Letter to the editor: The left has bowed to almighty dollar

The current ruling Democratic Party has succeeded in compromising the checks and balances that are necessary to protect and maintain our representative democracy. They have politicized virtually every government agency, including the military, as well as public institutions, including the majority of mainstream media, big tech, the unions, Hollywood celebrities and elites, academia, professional sport leagues, the big corporations, Wall Street oligarchs and a long list of well-heeled private mega-donors.

What does that mean to “we the people”? It means that policy decisions and legislative processes are made to pay homage to the lobby and best interests of the politicized and without considering consequences to the masses. The road to gaining and maintaining political power is paved with the almighty dollar, and the left has plenty of them.

Currently, the legislative process is wrestling with a big dollar “build back better” proposal. With straight faces, administration officials, including the president, have told us that the bill will provide all citizens with a value of at least $3.5 trillion with a zero dollar cost. Amazing!

Here’s another couple of suggestions they could use to fund it. Replace the “over the horizon” counter-terrorist program with an “at the end of the rainbow” system, or use “play dough.”

Ken Mowl

Derry