The public decides what wealthy means

Weeks ago, I clearly defined ‘wealthy’ as a yet-to-be-decided issue among voters. And then I reminded you that voters are denied full debate about the issue of ‘wealthy’ because the media is owned by the wealthy. You disagreed. I furthermore stated that all media content is owned by wealthy individuals who are more intent about their money than any effort to inform the public truthfully.

As proof, I cited the lack of Radio and TV innovation. I used this as a glaring example of what happens when the public trust is owned by a few wealthy people.

I compared ‘internet innovation’ with ‘Radio and TV innovation’ as proof that the airwaves offer NO innovation. I asked you to show me innovation from Radio and TV over the past 40 years. But then, if radio-TV offer the blueprint, it won't be long before the internet is likewised locked down by fewere and fewer owners who offer less and less content outside their commercials.

I compared ‘america’s funniest home videos’ with ‘you tube’ as proof that the internet has brought more innovation in 5 years than Radio and TV has brought in 63 years. I believe the internet offers innovation because every mom and pop is invited to participate. I believe Radio and TV is the opposite because it is owned by wealthy people. I asked your opinion why Radio and TV offer no innovation? This query was intended to explain ‘wealthy.’

Before Radio and TV, I offered push to sell the roadways to ‘wealthy’ people as an assault on our liberty. The legislators are being pushed to sell our roadways to wealthy people just like our legislature sold off the public airwaves.

Before that, I offered the attempt by the telecom companies to get our legislators to sell them control of the internet. A major topic on the internet today is about net neutrality. I sent you a net neutrality cartoon and a couple articles. You poo-pooed what I said about each of the issues above.

You came back with ‘national sales tax’ as an answer. I asked if you were a parrot for wealthy interests. I mentioned the government stats that show this tax would fall hardest on the poorer people.

I offered CEO compensation as an example of wealthy excess. You agreed to this example. Perhaps because it’s so blatant unlike the other things I write about.

Finally I offered the homeowner tax myth. This was not done to prove that your opinions are wrong. It was intended to answer what ‘wealthy’ means. It was intended to show how insidious the wealthy have become at concealing their excess.

I content that most people in America believe that they get a tax break for home ownership. Most people believe this. I cited the fact that you believe this. Earlier I wrote that even my father believes this. I suggested that you poll the roundtable to verify that most people believe the tax myth. And believe me, it is a total myth. Yet the American people are not told the truth by the government and media.

I cited the fact that Geo Bush quickly stopped talking about the tax advantage of home ownership. I suggest that he stopped because somebody wised him up that only wealthy people get a tax deduction because only wealthy can itemize on their tax return. The government knows about the myth, yet the American public was not wised up by our own government > I believe it’s because wealthy people run the government.

There is no conspiracy here. These are straight facts.

It is my opinion that wealthy people don’t want the public to find out about the tax myth. I believe that’s why Geo stopped talking about it. I believe that’s why the media and bankers and homebuilders and real estate people and tax people perpetuate the myth. Because the myth is good for wealthy people and big business.

I further suggested that this fundamental lack of transparency stops the American public from making good decisions about the government, taxation, and home ownership.

This returns to my original definition of what ‘wealthy’ is. I asked you if you think the homeowner tax myth stops people from making educated decisions about taxation and home ownership?

If average intelligent folks such as yourself think everybody gets a tax deduction, how can you expect the American people to decide what ‘wealthy’ means?

So there’s my answer about wealthy. The public needs to decide but they are being misled by the wealthy. The wealthy people got everybody looking around for the reason they’re dissatisfied, but the message is carefully crafted to point at every excess except their own.

The wealthy got you so enraptured with their message that you believe mileage standards should be set by wealthy people instead of government mandate. They got you so enraptured with excess that you believe trees mean nothing.

The wealthy message is simple, easy sound byte. All it takes is obedience. The wealthy got the media sharpened to deliver the message that global warming doesn’t exist because they want to sell their buildings in New York before the next guy figures out the sea level is going to rise 10’s of meters in the next 20 years.

You see the problem is that answers involve more than a sound byte and quip. However when I try talking to an educated, sophisticated successful person like yourself, I get back opinion that parrots the wealthy message while ignoring facts. The homeowner tax example is merely the quintessential proof of what I’ve been saying.

Gene Haynes