They Still Don't Get It, Do They?

The Tea Party and their friends in the US Congress are "still not getting it".  The old saw attributed to everyone from Albert Einstein to Alfred E. Newman that says "If you hope for a new outcome - don't use the same old actions" is still true and the Tea Party still doesn't believe it.

Let's face it, if you have 30 million poor folks and you take away their food stamps you have 30 million folks poorer and hungrier.  Our friends in The Congress seem to think that's a good thing - or maybe I misjudge them and they haven't thought about that 30 million folks at all?  Let's remember that most, if not all, of our friends in Congress are at least well enough off that they have no need for the tax payers help at the grocery store.

Social scientists have studied those who are better off than you and me.  You may be surprised to learn, as the scientists have, that with wealth you get a change of attitude.  Oddly the well off start to feel that they have earned the right to be selfish.  They feel that helping others isn't as important as gaining and retaining wealth.

This is not how the rich like to be portrayed.  It is: however, the truth about many of them and it is certainly true for the Tea Party Caucus in our Congress.  They are not like Warren Buffet or Andrew Carnegie - they take but they don't give anything back.  If the poor want their share they must find ways to get it for themselves.

Of course, there is a paradox here, you and I have acted as if the same old actions will dig us out of the same old hole as well.  Let's be clear here - If we go on allowing those with the money to convince us that $7.50 per hour is an adequate wage and that the bosses vacation in Antigua is his due while the workers go hungry, then we are the crazy ones.

As you know, I am a Socialist at Heart and have a preference for actions that equalize wealth distribution across class and ethnic boundaries.  I'm calling for the revolution to start now.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a firm believer in non-violent action.  We have no need for bloody or destructive methods unless they are thrust upon us by wealth and power of the Capitalist Minority.  The social sciences have taught us ways to win through the ballot box and the picket line and the sit down or through economic boycott.

Let's not fall into theTea Party trap.  We can not do the same old thing and expect a new and different outcome.