I Hate Them All
Perhaps hate is too strong a word, but I am so disgusted by Washington, D.C., and just about all the politicians there. Democrats just lost a shutdown fight they tried to claim no responsibility for and, when lost, pivoted to Jeffrey Epstein with the help of the press. It turns out one of Epstein’s major private boosters was the author Michael Wolff, who plotted against Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Wolff, like Michael Avenatti before him, was a regular Brian Stelter guest on CNN. CNN and MSNBC have gone wall to wall with coverage of the new Epstein revelations, of which there is actually not much new information. They just hope to pin it all on Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, in MAGA Land, the President suddenly supports the H-1B visa program, telling Fox News’s Laura Ingraham that Americans are not talented enough to do the work that needs to be done and Americans cannot just be taken from the unemployment line to the manufacturing floor. He also, after months of saying tariffs were not to blame for higher prices, announced he’d be cutting the tariff on coffee to bring down the price of coffee. But wait! Tariffs do not raise prices, he assured us a few months ago.
In the magical world of Washington, D.C., anonymous whistleblowers who blow whistles against Democrats are ignored by the press, while those who blow whistles against Republicans are valorized. And tariffs do not raise prices, but tariff cuts cut prices. Americans get the government they deserve, but this government is dumber than a raccoon in a moonshine barrel. Maybe I do really hate them all.
Democrats broke the economy. They want no responsibility for breaking the economy. They would rather talk about Epstein than the economy. Mind you, when Democrats were in charge of the economy, Republicans spent a lot of time talking about Epstein. Now that they are in charge, Republicans want nothing to do with the very Epstein scandal they weaponized against Democrats. Now, Democrats want to weaponize Epstein against Republicans, while ignoring the economy they broke. It is a pretty strong admission against interest that Democrats have no solutions for the economy.
Republicans, now not talking about Epstein, but dodging the Epstein story they blew up (remember, Pam Bondi had the list on her desk and she was going to release it until she did not), are also dodging their lame duck President continuing to crater an economy Joe Biden first cratered. Eighty year old Presidents seem great at wrecking economies, not offering solutions to fix the economy. In Trump’s first term, before hitting Biden’s age, he had a booming economy, with everyone employed and the cost of living low. After Biden steered the economy into an ice berg, Mr. Trump has decided to, instead of replicating the successes of his first term, put the ship of state in reverse, then full speed ahead back into the ice berg.
Mr. Trump is too dogmatically tied to policies he now admits are raising prices and Democrats are too ashamed of their prior performance to admit their errors and chart a new course. So Jeffrey Epstein it is!
Walmart says the cost of a Thanksgiving this year is 25% less than last year. The President championed that news. What Walmart did not say is that it subtracted six items from the list it used last year in order to get a reduction in prices. Had Walmart included those six products, Thanksgiving would be more expensive this year. The President seemed not to know that fact, and Democrats seemed not to care because Democrats have concluded Epstein is a more potent issue than Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy.
Americans are hurting. The cost of living is up. Inflation is higher than it should be. Grocery prices are increasing. People are struggling to make ends meet. Defaults on loans are increasing. A greater number of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck than just a few years ago. Neither Democrats nor Republicans seem to have solutions, just conspiracies and blame. Don’t be surprised if Americans go either hard right or socialist left as both parties fail to meet the moment.
As Washington continues to screw up the economy, please consider doing what you can to help those in need this Thanksgiving. Thanks to Hungry For a Day, gift of $40.00 will provide a family of four with a Thanksgiving meal. They have partnered with food banks and soup kitchens nationwide to provide for families in need, but they need your help.
As a custom home builder who lives in this market every day, I can tell you that the lack of confidence in our economy is crippling real estate in a way I have never seen. Years ago the housing market moved with a slow and predictable rhythm that gave builders time to adjust. That is gone. Everything is tied to the stock market now and buyers make decisions based on whatever happens this week even if they felt the opposite the week before.
Builders are expected to plan and design a home today that will not break ground for up to two years and we have no idea what the world will look like when that home is ready to sell. It is pure guesswork. The risk is higher than gambling in Las Vegas and I tell people all the time that a speculative builder has more at stake than a professional gambler. It is impossible to make long term decisions when the government creates policy that shifts the economy on a whim and offers no consistent direction or confidence.
Material prices swing without warning, tariffs push costs higher, interest rates change overnight, and buyers freeze because they have no faith in what tomorrow might bring. People in Washington can say whatever they want about strong builder confidence but the truth on the ground is very different. There is real fear, real uncertainty, and real hesitation. Until leaders stop playing politics and give the market a stable path forward, builders will keep pulling back and buyers will keep holding their breath.
Just a business owner that builds homes take….
You are correct. And in so being that then there is not much one can do.
I think eventually we head towards a 3rd party movement. Not one that “caucuses” with either party. But one that says, this is our way.
If the two parties cannot find the courage to meet in the middle—if they continue to treat cooperation as betrayal—then the American people will.
If Congress refuses to govern, the people should rise to create a new movement—one not bound by party machinery, but by mutual respect and common purpose.
Call it a third party if you wish, but it will not be a party of ideology. It will be a covenant of citizens—men and women from every state and station who still believe in reason, civility, and country before faction.
Remember the timeless words from our Declaration of Independence, which warned that “whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.”
But this time Not through chaos. Not through violence or war. But through the peaceful, constitutional power of a unified citizenry reclaiming its voice.
Because if Washington cannot heal itself, the American spirit will build something new to replace it.
Not out of anger, but out of necessity—to preserve what this Republic was meant to be: one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Let’s speak honestly.
Both parties have failed the American people. Both have become captives of their most extreme voices.