SNAPPed !
klep· toc· ra· cy klep-ˈtä-krə-sē
Government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed Miriam Webster
Trump Agenda – ‘The Top 10% are Protected by the Law, but not bound by It. The Bottom 90% are Bound by the Law, but not Protected by It.’
'I don’t think there’s much difference between Germany in 20’s and 30’s and where we’re at today'. Scott Galloway, Author, NYU Business Professor on MSNBC Deadline Whitehouse w/ Nicolle Wallace
I, personally, don’t think Prof. Galloway is far off the mark. Consider This -
“The 97-page text from the House Agriculture Committee includes provisions that would require states to cover a portion of SNAP benefit costs, tighten eligibility requirements for the program, and seek to block the federal government from being able to increase monthly benefits in the future.” The Hill
“What is SNAP? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) issues electronic benefits that can be used like cash to purchase food. SNAP helps low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled, and others feed their families” NY State Government website.
So, the GOP Bill basically Locks-in current SNAP Benefit Amounts regardless of the Price of Groceries, of Inflation, or the Rate of Unemployment.
It also ‘Tightens’ Eligibility Requirements, Washington-speak for making Millions of Recipients Ineligible for the Government Assistance Food Program. Think of it – a Major Cut to a Food Assistance Program in order to finance Trump/GOP Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest People in America. That’s a Textbook Illustration of Kleptocracy.
Couple that with Trump’s ‘Mass Deportations and we have indeed, an America, not too different than ‘Germany in the 20s and 30s’.
In yet another ludicrous example of Taking from the Poor and giving to the Rich, as the Trump Administration works to Take food from “low-income working people, senior citizens, the disabled and others to feed their families”, He’s working a plan to accept the Gift of a $400 Million+ Flying ‘Palace’..
The 747 Ultra-Luxurious Aircraft is an intended Gift from the Mir of Qatar to President Trump. In addition to what’s so obviously Wrong in so Many Ways with this idea comes a Mind-bending twist of Logic the Trump Team offers as an excuse to accept the plane - It’s not Really a Bribe because After Trump leaves the White House, he gets to Keep the Plane!
The Trumpian ‘Explanation’ goes something like this - because Qatar is actually donating the Plane to the U.S. Department of Defense for the U.S. Air Force (Air Force One), And, upon leaving the White House, the Plane’s Ownership then shifts to the ‘Trump Library Foundation’, it's Not really a Bribe...
(Besides Trump having never seen the Inside of a Library, there’s plenty more Wrong about This).
If the 747 shifts from Government Ownership to the ‘Trump Library Foundation’ [!], How is This Not a Bribe !?! Or as the U.S. Constitution puts it – an Emolument. (See U.S, Constitution Emoluments Clause).
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