Beware Republicans Reptile

To more graphically comprehend the turmoil that is taking place, politically and economically in this country today it might help to consider this analogy.

Picture the Republican Party as being the caregiver and custodian of a gigantic gluttonous serpent. In this particular case, the serpent is actually in control of its caregiver. The head and controlling feature of this serpent is all the oppressive and self-serving corporate entities that are striving to devour whatever it takes to satisfy its ravenous appetite. Next down the vertebrae of this voracious reptile is the top monetary one percent, the prime beneficiaries of this snake's intended oppressive endeavors. The next vertebrae is the Republican Party, the portion of the snake that strives to render the remaining portions of this reptilian monstrosity, dominated by and subservient to the upper portions. Down at the tip of the tail is that which once was a vibrant and productive working class, the goose that for decades had been laying the golden eggs of a prosperity that should have been and still should be made proportionally available to the collective citizenry of this nation.

This is in the offing the potential for an economic catastrophe, that would make the present day economic woes seem like the best of times. This economic calamity is already in the process of evolving. This is due to the fact that the head of this serpent is so dumb, that it has circled around and not recognizing that it is a vital portion of itself, has devoured the golden egg, the goose that laid it and is now nibbling away at the middle class. If allowed to prevail to its ultimate conclusion the only thing that will be left of this self-consuming serpent will be a non-functioning corporate structure, a destitute top one percent, and the shredded remains of that which once was a well-intentioned and regarded political party.

I am not sure that such is possible, but the only way I see left to avert a complete economic collapse in this nation, is for Democratic entities to devise a way to perform the Heimlich maneuver on a hostile and wreathing serpent, get it to cough up the golden egg, the goose that laid it,and restore the working and middle class to its former productive status.

Don Chase

Bethel