Posted on 11/09/2013 10:52:02 AM PST by DanMiller
Even worse when it’s your own, right here.
Yes it is I will miss the United States of America too
My fear is that America is now the same way.
We’re liquidating our country for cheap stuff from China.
And our people aren’t educated enough to even realize it.
America is slowly dying and what’s left will be replaced by an oligarchy. What am I saying? America is being run by an oligarchy. We are being morphed into a banana republic without the bananas.
We make nothing here of importance and soon we’ll not only be sporting Chinese light bulbs throughout our homes, but our freezers will be full of Chinese chicken and pork.
Bump
I never thought I’d be hearing, or saying that in my lifetime.
A glimpse into our future.
Yes, it is. Venezuela serves as a horrible example and, to the extent that we fail to understand what happened there and how, the chances of something similar happening in the United States increase.
The inevitible outcome when you have THE NON-PRODUCERS trying to tell the PRODUCERS what to do. If you can imagine the FOREIGNERS LEFTIST REGIME having cart blanche power to ruin this country you have Venenzuela
Yeh a sneak peek at our own future I’m sorry to say.
It’s tremedously upsetting, and there really can be no mistake (”make no mistake”) that it’s a deliberate, orchestrated plan that isn’t going to be happy until the plan is complete. It isn’t a nudge.
DM you said:
“Venezuela serves as a horrible example and, to the extent that we fail to understand what happened there and how, the chances of something similar happening in the United States increase.”
I would rewrite that to say “Venezuela serves as a perfect example and, to the extent that half the population not only fails to understand what happened there and how, but actually welcomes and embraces it, the chances of something similar happening in the United States approach unity eg; a certainty.”
An interesting game would be to try substituting words, cities, or communities we are familiar with for "Venezuela" in the first sentence above.
Urban ghettos, Detroit, East L.A., Chicago South, Cleveland, Baltimore... it's too easy.
(and too disheartening)
What can we do? Our biggest problems are lack of
1) character
2)faith and attitudes
3)education and reasoning skills
of ~50% of our population
Without a major correction in all three areas, any political reprieve will be very temporary, and we will continue our downward slide.
So how do we correct these systemic problems within the American people?
Don’t be ridiculous. We are NOT becoming another Venezuela.
No, it’s Greece.
First of all: I consider correcting that much stuff to be darn near impossible. We could get into a long discussion here, but quite simply, faith and character are at root personal choices. Whether religion-based or karma based or however-based, individuals must ultimately make the choice as to whether they are going to leave their fellow man alone and be willing to tolerate small annoyances without going crazy, and hope that the other around him/her will extend the same courtesy....or are they going to be predators willing to kill or steal upon the slightest glimmer of opportunity. And it *is* a courtesy...unless it’s a commandment, as in the societal and behavioral dictates in a religious regime such as in an Islamic country.
We have Mark Levin’s suggestion as to methodology under Article 5. I have my skepticism as to whether that will be functional.
My suggestion? You’ll laugh.
Let’s take 5 non-contiguous states. 5 out of 50. In those 5 states, reduce regulations in favor of entrepreneurism and capitalism.
Abolish 0care and return healthcare as much as possible to a cash system. Roll back EPA regulations to about 1980. Abolish unions, in any case abolish public sector unions.
Enforce a balanced state budget. Etc; Those states would have to contribute on an ongoing basis to the social security fund and all the existing gov’t entitlement programs but only to the extent now extant, with a 1/2 of 1% p/a annual cap on expansion over any per capita increases. (I would imagine people would FLOCK to these states, but maybe I am delusional)
Those states would have elections, but there would be no Democrats on the ticket. It would understood: You live here, your leadership are 8-year limited Constitutionalists, period end of subject. Any Democrats living in those states would be eminent domained out and compensated at fair value for their land/businesses should they choose, or, they could stay, they would just have no (D) candidates to vote for.
And let’s just perform a ten year experiment with 10% of the states and see where we end up.
It would be a regulatory secession.
See-Argentina 1946-present
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