The evidence that the nation’s government officials are extensively separate from the concerns of the American people grows larger each day.
Review just a few recent examples.
New York State is in a rapid downward spiral. Stunning levels of crime, outrageous taxes, failing schools and a regulatory environment that destroys jobs and businesses large and small besiege the remaining residents of what was once known as the Empire State. But you wouldn’t know that from the early 2023 actions of its government. Facing a myriad of very real challenges, what did legislatures work on? Well, they gave themselves a pay raise. They followed up that nonsense with a provision to approve human composting. According to a published source, “The practice is formally referred to as ‘natural organic reduction’ and is seen as a more environmentally friendly alternative to more traditional burials. New York is the sixth state to legalize human composting since 2019. The green burial process was legalized by Governor Kathy Hochul.”
Legislators got a raise and they use your body for composting. That solves everything, doesn’t it? That certainly explains the mass exodus from New York (those who follow science fiction movies will probably prefer the phrase “Escape from New York,” a 1981 flick starring Kurt Russell.)
Spectrum News reports that New York continues to lead the country in population loss and outmigration, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Empire State saw the largest annual numeric and percent decline in its population between July 2021 and July 2022, dropping by 180,341 people. Overall, that’s a 0.9% decrease in people living in New York, the bureau reported. Net domestic migration accounted for much of the decline in the state’s population, with New York losing 299,557 to other states. New York in the last two years has seen a sharp drop in its population, losing more than 400,000 people during that time.”
New York is not alone. As California contends with brownouts because they can’t produce enough electricity, and people across the once-golden state struggle to pay massively increased energy bills, the progressive legislature and governor are seeking to replace less costly natural gas with hyper-costly electricity. Claims that some uses of natural gas, such as that used for cooking, cause health problems are sheer nonsense, disproven by the simplest reviews of the ridiculous claims. The same culprits want to eliminate gas-driven cars, as well.
KTLA reports that The (California) “state’s population…continues to decline, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Figures released …showed California’s resident population at 39,029,342 in July 2022, a decline of more than 113-thousand since July 2021 and down more than a half-million people since July 2020.”
At first glance, engaging in actions that chase your population away, or that ignore real needs like crime control, inflation and runaway taxes, appear to be exceptionally absurd. Are these actions the results of ignorant leaders in Sacramento and Albany? To understand their bizarre decisions, you have to understand their actual goals. Those plans have nothing to do with the environment, public health, or safety. They have everything to do with control. The distribution of electricity is a far easier action to control than other energy sources. If everyone, every business, every vehicle is wholly dependent on electricity, which can be limited at the flick of a few switches, big government has massive influence in every decision about everything. If starting or running a business is too expensive to engage in, then you must depend on government for your survival.
While families contend with trying to pay higher bills and avoid being victimized by the criminals government elites let out onto the street thanks to lax law enforcement and the growing strength of criminal cartels let into America through Biden’s open southern border, Progressive officials and their media lackeys ignore those concerns. They distract from it with overblown environmental allegations, and a whole litany of grievance issues that serve only to alienate different segments of the population from one another, a divide and conquer technique that strengthens their hand even further.
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