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MAYDAY! Protest Venice Fl
May 1st, 2025

Yet another protest was held on May 1st in Venice, FL, at Michael Biehr Park. This protest was called "MAYDAY! Stop the Billionaire Takeover." The signs the protestors held up had to do more with "saving Medicare" and "stop the billionaire takeover." 
 
When you look up Donald Trump's stance on Medicare online or on YouTube, you get all the negative videos. So I decided to go to the one site that we should all go to to see what Trump truly believes. The White House official website. Now, before we look at Donald Trump's stance on Medicare and Healthcare, let me make this very clear: Are you willing to admit when you are wrong and that you have been lied to about these topics and Donald Trump? 

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On the White House Site www.WhiteHouse.gov, we can read much of what the Trump administration has revealed when it comes to fraud and unnecessary spending, which is not beneficial to the American people. 

For example, we read that
"Over the past two decades, the federal government has made an estimated $2.7 trillion in 'improper payments' — the majority of which come in the form of 'payments to deceased individuals or those who no longer [are] eligible for government programs.”

This is just one example of the many this administration is uncovering, and much more is on the way. On the website, at the bottom, it reads, "What kind of a person doesn’t support eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending that ultimately costs taxpayers more?"

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The second part I want to write about is how much the democrats care about when it comes to how much money people have, especially as a business owner or politician. But first, I want to clarify that I do not like how politicians pocket more money than they should and get a bigger "bonus" than the average working American. That's a red flag already when it comes to politicians. Second, if the politician has been in said position for many years, they qualify for a bonus or a raise, according to the number of years worked.

I want to state that we should not envy what people have or how much money people have. When I look at politicians, I do not think they are corrupt because they are politicians. I think people become corrupt through temptations and circumstances given. We all have a choice to do what is right when we are handed responsibilities of any sort.


James 3:16 "For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice."

Jealousy and selfish ambition are not just personal issues but community disruptors. They lead to disorder and open the door to various evil practices.

"For where envying and strife is, there is confusion - Margin, tumult, or unquietness. Everything is unsettled and agitated. There is no mutual confidence; there is no union of plan and effort; there is no co-operation in promoting a common object; there is no stability in any plan; for a purpose, though for good, formed by one portion, is defeated by another. - In place of the peaceful virtues which ought to prevail, there springs up every evil passion that tends to mar the peace of a community. Where this spirit prevails in a church, it is, of course, impossible to expect any progress in divine things; and in such a church, any effort to do good is vain. In place of the peaceful virtues which ought to prevail, there springs up every evil passion that tends to mar the peace of a community. Where this spirit prevails in a church, it is of course impossible to expect any progress in divine things; and in such a church any effort to do good is vain." (Barnes' Notes on the Bible)

Why is envy so powerful? Why does envy cause strife and confusion? Why is jealousy evil? 

When we envy what others have as humans, we want to tear them down to our level or even lower. We want to take away what we think according to our standard, they should be. Instead of building one another up and encouraging, we destroy. Nowhere in scripture does it say that having a lot is demonic or evil, but instead we see that God warns those with a lot to be cautious and pay attention to what they have. 

When it comes to the Democrats and Republicans, I do see two different ways they react to money. One side says that all should be equal and not based on what they offer, experience, and time working. The other side says the opposite. What you make depends on what you have to offer, experience, and the time you put into the work. Which one sounds more fair?

Another way of looking at this would be in the mindset of
Socialism Vs. Capitalism.

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Capitalism/Republic/Democratic:

- Freedom to buy whatever is legal
- Freedom to sell whatever is legal
- The freedom to try whatever you want legally
- Gives you the freedom to fail, Inequality, Market Failure (
Companies, Businesses, Bankruptcy, etc.)

- Success is based on personal work and sacrifice
- Being oppressed or a victim is a choice

​- Competition
- Free Market
- Free enterprise
- Able to create wealth through private ownership
- Free speech (
includes hate speech, offensive jokes, to criticizing the government without fear of arrest, etc.)



 

Socialist/Communism:

- Government confiscation of private property.
- Rule of the few, not the many
- Built on envy and greed
- Creates an Oligarchy 
- Eliminates private property (
government-owned)
- Precursor to Communism
- Large Government
- Equal pay, which causes an unfair workforce
- Always a victim (
Oppressor vs. the oppressed)
- Speech is controlled strictly


 

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After taking a look at what Capitalism vs. Socialism is, I think it would be fair to say that much of what the left wants gives more control to the government and leaves the people more dependent on the government. When we rely on the government to give us rights, determine pay, and if we have the freedom to speak negatively about the Government, I hope we can conclude that a government with more power is anti-freedom.

By loving your neighbor and God, you want what is best for them and pray for your enemies. 


Mark 12:31 "And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Leviticus 19:13 "‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning."


These two verses go hand in hand. Why is it bad for individuals to own a business that creates jobs, becomes wealthy, and creates generational wealth? Why are people who become successful now viewed as the enemy? Why is it just the billionaires who are evil? Why aren't the millionaires evil for storing up wealth? Why is it their responsibility to take care of everyone else, but not the average American's job to help? 

I am convinced that even if Donald Trump and Elon Musk created a Nonprofit that helped get the homeless cleaned up, prostitutes off the streets, paid for school lunches, etc., the Democratic party would still find a way to hate them simply because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have more money than they do. 

At the very end, creating taxes just for the rich to bring them down shows how much greed and envy someone has in their heart. 


Galatians 5:19-21 "19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."

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