We haven't really heard from the top .5% of the wealthy who will be getting these gigantic tax cuts, perhaps permanently one day if the Republicans have their way. I fear they might. But we hear from their slavish protectors endlessly how this economy will improve once they have their money.
I see how it will improve the economy. On a drive one morning to the northernmost part of the island I'm staying on here on the Palm Coast of Florida, I saw the convoy of gardener trucks, pool cleaning trucks, sewer cleaning trucks, house cleaning trucks, delivery trucks, catering trucks etc. making their way slowly up the A1A and turning into gated driveways that lead to the villas surrounded by perfectly manicured 15 foot hedges. In some cases I could see past through openings in the hedges to the lawns that looked as though they were putting greens, the mansions that looked like smaller versions of the Pierpont Morgan Library, their polished Mercedes, Bentleys & Bugattis all lined up in the driveways. Meanwhile an army of sweating men bare chested and wearing bandannas were already engaged in trimming, edging, mowing, clearing, sweeping, digging and delivering the services and goods necessary for the day.
It came to me that the ultra rich only want the tax cuts though they haven't said anything one way or the other (or at least I haven't heard) is because they can get them. It's an expression of power, a reminder to us who they are, who they control and how much above us they really are. That they are powerful, that they own everything and that they can get whatever they want and take whatever they want without so much as raising themselves from their breakfast tables seems also to be the dream that their slavish protectors aspire to.
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