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Susan OBrien's avatar

So, so many quotable insights. Agreeing with you so completely makes it very difficult to avoid inadvertently plagiarizing your thoughts and masterful phrasing.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Sounds like high praise to me. I am glad you enjoy my writing.

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Stacy Alexander - In Focus*'s avatar

Fabulous writing, as always. I very much appreciate the messages you send out. Important stuff. Happy New Year. I look forward to reading your great essays for another year and if i ever am "unbroke" I will buy a subscription.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thanks, Stacy! Much appreciated. More essays and fiction and poetry to come in 2025.

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Stacy Alexander - In Focus*'s avatar

I greatly look forward to it, Russell.

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Georgia Patrick's avatar

Thanks for the context and clarifying what is already visible. To your question, Why did the voters not understand economic principles and what creates or destroys a middle class? My guess is the majority of voters did not do well in economics courses, even if they did not sleep through class. For billionaires to get that way and stay that way, a lot of people have to 1) have jobs, 2) make money, and 3) have enough extra after food, shelter, and medical care to purchase whatever the billionaires sell. Get rid of the workers, get rid of the jobs, take away the income and that puts billionaires on a trajectory that looks like an airplane in a nose dive with no engine. Ultimate stupidity of shooting yourself in the foot and reloading on the way down.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Thanks for this key comment, Georgia. I seem to remember being taught a subject in school called Civics. Explained in such a way that even a child could understand how our government is supposed to work.

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