Apparently My Tax Dollars Have Entered Their Cinematic Universe
I have always assumed that when I send money to the federal government, it disappears into the vast digestive system of American bureaucracy, where it is eventually transformed into aircraft carriers, highway resurfacing, office chairs, weather satellites, printer toner, and approximately seventeen billion forms explaining why another form was filed incorrectly. What I did not realize was that somewhere along the way, my tax dollars might also get a dramatic lighting budget. Yet here we are. The White House has been airing taxpayer-funded television advertisements featuring President Donald Trump, and the latest entry apparently decided subtlety was for cowards. The 30-second spot, titled “Final Battle,” reportedly uses black-and-white imagery of Trump walking through a hallway while his voice describes a struggle against communists, Marxists, fascists, globalists, the “deep state,” and the media. It ends with perhaps the most important line in the entire production: “Paid for by the U...
