From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode in his
Show Notes (a.k.a. Newsletter!):
In this episode, I discuss the breaking news out of Georgia about the 2020 election and a troubling story out of Illinois about a school official.
Well, I did it again. I got behind. I took a few too many days off over the holiday weekend, celebrating the New Year a little too much, maybe watching a bunch of football and basketball, and relaxing. I have a feeling, though, that you are alright with that. Everybody needs to take a break now and then. And actually, going by my blog and social media statistics, a lot of people were also taking off for the New Years Day holiday! And being that it was on Friday this year, that made the perfect opportunity for many of us to take 3 or 4 days off from visiting their favorite blog and websites, or even thinking about what is facing us. But actually, I have had a lot of thoughts about what is going on right now!
This episode was a few minutes shorter than usual, being it was done on New Years Day. But, wow, it was extremely powerful! I actually learned something I hadn't thought of before: "There is no power (for a politician or bureaucrat) in 'Yes'." You know, like if you could just go to your local gun dealer, and buy yourself a good firearm, and carry it around with you, with no permits required. Heck no, that isn't how it goes. You get to jump through all kinds of hoops to get this permit and that permit. You know that. So, what is in it for the politicians that make the laws, or authorities that administer the various processes, in order for you to have that firearm, and use it the way you want to, and have it where you can access it quickly in order to make use of the tool? It is all about the power that the politicians and government administrators get when they say NO, you need to jump through all these hoops, and pay a lot of fees, most likely.
In relation to that power trip enjoyed by the government officials, Dan also discusses something that I have also noticed over the long life that I've had: It is getting more and more obvious that there is a lot of difficulty in getting around all of the rules and regulations to start and run a small business. Back in the day when I was doing small business gigs, I found all the income tax codes to be very burdensome to keep up with, not to mention the amount of record keeping and accounting I had to do. Finally, in the 1990's, tax software came out that was very helpful; but it always meant spending a wad of cash for it. While the big corporations could hire huge accounting firms, and could even lobby Congress to change tax laws for their benefit, the small businesses had that immense struggle just to survive and get their tax returns submitted by April 15. And when tax software came out on the internet, it was great... at first. But I found that the cost went up quickly as the years went by. Again, it was a punishment for you if you went off on your own and started a business. Capitalism is great, but if you think that our government is looking out for the little guy, cancel that thought!
Think about it. Did Amazon have a rough year with the pandemic going on? No, it was a fantastic year for them, and who wouldn't have predicted that? In fact, I'm pretty sure that any company with a very large internet presence didn't do too bad. But if you owned a shop or a restaurant that depended on incoming foot traffic, and you had to get through more hoops to make your business "Covid Safe," well, good luck with that! If a regulation got in the way of continuing your business, let alone a Covid shutdown, you weren't going to get too far in getting the government officials to deregulate and eliminate all the barriers. Okay, well, you just might have to close your business, which a large number of people have had to do!
So, I guess what I learned from Dan today was that not only do government officials love the power, but they also will get the benefits of lobbyists that can send them on a trip to Cancun or buy them a case of the finest wine. Well, that's what the corporate world can do when they get big enough. And okay, I think the point is made that the government is not really for the little people... Not when they can get that kind of power. And you wonder why the Swamp got so deep and full of a lot of mud, like quicksand, that can suck in those that are supposed to be working for us?
So, is it any wonder why the Swamp, the Deep State, wants to get rid of Donald Trump, or censor people expressing their thoughts on the social media? Greed and power are the tools that the Devil would use against us. It's pretty obvious where this is going, so I'll call it a night right there.
Because I know that Dan Bongino would prefer that I embed the Rumble.com video here, I am now doing that! It finally came to me how to do it, and I am very pleased, because it doesn't require me to use the JavaScript code to do it! So, when you are watching, you will not be seeing it via youtube.com again. Nope, not here. Ever! No more screwtube embedded video here! Forevs! So, it's now RUMBLE all the way, Dan. For Dan's show page on Rumble.com, click here.
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