Government Ruins Everything it Touches
Get rid of it. Eliminate most of the Federal Government and devolve power to The States--which WAS our actual history AND the original intent of the Founding Fathers and Constitution
This is a follow-up post to my post Government Ruins Everything: Universities Edition. This post covers EVERYTHING ELSE.
In the first graphic below, the government’s grimmy hands are ALL OVER THE THINGS MOST INFLATED (in red). Private enterprise, technology and offshoring US manufacturing to China and Asia has lowered prices for many/most consumer goods. But when government is involved… FUGETABOUTIT.
“Government” (Federal AND State) is/are the biggest spender(s) on Healthcare in the country: Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid, Social Security, SS Disability, Veterans Affairs; all involve vast amounts of expenses PLUS fraud, waste, massive administration costs, theft, kick-backs to politicians, red tape. So all things “medical” are inflated to the moon: hospital costs, doctor costs, drug costs, any and all medical costs has been inflated by “government” spending exceeding consumer price inflation rates. And it doesn’t help that Americans are a bunch of fat fuckers and in poor shape and poor health!! Our poorest and dumbest are the most fat people in the world (except maybe Samoa) and they are SICK with diabetes, heart disease and cancer!!
And “Government” is buying all of the high-priced pharmaceuticals drugs that are helping make medical costs rise to the moon. Worse, much of the high US drug prices are to offset MUCH LOWER drug prices OUTSIDE of the US FOR THE SAME DRUGS! Foreigners are enjoying low pharma costs thanks to the US public!
America, you are being duped in so many ways!
The 10 Most Expensive Brand Drugs in the U.S. (And Most Advertised….)
The following are the 10 most expensive, popular, brand-name drugs. Reported prices are based on the cash price at the pharmacy — the so-called “usual and customary” price. (They don’t include insurance copayments or coinsurance payments.)
MONTHLY COSTS From July 2021 (Source: GoodRx from July 2021)
Humira $9,065
Cosentyx $8,907
Enbrel $8,717
Otezla $6,193
Dupixent $5,298
Biktarvy $4,083
Genvoya $4,061
Descovy $2,195
Tivicay $2,150
Latuda $1,604
Now you can see WHY there are Ads Everywhere on TV for these drugs. THEY’RE EXPENSIVE to the end consumer! They are expensive TO PAY FOR TV ADVERTISEMENTS to the FIVE Media comglomerates! Duh!
…And 70% of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'Low Therapeutic Value'
From a JAMA Study and ARS Technica:
You’re being sold expensive, heavily advertised products that have little therapeutic effect!
From ARSTechnica:
Of the top advertised drugs, 73 had at least one value rating. Collectively, pharmaceutical companies spent $22.3 billion on advertising for those 73 drugs between 2015 and 2021. Even with the generous ratings, 53 of the 73 drugs (roughly 73 percent) were categorized as low-benefit. Collectively, these low-benefit drugs accounted for $15.9 billion of the ad spending. The top three low-benefit drugs by dollar amount were Dulaglutide (type 2 diabetes) “Trulicity,” Varenicline (smoking cessation) “Chantix,” and Tofacitinib (rheumatoid arthritis) “Xeljianx.”
From the same JAMA Study:
Also see USNews; “Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study”
Indiscriminate Federal Government Student Loans
The other category is that the biggest indiscriminate Loaner of US GOVERNMENT backed Student Loans, which are now being illegally forgiven by dubious “executive order” or “fiat corruption” of the Biden Junta FOR VOTE BUYING PURPOSES. THESE DEBTS ARE ADDED TO THE PUBLIC DEBT for which our child and grandchildren will have to pay. Yes, some Baby Boomers suck!
From my post Government Ruins Everything: Universities Edition:
The out-of-control, indiscriminate govt student loan fiasco has vastly inflated tuition costs, the cost of textbooks and inflated a vast, new, university administrative bloat of crazy-ass women/men and niggers-of-colors at these schools. Then they bring all these nigger "lecturers" who AFFLICT students with their bullshit/dumbass ideas.
The government student loan disaster has also allowed massive numbers of dumbass (mostly black) kids/hoodlums to be admitted to "colleges" that have been turned into glorified high schools to "accommodate" the dumb kids--many/most of the black/latino persuasion-- who should have never have even graduated high school!!
These kids go into debt so they take the glorified high-school-level (or lower) "gender studies" or "black studies" SO THAT THE UNIVERSITIES CAN 'CASH IN' all of that loan money! Then these "schools" hire even more idiot nigger administrators and on and on!
Obviously most of those indiscriminate loans, especially those given to minorities, WILL NEVER BE REPAID because these "college kids" aren't college material and weren't even performing at the high school level. Yes, they MIGHT even get a "degree" but are un-employable; especially in our hollowed-out economy that has also been destroyed by "government."
Zero interest rates was a fiasco pursued irresponsibly by the US Government
The US Federal Reserve and “Government” are loaded up with debt and have created crisis after crisis OF THEIR OWN MAKING and resulted in an extended and UNPRECEDENTED period of zero interest rates.
In 5000 years of human history, every civilization knew to maintain positive interest rates as market rates. Then, suddenly, thousands of US-educated Ph.D. students, many "working” (watching porn) at the Federal Reserve making $100K+ per annum wages, decided that they had a better idea: zero interest rates for like 12 years running.
So, after 5000 years of experience, these idiots like JANET YELLEN, decide to override all of human economic history and experience with their idiocy. THAT’S A SPECIAL TYPE OF DUMB!! And they ARE dumb!, stupid!, idiots! And ignoramus Yellen has been PROMOTED to head the US Treasury! All of the people in the Biden Junta are massively stupid and/or corrupt.
Of course the housing market went ballistic in price TRIPLING THE COST OF HOMES IN ONLY 20 YEARS. I didn’t spend a long time to calculate the average rate of housing inflation over the past 22 years, but it looks something like 8 or 9% INFLATION PER ANNUM.
Of course this leaves the next and EVERY OTHER generation PRICED-OUT of family or even condo/apt housing because wage growth is nowhere near 8%. Great job Janet “Idiot” Yellen!! You stupid schoolmarmish bitch!
And there’s no place to hide as rent inflation has soared. Rent was $71 per month in 1960, now, in 2024 it’s $2000 !! It sounds like hyperinflation to me.
Food prices have soared since the Government-sponsored/Fauci Covid "Plandemic” and $6 or $7 TRILLION of government handouts in 2020 to 2022: Below, shows the rapid rise of Food prices.
Ok, I’m fatigued. I think you’ve got the picture. GOVERNMENT IS NOW LITERALLY YOUR ENEMY IN EVERY WAY—WELL BEYOND JUST INFLATION.
Thanks Ted, you’re my first like on that post. It’s not too bad. Maybe it’s far too boring for most… Anyway, thanks. Enjoy your weekend!
To Melba Gonzales who emailed me and says to me. "So the solution is to eliminate government, let the states be independent? That’ll be even worse. You have complaints & no solution! Just like a rebellious teenager. Just like tDrump who’s going to fix the world without a plan. You’re throwing out the baby with the bath water!"
Dear Melba,
You make a very arrogant assumption that "you're just wrong." Really? Really Melba??
We had an extremely minor Federal Government for about half of our country's history funded only thru trade tariffs and excise fees---basically very little going to the Feds. The country prospered mightily with State and Local rule.
Ok, I exaggerate about eliminating the Fed Govt, but seriously revert power to The States is entirely warranted. Otherwise, how much worse will you blightly tolerate?? And how much worse can things get for our country now that the US government is literally inviting nuclear war with Russia regarding a conflict that our corrupt government started? It's a civilizational risk. THAT’S how bad our huge Federal Colossus has become.
The Federal government corruption has reached astonishing levels of corruption and mismanagement. They are warping the legal system to interfere with this upcoming election. You're OK with the end of law and order? The free-for-all in Washington is now a final looting of our Treasury, spending A TRILLION DOLLARS every 100 days of money they don't have. Did you know that honey??
But that's WHY they're pushing for War and digital money and really totalitarian control by the dumbest, most unserious and most corrupt people in our history. They are persecuting and slandering Conservatives (about 1/2 of the country). So, you're OK with that?? We're becoming a version of the Soviet Union with the Biden Junta subverting nearly everything to remain in power despite 8 or 10% real approval ratings. How bad does it have to get before your myopic eyes can see the writing on the wall?
You're willing to keep paying big bucks to maintain that???? HUH?
Power needs to be reverted to the States. That's a fact. We can argue about how much IF WE SURVIVE. (I'm not joking at all, nor exaggerating). You're just blind and historically ignorant.
Have you ever studied history? If so, you'd know that the Federal Govt was virtually inconsequential to national life for a very long time. The Federal Government was extremely limited for most of our history and it was funded only thru tariffs and fees, a very small amount. Our US Constitution wanted it that way!!
People didn't even know who the President was for most of our history. Washington was mostly irrelevant to most people's lives until 1913 with the creation of the previously ruled unconstitutionality National income taxation and an abhorrent privately owned Federal Reserve bank. It's really downhill since then. Forever wars, US troops in 170 countries, a CIA completely out of control, the FBI investigating Catholic churches for the "subversion" of religious conservatives?? OMG!
States had nearly all the power and governed as they saw fit for a long time, until the atrocity of the Civil War. Even then, States were the center of power and truly represented their citizens local preferences and traditions after.
I know I'm wasting my time trying to educate you. You probably have no idea that our Federal govt is now openly ending 1) guaranteed freedoms, 2) law and order, 3) endangering the existence of our country with nuclear conflict.
All because Federal COLOSSUS is ENTIRELY OUT OF CONTROL and bankrupting the country. We're in our last days of our existence thanks to an explosion of Federal Govt recklessness. You need to read more of my blog to educate yourself, BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
Good luck to you. I've fled the insanity and living safely and freely in Cambodia.
I'm sure I've wasted my time, but for you to claim less Federal govt is worse than devolving power to where it has always been intended, ie., The States, is amazingly flippant and ignorant. Shame on you.