ACCOUNTABILITY & ALLEGIANCE
The tab? One hundred fifteen thousand dollars. Each of us. Every man, woman, every baby in a stroller. No cash in sight.
We’ve been sipping on borrowed whiskey, tipsy on the buzz that tomorrow never comes. But tomorrow just walked in, coat on, ready to collect.
If every soul here emptied their pockets—gone. Zero. Yet the bartender keeps pouring. One point five trillion more every year. In twenty-five years flat, same chit again.
Your five-year-old? She’ll be twenty-nine. First paycheck already stamped “debt.”
And who’s slipping out the back door? The ones who never paid cover. Who never swore to the flag—just waved their old one while eating our lunch. They’ll ghost when the lights dim. You? You stay. You pay.
Top ten percent already haul seventy percent of the taxes. Squeeze harder, they bolt—jobs bolt. Cut social checks, grandma starves. Cut defense, doors open to whoever’s next.
We juggle rent, gas, groceries—now add this gorilla. It eats your raise, your kid’s college, your quiet nights.
We’ve seen factories shutter, friends laid off. Multiply that by a nation. That’s not a dip. That’s the lights out.
And when the finger-pointing starts— no one left to blame but the mirror.
Wake up. Before the last round is water.
– The Grateful Immigrant St. Paul, Minnesota
February 4, 2026
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