We have ALREADY been destroyed. It has been so subtle, and will become so obviously thorough in the next administration.
The American Treasury has been pillaged. By both sides of the aisle. Our government is literally out of control. There iare no Medicare or Social Security funds remaining . In March it turns out we financed almost 60% of our spending.
Practically speaking, our enemies have vanquished us. There will simply be no way to maintain carrier battle fleets in action, over 150 overseas garrisons,, and maintain peace at home.
Rome learned this the hard way 1600 years ago. Rome died incrementally-the first “sack” occurred in 410....the final in 455 AD.
The first of the USA was, arguably, October 3rd, 2008 with passage of TARP......
i fear you may be right. It is already...the time for choosing was decades ago and no one truly heeded the warnings. Incremental subtle steps have surely destroyed any chance at an easy u-turn.
As Rob Port wrote the other day:
“I’m not talking ideology here. This isn’t about conservatism versus liberalism and philosophical viewpoints on the appropriate role of government in our lives. Those debates are important, but this is simple math. The discretionary portion of our national budget is roughly $1.3 trillion. The mandatory spending portion – Social Security, Medicare and interest on the national debt – is roughly $2.3 trillion.
We’re running an annual budget deficit of well over $1 trillion, meaning that even if we cut every penny of discretionary spending (all the money for the FBI and the national parks and the military, etc., etc.) we’d still have a deficit problem.”
So with the majority of the people living in the USA getting something free from the government, it is truly a tough sell to cut entitlement spending.
No easy u-turn after getting everyone addicted to ‘free’ (ie. Child Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Medicare etc)...it truly is sad that they made these ‘mandatory’ spending!