Tuesday, February 06, 2018

the enemy in the room

Three people are standing in a room.

The first is a Chinese businessman who cooperates with his government to buy mining and port facilities in Asia and Africa as a future guarantee that other nations are dependent on Chinese infrastructure.

The second is a Russian politician, trained by the KGB in the 1980s to psycho-analyze American leaders and, with the help of Russian billionaires, will provide for American leaders and military officers weeks of hedonistic parties.

The third person in the room is you, an American wage-earner. As soon as you were hired, you were considered a liability by your company's insurance and by Wall Street investors. Your child attends public school and one time you were late on a credit card payment.

A fourth person walks into the room, an American legislator. The legislator looks at the three of you and decides one of you is the enemy. Guess who.

P.S. If the legislator isn't sure, a team of lobbyists from the insurance, banking, and pharmaceutical industries will help him make his decision.

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