THE TRILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION
In
the World of Economics, this statement generally refers to a
critical,, high-stakes question with massive financial, economic, or
societal consequences, often lacking an easy answer.
Currently, it frequently refers to whether
the AI boom is a bubble,
or challenges regarding the $36
trillion U.S. national debt.
I
have another take on this question which in my view is the more
critical and
broader
consideration of importance.
My
question is;
Why
do we have a convicted criminal acting as our President? For me this
is the Trillion Dollar question as the President now has almost total
control over
our
31.1 Trillion GDP.
There
are built in Control mechanisms so the President can not control our
GDP.
Congressional
Authority: The
Constitution grants Congress the "power of the purse"—the
authority to determine taxation and government spending, which are
massive drivers of GDP.
As
we have seen the Congress has largely given up this role.
The
Federal Reserve: The
independent central bank controls monetary policy (interest rates)
to manage inflation and growth, largely operating outside
presidential control.The
President is actively seeking to remove the present Chair of the Fed
and install his own man.
Market
Forces & External Factors: Global
events, pandemics, natural disasters, technological changes, and
consumer behavior play a massive role in economic output, often
outweighing presidential policy. The
President has eliminated the most of the National Institutions which
deals with these factors.
In
2024, 77,303.568 People voted for this man. Yesterday I spoke to one
of them. She volunteered that she did not like what he was doing with
ICE, putting his name on buildings, and most of all his lies. I
asked her why she voted for him and her answer was,“I
voted for Him because of Her”.
The
word Her was spoken with a hiss in a loud whisper. A discontented
republican, she now has become an independent. I asked her about the
“ Her” comment
the
reply was that Harris had no experience. I did not question her
further, for she obviously had the truth on her phone for which she
was in thralled the whole time of her waiting for my order to come.
The answer of “ Her” was shocking to me not because of
what she said, but the way she said it. Racism was dripping with
venom and her mouth was contorted with rancor.
So,
for Me, this is part of the Trillion Dollar Question. Did the 77 plus million
people feel that between a convicted felon a white man , and a
black woman, the only person acceptable to be our next President was
a convicted felon a white man, not a black woman. Is this is where
we are in America today? This kind of decision making was not about
policies, it was about the oldest of prejudices, that of the “other”.
Prejudice is a poison. This poison flows from the Oval occupant and
throughout this administration It has killed the independence of the
DOJ.
White
vs Black and Brown,. ICE makes this incredibly painful to see. This
fracture of our civil ethos, now has another component, The people
who are resistant, people like me. We are now targets of non
compliance. We are a very large and multicultural group. We are the
Educators, the Writers, the Lawyers, the Judges, Creatives, the
Young, the Old, the Veterans, the Scientists, the Environmentalists,
Mothers, Fathers, Medical Doctors and independent critical thinkers.
We have become “the Others”.
The
Founding Fathers made a critical mistake in the writing of our Constitution. They thought that the checks and balances that were in
the Constitution would prevent a man like Trump from becoming
President.
The
answer is
Constitutional
Qualifications
Natural-born
citizen:
A person must be a U.S. citizen at birth, which typically includes
being born on American soil or to American parents, as noted by the
Library of Congress – Constitution Annotated (.gov).
Age:
The candidate must be at least 35 years of age by the time they take
the oath of office,
So
now, we have a Criminal in the Oval who has almost total control
over our economy, our Constitutional Rights, Our Congress, Our
Courts, The Fed, and our Future .