That title probably made you double take. If so, mission accomplished: I got your attention.

Wealthy powerful Americans use all sorts of schemes to game the system. Michael Bloomberg is using one of the most profitable schemes of all.

He spoke out against "racial income inequality" on Sunday at an African episcopal church in Tulsa, the day before MLK Jr Day. The former mayor announced his new economic plan for "incentivizing investment in underserved communities."

But let's cut through the euphemisms.

Bloomberg's not talking about cutting a check to poor inner-city Americans. Like every politician before him, he plans to take money from other Americans to bribe rich developers to build businesses & housing that inner-city residents could never afford.

In this current scheme, the target is black Americans. But the principle is the same for anyone.

Those who have succeeded in gaming the system--like Bloomberg--don't want you to know that your success is entirely in your own hands. They want you to believe that you're dependent, that you need a political messiah to rescue you.

Meanwhile, the system they claim represents your best interests is the very system that gave Willie Nash 12 years in a cage for having a cell phone.

It's a story as infuriating as it is hard to read.

Your freedom is a consequence of your power, and your wealth determines your power.

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