Weekly Comments: Affordability in NYC. Socialists and the Constitution. SNAP Means Nutritious.
Affordability has been a main theme of the Socialist candidates winning elections in New York City, Maine, and other places.
Mayor Mamdani and the 3 new Socialist council members figured out the best solution to affordability. The raised their own salaries almost 20%. This reminds me of the Will Rogers quote, “It’s not what you pay a man [or woman], but what he costs you that counts.” (WA #119, March 22, 1925)
Everybody with common horse sense knows that increasing your income is the best way to make whatever you want to buy more affordable. Food. Electricity. Child care. A new car. A house.
While Mamdani and Socialist Party candidates promised to lower prices, they took the surefire way to make their own purchases affordable.
Have you seen the Platform of the Democrat Socialists of America? They want to tear up the Constitution! Eliminate the 3 co-equal branches of government (Legislative, Executive and Judicial). Abolish the Senate. Instead, the House of Representatives would control everything. The House would appoint a president and supreme court justices.
Illegal immigrants and all other immigrants here, or desiring to come here, would be granted amnesty and registered to vote. Funds for police and jails will be given instead to community organizers. Drastically reduce military spending (better learn to speak Chinese!). They issued a special warning to Israel, “You’re on your own. Yes, murderous Muslims outnumber you 100 to 1. We want all Jews in America to get out, go to Israel, and fight to the death.”
Now, if Republicans can’t win against candidates running on that platform, they deserve to go on the trash heap with the Know-Nothing Party, Bull Moose, and the Whigs.
Here’s a line I wrote exactly 10 years ago. ‘Hillary Clinton officially welcomes Socialists as an equal part of the Democrat Party.’ Today, most Democrat leaders are also welcoming Socialists into the “big tent.” What they seem to miss is that they are being shoved out of their own tent.
You probably know that the “Farm Bill” is about 80% for free food, called SNAP. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The key word is “Nutrition.”
Are these foods and ingredients “nutritional?” Hamburger, milk, grapes, apples, flour, eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, chicken legs? Definitely.
How about these? Mountain Dew, candy bars, donuts, chocolate cake, Doritos, Gatorade? No! They’re tasty, but not nutritious.
According to USDA, SNAP recipients spend about $20,000,000,000 on these non-nutritious items per year. Perhaps by coincidence, Democrats in Congress are up in arms at the proposed cut of $20,000,000,000 in SNAP funding.
West Virginia and a few other states have already eliminated “non-nutritional” items from SNAP. It should be national. SNAP recipients should not be spending about 19% of our taxpayer money on junk food. This change might even help reduce obesity.
Historic quote by Will Rogers:
“Communism is like Prohibition. It’s a good idea, but it won’t work.” WA
#254, Nov. 6, 1927
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Affordability has been a main theme of the Socialist candidates winning elections in New York City, Maine, and other places.
Mayor Mamdani and the 3 new Socialist council members figured out the best solution to affordability. The raised their own salaries almost 20%. This reminds me of the Will Rogers quote, “It’s not what you pay a man [or woman], but what he costs you that counts.” (WA #119, March 22, 1925)
Everybody with common horse sense knows that increasing your income is the best way to make whatever you want to buy more affordable. Food. Electricity. Child care. A new car. A house.
While Mamdani and Socialist Party candidates promised to lower prices, they took the surefire way to make their own purchases affordable.
Have you seen the Platform of the Democrat Socialists of America? They want to tear up the Constitution! Eliminate the 3 co-equal branches of government (Legislative, Executive and Judicial). Abolish the Senate. Instead, the House of Representatives would control everything. The House would appoint a president and supreme court justices.
Illegal immigrants and all other immigrants here, or desiring to come here, would be granted amnesty and registered to vote. Funds for police and jails will be given instead to community organizers. Drastically reduce military spending (better learn to speak Chinese!). They issued a special warning to Israel, “You’re on your own. Yes, murderous Muslims outnumber you 100 to 1. We want all Jews in America to get out, go to Israel, and fight to the death.”
Now, if Republicans can’t win against candidates running on that platform, they deserve to go on the trash heap with the Know-Nothing Party, Bull Moose, and the Whigs.
Here’s a line I wrote exactly 10 years ago. ‘Hillary Clinton officially welcomes Socialists as an equal part of the Democrat Party.’ Today, most Democrat leaders are also welcoming Socialists into the “big tent.” What they seem to miss is that they are being shoved out of their own tent.
You probably know that the “Farm Bill” is about 80% for free food, called SNAP. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The key word is “Nutrition.”
Are these foods and ingredients “nutritional?” Hamburger, milk, grapes, apples, flour, eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, chicken legs? Definitely.
How about these? Mountain Dew, candy bars, donuts, chocolate cake, Doritos, Gatorade? No! They’re tasty, but not nutritious.
According to USDA, SNAP recipients spend about $20,000,000,000 on these non-nutritious items per year. Perhaps by coincidence, Democrats in Congress are up in arms at the proposed cut of $20,000,000,000 in SNAP funding.
West Virginia and a few other states have already eliminated “non-nutritional” items from SNAP. It should be national. SNAP recipients should not be spending about 19% of our taxpayer money on junk food. This change might even help reduce obesity.
Historic quote by Will Rogers:
“Communism is like Prohibition. It’s a good idea, but it won’t work.” WA
#254, Nov. 6, 1927