It had been said that 10 per cent of the people have 90 per cent of the wealth. This means that 90 percent of the people share 10 per cent of the wealth. How is it possible for such a disproportionate ratio to exist. Its actually an old secret going back to the beginning of time. Its  I over E equals C. Intellect over Emotions equals Cash. Cash equals Influence.  Reverse the Formula and you get E over I equals D. Emotions over Intellect equals Debt.  Debt equals dependence. Wedge issues are not just for blinding your logic with emotion but also for the purpose of dividing the majority against itself. You take our main issues today. Gay rights, Abortion, Flag burning, Religion, Race, Language, States against Federal, Environmental,  am I a Liberal, Conservative,  Republican, Democrat, Independent, do I believe in gun control , Right to bear arms, Right to life, Right to die, I think you see the point. This is E over I. Emotions over Intellect. Now lets do the math. Lets say I just listed 17 categories even though there are many more. We will assign each issue a point value of 1. Some of these issues should be assigned a greater point value because as you will see sometimes emotions can exceed their value, but lets keep it simple. .  Now divide the 17 issues  into the  90 per cent -us-  or should I say U.S.  I get roughly 5.3 per cent. Now take the 10 per cent and divide them  by their  1 issue or objective.  Cash. Lets see 10 divided by 1. I still  get 10 per cent. Stay with me. Now take the  10 per cent group ( them)  and stand it next to the 5.3 group, us/U.S.  They become the majority. If you adjust the numbers to include the influence of  "them", the  ten per cent becomes 9 times greater.. because they have 9 times the cash. We the taxpayers  have the debt. It used to be they had  the numbers and we had  the votes. 90 per cent of the vote to their 90 per cent of the wealth. Thanks to wedge issues now they have 90 percent of the vote and 90 per cent of the wealth and we have Ten per cent of the vote and ten percent of the wealth. The debt is the only thing where we have 100%. Feelings can lie numbers can't. This is why emotions can exceed their value. The reason I said that some emotions should be given a greater point value is because they  can divide the family unit permanently. At the top they are united by green with no in between. Elitists all over the world united by money. No racism, no language barriers, no issues and no borders. The laws of the economy supercede the laws of society. The corporate elite are above the laws of society because they run the laws of the economy.  A corporation limits its liability, shelters its  equity, has no borders, gives out government secrets and technology, they can even do business with the enemy. Look at Haliburton in Iran. Its OK because they  filled out an IT'S OK form in the Cayman Islands. They are above privacy laws because as conditions of being an employee or a customer you are allowed and many times required to give up your rights. They share all your information as a consumer, as a patient and as an employee. A consumer talking to a corporate employee is being monitored.  They are even allowed to bribe. It's called lobbying.They can  legally ask you to give up your rights. They give us the issues to fight over. We in turn even send them money to support Tax exempt foundations, trusts and think tanks, to dig deeper into the argument. This expands the division and we pay them for it. As philanthropists they get grant money and volunteers to help  debate the issues. What they do is I. over E. Since we won't accept and tolerate each other we pay the price for pride, arrogance, and passion without intellect. We're financing our own demise. Now lets say we did I over E. Lets say conservatives will allow  abortion and right to die to be  a privacy issue between a patient and a doctor. This is really how it will work anyway if its illegal.   In exchange the liberal can tell the average guy down south that he needs us and we need him. He is not rich. He is US/us. He'll give a lot and doesn't want much. We won't ask him to surrender his gun to a government that ignores his god and won't protect his land. If a religious artifact exists Let it be.. History you know. If you want to change things do it in new buildings. Tax Fairness. Government belongs to the TAXPAYER! Gays can have domestic partnerships by state. If not then they should be exempt from taxes.  If the churches don't like it then let them start paying some damn taxes .I don't want any tax exempt foundation having any influence over how the government spends my money. These are just examples but we must make whatever emotional compromise brings government back to the people. We are suffering a punishment far  worse than that which  we would wish on any one who we disagree with. Our next punishment will be privatization but that's another story.            

 

 

William J. Wahlsteen