I have an acquaintance still blaming Trump for the current high prices and chaos following the pandemic. And it’s all because of “the huge mess he left for Joe Biden” that things aren’t better. This same acquaintance also believes the Harris/Walz ticket will lead America out of the darkness. I think we are truly doomed because I see no rational thought process behind this.
I am hearing exactly that… I stay silent because it feels so crazy I am speechless. I need to figure out something to say …some response that shows I don’t agree…
That's because there isn't any rational thought process behind it. People are told this, and for whatever mysterious reason, they believe it all. Hook, line and sinker. They never even wonder if what they are being told is to benefit the opposing faction (in this case, what is being said about Trump is largely propaganda created by the left...the right does it too, so it isn't all rosy in our court!)
Excellent article! Everything goes back to the “ why “ . The “ carbon “ tax is a huge money laundering scheme……impacts on all / most pricing ……in particular food . This has been a major assault on all Canadians in particular the vulnerable. Why do folks ( most ) not acknowledge this ? PS don’t answer ha ha
Yeah, I've been trying to answer that question for years. The answer is something strange indeed, but human psychology is about as strange as you can get.
When the bad guys get the key to how to make that strangeness work to their advantage, we are all goners. Which is exactly what is happening.
"Bread and Circuses"...the beginning, the carrot, and soon it will be only the stick. And believe it or not, most people when being whacked with this stick will wonder what they did wrong and why they pissed off the stick bearer, rather than realize the truth.
I just saw a meme that said all of us who will refuse to wear a mask when they are called for again during the next plandemic will be the sole reason why we will, again, be thrust into lockdowns, job losses, social distancing, mandates, etc. etc. It will be OUR fault for not complying...how's THAT for brainwashing!!
Thanks, Todd, for this excellent article so well-titled. I've been harping on about this topic for a few years now to whoever will listen, and I'm going to include an e-mail (personal) to the editor of our town newspaper where he was complaining about the price-increase (of all things!!) of his beloved Coke-Zero.
Here it is:
Thank you for bringing a morning smile to my face upon reading your recent editorial on grocery prices, and particularly your ‘Coke Zero’ reference. I often enjoy your writing and style, even though it’s a bit too ‘a la gauche’ for me nowadays. (But don’t worry, I too was left-leaning for most of my life until the advent of the Covid-Era circa March 2020.)
You see, sir, someone was going to have to ‘pay for it all’, and that most certainly includes you and your favourite beverage.
The advent of the Covid-Era— and our PM’s “Great Reset” he told us about from his ‘cottage bunker’ back in 2020— required much to be paid for including:
all that PPE purchased for not just ourselves, but for China
all that ‘infrastructure’ built or contracted to deal with the ‘virus’, whether it be mobile hospitals, special Covid units, or plexiglass panels everywhere
all the dollars sent out to many (and some unworthy) to deal with layoffs/job loss or ‘whatever it seemed’ due to lockdowns
all those ‘vaccines’ specially refrigerated (huh?), distributed, dispersed, and injected(multiple times) into tens of millions in our country alone ( I betcha thought those were ‘free’?)
all the monies spent and allocated to industry, banks, bureaucrats, academia, unions, and telecom/media to help us all survive the “viral threat” around us
millions of dollars allocated to establish Canadian ‘vaccine plants’ to have us ‘ready’ for “The Next One”
millions spent on apps and super-surveillance to keep us all ‘safe’ (remember ArriveCan?)
and so much more that I can’t bore you with anymore—- but will cost us and our children for years
If all this was not enough, as it was becoming ‘safe’ to perhaps pop your head up in the summer of 2022, we were being told by the illustrious Deputy PM that ‘climate change’ was to be our next battle to be fought and won. And, so, more money will be siphoned off by dubious ‘green’ companies/contractors. So, pay your carbon tax to save us all, okay!! (By the way, have you got used to 33% higher fuel, utility, insurance, grocery, vehicle, and all service costs over the past few years??)
And you’d better buy your electric car soon, or else!—- (Oh, and also, you know we are funding/building all kinds of battery plants to power those same EVs that millions of Canadians will not be able to afford——-but, alas, perhaps, that’s the plan anyway?)
And to top it all off: “The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!” is becoming
in-vogue again. ( Oh, how I loved the ’72 Summit Series from my perspective in fourth grade! ) The Russians are now the bad guys again. We need that, you see, to keep our economy strong. So, let’s send billions of dollars to Mr. Z— the former comedian turned leader of the Ukraine —because we all know how well the never-ending wars of Iraq/Afghanistan turned out for the citizens of all nations there.
Keep up the good work—- and sorry for the acerbic tone to my letter, but becoming slowly and surely poorer has that effect on seniors like myself. And I don’t even drink Coke Zero!
What was his reply to my e-mail? This: “Yes, life is definitely costlier these days.”
But I personally will not give up. We can't. Even one person thinking twice about what's happening after sending a note is worth all those keyboard taps to whatever level of government or corporate power that we address.
At times, I often think about packing in my website and quit linking truthful articles as sometimes I think people don't give a damn. But then one like this comes along and I think, no, I've got to keep doing what I'm doing. Even if I only affect one person, then it is still worth it. Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
You are too kind. Thank you. I often think the same thing...I really only have an audience of about 97 faithful readers...I write two articles a week just for them really. It does not seem that my free subscribers get much from this substack. Maybe I am wrong...but I keep on plugging...
Yes that was MY class all of my working adult life and it was comfortable. So very happy to have lived during a time of relative prosperity, America was Great!
And dont forget our oh-so-canny PM'S refusal to supply Europe with LNG. They come begging, he sends them packing muttering inanities about lousy Business plans. Yeah, it would have brought money, jobs, to thousands of (actual) Canadians lifting the burdens of poverty and even, God forbid! lower gas prices. Or his insistence on capping oil industry production/profits when every baby economist know that the BEST way to ensure scarcity is to cap pricing and production (See Rand Paul's elegant explanation in "The Case against Socialism" and everything Milton Friedman has ever said.)
Just face it folks. In the academic tradition of positing a theory that accounts for ALL observed and extrapolable data, per constructive empiricism (Monton, 2008 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, citing Bas van Fraassen's work, where he says, "there is no... warrant for going beyond our evidence" if science is to explain truth derived from what has been observed) the only explanation that thoroughly addresses all the current insanity is that they are trying to kill us all.
Sadly, this is a conclusion that I reached in Dec. 2020. I reached out to an outspoken physician at the time to validate what the actual pandemic data was speaking to me, because I couldn't bring myself to believe what I was seeing. And he named it, "They are trying to kill us all."
I have come to the same conclusion, which is rather frightening to say the least. But you really can see the logic in their goal...if they have lost all sense of empathy, decency, Godliness, and love, then certainly that is what any "rational" person would set out to do. Kill us all (or, maybe leave a few, for a while, to clean up garbage...)
Oh Todd, you hit the nail on the head every time! Either people just don't want to see what is coming or they are truly blinded by the BS thrown at us at every turn. 'They' don't want a middle class and as you say the lower class has always been gone.
I often ask, is there truly a need for a particular price to have gone up so much or is it just the company/store jumping on the bandwagon to get more because everyone else is.
I love your comment re Keg and the freeloader kids. You wouldn't mind so much if the 'kids' were saving to eventually move out but they are living the good life and not necessarily contributing to the parents who are putting a roof over their head. I know of a couple of families with this going on. Let's see what this week offers us. :)
I base my freeloader kid remark on my experience with clients. Of course I understand that my client base is not an accurate indication of a large percentage of people, but it is still enlightening. It seems most young people who are still living at home (at 24, 25, or 30) really do not have a clue as to what the world is out there. They are not necessarily lazy, or stupid, or malicious...they just don't know.
When I was that age there was only one option...leave. First of all, I didn't want to stay. I had a drive, a desire, to get out and live. Most young people I see in practice lack that drive for some reason. I didn't like living at home, and I suppose I had it good there...I was fed...maybe my mother did my laundry (I actually do not remember, so most likely she did!!) etc. etc. But the last thing I wanted was to be there...and there was NEVER an indication from my parents I should stay. That's another problem today, parents (particularly mothers) beg their kids to stay..."save your money"...they say...that is nonsense.
I headed out to graduate school in Cincinnati when I graduated University (and I lived in residence for four years). To this day I do not know how I managed this financially...I know I never stopped working, making money, and I know I did not get a PENNY from my parents...NOTHING (after undergrad)...so I guess I made it work.
Kids today say everything is too expensive...well, then get a bunch of roommates (which NO ONE is willing to do) or move somewhere where you CAN afford an apartment...there are many places in Canada and US cheaper than Toronto or NYC...
Future citizens will comprise of spoilt children, only too happy to abdicate self-responsibility, in the deluded belief that their governments are looking out for their best interests
Interesting when you say that the kids are not necessarily lazy, or stupid, etc. I partially agree. It is almost like they are afraid to take flight. I never would have expected my parents to keep looking after me. I was gone at 19. Same thing when people speak about getting married. Society seems to think 25 is too young to marry; wait until you are 35+, so expecting kids to move out at 19 is just too crazy. I hear it "but they are just kids and kids don't grow up until they are 30". What planet are they from? :) Yes moms coddle kids too much but in one of our friends it is the father that doesn't want the kids to leave. The same kids that say everything is too expensive are the same ones going out to The Keg while parents are staying home having a tuna sandwich. No bugs for me LOL.
Yes, we are in agreement. It is not as simple as I imply.
Fathers are guilty too, I am not sure where their head is. It is some odd form of emasculation, the loss of the "King" archetype among fathers. They no longer have a desire to set their "prince" sons out as men, as their own kings. They are willing to "share the castle." Which is deplorable.
The daughters don't really count...they typically don't hang around as long. The culture supports their "feminine warrior" so most of them are ready to set out into the world at about 21 or so. The young men are the ones in more trouble...
It is, at the very least, a fascinating phenomenon.
True, but I also know a lot of families where the parents house is worth over a million and the two kids will inherit at least $500,000.00 each. Will this then create a new middle class?
Well, not too sure how many of those we will find out there, and for the kids that do inherit that sort of money, for many of them it would be like winning the lottery...and that money would soon go up in smoke.
As Elixir says below, the agenda has its sights set on destroying that sort of situation with ridiculous capital gains taxes (in Canada it is now 67%) and I am sure other ways such as home ownership in general, inheritance taxes, etc. Soon, if they get their way, no one will be able to even buy a house (BlackRock will own them all) and the high capital gains taxes are discouraging people from investing or saving their money at all.
Apologies... the first time I posted my comment, it didn't register with me, hence my second... even though I'm Irish, I didn't do it "to be sure, to be sure"🙂
Ummmm... just because people own their own home does not mean they are cash rich. I own my home but my disposal income is miniscule (I'm 80). In fact, in order to avail of heat and electricity, I now mostly eat homemade sandwiches. Also, a house might be worth over a $million today, but I'm pretty sure the powers that be will orchestrate a property collapse when it suits them.
Yes, on both counts. There are many people who do not have a ton of equity in their home for a lot of reasons. And yes, the agenda is currently orchestrating a massive property collapse...
oh yes, we are indeed. The so-called middle class are too complacent to see that their "two cars, suburban house and nice holidays in Florida" are waving bye-bye to them.
Maybe it's that the middle class is actually two subclasses: those who' ve achieved financial 'security' through their own sweat and savings/investments (private sector... DOH!); OR those who have suckled at the teat of government (or those unions,who have colluded with government since the 1990s) and now whose wealth is supported by siphoning off the wealth of those in the first camp and the lower class.
In the UK, the normies only know how to shake their heads in disbelief when they see that they pay for everything through the nose. So what do they do? they choose Labour to double down on the decimation of the country. And the rest of those who can still see what is being done to us look at them in disbelief that normies are so programmed that they can't see what is happening.
I have an acquaintance still blaming Trump for the current high prices and chaos following the pandemic. And it’s all because of “the huge mess he left for Joe Biden” that things aren’t better. This same acquaintance also believes the Harris/Walz ticket will lead America out of the darkness. I think we are truly doomed because I see no rational thought process behind this.
I am hearing exactly that… I stay silent because it feels so crazy I am speechless. I need to figure out something to say …some response that shows I don’t agree…
That's because there isn't any rational thought process behind it. People are told this, and for whatever mysterious reason, they believe it all. Hook, line and sinker. They never even wonder if what they are being told is to benefit the opposing faction (in this case, what is being said about Trump is largely propaganda created by the left...the right does it too, so it isn't all rosy in our court!)
Excellent article! Everything goes back to the “ why “ . The “ carbon “ tax is a huge money laundering scheme……impacts on all / most pricing ……in particular food . This has been a major assault on all Canadians in particular the vulnerable. Why do folks ( most ) not acknowledge this ? PS don’t answer ha ha
Yeah, I've been trying to answer that question for years. The answer is something strange indeed, but human psychology is about as strange as you can get.
When the bad guys get the key to how to make that strangeness work to their advantage, we are all goners. Which is exactly what is happening.
"Bread and Circuses"...the beginning, the carrot, and soon it will be only the stick. And believe it or not, most people when being whacked with this stick will wonder what they did wrong and why they pissed off the stick bearer, rather than realize the truth.
I just saw a meme that said all of us who will refuse to wear a mask when they are called for again during the next plandemic will be the sole reason why we will, again, be thrust into lockdowns, job losses, social distancing, mandates, etc. etc. It will be OUR fault for not complying...how's THAT for brainwashing!!
Thanks, Todd, for this excellent article so well-titled. I've been harping on about this topic for a few years now to whoever will listen, and I'm going to include an e-mail (personal) to the editor of our town newspaper where he was complaining about the price-increase (of all things!!) of his beloved Coke-Zero.
Here it is:
Thank you for bringing a morning smile to my face upon reading your recent editorial on grocery prices, and particularly your ‘Coke Zero’ reference. I often enjoy your writing and style, even though it’s a bit too ‘a la gauche’ for me nowadays. (But don’t worry, I too was left-leaning for most of my life until the advent of the Covid-Era circa March 2020.)
You see, sir, someone was going to have to ‘pay for it all’, and that most certainly includes you and your favourite beverage.
The advent of the Covid-Era— and our PM’s “Great Reset” he told us about from his ‘cottage bunker’ back in 2020— required much to be paid for including:
all that PPE purchased for not just ourselves, but for China
all that ‘infrastructure’ built or contracted to deal with the ‘virus’, whether it be mobile hospitals, special Covid units, or plexiglass panels everywhere
all the dollars sent out to many (and some unworthy) to deal with layoffs/job loss or ‘whatever it seemed’ due to lockdowns
all those ‘vaccines’ specially refrigerated (huh?), distributed, dispersed, and injected(multiple times) into tens of millions in our country alone ( I betcha thought those were ‘free’?)
all the monies spent and allocated to industry, banks, bureaucrats, academia, unions, and telecom/media to help us all survive the “viral threat” around us
millions of dollars allocated to establish Canadian ‘vaccine plants’ to have us ‘ready’ for “The Next One”
millions spent on apps and super-surveillance to keep us all ‘safe’ (remember ArriveCan?)
and so much more that I can’t bore you with anymore—- but will cost us and our children for years
If all this was not enough, as it was becoming ‘safe’ to perhaps pop your head up in the summer of 2022, we were being told by the illustrious Deputy PM that ‘climate change’ was to be our next battle to be fought and won. And, so, more money will be siphoned off by dubious ‘green’ companies/contractors. So, pay your carbon tax to save us all, okay!! (By the way, have you got used to 33% higher fuel, utility, insurance, grocery, vehicle, and all service costs over the past few years??)
And you’d better buy your electric car soon, or else!—- (Oh, and also, you know we are funding/building all kinds of battery plants to power those same EVs that millions of Canadians will not be able to afford——-but, alas, perhaps, that’s the plan anyway?)
And to top it all off: “The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!” is becoming
in-vogue again. ( Oh, how I loved the ’72 Summit Series from my perspective in fourth grade! ) The Russians are now the bad guys again. We need that, you see, to keep our economy strong. So, let’s send billions of dollars to Mr. Z— the former comedian turned leader of the Ukraine —because we all know how well the never-ending wars of Iraq/Afghanistan turned out for the citizens of all nations there.
Keep up the good work—- and sorry for the acerbic tone to my letter, but becoming slowly and surely poorer has that effect on seniors like myself. And I don’t even drink Coke Zero!
What was his reply to my e-mail? This: “Yes, life is definitely costlier these days.”
But I personally will not give up. We can't. Even one person thinking twice about what's happening after sending a note is worth all those keyboard taps to whatever level of government or corporate power that we address.
What a great well written response !
Nice, thanks for sharing this! I love your letter...and the response is classic.
Excellent read, once again, Mr. Hayen!!!!!!
At times, I often think about packing in my website and quit linking truthful articles as sometimes I think people don't give a damn. But then one like this comes along and I think, no, I've got to keep doing what I'm doing. Even if I only affect one person, then it is still worth it. Linking as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
You are too kind. Thank you. I often think the same thing...I really only have an audience of about 97 faithful readers...I write two articles a week just for them really. It does not seem that my free subscribers get much from this substack. Maybe I am wrong...but I keep on plugging...
Yes that was MY class all of my working adult life and it was comfortable. So very happy to have lived during a time of relative prosperity, America was Great!
Yes...America certainly, at one time, was rather great...
Yes! Key takeaway is the tense as in PAST TENSE!
And dont forget our oh-so-canny PM'S refusal to supply Europe with LNG. They come begging, he sends them packing muttering inanities about lousy Business plans. Yeah, it would have brought money, jobs, to thousands of (actual) Canadians lifting the burdens of poverty and even, God forbid! lower gas prices. Or his insistence on capping oil industry production/profits when every baby economist know that the BEST way to ensure scarcity is to cap pricing and production (See Rand Paul's elegant explanation in "The Case against Socialism" and everything Milton Friedman has ever said.)
Just face it folks. In the academic tradition of positing a theory that accounts for ALL observed and extrapolable data, per constructive empiricism (Monton, 2008 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, citing Bas van Fraassen's work, where he says, "there is no... warrant for going beyond our evidence" if science is to explain truth derived from what has been observed) the only explanation that thoroughly addresses all the current insanity is that they are trying to kill us all.
Sadly, this is a conclusion that I reached in Dec. 2020. I reached out to an outspoken physician at the time to validate what the actual pandemic data was speaking to me, because I couldn't bring myself to believe what I was seeing. And he named it, "They are trying to kill us all."
I have come to the same conclusion, which is rather frightening to say the least. But you really can see the logic in their goal...if they have lost all sense of empathy, decency, Godliness, and love, then certainly that is what any "rational" person would set out to do. Kill us all (or, maybe leave a few, for a while, to clean up garbage...)
Oh Todd, you hit the nail on the head every time! Either people just don't want to see what is coming or they are truly blinded by the BS thrown at us at every turn. 'They' don't want a middle class and as you say the lower class has always been gone.
I often ask, is there truly a need for a particular price to have gone up so much or is it just the company/store jumping on the bandwagon to get more because everyone else is.
I love your comment re Keg and the freeloader kids. You wouldn't mind so much if the 'kids' were saving to eventually move out but they are living the good life and not necessarily contributing to the parents who are putting a roof over their head. I know of a couple of families with this going on. Let's see what this week offers us. :)
I base my freeloader kid remark on my experience with clients. Of course I understand that my client base is not an accurate indication of a large percentage of people, but it is still enlightening. It seems most young people who are still living at home (at 24, 25, or 30) really do not have a clue as to what the world is out there. They are not necessarily lazy, or stupid, or malicious...they just don't know.
When I was that age there was only one option...leave. First of all, I didn't want to stay. I had a drive, a desire, to get out and live. Most young people I see in practice lack that drive for some reason. I didn't like living at home, and I suppose I had it good there...I was fed...maybe my mother did my laundry (I actually do not remember, so most likely she did!!) etc. etc. But the last thing I wanted was to be there...and there was NEVER an indication from my parents I should stay. That's another problem today, parents (particularly mothers) beg their kids to stay..."save your money"...they say...that is nonsense.
I headed out to graduate school in Cincinnati when I graduated University (and I lived in residence for four years). To this day I do not know how I managed this financially...I know I never stopped working, making money, and I know I did not get a PENNY from my parents...NOTHING (after undergrad)...so I guess I made it work.
Kids today say everything is too expensive...well, then get a bunch of roommates (which NO ONE is willing to do) or move somewhere where you CAN afford an apartment...there are many places in Canada and US cheaper than Toronto or NYC...
Anyway, there's my old man rant...
Future citizens will comprise of spoilt children, only too happy to abdicate self-responsibility, in the deluded belief that their governments are looking out for their best interests
Exactly
Interesting when you say that the kids are not necessarily lazy, or stupid, etc. I partially agree. It is almost like they are afraid to take flight. I never would have expected my parents to keep looking after me. I was gone at 19. Same thing when people speak about getting married. Society seems to think 25 is too young to marry; wait until you are 35+, so expecting kids to move out at 19 is just too crazy. I hear it "but they are just kids and kids don't grow up until they are 30". What planet are they from? :) Yes moms coddle kids too much but in one of our friends it is the father that doesn't want the kids to leave. The same kids that say everything is too expensive are the same ones going out to The Keg while parents are staying home having a tuna sandwich. No bugs for me LOL.
Yes, we are in agreement. It is not as simple as I imply.
Fathers are guilty too, I am not sure where their head is. It is some odd form of emasculation, the loss of the "King" archetype among fathers. They no longer have a desire to set their "prince" sons out as men, as their own kings. They are willing to "share the castle." Which is deplorable.
The daughters don't really count...they typically don't hang around as long. The culture supports their "feminine warrior" so most of them are ready to set out into the world at about 21 or so. The young men are the ones in more trouble...
It is, at the very least, a fascinating phenomenon.
True, but I also know a lot of families where the parents house is worth over a million and the two kids will inherit at least $500,000.00 each. Will this then create a new middle class?
No, because the government will impose an equity tax like death duties to eradicate inherited wealth. Just watch!
I am inclined to agree. They are greedy evil bastards.
Well, not too sure how many of those we will find out there, and for the kids that do inherit that sort of money, for many of them it would be like winning the lottery...and that money would soon go up in smoke.
As Elixir says below, the agenda has its sights set on destroying that sort of situation with ridiculous capital gains taxes (in Canada it is now 67%) and I am sure other ways such as home ownership in general, inheritance taxes, etc. Soon, if they get their way, no one will be able to even buy a house (BlackRock will own them all) and the high capital gains taxes are discouraging people from investing or saving their money at all.
You are probably right. Like I said to Dr. S. Ivory - they are greedy evil bastards.
Apologies... the first time I posted my comment, it didn't register with me, hence my second... even though I'm Irish, I didn't do it "to be sure, to be sure"🙂
Ummmm... just because people own their own home does not mean they are cash rich. I own my home but my disposal income is miniscule (I'm 80). In fact, in order to avail of heat and electricity, I now mostly eat homemade sandwiches. Also, a house might be worth over a $million today, but I'm pretty sure the powers that be will orchestrate a property collapse when it suits them.
Yes, on both counts. There are many people who do not have a ton of equity in their home for a lot of reasons. And yes, the agenda is currently orchestrating a massive property collapse...
(removed comment because it was a repeat of the one above)
I tried to remove it but the darn thing would not obey me, so many thanks Todd
Strange...
Par for the course with me and technology 😊
oh yes, we are indeed. The so-called middle class are too complacent to see that their "two cars, suburban house and nice holidays in Florida" are waving bye-bye to them.
Maybe it's that the middle class is actually two subclasses: those who' ve achieved financial 'security' through their own sweat and savings/investments (private sector... DOH!); OR those who have suckled at the teat of government (or those unions,who have colluded with government since the 1990s) and now whose wealth is supported by siphoning off the wealth of those in the first camp and the lower class.
Yep. They (we) won't know what hit them...well, WE will, they won't.
In the UK, the normies only know how to shake their heads in disbelief when they see that they pay for everything through the nose. So what do they do? they choose Labour to double down on the decimation of the country. And the rest of those who can still see what is being done to us look at them in disbelief that normies are so programmed that they can't see what is happening.