Govt Shutdown, Budgets, and Peace

September 21 is the UN’s International Day of Peace, but the United States has been initiating or aggravating one war after another since VJ day, right through the “end” of the Cold War, and up to today. At the same time, the internal political crisis between different wings of the billionaire class is spilling over into everybody’s economy. We have 10 days to shutdown!

There’s a Simple Solution

IN the first step, Joe Biden covers his red hands with soft peace gloves and offers to “mediate” a settlement of the Eastern Europe war. The Russians, looking for an out, will heave a sigh of relief heard worldwide. Zelenski, who happens to be in Washington to try to get more billions from Congress, will get the message quickly enough, and the war will practically be over.

IN the second step, a day or two later, Biden will take the air out of the Republican effort to stop the defense bill by cutting it, at least by the billions for Zelenski that are in his budget proposal, but hopefully by a lot more. Every dollar that they cut can be counted as lowering our national expenditures, to assuage the Republicans, while not cutting social services for the people.

Biden, the new Prince of Peace, wins the 2024 election in a walk. Republicans in office get re-elected because they can claim to have cut the budget. Europeans stop dying. Everyone is supremely happy.

Except maybe the military producers and the oil companies that have not completed their takeover of Russian oil markets. They are the only ones benefitting from the war.

–Gene Lantz

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