I have noticed that when the question of who should benefit the most these upstanding servants of the people in elected office put themselves and theirs at the top while being sure that no one else is as deserving as they are. In their minds no one has earned the rights and largess of the country more than they have, so to them go the spoils and to others goes the labor needed to produce the spoils. Scottie
Since at least The Feast of Saint Ronnie, the US in general and Republicans in particular frame government spending as illegitimate giveaways, often to the undeserving who continue to disappoint them by the lack of their bootstraps up-pulling.
Poverty is seen as a lack of character rather than dumb luck, while wealth (often inherited) is somehow earned. It’s one of those Fantasyland portrayals we like to tell ourselves about our exceptionalism rather than the hard truth of our ingrained class structure, I guess.
I mention this because we are told the economy in general is booming, but when you get to the scrappy individual, it is not good times. Our wealth gap is wider than it has ever been, billionaires continue to pay no taxes (and build island fortresses and escape rockets for the inevitable Horror to come) and what few crumbs that they don’t hoover-up remain for the…
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I agree with what you have noticed. 🙂
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Hello Nan. Recently despite the recent clear examples of federal lawmakers using information available to them but not the public to sell stocks saving them millions in losses and buying medical stocks gaining them millions, the speaker of the house Pelosi said there is no reason to ban office holders from buying individual stocks and she would hot support such a law. I recently learned that she was very wealthy and her husband has made a lot of money on stocks over the years, but no telling how much is from information she has shared with him. Then I heard this morning that in the report on the judiciary that Chief Justice Roberts must do each year he pushed back on lawmakers working on laws to require judges to recuse themselves from cases concerning businesses they have stocks in. It seems that this has become a well known problem that judges are not recusing themselves even though there is clear conflict of interests. While there is already laws about recusals they don’t apply to the SCOTUS. So it seems at the upper levels of the government the pursuit of profit now outweighs any other right or wrong for those at the top while still being illegal for the rest of us. This country is moving farther from the ideals and more towards banana republic corruption all the time. Scottie
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And do you think this is new??? So it seems at the upper levels of the government the pursuit of profit now outweighs any other right or wrong for those at the top while still being illegal for the rest of us.
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Hi Scottie and Nan;
When I saw this title come up I could only wonder what kitchen masterpiece Ron has going now – and I agree after more than 30 years with Scottie, Sainthood seems about right. I feel disappointed.
I don’t understand the idea of power very well. For example, people who have so much money that they could never spend it, yet strive for ever more with every vice and abusive trick in the book. Once a level of wealth has come that there are no real risks, the controls of a society become undone. When you can cheat and sneer at others attempting to use the rules of the game to make things fair, the whole house of cards comes crashing down. Then you have two classes of people: those who have separated themselves from those who must abide by the rules. I don’t believe that can last.
Hugs;
randy
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I don’t believe that can last. — Unfortunately, it has for many, many years. 🙁
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Hello Randy. You would love the meal St. Ronnie made last night. He has been working since last Sunday on the piping under the house. Yesterday he cut a big hatch in the master bedroom bathroom floor, he had to cut a beam out but that was OK they are set on steel runners so he can just scab a new one in on the side of the new hatch. Well after all that work he did not feel like a lot of work making supper, so we have been kicking around a quick and easy supper meal he tried.
Take a package of store bought burritos, a large can of tomato sauce, a package of taco mix ( I think the one he used might have been Taco Bell’s), and a bunch of shredded cheese (we used half sharp and half regular cheddar). Place the burritos in a baking dish, cover with tomato sauce, sprinkle half a package of taco mix over the top of the sauce, spread the shredded cheese over the top. Cover the top of the dish with tin foil sprayed with non-stick but don’t tuck in. That keeps the cheese from burning. Cook at 375 until hot in the center of the burritos, uncover and cook 10 minutes or so to melt cheese. It was great. You can add a taco sauce if you like for added flavor be we found it was not needed. And that was our supper last night. Scottie
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Burritos? Or perhaps you meant tortillas. 😉
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Hello Nan. Nope burritos. Big round long meat and bean filled wrapped good tasting wonders. Scottie
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Oh, OK. Are those the burritos in the frozen food section? I have bought one or two of the Amy’s (healthier) brand. Or are you talking about something else?
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Hello Nan. Yes I guess they are frozen. Here is the ones we used.
https://www.publix.com/pd/el-monterey-burritos-beef-and-bean-family-size-8-pack/RIO-PCI-114592?origin=search13
El Monterey Burritos, Beef & Bean, Family Size, 8 Pack
But I think it would work with any kind. The idea we were going for was quick, easy, and tasty. Too often like today our meal prep takes a lot of time and effort. We are looking for easy things that are not delivered and quick that is not sandwiches. Let me know how you like the recipe. Scottie
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oooh, instant wet burritos. Nice!
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Hello Randy. Yup they come out soft and tasty with a tangy sauce. If those burritos are just cooked without a sauce they get hard and we don’t like to eat them that way. Scottie
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