THE REALITY SHOW # 52

TRUMPING THE FUTURE
Would a politician lie to trade the future for the sake of his own career? Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey did. He scorched a major project in progress to raid the funds for his benefit. A much needed10 billion dollar tunnel linking New Jersey with New York was killed by Christie to promote his image as a cost-cutter, claiming his state would bare 70% of the total cost when, in fact, the actual share was only 14.4%. He then used the funds from the abandoned project to lower gasoline taxes by 2 cents, running on the motto, “The man that lowered Taxes.” Christie is a good example of the Republican strategy to ignore the future by beckoning a return to the past, unabashedly using mindless shibboleths like “Spare our children and grandchildren from backbreaking federal debt,” when, in fact, the major increases in that debt happened when the GOP held office. Now that the GOP has finally seen a candidate emerge to run against Obama, namely, Romney, a man who truly represents the rich, he can be counted on to carry out the GOP plan to reduce taxes on the rich, all in the name of so-called fiscal responsibility (namely, a bigger share for the Haves) and all at the great expense of America’s future. It’s almost laughable to think of a multi-millionaire sitting in the White House who claims the disadvantaged are just fine with the safety-net, while worried that the rich are over taxed, To date, the Republican strategy to reduce government income while offsetting debt is secret. You can bet it tightens the belt on the 99 percent, while helping the so-called job-creators to rake in even more moolah, while letting the future take care of itself. With VP Christie at his side, Romney and his kind will laugh all the way to their accounts in the Caymans and Switzerland.