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Page 12, August 19, 2024, The Islander
Not so hot potato
It’s been a real ‘week’ if you know
what I mean, so I’m just going to wan
der here...
Let’s start with how quickly the
Democrats dropped President Joe
Biden from the ticket.
It amazes me, one day he was the
best President of all time and the next
he was left out on the curb for the trash
man. Just wow!
Those surrounding him, aided and
abetted by the hard left media, told us
almost daily that he was ‘sharp as a
tack’ and ‘could outwork all his young
er staffers.’
That was all proven to be nothing but
lies during his debate with Presidential
candidate Donald Trmnp, which the
Associated Press® called “disastrous.”
And then, about a month later, on
July 21, Biden announces he’s drop
ping out of the race - an unprecedented
move this close to an election.
President Lyndon Johnson dropped
out of the race, but then he was be
sieged by the Vietnam War, and he an
nounced in March 1968 that he would
not seek another term after just a sin
gle state’s primary.
Biden’s July decision comes after
more than 14 million Democrats cast
votes supporting him through the pri
mary process.
Biden advocated for his Vice Presi
dent Kamala Harris, for whom no one
cast a primary ballot, and she instantly
became the “it girl” dubbed so by the
same fawning liberal media.
Funny how prior to Biden stepping
down Harris was not generally re
garded as a viable presidential candi
date and was pretty much ignored by
everyone.
At one point right after Biden
stepped down there was a movement
underway among some Democratic of
ficials and operatives to bypass Harris
as Biden’s successor — or at least make
the nomination a contest rather than a
coronation.
And then... all of a sudden, Harris is
no longer the border czar, at least ac
cording to the media and other Demo
crats, so she can’t be blamed for what’s
happening down there.
The truth is, of course she can, right
along with Biden himself - neither of
them did anything about the southern
border - they barely even visited - dur
ing their three and a half years in office.
The Democratic National Conven
tion is this week and we all, or most
of us, know it will be a sham when the
delegates cast their states’ votes for
someone for whom you did not vote.
It’s also worth noting that Harris
dropped out of the 2020 presidential
campaign due to a poor showing in De
cember 2019, but didn’t endorse Biden
for three months, and now she’s the
Golden Girl.
And let’s not forget her refusal to do
interviews or hold press conferences.
Publisher The Islander EDITORIAL
I’ve been enjoying the social media
posts that say things like “Kamala is
now promising to fix all the problems
she took part in creating.”
What a travesty.
And since I mentioned social media,
let’s continue down that rabbit hole.
Another fave is one posted by a Dem
ocrat friend with pictures of Tesla®’s
Elon Musk, Amazon®’s Jeff Bezos and
FacebookO’s Mark Zuckerberg.
The meme includes the three men’s
purported incomes between 2012 and
2022.
Musk’s went from $2,000,000,000
to $273,600,000,000, Bezos’s from
$18,400,000,000 to $181,300,000,000
and Zuck’s from $17,500,000,000 to
$76,800,000,000.
These three were contrasted with
a picture of, I suppose, average work
ing class citizens with the words U.S.
Minimum Wage 2012 $7.25 per hour;
2022 $7.25 per hour.
At the very bottom of the graphic
it said “THREE WORDS: TAX THE
RICH.”
My response was:
“First, the rich are already paying
the most in taxes. This is from Federal
Budget in Pictures’: “In 2021, the latest
year with available data, the top 1 per
cent of income earners earned 26 per
cent of all income and paid 46 percent
of all federal income taxes - more than
the bottom 95 percent combined which
is 33 percent.” The rich also provide a
lot of jobs through large corporations.
Someone else posted a comment
stating, “At some point we need to quit
asking who needs to pay more taxes,
and focus on where the hell all of the
money is going.”
The ‘tax the rich’ poster replied to
that saying, “Well, its not going to So
cial Security, health care: physical /
mental (especially in Ga.) child care,
(or) education (especially in Ga.).
The second half of my response was:
“Second, social security and Medi
care are not funded by taxes, that mon
ey is taken out of our paychecks every
week.
And third, Zuckerburg and Bezos
are liberal Democrats... wouldn’t you
think they would be on your ‘tax the
rich’ band wagon too? Maybe they are
taking advantage of all the tax breaks
and just not telling you.”
I didn’t mention it, but our taxes,
property taxes, do pay for K - 12 edu
cation and if college graduates are al
lowed to default on their loans, then
our taxes will be paying for that as well.
Finally, I’m still not sure why our
taxes should be going for child care.
Enjoy the beach
with your best friend.
Jay Kaufman - Broker, Owner
jay.kaufman@parker-kaufman.com
506 Monck St., Brunswick, Ga.
912-265-7711
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