It’s kind of a shame that politics are such a deep-down, basic part of life. You can lament and bemoan that fact, but you cannot deny it. Everybody at one point or another in the average work week is going to have something to say about politics. It all started, of course, with Adam and Eve and a snake in a tree politicking in favor of apples. The sad thing is, it won’t ever stop as long as somebody wants something that somebody else has and wants something else. That's when the trouble starts. Then it gets into pulpit territory, and that’s when it gets real serious, because in the end, my friend, it’s all about sin. Yessir, anything that involves as much money as politics does has got to be riding on the same bicycle as sin. Now, I know temptation, pride, and avarice are all in that parade too, but money is leading the show, and here’s where the real heartache and despair comes in. Where does that money come from, do you reckon? All right, let's say it all together now, “My pocket and your pocket!” That’s right. If you own anything like property, or buy anything at all, or have ever worked and legally gotten paid anything, then step right this way and get your “Participation Trophy,” because you are a member of the parade organizing committee. You are way, way back in the parade lineup, but you and the rest of the 42% of the population who actually pay what they owe are the ones who shuffle all that good 'ole tax money right up to the front of the line. Now, everybody has heard about what kind of sorry shape our country’s finances are in at the present time. Right now we couldn’t even get a loan from the Ludowici National Bank & Trust. We all know how much free Covid money was printed up and given away to businesses, cities, counties, and states, during the pandemic in the name of recovery, and we all know how much the Democrat's record-setting inflation has cost us in the form of higher taxes, and higher prices for everything else. Well now, we have learned that there's a name for all of this mess; BIDENOMICS. Pretty catchy, right? It's hard to believe that someone would actually put their name on it, but there it is. If you look it up in the Common Sense Dictionary, Bidenomics actually means " buying votes on credit". So anyway, it’s about fifteen and a half more months before we pick another President. If you want my advice, I would just say get to church as much as you can, put as much as you can in the offering plate, and try to keep politics out of your conversation for the next 474 days, and I think you will probably be all right. Good luck with that, and oh, by the way, stay away from apple trees, or peach trees or the soybeans or peanuts. You can't ever tell where that snake might be hiding.
