Posted on 02/11/2014 5:51:49 AM PST by Sir Napsalot
Historians have a tough time agreeing on many of the turning points in ancient history.
One of them, in light of events during the past several years and the tone of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on January 28, seems particularly relevant.
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There’s little doubt that the United States of America has reached a point where, relatively unhampered by legislative or judicial barriers, its president and his bureaucracy exceed the limits of the nation’s Constitution “as a matter of course.” They in turn are quietly but effectively under the control of our “independent” central bank.
Decades from now, it’s possible that historians will look back and conclude that the American experiment, which began with its declaration of independence from and defeat of Great Britain, ended sometime between 1999 and 2014. As with Rome, the pivotal event isn’t obvious, and the list which follows isn’t all-inclusive.
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I certainly hope I’m wrong, and I’m not suggesting that we hang our heads and give up. But it sure feels like we are already in the grip of post-constitutional despotism. The best counter-argument right now is that some in Congress have finally determined that passing laws or even discussing legislation while a lawless president is in office is a pointless exercise. Will enough of them figure that out in time to begin taking the country back?
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Absolutely correct. I and others have explained all that to our resident spambot dozens of times, but he refuses to process those simple facts, logic, and reasoning.
You can’t make ‘em come back.
But you can stop driving them away.
Actually, overseas labor will work for far less than USA labor, skilled or unskilled. In fact, the Chinese are even outsourcing jobs to lower their labor costs. So, Americans have to understand that people in other countries are willing to work harder for less. And if that continues, Americans’ real incomes will fall even further. The only problem is that it will hollow out the middle class and put more Americans on the dole. There is a cost to that.
The Chinese cost advantage has decreased over the past by nearly 50% in the past 8 years and will approach just 16% in a few years. For the American worker, it is a race to the bottom.
Bottomline: The USA through regulation, the EPA, decline of work ethic, excess military spending, excess govt. regulation, excess taxation, too many attorneys has failed to create jobs and fostered a climate where some jobs have also gone overseas.
If this is indeed the case, there are things that the US can do to create a competitive business environment to attract jobs back to America. If we continue to produce more oil and gas, our energy costs can be reduced. We can reform regulatory and tax policy.
The only area that will be difficult to address is labor costs. The Dems and RINOs want to increase legal immigration almost threefold over the next decade from 12 million to 33 million and double our guest worker programs from 700,00 a year to 1.4 million a year. There will be more unskilled and skilled labor to compete for US jobs thereby depressing wages even further.
I notice you also don't address things that other countries are doing to make the playing field tilted in their favor whether it is currency manipulation, child and prison labor, price fixing, barriers to imports, government subsidies, bribery, etc. Why do we continue to accept such inequities?
So, we can bring back jobs to America if we have the political will to do so. If we don't, the US will take on the profile of a Third World country with a permanent underclass, a small middled class, and a rich, powerful elite at the top living in gated communities and having their own personal security.
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Never give up. Never cave in. If it takes CWII, this Constitution will survive and flourish.
Reagan managed to cut out a ton of the stifling regulations and tightened up the money but he made no dent in the bureaucracy, the effective Government. Now that bureaucracy has immensely more power and scope than it had in the 70s. And Public Education has cut two more generations to cut off from history.
I watched a certain progression as a gate guard at a large beach resort on the Gulf Coast for 7 years. The 20-30 age range of visitors got steadily dumber and more short sighted from 2005 to 2011. In the 2012 season the slope of intellectual deterioration did not continue its steady decline. In 2012 there was a definite step down, a noticeable increase in the rate of disintegration. These are our future captains of industry and political leaders. America is not coming back.
I thought we were goners in the 1970’s which I thought were worse then today by a million miles. I could not stand Carter for even a second. We survived then and we will now.
I agree with you about the 1970’s. It was a scary time and it felt like the MSM was beating the war drums constantly in an effort to start riots again. As Cronkite famously said “If it bleeds, it leads.”
Carter was bad too from an economic point of view but in a weird way I think that helped out as the MSM concentrated on the “Iran Hostage Crisis” EVERY single day. And that drowned out the Race hatred that was being fueled by them.
Today is a bit different, with so many people out of work and lazing about the house, (Thanks Obama and your Obamacare too!), they have ample time to absorb the MSM’s messages and I can feel the tensions and pressures building up again.
And maybe the MSM will get its wish, Riots and Civil War and lots and lots of blood to lead the nightly news with.
Obama doesn't matter any more. The machinery is in place such that his successor, whoever he may, be will be an effective dictator.
...and wipe out millions more jobs in import/export based businesses.
today is a million times worse that the 70's. Government at all levels is totally out of control. We are ready to cross the 50% threshold of parasites over producers.
We have a large number of anti-American, anti-capitalist illegal third world cretins pouring into all areas of our Republic.
We are at the precipice of a irrevocable transformation into a decaying third world Socialist sewer. Illegal immigration truly the checkmate for our Republic.
Let's say we elect a Reagan X10. How in the H*ll do you think any part of this Federal leviathan will be rolled back?
History shows that all Republics die, mostly from within.
No, it is legal immigration that will destroy this country,
The local news media is trying to help him. They made Nathan Deal look bad during the last snowstorm.
>>Or maybe we can just stop changing the subject, and bring back jobs to America.<<
One third of America is too old to work, one third is too stupid to work and the other third doesn’t want a job. What good would jobs do when the people want Socialism?
Oh, and there are white communities that are the same. That’s more of an economic/domestic crime issue. I mean assimilated in that, very few practice their ethnic culture. African Americans are in no way similar to actual Africans.
>>The Mexicans work hard and pretty much leave you alone if you leave them alone.<<
The Mexicans work hard and pretty much leave you alone if you leave them alone to send their money to Mexico so their other relatives can come up here and get on the social programs of free money.
I am with you there, they need to adapt to American ways and speak English. None of this English as a second language stuff
“African Americans are in no way similar to actual Africans.”
The inner city african american is not assimilated. They are separate and apart and they have a culture that is at odds with the culture of any 1st world country.
Your original comment was that they were assimilated, my response is that you are crazy if you think that
When does the media ever try to make Republicans look good ?
NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!
That is what you sound like.
Grow up and quit your damn temper tantrum on every freakin thread.
Good grief, you are hands down THE most annoying poster on Free Republic.
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