🔢 Simple Arithmetic for the Simple-Minded

When government policy fails basic math, citizens pay the price.

FIRE: Your Country, Your Move
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Let’s do some elementary school arithmetic, shall we?

It’s not advanced math — it’s not even pre-algebra. This is Mrs. Smith’s 3rd Grade Arithmetic level. You’ve got three groups of people in America:
1️⃣ The rich, who own most of the assets.
2️⃣ The middle class, who keep the country running.
3️⃣ The poor, who are one missed paycheck from disaster.

Now, if you were in charge of a country, which group would you support to keep the economy stable, the people happy, and democracy alive?

Exactly — the largest one.

But apparently, the current administration either skipped Mrs. Smith’s class or spent it throwing spitballs. Because their arithmetic makes no sense. They keep feeding the rich (who already have everything), ignoring the middle class (who actually work), and punishing the poor (who are already hanging by a thread).

This isn’t governance — it’s political self-harm.

Every policy that strips food assistance, healthcare, or social investment is a subtraction problem. You subtract from the people who need the most and then act surprised when the economy contracts, crime rises, and social trust collapses. You subtract the teachers, the programs, and the protections — and then you wonder why the schools fail, the roads crumble, and hospitals close.

It’s arithmetic. Not ideology. Not philosophy. Just arithmetic.

But the current leadership seems stuck in an ego loop — trying to please the smallest possible set of supporters, the “aggrieved” few who think life dealt them an unfair hand because of someone else. The MAGAT crowd. The same folks who blame “the swamp” or “the deep state” for their own failures while cheering for policies that directly hurt them.

And here’s the kicker: these leaders know it. They know exactly who gets hurt when they slash social programs, deregulate the wealthy, and weaponize division. They just don’t care. They’re too busy chasing the approval of billionaires and conspiracists.

Mrs. Smith would’ve given them an F.

Because in 3rd grade, we learned something fundamental:
When you take more than you give, you end up with less.
When you divide your base, you weaken your whole.
And when you add cruelty to power, you always subtract democracy.

It’s not math.
It’s just arithmetic.