Truth is limited in the politics of political deception
By Derek Joy
    Here we go again. . .
   No, it isnât the hit recording of the 1970âs by the Isley Brothers. It is the countdown to âDecision 2012â – Election Day.
   A scant three weeks remain until the Nov. 6th election, when American voters will either re-elect President Barack Obama or elect Republican Mitt Romney.Â
   Yep. Itâs time to âGet ready for the get down,â as put by one time Motown recording artist Willie Hutch. And thatâs precisely what American voters look forward to.
   It isnât about what will best help America as a nation. It is more about race and the success of the wealthy among us. Just look at it for what itâs worth in fact.
   You see, short memories quite frequently lead to a repeat performance of miseries past. Or maybe worse. For confirmation, simply think back to the Great Depression of the 1930âs.
   The unregulated recklessness of the Republican Party drove America to the brink of economic ruin. Thatâs right. It wasnât just Black Americans. But America was on her economic knees.
   Remember, for all the success of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, the economic recovery didnât happen in four years. It took much longer, coming only after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and pulled America into World War II.
   Still, the wealthy have convinced Republicans to once again hoodwink voters to put them in the White House to further ruin what their George W. Bush and Dick Cheney started during their eight years in office.
   Yet they say absolutely nothing about ensuring that the wealthy are taxed at the same rate as everyone else in America.Â
   They say absolutely nothing about whether or not a Romney/Paul Ryan duo will outsource American jobs to foreign countries as he did when he was governor of Massachusetts. Nothing at all.
   Wonât even say how many more Americans will have Swiss bank accounts and invest in foreign countries rather than in America. Wonât even say if taxes are paid on their profits made in foreign countries.
   No. These political charlatans wonât even detail how much such scandalous financial practices really cost the American economy.Â
   Nor will they tell us how much the American economy – in both the short term and long term – will benefit by and to such dubious financial practices. And absolutely nothing is said about how much the American economy will benefit by a higher tax on the wealthy.
   One thing is certain. At the end of the Bill Clinton Presidency in 2001, there was more than a trillion dollar budget surplus. Unfortunately, that all went bye-bye under the Bush Administration.
   Still, Romney and Ryan, along with their supporters will have you believe that their mess could have been reversed in four years. At some point in time, reason, and not racism, should come into play.
   For without reason, America is doomed to languish in economic quagmires while the rich get richer. Just ask Cheney and his cohorts at Haliburton who won all those no-bid contracts.
