The Other America

Townhall.com ^ | December 11, 2014 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Kaslin]

Germany's first chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, supposedly once said that there was "a special providence for drunkards, fools and the United States of America."

Apparently, late 19th century observers could not quite explain how the U.S. thrived when by logic it should not. That paradox has never been more true than today.

The U.S. government now owes more than $18 trillion in long-term debt. Even after recent income tax hikes for the very wealthy and huge cuts in the defense budget, the Obama administration will still run an annual budget deficit of nearly $500 billion.

No government official dares to trim Social Security or Medicare. Everyone knows that both programs are fiscally unsustainable.

More than 11 million undocumented immigrants are residing in the U.S. as federal immigration law is reduced to a bothersome irritant. A record 92 million American citizens 16 and older are not working.

[Kaslin]

Ping

[tgusa]

VDH, spot on as always. Thanks for posting!

[Travis McGee]

“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”

Otto von Bismarck

[Kaslin]

He also said this:

"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election."

[Travis McGee]

What a character. Must have been fun to be around, if he liked you.

[Kaslin]

I wouldn’t know

[Kaslin]

My pleasure

[Travis McGee]

Great source of pithy and witty quotes though.

[Servant of the Cross]

Thanks for the VDH ping Kaslin ...

[Servant of the Cross]

"America is not saved by our elected officials, bureaucrats, celebrities and partisan activists. Instead, just a few million hardworking Americans in key areas -- a natural meritocracy of all races, classes and backgrounds -- ignore the daily hype and chaos, remain innovative and productive, and dazzle the world."

"The silent few of a forgotten America have given the entire country an astonishing standard of living that is quite inexplicable."

[CPT Clay]

Good article