Posted on 02/18/2016 8:52:53 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
Following the deadly San Bernardino terrorist attack several weeks ago, some of our political leaders took to Twitter to express their condolences. Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that “our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the first responders in San Bernardino.†Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, urged his fellow Americans to “please keep the victims of San Bernardino in your prayers.†Kentucky Senator Rand Paul expressed that his “thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families, and brave first responders.†And even Lindsey Graham acknowledged the necessity of prayer.
The next day, the New York Daily News commanded the attention of the nation with its provocative cover-story declaration that “GOD CAN’T FIX THIS!†Encircling the bold, all-caps headline were four (4) cartoonish boxes, each containing a photograph of and the prayer attributable to the political leaders who had expressed them. Below the headline, in slightly smaller yet every-bit-as-snarky font, appeared the following: “As latest batch of innocent Americans are left lying in pools of blood, cowards who could truly end gun scourge continue to hide behind meaningless platitudes.â€
Before jumping ahead to defend the belief in God’s omnipotence, since that appears to be the focus of the paper’s attack, one must first ask the Daily News’ Editors why they believe something needs fixing. It is safe to assume that the Daily News’ editors reject God, and rather proudly so.
Consistent with such a belief is that there exists no absolute or transcendent, universal moral standard. In their view, truth is relative, accorded only such authority as fashion or convenience may dictate from time to time.
Everyone has a worldview – a core set of beliefs – that serves as the foundation for his statements, his arguments, and his positions. All human beings acknowledge and operate under...
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Reducing highly the size of government and letting people be as great as they can be.
I agree. Its what happened in the late 18th century.
Eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano?
I'll NEVER buy an apple product.
A: Freedom.
Easy.
Intelligent folks can and will fix it...whatever “it” happens to be.
Which totally, completely, and without question ELIMINATES the government.
The days of the “best and brightest” (if those ever existed) have been replaced by the “couldn’t succeed in the real world” days.
The Harding example:
Warren Harding was sworn in as president on March 4, 1921, ...., “Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much from the government and at the same time do too little for it.”[109]
After the election, Harding had announced he was going on vacation, and that no decisions about appointments would be made until he returned to Marion in December.
Known as the Forgotten Depression of 1920, it resulted from the progressive policies implemented by President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1921. The $14.5 trillion debt today is the result of progressive control of Congress, the White House and the Judiciary since the days of ultra-progressive Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Wilson advocated what later became known as Keynesian economics. Adherents to this philosophy believe that if the task of running the economy is given to them, they, and they alone can run the government smoothly, increase prosperity and avoid economic downturns that are so painful to society. That was a key justification for the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve in 1913, also during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency.
The whiplash effect of Wilson’s wild increase in non-defense spending and tax increases resulted in the 1920-1921 depression. In 1913 federal spending was 2.0 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP); about the same as the preceding one hundred years. During the Wilson administration, it jumped to over 7 percent. At the end of Wilson’s tenure the non-defense federal budget was nearly 20 times higher than when he started. Wilson also raised the income tax rate from 7 percent to 73 percent for the rich to supposedly pay for it.
By 1920 unemployment had jumped to nearly 12 percent,[a] and GNP declined 17 percent – the same general pattern as experienced from 2008-2011. In spite of the Federal Reserve, or because of it, the economy was a disaster.
Warren Harding was elected President in 1921. His very anti-Keynesian methods took the boot off the throat of the American people by slashing taxes from 73% to 25% by 1925. Taxes were cut for lower income brackets starting in 1923. Harding also cut the government’s budget nearly in half between 1920 and 1922. The results? The national debt was reduced by one-third. By 1922 unemployment was down to 6.7 percent and by 1923 it had dropped to 2.4 percent. The depression had vanished and The Roaring Twenties were launched.
There is nothing that won’t be made worse by the intervention of the Federali government.
“Warren Harding was elected President in 1921. His very anti-Keynesian methods took the boot off the throat of the American people...”
Ol’ Warren wasn’t nearly as anti-Key and anti-Progressive to attempt to repeal the disasters of his predecessors. Like all politicians since they work to ‘tweak’ the system for as little blow-back from the People from whom they ripped their Freedom, Liberty, property and Rights.
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