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By Britt Nelson
It’s all about money. That’s why investigators always say, “Follow the money.”
Politicians follow the money. Criminals follow the money. Wall Street bankers follow the money. Immigrants follow the money. Innovation follows the money. Trade deals follow the money. President Donald Trump follows the money. Dow Jones follows the money. Life is all about money, and it’s always been the motive with everything we do ever since mankind first walked the Earth and began trading corn for coins.
Money makes the world go around. Without it you’re homeless. Without it you don’t eat. Without it you can’t love those around you. Work that produces income gives people in America the future. This is why President Trump won the presidency because he understands what automaker Henry Ford knew long ago, “It’s not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It’s the customer who pays the wages.”
President Trump’s economic agenda is based upon doing what’s right for business to flourish and put Americans back to work from coast-to-coast. The president is in the process of rewriting multi-nation trade deals insisting on one-on-one trade deals instead, thereby putting America first in all of these negotiations.
On Friday, President Trump addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland and gave a rousing speech among a cheering group of all ages of Republican activists. In a Fridaypost on Facebook from President Trump, he provided a condensed version of his speech before CPAC which is well worth reading.
“Where the White House doors used to be closed, they are now wide open – open for the People’s Business … One by one, we are checking off the promises we made to the people of the United States. And we will not stop until the job is done.We will reduce taxes.
We will cut regulations.
We will support our police.
We will defend our flag.
We will rebuild our military.
We will take care of our Veterans.
We will fix our trade deals.
We will cut wasteful spending.
We will promote our values.
We will rebuild our inner cities.
And we will bring back our jobs and our dreams.
The forgotten men and women of America will be forgotten no longer. That is the heart of this new movement – and the future of the Republican Party.The GOP will be the party of the American Worker. We will not answer to donors or lobbyists or special interests – but we will serve the citizens of the United States of America. Global cooperation is important. But there is no such thing as a global anthem, a global currency or a global flag.There is one allegiance that unites us all, and that is our allegiance to America. No matter our background, or income, or geography – we are all citizens of this blessed land. And no matter our color, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots.We all salute the same American Flag. And we are all made equal by the same Almighty God.As long as we have faith in each other, and trust in God, then there is no goal beyond our reach. There is no dream too large, no task too great. We are Americans. And the future belongs to us.The future belongs to all of you. And America is about to come roaring back – Bigger and Better and Stronger than ever before.Thank you, God Bless You, and God Bless the United States of America.”
You just have to wonder why the Democrats and mainstream media are declaring an all-out political war on President Trump and his agenda for America. On Saturday, Democrats elected a new chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez, former Labor Secretary under President Obama.
“We will all be able to say the united Democratic Party led the resistance, ensured that this president was a one-term president,” Perez said while accepting his win to lead the DNC. Perez was the number one choice among establishment Democrats and Hillary Clinton supporters.
The USA has not seen the likes of President Trump before. He’s doing everything much different than all of his presidential predecessors. There is literally no one to compare this new president to. Perhaps no other words can describe President Trump like these words do.
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – the late Steve Jobs – Apple co-founder and CEO.
On the other hand, with all of this importance placed upon money by President Trump and innovators like Steve Jobs, another billionaire, it’s apparent that the real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.
About the Author
Britt Nelson relocated to Costa Rica in 2011 from Florida, where he served as news editor for the Palatka Daily News, a newspaper owned by the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group (NYT-RNG) for 20 years.
Nelson served the NYT-RNG for 18 years in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida as a correspondent, reporter, staff writer, senior staff writer training new reporters, copy editor, page designer, editorial writer, editorial page editor and editorial board member.
