Let’s start with a definition with which some of you may not be familiar -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it look like the child is sick.
The causes are not clear, and no one is sure what causes Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Sometimes, the person was abused as a child or has Munchausen syndrome (fake illness for themselves) as explained in the National Library of Medicine.
Let’s add to that the term “Hero Syndrome” --- Hero syndrome is used by media to describe the behavior of a person seeking heroism or recognition, usually by creating a harmful situation to objects or persons which they then can resolve. The term has been used to describe behavior of civil servants, such as firefighters, nurses, police officers, security guards and politicians. Reasons for this kind of behavior often vary.
Now, it seems that America is the victim of a combination of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy --- not the medical kind, but rather the political kind --- combined with the Hero Syndrome of our President. Our National caretaker, Joe Biden, seems to like to make the Nation sick --- high fuel prices, higher food prices, no baby formula, the Southern border completely out of control, rolling blackouts --- and all Americans are feeling the pain. But Biden tells us that all of these are for our own good. SO … to be clear, Biden created these problems through a series of really poor policy decisions and now he has set about to tell us what we need to do to get better. Do you see what is happening here?! He creates the problem and then tells us that he is going to fix the problem. Enter the Hero!
But the polls show that almost 70% of the American public no longer believe that Biden is the healer that he told us all he would be. The country is moving in the wrong direction and the pace is accelerating. On January 20, 2021 at 12:00 noon, this country was energy independent. Within one hour of taking the oath of office and with the stroke of a pen, Biden changed all of that. On January 20, 2021 at 12:00 noon, we had effective enforcement of the US Southern border. Not long after taking the oath of office, Biden opened the border reversing all of the work done by the Trump Administration to bring it under control. On January 20, 2021, this country had all of the baby formula that mothers across the country needed to feed their infants. Today, only 16 months later, we are begging Europe for baby formula while the press tells us the shelves in Mexico are fully stocked.
This Administration seems to take pride in the fact that it is making this Nation sick --- sicker than it has been in a very long time --- and then proposing programs and policies that are intended to make it better. But in reality, those programs and policies only enhance and increase the power the government has over its citizens. The latest proposal, paying off $10,000 of a person’s student loan, is a blatant scheme to buy votes for the ‘22 mid-term election.
There is no consideration given for those in the middle class who either could not afford to go to college or made a conscious choice not to go to college. They learned a trade or a skill, worked hard and saved some money. Now, this Administration wants them to pay down the loans made by those slackers who thought it would be great to study art history and now find that they cannot find jobs and cannot pay off their student loans. It is another tax this country can ill afford.
As for inflation overall --- don’t worry Biden has the solution --- TAX THE RICH! Is this the advice his 17 Nobel Laureate winning economists have given him? If that is the case, they should all return their awards because it’s not working. How do taxing the rich and raising the corporate tax reduce inflation? The rich know just where to hide their money from the government, which is partly why they are rich. And raising the corporate tax will drive corporations out of America, as it did previously, making the United States less competitive in world markets.
All of this leads to one single question --- What are the expectations of the 36% when polled that say the country is on the right track and Biden’s policies are working?
November 8, 2022 is your chance to help make a difference. You must cast your vote for the Republican ticket. If there is someone on that ticket you don’t like --- well just hold your nose and vote for them anyway. Your country’s future depends on it!
HE IS DOING THIS ON PURPOSE
Shared this on my FB page. Thank you for the commentary.
Thanks Brigitta