective.
Yes, I pay more at the pump. Yes, food prices are up. Inflation can be fixed. It should be fixed. Economist Richard Wolff is on record as stating that inflation can be fixed if businesses offer higher wages.
Does anyone remember the famous video by Beth McGrath, of Louisiana, resigning on the Walmart intercom in the store back in September? McGrath broke it down. Millions of workers are in the same boat. Workers now know they have leverage.
But even if inflation does not go away right away, here is what is in our rearview, for those who are upset about the higher prices —
- Possible violent racial conflicts;