Are we? Look at his bottom line.
"Already labor is looked upon as a useless occupation when doles are available, and investment in enterprise of a long-term nature is regarded as folly. That the American standard of living must decline, that our civilization must sink to a lower and lower level, is a certainty to which the history of intervention testifies.
We have probably twice the percent of population employed now than 50 years ago, welfare as a way of life is on the way out, our standard of living is improved immensely by any economic measure, and while our "civilization" surely has problems, I would argue that we are a better, more compassionate people and the blessings of liberty are far more widespread than 50 years ago.
This is a contender for "Most plainly false, and ignorant statement ever made on FreeRepublic."
As we have entered the abyss spiritually, all other measures of our once great nation have fallen in lockstep.
Can a nation that has murdered 44 million of its unborn children because they were 'inconvenient' be called compassionate?We are living in a cesspool with a clothespin on our noses, rather than the country garden of 50 years ago.Is it enlightened to brag that we have twice the employment now that we had only 50 years ago, when it is because it takes two paychecks per household to earn a basic living, thus depriving nearly every home of a Mom that is so badly needed to maintain the moral, spiritual, and intellectual standards of the family?
Is it honest to speak of liberty, when even the most basic rights: the right to property, and the right to own and bear arms have almost been obliterated?