Brilliant man with common sense.
“Refusing to cut back on entitlement spending, for example, means that the current generation can continue to enjoy government-subsidized amenities, at the expense of future generations who can be left to struggle to get necessities, after the money runs out and government’s promises can no longer be kept.”
Well said, Dr.Sowell. However, Boehner and McConnell and their fellow noodle-spined buddies don’t seem to be willing to do anything about that. Instead, its “let the good times roll and let the congress critters in office when it all comes crashing down worry about that.”
Commies on the one hand, shameless wimps on the other.
May the Lord help us.
Please visit this thread and read my Post #40 which includes an excerpt from a Centennial Thanksgiving message delivered by another great Black thinker, minister, historian and defender of America's founding ideas.
At the point when that message was delivered, the beginnings of the so-called "progressive" liberal effort to "transform" America from its foundations in liberty had begun, and Rev. Arnett, the writer, outlines what he calls "The Dangers to our Nation."
Those "dangers" we have seen played out in recent decades and in full bloom at the present time.
Ping; this deserves a CWII ping.
Sowell sees where things are heading quite clearly. Either we start teaching people to be Americans again, which doesn’t depend on skin color or other ethnicity, or we very much run the risk of much future ugliness.
It's just a question of time...
I like Sowell, but this article is wishy washy.
I agree. RINO is no longer the correct acronym. But DIABN (Democrat In All But Name) just doesn't trip off the tongue the same way.
What this tells me is that we had better get busy and start educating minorities on conservatism and the constitution.
A renaissance can happen in one generation. First step get control of the government. Step two is to reform the education system.
We are in a cultural war and we are losing because the marxists are intent on destroying us and we are intent on ignoring them.
Population trends also do not continue forever. For example, birth rates in Latin America are plummeting and thus, less pressue for Mexicans and others to emigrate to the United States. Also, Mexicans and other Latin Americans are going back home because there are no jobs here. The biggest challenge is uncontrolled immigration, which can be brought under control.
If Hispanic immigraiton drops dramatically it will lead to more assimiluation by Hispanics who may come to value more highly American values. There’s also the great success story for people from Indian who are becoming patriotic Americans. So, it is not entirely at negative story.
Also, these are desperate times and that means that white married couples are delaying haing children, while other white young people are delaying getting married. Presumably there will be a catch up later as postponed children are born.
Also, we should end or immigraiton policies that discriminate against Europe and end immigraiton from most third-world hel holes — especially Muslim ones.
Re: “There is not much we can do about demographic trends.”
Wrong!
We are a sovereign nation.
Our political leaders - Democrat AND Republican - willfully created this demographic trend.
By changing immigration policy, our political leaders can REVERSE this trend within ten years.