I know two things (well actually more then two things, but for this post only two things are important).
1) History is not a straight line. If all things being equal and if nothing occurs to change it, this nation is going full force towards socialism. However history shows that the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray. Often by something unseen or unexpected. Because it is unseen and/or unexpected it can not be predicted. What can be predicted is some event or movement will occur that will changes the direction we are going. Of course this could be good or bad.
2) Socialism does not work, in fact it can not work no more then a perpetual motion machine works. Human nature gets in the way. Right now the electors have discovered that they can vote themselves gifts from the treasury. Those that vote for this neither know or if they do know don’t care where the money really comes from they voted for themselves. Those that are productive will just as soon discover there is no point in being productive if those that are not are reaping the benefit of their labor. They will stop producing or will find a way to keep more of what their labor earns.
Socialism can not work since governments do not create the wealth they wish to distribute. Running the printing press or borrowing will only keep the engine running is like an ocean going steam ship that ran out of coal, and begins burning everything on the ship. Eventually there is nothing left to burn. If the ship had not made it to a port by then, all is lost.
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