When Duffy talked about Trump's war mongering he noted White House neoconservatives (neocons), the very folks who took the U.S. to war in Middle East after 9-11-2001. He raised the dangerous influence of the Military Industrial Complex, which has morphed in the Government Corporate Monstrosity (GCM) over the last twenty five years.
It's no longer just defense contractors exercising undue influence on our federal government. Private equity underwriters (PEU) targeted Uncle Sam's wallet over the last few decades, buying and selling companies in a variety of industries, often to each other. PEU founders, now legends, became "policy making billionaires."
TechGods were once content to make political donations with the hope that something beneficial would happen. That changed. TechGods learned from their more secretive and refined PEU Legend brethren that government influence can pay and pay handsomely.
Private equity saved its preferred "carried interest" taxation (it seems like the tenth time). The PEU tax dodge is universally unpopular and the government is in need of revenue.
Although the federal government is optimized for President Trump's image in each and every present moment, the Government Corporate Monstrosity remains firmly intact. Trump II, the digital Caligula will captain the GCM to his personal, financial benefit. That means chaos at the helm, but the GCM supertanker has plenty of momentum and is safely out in open seas.
Unfortunately, an economic hurricane may be forming from all of Trump II's hot air and urinating on America's allies. Should a Category 5 economic storm develop, giant waves can weaken the hull and the ship go down. Remember the captain is not responsible.
All the good decisions were his, not any of the bad ones......
