Letter: It’s the ‘dumb people’ who get it

Political news stories refer to people opposed to the radical changes that have occurred worldwide since 1960 as “older, poorer, and undereducated.” Brexit voters have joined the ranks of many Americans as they tired of the same old geopolitical fervor to internationalize countries to make them reflective of the world’s demographics and less nationalistic. They said, “No more will we tolerate Britain’s direction. We want our country back.”

Those “dumb people” were opposed to giving their assets and jobs to immigrants who refused to assimilate as British citizens, but instead, cling to the lifestyles they fled. This fine art of polemics by the political parties to denigrate the other is deplorable and becoming more fervent.

Older people who succeeded in life through the “school of hard knocks” are often better educated than many people making these defamatory remarks who had free rides at Ivy League schools and were admitted partly because of their family’s wealth and status.

These families control untold billions of dollars and have it locked up in trusts so the government can never lay claim to their wealth while the lower classes pay taxes on their meager income to support the giveaway programs the intelligentsia demands.

Many old and poor Americans don’t subscribe to the government’s rush to lower their standard of living. They worked for generations toward improving their jobs and family’s lifestyle only to have “smart people” force them to give it to people that hate them. Apparently, only the undereducated understands America can’t feed and house the entire world.

This story was originally published July 5, 2016 at 3:45 PM with the headline "Letter: It’s the ‘dumb people’ who get it."