Michael Sauers

October 20,2025

There is a album, “Rich Man”, by Climax Blues Band that has a song entitled “Don’t You Mind People Grinning in Your Face“. I think of it often when I see grinning politicians. It doesn’t matter what stripe they are, D or R. They grin in our faces as they wallow in the money pit of Washington, D.C.

Money! Many millions of dollars contributed to Congressmen/Congresswomen, Senators and Presidents by corporate interests and their lobbying arms. Every major industry; Pharma, NRA, Agriculture, Defense, Travel, etc. They all do it. They, all of the involved, have the brazenness to say that this is not corruption but, yes, it provides influence. This should make us all want to be in full rebellion. They do the bidding of the vested interests. Disgraceful!

While much of it is repugnant, nothing quite insults as much as the production of weapons of mass destruction. We are seeing them in the Gaza and Ukraine/Russia conflicts as well as other parts of the world. Rationalizations for this fly like dust in the wind. Why do we allow the coarsest, shallowest, and most removed to grin in our faces. They are full of bullshit because the vast majority of them are taking money from corporate interests. Millions!

What about our interests? What about the interests of our children and grandchildren? What about the interests of those without food, clothing, shelter, medicine, education and self-determination. What about the interests of the planet and the other creatures who inhabit it?

What to do? I’m not sure but there are many more of us than them. They are clustered and cloistered among themselves. They need us for taxes. They need us for consumption. They need us to vote. They need us to fight. They need us to work. They need us to support the above insanity. Noncompliance, boycotts, and withholding support work but they are temporary fixes.

Study your candidates. Actively seek out good people to run for office. They are out there and if we support them they will run. We, the 95%, need to be governing.

Now, chill. Relax. Think.