I don't blame the people of the US. Half of them are among the brightest, hardest working, most inventive freedom loving people on earth. The problem is that the leadership, the government, and the media have hamstrung the nation. The arteries have been artificially hardened and heart disease is setting in.
Look at the last century. This is a nation where a couple of bicycle mechanics from Ohio invented manned flight, without government help. An uneducated tinkerer from Michigan invented the American auto industry, without government help.
Even the government of the last century achieved big things. It fought a true world war, and not only defeated two totalitarian regimes, but turned them into democratic allies. It built the ultimate weapon and the delivered it in four years. It put a man on the moon in a little more time than that.
And now? The government can't even decide to allow a pipeline to be built that will help America immeasurably and keep that oil out of the hands of its enemies.
This is a sad century for America. I pray and hope things change.
I believe in another generation, the moon landing will seem like a fairy tale... How could it be that USA in 1969 could put a man on the moon while a half a century later, doing such a thing seems inconceivable?
I would not say we are a nation of Can’t Do but a nation of A FEW OF US DO THINGS IN SPITE OF ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE REST OF YOU TO STOP US.
are hardworking and inventive? Maybe but only about 84 million of us working in the private sector support ourselves and ALL the rest of the nation. Less than 1/3 to 1/4 of us support everyone else. That can’t go on.
Every single government employee or contractor at every level of government does not pay taxes but merely refunds a portion of their mostly bloated income to the treasury.
Reminds me of when Newt Gingrich was practically laughed out of the room during the 2012 GOP primary season when he suggested that the US should begin an effort to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020.
Thanks to 100 years of 'progressivism', we've become a nation that reaches for free $**t from the government instead of reaching for the stars. Sad days indeed.