POST
ELECTION UPDATE
I'm
not surprised that I wasn't elected president. But I am surprised
and shocked at what I consider the despicable cowardice and
corruption of the American Establishment. My 12-12-2015 Update
contains a copy of the letter that I mailed to thirty-six prominent
members of the mainstream media (MSM). The letter and the envelope
clearly stated that I was a legitimate presidential candidate. The
letter contained my platform and a detailed explanation of my
proposals for debt-free economic and monetary reforms. I received no
response. Incredibly, none of my letters were even acknowledged.
This is the standard pattern I have encountered for twelve years!
Had I been granted a serious interview by even a handful of the
thirty-six cable “news” and network “news” shows and the
national “news” magazines that I contacted, my debt-free monetary
reforms would have received national attention. The worthless
American media hacks won't dare acknowledge my correspondence and
give me an opportunity to open a dialogue or even have a paper trail.
This is blatant cowardice, corruption and suppression of legitimate
news and information. All the names of the “presstitutes” who
suppressed the vitally important national issue of U. S. Treasury
issued, legal tender, debt-free money can be found in
the 12-12-2015 Update on this web site. But it gets worse, as I will
explain below.
However, before I do that, I want to change the subject to my art. I'm putting a global FOR SALE sign on my art. Please click on the link to “Ray's Art" located on the right side of my home page. (The ad hock presentation was temporary and crude. I never got the time to install a proper portfolio on the web site because of my political activity.) Apparently, my contemporary art, like my debt-free monetary reform proposals, is waaaaaaaaay over the heads of the audience. No gallery will touch me and nobody who has seen my art (except for my wife and one other person) “gets it.” Despite the frosty response from the galleries, I will stack my art up against anything in the contemporary art market. A friend once told me (as he dismissed my contemporary art): “I don't like art that I have to figure out.” That's a valid criticism that I address with explanatory essays. The essays are integral to the art work and I think they obviously enhance the composition. My plan was to finance my presidential campaign (and my two campaigns for the Pennsylvania state legislature) with the sale of my art. I sold no art. I didn't even get a single inquiry about the art and I didn't get a penny of financial support for my presidential campaign. The MSM claims the Russians improperly influenced the 2016 presidential election. I say the MSM improperly influenced the election when they ignored my campaign. But I digress, back to my art.
I
want to call attention to several of my art works that I think are
outstanding. The RA-5C aircraft painting is photo realistic despite
the fact that I've never had any art training. In fact, I was
teaching myself how to paint with oils when I did this painting.
Considering the neuroscientific theory behind my “synesthetic art”
and the extremely difficult, labor intensive precision required to
execute them properly, these paintings are patently awesome, in my
opinion. The abstract derivatives that are based on the synesthetic
art conform to sound artistic theory and they were also extremely
difficult to execute. Close examination will reveal that all of the
abstract derivatives conform precisely to the synesthetic image from
which they were derived. The colorization and modification of the
synesthetic images was carefully considered and based on precise,
logical formulae. Mistakes were scrupulously avoided. The results
speak for themselves.
The
synesthetic oil paintings “Bang” (and its abstract, scientific
and mathematical derivatives) and “Thunder,” (and its abstract
derivative) and the “Pop” abstract derivative, “Pop (Blue),”
were almost impossible to execute as their theory and formulae
demanded. But, after a concept had occurred to me, I was trapped by
my own artistic and intellectual rigor. These paintings weren't
pointlessly difficult exercises, however. Their essays and formulae
clearly make this point. “Patty's Embrace” and “Patty's
Embrace (Red)” depict a romantic moment in a way that almost defies
description. My brain recorded the moment and my artistic
personality took it from there. It is appropriate that my wife
picked the colors of “Patty's Embrace (Red)” because, neurally,
the image is her.
My scientific derivatives, in my opinion, blend art and science in a way not seen since Leonardo da Vinci. I reversed Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation to produce an equation that represents creation: E/c2=m. As far as I know, that idea never occurred to Einstein. E/c2=m is the concept behind three of my scientific derivative paintings. “E/c2=m” is a colorized visual metaphor for the Big Bang theory of creation. “Creation” is a symbolic visual metaphor for the Big Bang theory of creation. And the E/c2=m equation is used to create a purely mathematical art work titled “Mathematical Metaphor For Creation.” I invite everybody to check my calculations and physics for errors (I couldn't find any). These art works do not attempt to visually state or restate the Big Bang theory or explain how God created the universe. They are art works inspired by the scientific Big Bang theory and the metaphysical theory of God's intelligent design.
Interestingly, the scientific E/c2=m concept conforms to the biblical “Let there be light” concept because energy is light.I take the idea of intelligent design to its logical conclusion with my oil painting “The God Equation.” I use Erwin Schrodinger's 1926 quantum mechanics equation to prove the existence of God. As far as I know, Mr. Schrodinger never saw this metaphysical connection to quantum physics. In my opinion, “The God Equation” painting (the explanatory essay and the scientific concept that it is based on) transcends art and enters the realm of sublime philosophy and metaphysics. I find the idea of quantum physics interacting with metaphysics to prove the existence of God astounding. I'm humbled by this painting and the essay. I can't believe that I actually did it. I consider “The God Equation” a masterpiece of contemporary art. However, when I entered this painting and the explanatory essay in a juried art show, not only did it not win a prize, it was rejected and not even allowed in the show.My surrealistic synesthetic derivatives transform flat surfaces into striking three dimensional images. The surrealistic “Outer Space” series symbolically and patriotically tells the story of America's moon landing. “REM Reality” is a playfully cerebral send up of UFO mythology. I apologize for the poor quality of the photograph. When properly photographed, the painting appears photorealistic. Looking at better photo (not in the portfolio), at first glance, people thought I had photographed a “real” UFO. Of course, I told them it was a painting.My “Self-charging Electric Vehicle” (SEV) proves that, like Leonardo, I'm an inventor. I think Jackson Pollock would appreciate the chaotic lines in “Slam Four Plus,” “The American Car” and “Temptation.” I consider “Temptation” a masterpiece of the genre. “Creation” was so remarkable in concept and difficult in execution as to be almost miraculous. The formulae for “Thunder” “Blue thunder,” “Pop (Blue)” and “Mathematical Metaphor For Creation” were mind numbingly complex. These art works and several others can only be appreciated after close examination and thoughtful consideration. I hope I can recover some of the thousands of dollars I wasted on politics over the last twelve years with the sale of my art.
I'm
a Pittsburgh based artist (and a former steelworker) so I put my
scientific art on a CD and sent it to the Warhol Museum in
Pittsburgh. I was curious as to what they might think of it. They
never even acknowledged the fact that I contacted them. I suppose
that's the way it is when you're a nobody.On
the subject of being a nobody, this is a good place to finish my Post
Election Update. Well, I accomplished at least one thing with my
presidential campaign. I proved that the American “news” media
(except for one individual) suppressed public knowledge of my
presidential campaign and the vitally important national issue of U.
S. Treasury issued debt-free money. This flies in the face of my
presidential campaign that was primarily an educational exercise. It
is a spectacular irony that my Constitutional right to free speech
was abridged by our so-called “free press.
My political objectives seemed, to me, irresistibly altruistic, patriotic and sensible: reduce the national debt, reduce taxes, increase social security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits, make those vitally important government programs permanently solvent, do the same for the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), provide unlimited funding for our wounded and disabled veterans and the Veterans Administration. Provide full employment with good wages and benefits and FULL COVERAGE universal healthcare (with no stupid “choices”) for all American workers. All this would be accomplished without raising taxes or government borrowing and with no inflation using U. S. Constitution-based, U. S. Treasury issued, legal tender, debt-free United States Notes. The platforms of the other presidential candidates were preposterous, pie in the sky nonsense by comparison.
I even have a debt-free money way to get money out of politics. Political contributions could be made illegal! All qualified candidates would have equal access to a government run information exchange. The 2016 presidential election alone cost over $6 billion. (I received not one penny for my campaign.) Add up Congressional, state and local elections and the cost of all the elections since the cost of elections began skyrocketing. Would the number be a trillion dollars? Since a large amount of the money comes from businesses, billions of dollars could have gone for better wages, benefits and full coverage healthcare (with no stupid “choices”). The contributions from individuals and organizations given to politicians could have significantly raised the standard of living of those contributors. But, are the American people ready for uncorrupted elections or are we stuck in the political dark ages?
My political objectives seemed, to me, irresistibly altruistic, patriotic and sensible: reduce the national debt, reduce taxes, increase social security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits, make those vitally important government programs permanently solvent, do the same for the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), provide unlimited funding for our wounded and disabled veterans and the Veterans Administration. Provide full employment with good wages and benefits and FULL COVERAGE universal healthcare (with no stupid “choices”) for all American workers. All this would be accomplished without raising taxes or government borrowing and with no inflation using U. S. Constitution-based, U. S. Treasury issued, legal tender, debt-free United States Notes. The platforms of the other presidential candidates were preposterous, pie in the sky nonsense by comparison.
I even have a debt-free money way to get money out of politics. Political contributions could be made illegal! All qualified candidates would have equal access to a government run information exchange. The 2016 presidential election alone cost over $6 billion. (I received not one penny for my campaign.) Add up Congressional, state and local elections and the cost of all the elections since the cost of elections began skyrocketing. Would the number be a trillion dollars? Since a large amount of the money comes from businesses, billions of dollars could have gone for better wages, benefits and full coverage healthcare (with no stupid “choices”). The contributions from individuals and organizations given to politicians could have significantly raised the standard of living of those contributors. But, are the American people ready for uncorrupted elections or are we stuck in the political dark ages?
I
expected tremendous support from the voters. Instead, my campaign
was a miserable waste of time, effort and money. Over and over, I
explained on my web site that my debt-free money proposals had been
done before by Presidents Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and John F. Kennedy
in 1963. I revealed that their debt-free money was pulled from
circulation by Congress after these great presidents were
assassinated. This link to the U. S. Treasury Department web site: U.S. Treasure - FAQ: Legal Tender Status of Currency proves that uncirculated debt-free money
currently exists and it can be increased to any amount by Congress!
I explained why the “hyperinflation” objection is a myth and a
scam. But I got nowhere with the voters. What happened? What
happened was that the election was rigged but not the way Donald
Trump says it was. Trump had massive media coverage. I had
virtually no media coverage. I was stonewalled and ignored by all
the politicians. None of them would dare to engage me in a public
debate. They knew it would be political suicide. And, despite
numerous letters and E-mails, the stooges in academia pretended that
I didn't exist. Why? Because I challenged their lucrative,
self-serving and bogus Establishment economic and monetary dogmas.
My
June 11, 2016 letters challenging all of the remaining presidential
candidates to address the issues and questions that I raise on my web
site were ignored by all of them. The cowards never gave me a chance
to engage them in a public debate. They (or somebody in their front
office) didn't dare give me a public forum. Were they afraid that I
would expose them all as fraudulent hacks? The letter (addressed to
Donald Trump) can be seen in my June 11, 2016 campaign Update on this
web site. My contact information remains: Committee to Elect Ray
Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108. I dare ANY
politician, particularly President Donald Trump, Sen. Mitch
McConnell, Cong. Paul Ryan, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Cong. Nancy Pelosi
to engage me in a public debate about ANY issue facing America, AFTER
the issue of debt-free money is resolved to my satisfaction.
Incidentally, I sent letters to President-elect Trump on November-13,
16, 17, 22, and 23-2016. [On January 16, 2016 I received a form
letter from President Trump. This is all I ever received from the
numerous letters I sent to President Barack Obama. Hopefully, I will
receive something more substantive from President Trump in the
future.]
My
debt-free economic and monetary reform proposals and my other
articles have been totally stonewalled by the mainstream media.
Obviously, the MSM is the ministry of propaganda for entrenched
financial and political interests, to the detriment of the American
people. And here is my proof: I've been trying
for years to get something published in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, my local newspaper. I would think a
Pittsburgh man running for President of the United States would
be a big local news story and worthy of coverage. But not in my
case. On July 21, 2016 I E-mailed an Op-Ed titled: “The Truth
About The Social Security 'Trust Fund'” to the P-G Opinion
editors. I clearly pointed out that I was a presidential candidate.
The E-mail was ignored. No rejection notice and thus, no paper
trail. The P-G used this stonewall tactic on me several times
before over the years. I resent the E-mail, again but it was
ignored. I E-mailed another P-G editor. He forwarded the
E-mail to the Opinion editors. Again it was ignored. He forwarded
it again. Again it was ignored! On August 5, 2016 I E-mailed
prominent P-G editor and former U. S. Ambassador Dan Simpson.
I gave him a copy of the Op-Ed and told him about my problems with
the news about my presidential campaign being suppressed. He ignored
my E-mail. On August 5, 2016 I E-mailed the P-G local news
editor. I gave her a brief bio and told her about my presidential
campaign and my platform. And I included the social security Op-Ed.
My E-mail was ignored. On August 7, 2016 I resent the E-mail to Mr.
Simpson asking if he would at least acknowledge receipt of my E-mail.
Again, my E-mail was ignored. On September 29, 2016 I E-mailed a
brief “letter to the editor” to the Post-Gazette. My
E-mail was ignored even though I explained that I was a presidential
candidate. This is beyond odd. This is astounding and
outrageous! You might suggest that I write to their boss P-G
executive editor David Shribman and complain about the unconscionable
stonewalling of his editors. I've lost track of how many times I've
written to him and how many times he ignored me. But wait, it gets
worse.
On
October-18 and 19-2016 I mailed letters to all of the hosts, news
people and the man in charge of “editorials” at KDKA radio and
television, a total of thirty-nine letters. I know this was very
late in the presidential election cycle, but remember, my campaign
was primarily about educating the American people about important
national issues. I explained that news and information about my
campaign had been suppressed and I listed all the news organizations
and people who refused to cover the vitally important national issue
of debt-free money. I asked for an opportunity to have a real time
on-air confrontation with the politicians who were suppressing the
debt-free money issue. Except for conservative radio host Mike
Pintek,all the letters were ignored. Mr. Pintek did grant me an
interview but it was a total hatchet job. (The interview is probably
archived somewhere.) I mailed him a rebuttal letter on October 29,
2016 and requested another on-air interview with him or anybody in
the KDKA organization. The letter was ignored.
On
January-15,16-2015 I mailed my Detroit Disaster
Conspiracy Theory article to The Atlantic Monthly and
Time Magazine. It was ignored. Not even a rejection notice and
thus, no paper trail. On February 25, 2015 I mailed a shortened
version of the Detroit Disaster article to Road&Track
car magazine. No rejection notice, no paper trail. I mailed the
article to other car magazines with the same result.
Please
click on the link to Op-Ed and Letters There
you can read my social security Op-Ed, my correspondence to the P-G
Opinion editors and my “letter to the editor” that the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette suppressed. You can also read my initial KDKA TV
and radio letters and my Mike Pintek rebuttal letter. Mr. Pintek
can't complain that I'm “blindsiding” him by publishing the
rebuttal letter.
On January 5, 2017 I E-mailed Mr. Pintek and told
him that I was putting the rebuttal letter on this web site. And I
included a copy of the letter. So far, he and the entire KDKA
organization have ignored the E-mail. There is also a draft of a
letter that I will send to the Federal Election Commission
complaining that information about my presidential campaign and my
platform was suppressed by the mainstream media. I have not yet
determined if this is a violation of FEC regulations, but it is
certainly unethical and a possible violation of my First Amendment
rights. It is vitally important that the American people read my
social security Op-Ed that the Post-Gazette suppressed. Why?
I just read a garbage article on a “highly respected” business
web site that referred to the social security trust fund's “$2.8
trillion cash balance.” This is a LIE that is
repeated over and over in the MSM. There is no “cash” in the
so-called “trust fund.” The cash has been stolen and spent by
the politicians. The trust fund contains tax dollars and debt. This
is the ugly, scandalous TRUTH that the Post-Gazette, KDKA, the
mainstream media, “academia” and even Senator Bernie Sanders and
the Democrats have suppressed for decades! And, even more
despicable, they all suppressed the TRUTH that my debt-free monetary
reforms are the only way to fix underfunded
social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Administration, the
PBGC and America's many other economic and fiscal problems, including
the unsustainable national debt.
Today,January
27, 2017 the MSM are giving wall to wall coverage of the Republican's
threats to “repeal and replace Obamacare.” I won't repeat my
debt-free money proposal for full coverage universal heathcare
for all American workers (with no stupid “choices”). I won't
repeat my (concurrent with universal healthcare) debt-free money
proposal for full employment with good wages and benefits.
Those proposals and much more can be found in my 11-3-2013 Update on
this web site. If you scroll
back to my 2-11-2012 Update, you can read my comprehensive proposal
for a debt-free money Jobs Bill. And I've proposed sensible public
private partnerships at various places on this web site. Everything
I propose conforms the the Constitutional directive to “promote
the general welfare” of the American people. I was always
ignored and stonewalled by the politicians. Comparing my debt-free
economic and monetary reform proposals with the immoral and stupid
“market based” proposals offered by our bought and paid for
politicians will prove that we have no good politicians.
They're all bad. Some are just worse than others.
What
did the Republicans propose to address the healthcare crisis before
they shot down “Hillarycare” in 1993? Nothing! I totally
discredited the Republican's Obamacare “replacement” elsewhere on
this web site but I want to supplement my earlier comments. The
Republicans can't seem to grasp the fact that healthcare insurance
isn't healthcare. The ugly truth is that just because you have
insurance, that doesn't mean you can afford to go the the doctor or
the hospital. I want the Republicans to explain how “buying
insurance across state lines” and “health savings accounts”
(HSAs) will benefit the American people who now can't afford
healthcare. National Public Radio recently did an expose about how
transferring federal money to a state for administration of a federal
program became a scandalous misappropriation of funds. (I don't
remember the name of the program. You can look it up. I'm sure it's
archived.) I want those Republicans who want to shove HSAs down our
throats to tell us if THEY have HSAs. And if they do, do they do all
the paperwork? And, how much will HSAs increase the budget deficit
and national debt? I had a HSA and I hated it!
Many
Americans accept the economic status quo as the best of all
alternatives. We are conditioned to accept what I consider an
intellectual, economic, fiscal and moral dark age. I can PROVE this
explosive statement. This is why no politician, pundit or “academic”
will dare to publicly debate me. For twelve years I've
been trying to inject some objectivity and intellectual rigor into
the state and national policy debates. But I've been stonewalled by
the politicians, the media and academia. On December 10, 2010 I
began writing, E-mailing and calling conservative Republican
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey. I explained the issue of U. S.
Treasury issued, debt-free legal tender United States
Notes to him in comprehensive detail and asked for a timely response.
I'm still waiting. I'm not saying that Senator Toomey is primarily
a lobbyist for the polluters and the financial services “industry,”
but his stonewalling me on the debt-free money issue and his behavior
since he was elected makes me wonder. My original December 10, 2010
letter and my February 11, 2011 follow up E-mail to him can be read
in my 2-25-2011 Update. My June 21, 2011 and my February 23, 2013
follow-up letters to Senator Toomey can be read if you click on the
Op-Ed and Letters link. It is disgusting how these
totally insulated politicians have ignored me for twelve years and
stuck it to the American people in the process. SENATOR TOOMEY,
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE SO-CALLED SOCIAL
SECURITY “TRUST FUND.” ON BEHALF OF THE MILLIONS OF
PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE VICTIMS OF THE THEFT OF
SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY, I DEMAND THAT YOU
GIVE ME A POINT BY POINT RESPONSE TO MY SOCIAL SECURITY OP-ED THAT
THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE SUPPRESSED. And
I would like to remind you that I am a former candidate for President
of the United States.
My
debt-free money proposals will not overthrow the capitalist system.
And I have no desire to abolish the Federal Reserve. I only want to
supplement the existing money supply as was done by
Presidents Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and John F. Kennedy in 1963.
President Lincoln increased the national money supply by twenty-five
percent with NO INFLATION. My proposals are perfectly legal.
United States Notes were our only national currency for 109 years
from 1862 until 1913. United States Notes circulated side by side
with Federal Reserve Notes for 58 years until Congress pulled them
out of circulation in 1971. All I ask is for a fair public hearing
of the debt-free money issue. This has been denied to me by the
politicians and the media for twelve years.
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A
selective, objective look at the historical record will prove that
what I say about a dark age is true. I'll use Woodrow Wilson's
disastrous, neoconservative decision to enter World War One as a
reference point to illustrate the catastrophic stupidity and
immorality of American policy makers. Wilson should have tried to
prevent the war and stop it after it started. His idiotic and
outrageous policy decisions regarding the insane imperialist war in
Europe pleased the bankers and the business community, but those
decisions destroyed the twentieth century. Despite the best efforts
of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, American and world
history has been a series of disasters and near disasters ever since
April 6, 1917. Who is to blame for this continuous, insane period of
death and destruction? I dislike using the nebulous term “the
Establishment.” But it is accurate according to my dictionary:
“the people and institutions constituting the existing power
structure in society.” This includes politicians, the mainstream
media, business leaders, the finance “industry,” academia,
organized labor (although I do support organized labor) and organized
religion. I assert that the American Establishment is rotten to the
core. OK Establishment, I dare you to prove me wrong. And don't
attack my true patriotism with your corruption-driven FALSE
PATRIOTISM. My contact information remains: Committee to Elect
Ray Uhric, Po Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108
I'll
cite another more recent glaring example to prove my point. Was
George W. Bush's Iraq War America's “Operation Barbarossa”? Will
that decision ultimately destroy America the way Hitler's Operation
Barbarossa destroyed Germany? The horrendous “blowback” from
Bush's corruption-driven decision is ongoing with no end in sight.
Who would deny that the catastrophic and unspeakably tragic Iraq war,
like the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, were “justified” with
lies? But these facts and questions are ignored by the
Establishment, shoved into the historical rear view mirror and
quickly forgotten. I would like to remind all those senior citizens
who ignored me for the past twelve years that the cost those wars,
and the fiscal blowback from them is destroying our so-called “social
safety net” – social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Pension
Benefit Guarantee Corporation and the Veterans Administration. I
explained numerous times on this web site that the theft of our
social security money began in 1969 when “excess” FICA
contributions were skimmed off to pay for the unnecessary Vietnam
War. And the theft continues to this day!
I
don't blame the military (industrial complex) for the wars. I blame
the civilian politicians who control the military. I was a flight
deck plane captain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D.
Roosevelt (CVA 42) during the height of the Cold War. When
nuclear armed, my aircraft could have easily obliterated a large
city. But that wasn't my decision or the decision of the highest
ranking officer in the chain of command. It was the decision of the
president and Congress. Ironically, it was the military officers of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff who prevented an unjustified and
potentially disastrous neoconservative war with Syria and Russia in
2013.
What
in the world is going on with the the American “news” media and
the American political system?! Please pay attention senior
citizens, veterans and American workers. The Establishment is
playing us for fools! So, what can we do about it? We don't need a
revolution or violent protests. I have a much better idea. This is
what I want and beg the American people, my fellow veterans and
fellow senior citizens to do. Call, write, E-mail, fax or better
yet, personally go to the offices of your elected representatives and
DEMAND that they publicly address ALL of the
issues and questions that I've raised on this web site. We must
demand accountability from President Donald Trump, Senators
Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, Representaives Paul Ryan and Nancy
Pelosi and every other elected and previously elected state and
federal politician. Tell them to send their responses to Committee
to Elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815 Coraopolis, PA 15108. I will put
their responses and my responses to them on this web site. Our
elected and non-elected Establishment CONTINUES to lead the country
that I love to what I believe will be more disasters.
The
Establishment seems to be determined to provoke a shooting war with
Russia. But the the treacherous double-cross of Mikhail Gorbachev
with NATO expansion and weapons deployment on Russia's border is
almost never mentioned. The Establishment darling Boris Yeltsin
slavishly assisted the free market oligarch “reformers” as they
looted Russia and destroyed the Russian economy. Vladimir Putin is
wildly popular in Russia because he rescued his country from the
“free market” chaos and economic collapse caused by Yeltsin.
Putin is the boogeyman of the Establishment because he resisted the
encroachment of western economic interests that are trying to cut the
Crimea and the Ukraine off from Russia and hand them to foreign
corporations. And, of course, NATO is the military enforcer of the
Establishment's economic encroachment. How would we react if Russia
tried to take back Alaska or take economic control of Pennsylvania?
Economic imperialism has a blood soaked six thousand year history,
but the Establishment seems determined to repeat it.
Will
we be deceived into another unnecessary war? Does anybody care that
the second Gulf of Tonkin attack never happened. That mythical
attack “justified” the Vietnam War. It wasn't widely known until
fifteen years after the fact that American nuclear missiles in Turkey
and Italy provoked the Cuban Missile Crisis. Why didn't we know that
Henry Kissinger and President Nixon sabotaged Lyndon Johnson's plan
to end the Vietnam War in 1968? As I said, the First World War was
America's first neoconservative war. Today, neoconservativism
threatens to destroy America because there is no effective counter to
their insanity. The current political dynamic is a replay of the
institutional stupidity and cowardice that led to the Iraq War.
After all that has happened since March 20, 2003 and all that we NOW
know, why were Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio reluctant to say the Iraq War
was a mistake? Do the neo cons think the war wasn't a mistake?! How
many people know that in 2001, just weeks after the 9/11 attack,
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and the neo con cabal were planning
a military attack that would overthrow the governments of seven
Middle Eastern countries starting with Iraq? Of course, Iraq had
nothing to do with 9/11. Was the massive 2001 plan for Hitleresque
aggression a response to the 9/11 attack or the implementation of the
Iraq Liberation act of 1998?! Everywhere I look, I see scandal.
Where is the “loyal opposition” that is bound by duty, honor and
conscience to stand against evil?
In
my opinion, the problem lies with the weak and ineffective
liberal/progressive/Democrat/ left. And I'm in a very good position
to know. In 2006, when the Republicans were devastated in the mid
term elections and the Democrats gained majorities in the House and
Senate, the Democrats squandered a historic opportunity hold the
Republican neoconservatives and the Republican deregulators
accountable for the dual disasters that they inflicted on the world.
Instead, the Democrats covered for them and gave them a pass. And
this feckless cowardice continues to this day. Why? Why did Nancy
Pelosi and John Conyers “take impeachment off the table”? Lying
to Congress is a felony, obviously an impeachable offense. Pelosi
could have been the First Woman President In American History. Was
there no impeachment because virtually all of the top Democrats were
implicated in the disasters? President Obama's main failings were
that he didn't stand up to Wall Street and the neo cons and he didn't
defend himself when they attacked him. Compared to Bush and Cheney,
Obama was a great president. But he silently and meekly let the
conservatives and Republicans trash him and his presidency even
though he foolishly tried to accommodate them. As a result, G. W.
Bush's popularity at one point were higher than Obama's! When Obama
made his “apology tour” when he was first elected, he was
ferociously attacked by Republicans, conservatives and the neo cons.
After the double barrel global disasters of the Bush/Cheney
administration, he had a very good reason to apologize to the world.
If I had been president and they attacked me for apologizing for the
Bush/Cheney catastrophe I would have launched a counterattack that
would have made Admirals Chester Nimitz and Bull Halsey proud if they
were alive. The neo cons, conservatives and the Republicans would
have been looking for holes to crawl into to hide from the pitchforks
and torches!
There
is so much more that I want to say. I hope I don't put the audience
to sleep but there are more important national issues that must be
addressed. The issue of America's “failing schools” is just
another conservative Republican privatization scam. It's similar to
the privatization scam that destroyed the Space Shuttle Program and
Pittsburgh based Rockwell International Corporation while the
shuttles still had half their service life left! Now, the shuttles
that were perfectly serviceable when they were parked, are collecting
dust in museums while we taxpayers pay, our “enemies,” the
Russians millions of dollars to transport our astronauts. This multi
billion dollar privatization boondoggle happened so that Wall Street
could issue some needless IPOs and make money for nothing.
Ironically, “liberal” Democrat Obama was pushing this stupidity
to please his friends on Wall Street. How stupid? We could have had
unlimited debt-free money to fund the Space Shuttle Program, no tax
dollars or government borrowing required! How much existing
technology was transferred free to the “startups” so they could
blunder their way to what we already had? And we're still waiting
for them to deliver. Sorry for the digression. Back to the failing
schools scam.
When
I was in elementary school and high school there were students who
got straight As and students who couldn't get a D no matter how hard
they tried. Eventually, many of those students with learning
problems quit school and went on to tragically failed lives. Those
problem students went to the same school and had the same teacher as
the students who got straight As. We don't have failing schools. We
have a failing economic system and a failing culture that produces
failing students and a failed society. The so-called “failing
schools” have problems because they and their neighborhoods are
starved for money and a proper infrastructure. The “failing
students” grow up in a destructive subculture that they didn't
create. Now, the profit motive driven “privatizers” use the lack
of money (caused by the failed economic system) as an excuse to
abandon public schools and the students who are forced to remain in
them. This is typical exploitive capitalism and it turns my stomach!
The failure of free market capitalism is the reason for the gang
violence and the high inner city murder rate. If I had been elected
president, I would have provided UNLIMITED debt-free money for our
so-called failing schools and good jobs for the neighborhoods where
they are located. I would have fixed the schools AND the
neighborhoods. This would have been done with no tax increase and no
taxpayer rip off bond issuance. We are living in the fiscal and
economic dark ages. It's a crime that the politicians and the
mainstream media never gave me a legitimate opportunity to explain my
debt-free money solution to the “failing schools” problem to the
American people.
Typically,
the public debate about illegal immigration is another sham. Fix
the economic misery in the countries below our southern border and
illegal immigration will eventually disappear. But there is a
symbiotic relationship between American businesses and global
poverty. This is the dirty little secret that is ignored by our
politicians and our “free press.” Is there a solution to global
poverty? Yes. President Lincoln laid the foundation for that
solution in 1862. But an assassin's bullet and the U. S. Congress
prevented anything from being built on that foundation. You can read
about my proposal to build on President Lincoln's foundation it in my
11-3-2013 Update on this web site. The essay is titled: “Global
Debt-Free Monetary Reform.” But how would the Establishment react
if, as president, I tried to lead other nations in a massive
debt-free money effort to eradicate global poverty?
Conservatives
and Republicans constantly whine and cry about all those horrible
government regulations and they say many of them must be repealed.
The Republicans (with Bill Clinton's help) deregulated the financial
“industry” and destroyed the global economy. Would better,
stricter regulations have prevented the BP (British Petroleum)
Deepwater Horizon Disaster? Would stricter levee regulations have
prevented the Hurricane Katrina Disaster? Would better, stricter oil
tanker regulations prevented the Exxon-Valdez disaster? When
Republicans say they must cut regulations, they almost never say
what regulations they want to cut. I want them to tell the
American people exactly WHAT regulations they want to cut and
WHY. And I want the Republicans to be held personally
responsible for any damage caused by their deregulation. If this
policy had been the law (a regulation), the disasters, and resulting
loss of life, listed above might have never happened.
I debunk some of the conservative myths regarding our tax policies in my essays “Lowering Taxes/ Reducing Government Spending” and “Taxation” on this web site home page. Nobody has ever challenged anything in those essays. I also addressed the taxation issue in my 6-11-2016 campaign Update. However, I want to supplement these writings with some additional information and a proposal. I repeat, I'm soooooooo sick of hearing about America's “highest corporate tax rate (35 %) in the world.” I want Grover Norquist to tell the American people how many businesses pay the 35 % rate compared to how many businesses DON'T pay that rate. And I want him to tell me how many businesses pay very little tax or no tax at all. I want Norquist to tell the American people about tax shelters for the rich. Am I putting myself at risk when I dare to ask why municipal bonds are tax free? I want to remind Norquist that it was “tax cutter” Ronald Reagan who PUT THE TAX on our totally inadequate social security benefits. I want to remind Norquist that Reagan raised taxes after his tax cuts exploded the deficit and the national debt. Here is my challenge to Grover Norquist: tell President Trump to repeal Ronald Reagan's tax on social security benefits. He can make up the revenue reduction and INCREASE benefits with legal tender, debt-free United States Notes. After all the Republican talk about high taxes and efforts to cut taxes on the wealthy, I have NEVER heard a Republican say a word about repealing the immoral Republican tax on social security benefits. In fact, I've never heard a Democrat suggest repealing this tax, not even Mr. “expand social security” Bernie Sanders. (I've written to Sanders several times about my debt-free money proposals for fixing social security. He ignored me every time.) As I said, we have NO good politicians.
Grover Norquist is on TV constantly telling us that repealing Obamacare is a huge tax cut. True. But he never mentions that it is a huge tax cut for the upper income people (of course, Republicans dispute this). I won't use the word rich to avoid a stupid semantic argument. I despise the term “death tax.” However, it DOES apply to the rich. You can inherit up to $5.4 millions dollars TAX FREE. No work required. Your rich parents can give you $28,000 PER YEAR, TAX FREE. No work required. Considering these facts, the complaint that the “death tax” destroys family farms and small businesses would be laughable if it wasn't a sick joke. I would like to point out to the crybaby Republicans and whining conservatives that some people inherit NOTHING when their parents die. All they get is sadness. And they don't complain. What do you think about THAT Grover Norquist?
I hear liberal and conservative pundits and politicians complaining about the phrase “America First.” Charles Lindbergh isn't the only person to use the phrase. I've used it on this web site several times. And I believe in America First. If Woodrow Wilson would have believed in America First he wouldn't have destroyed the twentieth century. If the neoconservatives would have put America First the Middle East wouldn't be a catastrophe and we wouldn't be on the verge of an unnecessary war with Russia. I hear pundits and politicians worry about the “threat of populism.” I'm a populist and I challenge ANYBODY to tell me what is wrong with my populist proposals.
For twelve years I've been trying to get the support of the Democratic Party and organized labor. But rather than support my debt-free monetary and economic reforms, the feckless, clueless Democrats and lefties hope for another disastrous Republican administration like Bush/Cheney. That and “identity politics” are their standard plan for winning elections. Hey, it worked for Obama! When will my fellow Democrats realize that we don't have to win elections to make change happen. We just need good ideas, a plan and a public dialogue. Give me access to the mainstream media and I'll take on anybody, any time. The good ideas and the plan are on this web site. But, thanks to the MSM, I never got the chance to talk to the American people and I'm still stuck in the political wilderness. What would have happened if I had been given a 60 Minutes interview? What if my articles would have been published in Time magazine? What if my social security Op-Ed had been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette? I'm not saying I would have been elected president but I would have forced the other candidates to answer some very tough questions. Instead, we got another stupid, vapid, worthless soap opera election cycle. Do I envy President Trump? No. For me, at my age, the pomp and glitter of the presidency would be tedious and boring. My presidency would have been like four years of boot camp. I would have battled the neo cons and the Establishment and attacked America's problems with logical and uncorrupted solutions. The battle would have taken every ounce of my strength. After four years, I'm sure I would have been totally burned out and ready for a wheelchair. I think it would have been a terrible experience because there is nobody in Washington or in the Washington “think” tanks who I would have trusted to advise me. Am I being too hard on the Establishment? No. And I believe the historical record confirms my judgment.
Inquiries about my art should be sent to:
Committee to Elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108
I debunk some of the conservative myths regarding our tax policies in my essays “Lowering Taxes/ Reducing Government Spending” and “Taxation” on this web site home page. Nobody has ever challenged anything in those essays. I also addressed the taxation issue in my 6-11-2016 campaign Update. However, I want to supplement these writings with some additional information and a proposal. I repeat, I'm soooooooo sick of hearing about America's “highest corporate tax rate (35 %) in the world.” I want Grover Norquist to tell the American people how many businesses pay the 35 % rate compared to how many businesses DON'T pay that rate. And I want him to tell me how many businesses pay very little tax or no tax at all. I want Norquist to tell the American people about tax shelters for the rich. Am I putting myself at risk when I dare to ask why municipal bonds are tax free? I want to remind Norquist that it was “tax cutter” Ronald Reagan who PUT THE TAX on our totally inadequate social security benefits. I want to remind Norquist that Reagan raised taxes after his tax cuts exploded the deficit and the national debt. Here is my challenge to Grover Norquist: tell President Trump to repeal Ronald Reagan's tax on social security benefits. He can make up the revenue reduction and INCREASE benefits with legal tender, debt-free United States Notes. After all the Republican talk about high taxes and efforts to cut taxes on the wealthy, I have NEVER heard a Republican say a word about repealing the immoral Republican tax on social security benefits. In fact, I've never heard a Democrat suggest repealing this tax, not even Mr. “expand social security” Bernie Sanders. (I've written to Sanders several times about my debt-free money proposals for fixing social security. He ignored me every time.) As I said, we have NO good politicians.
Grover Norquist is on TV constantly telling us that repealing Obamacare is a huge tax cut. True. But he never mentions that it is a huge tax cut for the upper income people (of course, Republicans dispute this). I won't use the word rich to avoid a stupid semantic argument. I despise the term “death tax.” However, it DOES apply to the rich. You can inherit up to $5.4 millions dollars TAX FREE. No work required. Your rich parents can give you $28,000 PER YEAR, TAX FREE. No work required. Considering these facts, the complaint that the “death tax” destroys family farms and small businesses would be laughable if it wasn't a sick joke. I would like to point out to the crybaby Republicans and whining conservatives that some people inherit NOTHING when their parents die. All they get is sadness. And they don't complain. What do you think about THAT Grover Norquist?
I hear liberal and conservative pundits and politicians complaining about the phrase “America First.” Charles Lindbergh isn't the only person to use the phrase. I've used it on this web site several times. And I believe in America First. If Woodrow Wilson would have believed in America First he wouldn't have destroyed the twentieth century. If the neoconservatives would have put America First the Middle East wouldn't be a catastrophe and we wouldn't be on the verge of an unnecessary war with Russia. I hear pundits and politicians worry about the “threat of populism.” I'm a populist and I challenge ANYBODY to tell me what is wrong with my populist proposals.
For twelve years I've been trying to get the support of the Democratic Party and organized labor. But rather than support my debt-free monetary and economic reforms, the feckless, clueless Democrats and lefties hope for another disastrous Republican administration like Bush/Cheney. That and “identity politics” are their standard plan for winning elections. Hey, it worked for Obama! When will my fellow Democrats realize that we don't have to win elections to make change happen. We just need good ideas, a plan and a public dialogue. Give me access to the mainstream media and I'll take on anybody, any time. The good ideas and the plan are on this web site. But, thanks to the MSM, I never got the chance to talk to the American people and I'm still stuck in the political wilderness. What would have happened if I had been given a 60 Minutes interview? What if my articles would have been published in Time magazine? What if my social security Op-Ed had been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette? I'm not saying I would have been elected president but I would have forced the other candidates to answer some very tough questions. Instead, we got another stupid, vapid, worthless soap opera election cycle. Do I envy President Trump? No. For me, at my age, the pomp and glitter of the presidency would be tedious and boring. My presidency would have been like four years of boot camp. I would have battled the neo cons and the Establishment and attacked America's problems with logical and uncorrupted solutions. The battle would have taken every ounce of my strength. After four years, I'm sure I would have been totally burned out and ready for a wheelchair. I think it would have been a terrible experience because there is nobody in Washington or in the Washington “think” tanks who I would have trusted to advise me. Am I being too hard on the Establishment? No. And I believe the historical record confirms my judgment.
Inquiries about my art should be sent to:
Committee to Elect Ray Uhric, PO Box 815, Coraopolis, PA 15108