Dan Allie: Political games on Super Bowl Sunday

The Super Bowl was dominated by two teams playing great defense. As this is election season, a parallel could be drawn for the political games being played on the American people. Two commercials caught one team’s defensive plan and play-by-play action of this week’s game. One commercial was by a PAC supporting Robert Kennedy, Jr. for president. It says a lot about the owners of one team, when a Kennedy can’t run as a Democrat. The owners are not big fans of anyone, calling out the big players, such as Big Pharma’s role in one of the biggest losses in history of minority-owned businesses. People are upset with the owners trading our best players, energy independence to an opposing team, and the wealth of the middle class to the team that already owns most of the wealth.

The second commercial was President Joe Biden blaming snack companies for inflation, by putting less peanuts and Cracker Jacks in the package. He is so angry about having less ice cream that he is going to ask Congress to do something.

C’mon man! Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? While no one has ever gone broke underestimating the stupidity of the average consumer, does he really believe the American people are a bunch of suckers, falling for another trick play?

Inflation was caused by the government shelling out $6 trillion dollars to put money in people’s pockets, state and local government coffers. Printing money out of thin air devalued our currency. Federal Reserve Notes have to be paid back to the big banks at interest. Young people cannot afford to buy homes or cars. Rents went through the roof. Interests rates as high as 29.99%, (usury used to be illegal). When we raise prices or wages, it only guarantees higher prices for season tickets next year.

Dan Allie

Westfield