IF YOU CANNOT CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU CANNOT EVOLVE 

Look, I do not like Trump, but he is correct that our government, judiciary, and press need a good kick in the butt. 

Monetary policy change came about big time when Nixon took us off the gold standard.  The top economists proclaimed disaster, and it was not.

I fully support printing as much money as we need so long as it is controlled, and the government can no longer borrow money.  If properly managed the dollar will stabilize. 

The strength of our dollar is based on the economy which in large measure is based on the people.  We need to better control spending, but as to waste.  Somethings we actually need to spend more on, at least in the short term. 

My mother worked for EOC shortly after it became law under Johnson.  Ronald Reagan ended the agency.  Today in some places in the US it operates as independent nonprofits with the same mission.  That mission is similar to what I do pro bono every day.  I help people navigate the legal system and social services.  Otherwise, these people would lose everything. 

Now I know many of you think social services are a waste of money.  It is not.  But how we address it is very inefficient.  I am willing to bet half if not more of the people I help would leave SSI disability if they had real options.  But it is scary.  You need healthcare to ensure your disability does not force you from work.

If these people can slowly be taken off of Medicaid, until they can get back on their feet, more people would opt out of SSI disability. I will get to it on another day, but Medicaid no longer pays 100%, which means more and more people are going into collections.  Thank you, Texas. 

Social workers such as they had at EOC can help people with disabilities to reenter the workforce and earn at least as much as they do on SSI and more.

I know a young lady who did time on a drug charge.  While in jail she learned logistics. She finally has her first apartment based on her wages and her children back.   She is on no public assistance except her children were put on Medicaid.  She would much rather pay Medicaid to keep her children insured than face not being able to buy insurance through her employer.

This is what EOC did for people. My mother hated generational public assistance.  She is the one who taught me it was a form of slavery.  But you see she worked hard to get people out of the system, while helping them to navigate the system,

We can save a lot of money with a reinvented EOC, even if it is just a local nonprofit. 

I cannot imagine ever embracing Trump, but I can imagine some change which in the end will make us better and stronger.