Posted on 04/26/2022 1:35:13 PM PDT by karpov
Sometimes I think about what America was like when my grandfather was young. In 1908, when he was 22, he started a business that, I’m happy to say, thrives to this day. He was the son of Swedish immigrants and started with nothing but some mechanical know-how and a good entrepreneurial idea.
Stories like his were very common in the America of a century ago. Millions of ambitious immigrants flooded into the US because its governmental system and culture were conducive to productivity and innovation. The people overwhelmingly expected to succeed or fail on their own efforts. Almost nobody thought he had a right to live at the expense of others, or had any right to dictate how others must act or what they must believe.
Moreover, the legal system protected Americans’ rights to life, liberty, and property. Theft was illegal. Acts of coercion were illegal. If someone wanted your money, he could only ask for it and had to take “no” for an answer. If someone wanted you to join a labor union, he could ask, but you were perfectly free to decline.
In those days, there were no officious bureaucrats dictating what people could and couldn’t do in their businesses. Taxes were low. At all levels, government consumed less than ten percent of the GDP. Therefore, nearly all of America’s resources of labor and materials were under the direction of the market’s profit and loss system. Profits signaled where more investment would pay off; losses quickly put an end to ill-conceived ventures.
And – crucially – government had almost no power to reward special interest groups. It did interfere with international trade to benefit domestic producers, but aside from that, government stuck closely to the precepts of laissez-faire.
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Sure there is but not if we aren’t willing to lay it all on the line.
This National Review nimrod didn’t even merit the invite to sign the Against Trump cover lofl. In fact, his primary claim to fame is the 15 minutes he is going to spend atop Breaking News!
Hard to believe. Last winter I stopped in a small college town at a tavern for a burger. While we were eating some the college kids came in. I never saw so many young women who were fatties. The age of 20 or so is the time of life when everybody is in good shape. Not anymore. Young college women have really chubbed up.
Yes. It all starts with each state enforcing the Tenth Amendment.
On a very SERIOUS note, YES!
Reclaiming your sovereign status, as opposed to being a 14th-Amendment Corporate CITIZEN.
You can reclaim your sovereignty in 3 months. You'll become a Citizen of your state, and a State National. It takes about another 2 years to unwind all the crap that the UNITED STATES has stung you with.
To get started, watch a youtube of David Lester Straight or Bobby Lawrence.
Good luck to you, fellow Patriot.
Good piece!
“This dramatic change in the dominant ethos of America couldn’t have happened without the persistence of people who were frustrated by the America of the Founders, with its principles of limited government, individual liberty, and the rule of law. They disliked the “chaos” of capitalism, believing that a scientifically managed economy would be much better, shorn of unseemly competition for profits and huge inequalities between rich and poor. They called themselves “progressives” and told people that if they had control, they would transform the country for the better.”
Thank you, Woodrow Wilson. Father of The Administrative State. And FDR...LBJ...
Trump made a big dent in it, but they got rid of him and back to more all powerful, faceless bureaucracy.
Yes, let’s.
Have to tried voting for it?
Not really.
“Let’s roll.”
In two words you’ve neatly encapsulated the American spirit that terrifies so many authoritarians left, right, and in the middle.
Ping
Yeah… It’s called “the Second Amendment”… and “ balls”.
It would take a MAGA president, with a pro MAGA senate and house.
Here, we're talking about Political Freedom.
Political Freedom is simply THE ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT COERCION.
The answer to whether we can regain our constitutionally-protected political freedom is: YES!!!
All it takes is dismantling the 80%+ unconstitutional portion of the federal government. Easy? No. Doable? Yes.
But it will take vision, determination, and force.
There is but it would be very messy and arduous.
Given the current country situation, I’d say slim chance.
Jesus is coming back, probably in my lifetime if my life isnt ended prematurely, and He isn’t going to be handing out rainbows and lollipops.
Sure would, media personnel too.
Make everyone take steroids, lift weights and eat steak?...
:)
It sounds crazy, but Ted Kaczynski was right about a bunch of things.
Blowing up people was not one of them.
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