Freeing America From The Shackles Of Big Government

American Thinker ^ | 26 Jul, 2024 | Vince Coyner

[MtnClimber]

Once, when we were free, we were the greatest nation on earth; now, we are a small nation with a big government. If he has the courage and vision, Trump can reverse that.

Now is a good time to think about this because last week marked the 55th anniversary of man landing on the moon. Impelled by the words of a murdered president, Americans achieved what was easily the most technologically complex operation man ever undertook. A mere 66 years after the Wright Brother’s first flight, Americans had not only sent men to walk on and plant their flag on the Moon but, even more impressively, had returned them to earth safely.

Possibly the craziest thing about that moon landing was that it was done with the computational equivalent of a Model T. For perspective, the phone you’re reading this on or have nearby has over 100,000 times the processing power of the machines that powered Apollo, along with literally millions of times more memory. With today’s kind of power, it sort of makes you wonder why haven’t we cured cancer or invented time travel or teleportation.

The last time an American walked on the moon (no other country has achieved this) was 1972, fully 52 years ago.

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America is now a caricature of a nation. We’re not allowed to agree on what a woman is. We’re told that fossil fuels, possibly the closest thing in history to a gift from God, are an existential threat. We’re told that the Founding Fathers who created the nation that generated the greatest prosperity in all human history were evil while a drug-addled career criminal thug like George Floyd is a hero. From education to healthcare to protecting ex-presidents, the nation has become an unworkable mess…that literally doesn’t work.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: marxism; marxisttyranny

[MtnClimber]

Marxism always has the same results.

[DIRTYSECRET]

We all need to squish them like a bug. It’s gotta be done quickly as people get tired quickly. We all gotta be more vocal like the left. Our arguments make more sense and their stupidity needs to be pointed out.

[SMARTY]

Liberals LOVE their big, chaotic, sloppy ‘government’. It’s much easier to conceal corruption that way

[PubliusMM]

Redistribution of ANY wealth is ALWAYS wrong.

[cdcdawg]

“America is now a caricature of a nation. We’re not allowed to agree on what a woman is. We’re told that fossil fuels, possibly the closest thing in history to a gift from God, are an existential threat. We’re told that the Founding Fathers who created the nation that generated the greatest prosperity in all human history were evil while a drug-addled career criminal thug like George Floyd is a hero. From education to healthcare to protecting ex-presidents, the nation has become an unworkable mess…that literally doesn’t work.”

That’s as good of a synopsis as we are likely to see.

[Mr. Jeeves]

By slashing government regulations and “income security” spending...

Even the widely popular Ronald Reagan wasn't able to make much headway in these areas. The voting public desperately wishes to have that income security. The value of fostering an entrepreneurial culture it ints place is not intuitively understood - and virtually no one in the media gets it, or would be willing to explain it correctly if they did.

Trump's best chance is to forge good relationships with people like Elon Musk, talk over the heads of the media, and explain clearly that the benefits their products bring to society could never have been achieved if the collectivist Harris/Obama world view predominated.

And he's going to need a lot of help from Congress and the courts to clean up the regulatory weeds.

[antidemoncrat]

And if Cowbellow Harris steals the 2024 election you can bet she will finish taxing the Middle Class out of existence and push to disarm law abiding citizens and then “Who needs elections?”.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes. We are a nation that is dying from Complexity and Corruption.

[Jan_Sobieski]

A mere 66 years after the Wright Brother’s first flight, Americans had not only sent men to walk on and plant their flag on the Moon but, even more impressively, had returned them to earth safely.

If we did indeed accomplish this, why does Gus Grissom’s wife believe he was killed for saying the Apollo program was decades away from going to the moon?

[Texas Fossil]

“If we did indeed accomplish this”

I know a member of Apollo 17, he is still alive. We lived in his home town, my wife knew his mother from church. My wife worked on his Senate re-election campaign as a volunteer. (he was defeated, long story)

For many years I lived in NM. Knew a lot of people connected to scientific research. Not sure where you get the impression the space program was fake. It was/is very real.

[Article10]

No one is asking why? The uniparty and Fedzilla is built upon the 17th Amendment. The 17th amendment has to go along with the senior executive service which is the Deep state.

[Article10]

Why? The root cause is the 17th Amendment

[1Old Pro]

dramatically pruning the regulatory state and slashing government largesse, he will once again give Americans the means to create a new Pax Americana.

Agree, the only solution is to make these major changes.

[SuperLuminal]

The cancer is so advanced and embedded, only heroic surgery will accomplish the task...

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, I agree.