Above Image: Seth Grossman is a guest on John DeMasi's "Talk with a Purpose" every Saturday morning from 9:10 to 9:30 on WPGTalkRadio.com and 95.5FM and 1450AM near Atlantic City, NJ. Here is a summary of what was discussed this week.
Lawful vs. Unlawful Orders (Military Context): When I took basic training during the Vietnam War era, recruits were taught the difference between lawful and unlawful orders. Every soldier has the right and duty to disobey orders that violate International Agreements signed by the United States like the Geneva Convention. There may be a problem when soldiers, sailors and airmen are ordered to kill people on the high seas without first demanding permission to board and inspect.
Democratic Strategy and Trump: But I think those Democrats did that video to provoke Trump. They wanted Trump to say something careless or reckless and they succeeded. I just got back from a bagel and lox breakfast with some typical seniors at a Boardwalk high rise. They were livid about Trump suggesting that the Democrats who did the video be tried for treason and possibly face the deaty penalty. If Democrats wanted to provoke Trump to say things to work up their base, Trump did exactly what they wanted. The biggest issue ahead of us are the midterm elections for Congress next year. If Democrats win, they could stop Trump's agenda and impeach Trump again. Is there so much hate against Trump that these moderate Democrats I talked to will vote against a popular Republican like Jeff Van Drew next year. I didn't ask them, but I think they see Van Drew as being very close to Trump.
Origin of New Jersey Transit: Last week we talked about New Jersey Transit and its socialist monopoly on public transportation in New Jersey. I forgot to mention how we got here? Back in the 1960s, the state government made private bus companies follow so many stupid and expensive rules that they all went out of business. Our politicians created a transportation crisis. Then to fix the crisis they created, these politicians had the state go into the transportation business. It created New Jersey Transit which is a corporation owned by state government. It runs all the buses and trains and sets all the routes, the schedules and the fares.
And the state made two new laws. First, it said that New Jersey Transit did not have to follow any of the state laws that put all the private bus companies out of business. Second it made it a crime for anyone to run a bus company that competed with New Jersey Transit. So we real started socialism in New Jersey with New Jersey Transit in the 1960s.
Solar Panels Are "Money Laundering Scheme": We talk a lot about people with solar panels who have low electric bills. They actually believe if they save $400 on their electric bills, its because their solar panels produced $400 worth of electricity. The truth is that this is a money laundering scheme. Roughly 2% of homeowners have solar panels and 98% don't. The $400 that the 2% of people with solar panels get comes from raising the rates on the 98% of people who don't have solar panels. This is nothing but money laundering.
Now, there is a no program in Atlantic City where people get some of this laundered money without having a house and without having solar companies. A company just announced a plan to build solar panels on a vacant lot, and let people who live in apartments rent those solar panels and get a share of that laundered money. If were were honest, we're recognize that the solar panels are nothing but props to launder money. If we want to have a socialist system that skims a little money from 98% of the people and gives big payoffs to the 2%, why waste money on solar panels. Would just giving the money work just as well?
Rising Antisemitism and Marjorie Taylor Greene: He highlights a "dark thing happening in politics" with rising anti-Jewish feeling among young people in both Democrat and Republican circles. He discusses Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation from Congress and her break with Donald Trump, noting that three of the four major issues involved Jews and Israel, including:
Attacking Trump for going to Israel and giving aid to Israel.
Demanding the release of the Epstein files, with supporters hinting that Trump was covering up for a Jew.
Using Trump's 50-year mortgage proposal to suggest that "Jews want to get people in debt forever".
The Problem with 50-Year Mortgages: Grossman argues that 50-year mortgages are ridiculous and simply enable the problem of expensive houses by putting people into debt, rather than addressing the root causes like high property taxes, zoning, and planning laws. He compares this to the college tuition crisis, where the government gave students money instead of addressing the spiraling costs.
Need for Education (Jewish-Christian Relations): He states that the Jewish community is making a mistake by attacking people for antisemitism instead of tea