In Washington, Honesty Is Such a Lonely Word
COLUMNIST Star Parker
A favorite game of politicians, when reality does not conform to
the facts they want, is to simply redefine reality.
Democrats want big government, a lot of spending and taxation,
the former of which we are now paying for in inflation, so the new
strategy of Democrats is to now claim that spending and taxes reduce
inflation.
We now have the Senate moving legislation with a price tag of
$433 billion in new spending and $327 billion in new taxes, and it's
called the Inflation Reduction Act.
It's like McDonald's serving up a new Big Mac with more beef,
more cheese and more sauce, and calling it the Weight Watchers
Special.
Our president and Congress are imploding in the polls, and what
we get from them are word games.
A commonly accepted definition of recession is two consecutive
quarters of economic contraction.
The Commerce Department just reported that the U.S. economy con-
tracted 0.9% in the second quarter. This follows a contraction of
1.6% in the first quarter.
Recession?
Our president says no way. Our Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen,
who apologized recently for being wrong last year, denying that in-
flation was on its way, held what the press called a "rare stand
alone news conference" at the Treasury Department, to assure us we
are not in a recession.
It's reminiscent of comedian Groucho Marx, who quipped, "Who are
you going to believe — me or your own eyes?"
On a similar note, the House has passed the Respect for Marriage
Act, which now will be considered in the Senate.
The Respect for Marriage Act would codify into federal law the
legality of same-sex marriage.
This is in reaction to a note by Supreme Court Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas in his concurrent opinion in the recent Dobbs deci-
sion overturning Roe v. Wade, suggesting that the Obergefell deci-
sion, in which the court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015,
should be readdressed.
Why is this called the Respect for Marriage Act and not called
the Redefine Marriage Act?
It's simply more of the Washington word-game culture, which we
now see in government spending and taxing suddenly being about re-
ducing inflation, and consecutive quarters of economic contraction
not necessarily being about recession.
To call this legislation the Redefine Marriage Act would be
honest, something simply unheard of in Washington.
It is important for same-sex marriage advocates to call this
the Respect for Marriage Act, because this suggests that, for those
few thousand years in which no one questioned that marriage is be-
tween a man and woman, we disrespected marriage.
Now, in our new enlightened age, we understand the truth that
marriage includes vows between individuals of the same sex, and thus
we now respect this sacred institution.
A recent New York Times poll indicated just 13% of Americans are
happy with how things are going in our country.
It's not such a great surprise. Why are Americans so dissatis-
fied?
Billy Joel had a hit song years ago called "Honesty."
"Honesty is such a lonely word / Everyone is so untrue / Honesty
is hardly ever heard / And mostly what I need from you."
As we move into elections during these chaotic times, we might
recall the words of one of the nation's founders, Thomas Paine, who
observed, "We have it within our power to begin the world over
again."
Those who aspire for political office and power might consider
that many among the 87% who are not happy with our country today
and where they see it headed, know that truths exist — truths upon
which a great nation was built — and despair how they have disap-
peared in our public life.
Leaders who have the courage to be honest, despite how challeng-
ing this can be now, will wake up a lot of souls in our nation who
recall and long for better days.
** Star Parker **
Since Star posted this, Democrats have redefined 'recession' and
have orchestrated some disastrous events, including a raid upon the
the Trump home in Florida and as with the impeachments and Mueller
Investigation, Jan 6 Committee, and the 2020 election "Honesty" has
been tossed in the trash with ethics, morals, and patriotism.
We HAVE to depend upon God to deliver us from the evil and pray
that He will save our nation for our children for generations to
come.
Conservatively,
John
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