The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
Recently, Iâve listened to many African Americans who say they want nothing to do with politics, but they want everything to do with money.
Father, forgive them. They donât understand how our existence is related to governing and economics.
I write about politics and money because those are two topics that I know a few things about.
Let me try to school you.
First, the United States is a capitalist country. In any capitalist country, money and politics are parallel. Where you find money, you will also find government and politicians seeking to regulate money and legislate monetary appropriations.
There are grown men and women who reside in Black communities who feel they should never cast a vote for any political candidate.
Those Black non-voters are quick to call the governmentâs law enforcers, or the governmentâs ambulances, when they are victimized or injured.
They are quick to complain about federal, state, and local taxes. They are angry when trash and garbage is not picked up, and they get riled when their children and grandchildren are miseducated or poorly educated.
Every nation in the world has elected, appointed, or public servants who became leaders by force.
The Blacks in America and Blacks around the world have ancestors who fought, died, marched, and prayed for equal rights, equal justice, equal protections, equal opportunities, and equal recognition.
Politics are important because politics gives Black people opportunities to select the public servants they feel are best for Black people.
Politics becomes a problem when we get bamboozled by candidates who seek to serve themselves rather than serving their voters and their communities.
Blacks who dislike politics love âtitlesâ. If you have a political title, you get free dinners, free drinks, you get to hire your side-piece to work on your staff, you get top-level health care, and more.
Our people must be able to distinguish between political pretenders and candidates who have solid plans for Black progress.
If your community has no good elected officials, it is important for you to find, develop, train, and groom candidates who are acceptable to you and the communities you love.
Letâs talk about money.
Black people love millionaires who drive luxury cars, live in spacious mansions, and women and men who waste money âmaking it rainâ at strip clubs.
A millionaire is ârichâ but a millionaire is far from wealthy!
There are levels of money that entertainers, athletes, hustlers, gamblers, Blacks with good jobs, and poor Blacks in the projects and in rural housing will never know.
Most people, of all races, have money in the bank that pays them less than one percent in interest.
Trust TGR, some people doing banking business get paid 100% interest on their bank deposits. For example, if you invest a billion dollars in major banks for 10 months, after 10 months of investing, youâll have 10 billion dollars.
Hmmm? If the Blacks in America could work together and stop working with outsiders who are robbing Black businesses, churches, schools, and other institutions, we could finance our progress and build our communities, and help to build African nations.
I study money and politics, and I know how money and politics are important to Black progress.
Stop singing âWe Shall Overcomeâ and start working to overcome and overachieve.
There is power in money and politics.The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
Recently, Iâve listened to many African Americans who say they want nothing to do with politics, but they want everything to do with money.
Father, forgive them. They donât understand how our existence is related to governing and economics.
I write about politics and money because those are two topics that I know a few things about.
Let me try to school you.
First, the United States is a capitalist country. In any capitalist country, money and politics are parallel. Where you find money, you will also find government and politicians seeking to regulate money and legislate monetary appropriations.
There are grown men and women who reside in Black communities who feel they should never cast a vote for any political candidate.
Those Black non-voters are quick to call the governmentâs law enforcers, or the governmentâs ambulances, when they are victimized or injured.
They are quick to complain about federal, state, and local taxes. They are angry when trash and garbage is not picked up, and they get riled when their children and grandchildren are miseducated or poorly educated.
Every nation in the world has elected, appointed, or public servants who became leaders by force.
The Blacks in America and Blacks around the world have ancestors who fought, died, marched, and prayed for equal rights, equal justice, equal protections, equal opportunities, and equal recognition.
Politics are important because politics gives Black people opportunities to select the public servants they feel are best for Black people.
Politics becomes a problem when we get bamboozled by candidates who seek to serve themselves rather than serving their voters and their communities.
Blacks who dislike politics love âtitlesâ. If you have a political title, you get free dinners, free drinks, you get to hire your side-piece to work on your staff, you get top-level health care, and more.
Our people must be able to distinguish between political pretenders and candidates who have solid plans for Black progress.
If your community has no good elected officials, it is important for you to find, develop, train, and groom candidates who are acceptable to you and the communities you love.
Letâs talk about money.
Black people love millionaires who drive luxury cars, live in spacious mansions, and women and men who waste money âmaking it rainâ at strip clubs.
A millionaire is ârichâ but a millionaire is far from wealthy!
There are levels of money that entertainers, athletes, hustlers, gamblers, Blacks with good jobs, and poor Blacks in the projects and in rural housing will never know.
Most people, of all races, have money in the bank that pays them less than one percent in interest.
Trust TGR, some people doing banking business get paid 100% interest on their bank deposits. For example, if you invest a billion dollars in major banks for 10 months, after 10 months of investing, youâll have 10 billion dollars.
Hmmm? If the Blacks in America could work together and stop working with outsiders who are robbing Black businesses, churches, schools, and other institutions, we could finance our progress and build our communities, and help to build African nations.
I study money and politics, and I know how money and politics are important to Black progress.
Stop singing âWe Shall Overcomeâ and start working to overcome and overachieve.
There is power in money and politics.
