COVID-19: What Happened to All the Money?

F-35 Lightning II Fighter Bomber, Cost: $1.5 Trillion

By Steve Halpern

Today there are quadrillions

of microscopic viruses invading

the lungs of people living in

every nation of the world.

These viruses have travelled

on jet aircraft at speeds of 500 miles per hour.

They traveled on ships, cars, trains,

and rest on doorknobs.

The government says that their top priority

is to keep us safe.

Yet, there are shortages of face masks, respirators,

COVID-19 test kits, and all kind of medical supplies.

However, the government in the

richest nation in the world,

has plenty of money for other things.

They say they use this money to keep us safe.

There is the F-15 Fighter Bomber

that has a cost of $1.5 trillion.

The problem is that the F-15

isn’t designed to battle COVID-19.

Then, there are 2,821 atomic bombs.

These bombs do have the ability

to end the COVID-19 pandemic

by doing away with the species known as the human race.

However, eliminating the human race

will not create a safe environment for people.

So, the government invested in federal,

state, and city police with SWAT teams.

But the President feels that all this protection is inadequate.

So, he used his powers to build a 2,000 mile wall.

This wall separates COVID-19 patients

from other COVID19 patients on the other side of the wall.

The President feels that these initiatives

will “Make America Great Again.”

In fact, those initiatives have made this country

the epicenter of the pandemic.

When we turn on the television, we see advertisements

arguing that our lives might be better

if we purchase lucrative investment funds

drugs incapable of treating COVID-19,

new cars, cosmetics, jewelry, or mufflers.

Well, it’s not so easy to buy or use these things

when politicians tell us to stay at home,

and the so-called news media

isn’t interested in pointing out these obvious contradictions.

So, while government officials deny

they have made colossal failures,

they tell us we need to wash our hands, stay at home,

and wear masks that aren’t available.

That’s right. They have spent obscene amounts of money

on the military allegedly to keep us safe,

yet they don’t have the resources to give us facemasks.

I’m 67 years old.

Yes, I’m concerned,

but I’m not living in fear,

because a coworker once told me:

“Don’t worry about things we can’t control.”

Who knows who will and who will not survive this plague?

There is one thing I do know.

Humanity will survive this.

The immense majority of the world’s population are not billionaires.

We are the working class of the world.

This pandemic is teaching us that

we are the ones who produce all the wealth.

We are the ones who provide the food, clothing, housing,

transportation, communication, health care, and the arts.

The billionaires and their managers produce nothing.

Yet, they have the audacity to say that they give us charity.

We are learning this basic fact.

We have better things to do than to spend our entire lives

working so a tiny minority can have more

than they could ever use in 100 lifetimes.