Editor's note: ...rises, peaks, and then crashes as the
US government becomes the enemy of the people. Considering the state of
California the state government there from Newsom on down have clearly identified themselves as the enemy of the people of
California. Recent numbers reflect that between April 2020 and July 2023, nearly 1.2 million more Americans moved out of California than moved in. The biggest reason? Taxes, of course. IRS data indicates a significant loss of income from California due to out-migration. More than $102 billion in income left California from 2020 to 2022 as people moved to other states while the
City of Los Angeles is now bankrupt. A tax on labor is slavery. Nine to five is slavery. Multiple surveys consistently show that only a small percentage of Americans trust the federal government. As of May, 2024
Pew Research Center found that only 22 percent of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right "just about always" or "most of the time." Don't trust the Pew Research either. That 22 percent are probably hard core Republican or Democratic supporters. This is a modest increase from a record low of 16% in 2023, but it remains near historic lows spanning nearly seven decades of polling. A spring 2024 survey by the
Partnership for Public Service reported that only 23% of Americans trust the federal government, down from 35% in 2022. The evidence points to a pervasive and long-standing decline in American confidence in their government, driven by perceptions of incompetence, lack of transparency, political polarization, and a feeling that the government is not serving the interests of ordinary citizens (see
Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani: From Stealth Socialism to Open Socialism). What is the solution? Organize around
state assemblies and start building
community banks.