Of course we all should have our true needs met.
True needs in the sense that we don't include wants as needs.

I am inclined to think there are some that include special wants as needs in their lifes.
When others can have most of their wants others hope to keep some of their wants.

Only a possibility. Not a fact.
A possibility that is becoming less possible each day.
Just how stupid do you think most people are?

How much longer are the people going to go into debt to keep the economy looking good.
When those costs come due the possibility of a recession grows.
When do people stop taking on more debt?

I don't have any debt. & I am not going to spend my savings as long as Trump is in office.
I watch for the hard pressed deals out there.
I am a big fan of BOGO.(Buy on get one)
Using my money to take advantage of these deals means I for the most part live on my social security.
My income other than social security is so low that most of my social security don't count as income.
I have a very low tax obligation.

Our economic system seems to provide resections from time to time.
That is a time to increase investments.
This works out fine for buying cheap.
When the economy improves you sell your gains.

I didn't make the rules but I can follow them.
I am just a small player in the game.

There are bills that keep going up.
The money I save in taxes covers that.

So just say I have assets but I am living poor.
Many have to live poor.

If you can live with out a lot of wants it is not hard to get by.

There are those today that are doing well.
There are more that are not doing as well as they would like.
There are tax laws that favor money earned on investments more than money paid in wages.
There is a failure by many to see if there is more money in the hands of the consumers more of what is produce will be sold. ( A healthy economy)

The system is top heavy.
Most of the money ends up in only a few hands.
Where a lot of that extra money buys favorable tax laws.

Now we have a lot of misinformed people that think this is the way it should be.
While claiming the people with out assets are the ones stealing their money.
Money that fuels the market place.

The idea that make the product (Supply side economics) & the economy will be fine
The thing that is wrong with that system is that with out enough money in the hands of the buyers (Who provide the demand side of economics.) More of what is made is unsold at prices that provide a reasonable profit.

So supporting a system where investment money that earns money is taxed more favorable.
The burden of supporting the economy falls on the hands of those that have the least.
In many ways it is the middle class that carries that load.
So stop & realize that if you are a middle class business owner how is the banks having more. Helping your bottom line?
Leaves less money to support a healthy economy.

I bring that up because many in the middle seem to think they are not ending up with their fair share.

Drinking the Kool-Aid don't make it the truth.

The market place is full of deals to increase sales.
A sign of what it takes to sell things today.

By one get one free.
Tell me true is that the best way to turn a profit.
Or a sign that things are not as good as they should be?

Are Trumps supporters buying in to fake news?

Well just wait.
Trumps well being is coming under more duress every day.
Most of it caused by his lack of control on what he is saying & doing.
He is an old man suffering with dementia.
Not the best choice to lead this nation.

The blame for his mistakes will be shared by his supporters.
How will that happen?
Well those that support him will lose their credibility.
You can see that now in republicans not going to run for office.

The is an analogy about rats deserting ships before they really sink.
Rats seem to detect the small leaks & abandon those ships in time to save their lives.
You can see that now with republicans deciding to retire from politics. (Not may but some are)
Getting out before the ship sinks.

So are you going to be the good sailor that goes down with the ship?
Faithful to the end?

In am not waiting for Trump to stack the deck in my favor.
I am facing the reality of having to live in the mess he creates.

You on the other hand seem to BE PLEASED with the mess he is creating.
TO EACH THEIR OWN!

My brain is getting enough oxygen to know what is going on in the world around me.
I will stick with your soup is affecting your brain.
Your bad soup is reducing the oxygen level in your brain.

Fake news going in.
B.S. comes out.

I would go with a sane person would think some one who would kill another would be acting insanely.
That person for all intents & purposes could be judged sane.

If some one kills a person (even if it is well planed) would not be acting sanely.
Just acting insanely should not be a sign of insanity.

To be judged insane one would need to display many signs of insanity.

I think you should see where much false news really comes from.
The tweets of Trump.

You miss the whole point of why the democrats a not rushing to impeach Trump.
Trump is the rights problem.
I for one can only see the strength & influence of the republicans fading each addition day of Trumps presidency.
My only fear is like your fear. The republican party will cease having any real power & influence.
The bright spot in that is that to hang around the republican party will be come more liberal.
Then it will come down to my & your greatest fear. The left will adapt right wing tactics to gain back the power they lost.

In life thinking of it like a game of chess helps seeking far reaching answers of what lays ahead.

There are published numbers on profits & wages.
Over the last 40 plus years the percent that went to profits has gained & the part that went for wages fell farther behind.

There are may here bemoaning the fact that they are not getting their fair share.
There is a united effort to blame those with the least as being the reason for that.
But over the course of the last 40 plus years the few at the top have gained the most while in the rest of the system most lost ground.

This will continue until those complainers find where the blame really should be.

Sorry about the "ee" in red.
The advantage from gerrymandering in red states helped put more republican votes over all in a single area there by gaining a seat in the electoral college.

The areas should be of a more natural shape & be set up with out being set up to help a political party.

Some people just are afraid to have a personal intellectual thought.
I say afraid because I give them credit for having a working brain.
Dumb but not stupid.
Caring but afraid to offer an original thought.
That is the whole point of dividing the people.

A nation where people follow blindly any one who plays to their inner fears.
Yes that is what Trump is doing.

Then while you are distracted they pick your pocket.
Not just yours but mine also.
Only a few end up with getting back some of what is taken from them.

You don't read what people write very closely.

I am just saying in a nation where there is a well blended mix of both conservative & liberal views there should be room for most different views people have on life.
It would be best if those views were moderate.
Rather the extremism that there is today.

I say there must be trolls on this site that wish to keep us divided.
I also say that in the wish that is to keep us divided.
Is the wish to draw our attention away from what some want todo.

Being a republican today is to become out dated. Holding on to issues that are becoming out dated.
The nation has become in many ways to far right.
The issue facing us to day is one of not drifting to far left.
There needs to be moderation in both parties.

In expressing my liberal views I see the need to see moderation on both sides.
As things stand today it is to bring moderation on the right & avoiding an over correction on the left.

This all takes an increase in individual thinking by every one.