I just recently became aware of the work and opinions of one Catherine Austin Fitts. Her opinons, as expressed on a variety of radio programs, are, to say the least, provocative and original. For example she has expressed her belief that Sanctuary Cities were established to provide Silicon Valley, Hollywood and Wall Street with cheap labor.

Here is one example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx9_paDhpQs I hasten to add that I am no fan of Rense, a rank amateur who won't let his guests say what they have to say and asks the wrong questions.

Among other things, Fitts said that we, the American people, are to blame as well as the usual villians for our predicament, and I don't dispute that. We all need, she says, to become "more productive". I am guessing here that she means something other than what the Dept. of Labor means when it measures "productivity".

So, more productive is it? Sure, Ms. (or is it Dr.) Fitts. Love to, but lets just take a look at what that would entail, shall we?

1. First, everyone in the employing class, from personnel officers to supervisors to business owners needs to reward and encourage being productive, as opposed to emotionally satisfying qualities like personality, pedigree, social standing, ethnicity and physical appearance. News flash: high scores in things like social standing, et al, DO NOT EQUAL "doing a good job", much less anything which could remotely be considered "productive".

2. A lot of people stand to lose a lot of money, very much including minorities and immigrants, or anyone else whose plan for getting ahead is selling crap to dummies. Productive people (PPs) don't spend. They invest in things like good tools, which they don't buy at Walmart, and they maintain and pass on those tools, but they don't spend Saturday at the mall or Friday night in a bar. PPs have learned not to waste time, energy or money on distractions like the latest gizmo, cable TV, or the shopping channel. PPs might take the family out to dinner for a special occasion, but they cook at home the rest of the time.

3. PPs also can't be bothered to rearrange everyone else's lives. (Alt right opinionators and "progressive activists", I am looking at you here.) PPs are not going to get on board with your latest obsession to fight evil halfway around the world, nor are they impressed with "environmentalists" who drive Yuuge vans and live in houses which could easily accommodate the entire homeless population of their town. PPs do tend to think that laws are in place for good reasons, and one needs to abide by them until such time as one can get them changed.

4. Most of all, Ms.(or Dr.) Fitts, a lot of working and lower middle and middle class people do right now have good skills which they can't use to make livings BECAUSE OF the insanely high prices of housing, health care, utilities, and insurances. Which means, that everyone who has investments in real estate--and persons like Ms./Dr. Fitts do tend to have such investments-- needs to be prepared for those investments to decline in value by about 50%.

So, anytime you, Ms./Dr. Fitts, or someone like you, wants to get serious, how about renting out one of your properties at half the going rate for your area to a skilled craftsperson? How about using your influence to get your city to regain control of its utilities and charge only what is needed for salaries and maintenance? How about telling your Senators and Congresspersons, whom I am sure you know personally, that you expect them to introduce and vote for a single payer health care/Medicare for all program for the entire country sooner rather than later?