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Graphic originally posted on Republican Thinker,
and shared by Guilorry
on his FB page.
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Elbert Guillory is a Louisiana
State Senator. He began his political career as a Republican, became a
Democrat, and became a Republican again. He received national attention by
doing all he can to convince blacks to vote Republican. He claims it’s what’s
best for black people.
It’s nonsense,
and nothing could be further from the truth.
But beyond
calling it nonsense, Guillory’s picture graphic reference to the King, which I disappointingly
encountered on my Facebook feed with endorsements from family and friends, is a
reference to Obama, who Fox News has consistently referred to as King.
But at the
heart of the matter, Guillory’s mission is to convince black voters that
they’ll be better off with a Republican President and Republican controlled
Congress. Unarguably, Republican ideology supports plutocracy, and even
oligarchy. So, if Republicans win in 2016, the rich are only going to acquire
more wealth while greater income inequality will continue to grow.
Furthermore,
Guillory, like his Republican colleagues, believes that trickle-down economics
works, which historically is not true.
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Ronald Reagan televised address from the Oval Office,
Courtesy of the Reagan Library
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President Reagan in the 80s
set the stage for
Reagonomics. It’s the supply-side economic theory better known as trickle-down economics
that has since reigned supreme. It’s the notion that tax benefits and other
government benefits given to corporations and people with upper-class incomes
indirectly brings prosperity to the middle-class and uplifts poor people out of
poverty. “A rising tide lifts all boats,” as many Republicans like to say.
But, if that was true, after about 35 years
in practice, why do we still have vast income inequality and unprecedented
poverty. As
a result of trickle-down economic theory “… [we] now have in America the
most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth
and the worst inequality in America since 1928.”
It’s obvious that if voters vote in 2016
for a greater Republican majority in Congress and a Republican in the White
House, the needy are going to receive little assistance. Healthcare insurance
will return to the private sector as it was prior to the Affordable Care Act.
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, including Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Programs, will be in great jeopardy, and as many government
functions as possible will be privatized. Moreover, Republicans are hell-bent
on decimating public education through privatization. So, we can expect an accelerated
effort to make education with incentives via the lure of profit that will lead to an
elimination of the public school system.
It’s obvious that supply-side economics doesn’t
work. What does work is demand-side economics. It’s the demand for goods and
services in an economic environment where everyone has the ability to pay for goods
and services. That’s what drives the economy and benefits all.
The Republican ideology of the Elbert
Guillorys in America is not what’s best for blacks, whites, or anyone else.
Copyright © 2015 Horatio Green
