Monday, November 20, 2017

US Ideological Divide

We live in a bipolar country, where Alabama voters prefer Roy Moore and Minnesota voters prefer Al Franken in the US Senate. The divide is Left vs Right and appears to be 50:50 by population, but the Right controls the electoral vote.

 

The Left supports socialism, globalism, secularism, abortion, open borders, Islam, high taxes, big government control and government paid everything. They attack Christianity, capitalism, private property and personal freedom. They have created most of the financial crises and strife. They encourage rioting and reject free speech if it disagrees with their narrative or agenda. They promote racial strife and protected groups of “victims”. They reject individual responsibility. They are globalist Marxists and love the UN.  They concoct fantasies and promote unrealistic causes. They will do anything to turn the US into a big government globalist socialist republic and they will not stop  They have arranged for the brainwashing of most people under the age of 40 through school indoctrination by Leftist faculty and control most of the media. They are joined by government employees and everybody who likes “free stuff”. They are the Bolsheviks. If you disagree with them, they call you a “racist”. The Left would nationalize the entire private sector. They think Communist China is the model to follow. They can’t stand the US Constitution because it allows for change. They need “stability” to continue their “fundamental transformation”. Communists usually kill off the opposition to get this stability, but Americans don’t want another revolution. So, they are pushing to increase immigration to get more voters.

 

The Right supports the Private Sector free market capitalist

economy with small, limited government, a limited “safety net”, low welfare costs, balanced budgets, low taxes, low debt, strong military, national sovereignty, individual sovereignty, controlled borders, immigration based on job availability and merit requiring self-support. They support the US Constitution (as written) and oppose activist Judges who ignore the Constitution (as written) use case law and misinterpret the Constitution.

 

All Democrats who hold office support the Left and 80% of Republicans support the Left, because they are really Democrats who only claimed to be Republicans to get elected. 20% of Republicans who hold office support the Right as do most of the voters. The election process is controlled by power cartels in the States. These are “establishment” politicians who will eviscerate all challengers. They control who we can elect to office. Political campaigns get their funding from government employees, corporations and wealthy special interests, who are aligned with these political cartels. They also control State and Federal budgets and determine where tax dollars go.  Their priorities are often at odds with the voters, but voters find it hard to win.

 

The US Constitution was written to ensure a balance of State and National sovereignty and ensure citizen rights. It was created to function with a capitalist economy and limited government. There were corporate and special interests at the time and their issues were addressed by State and Federal entities.  Political parties gathered behind candidates whose agendas supported each party’s issues. Our economy included agriculture, resource extraction and trade. Most small businesses were family farms and services. It was a meritocracy, where those who did a good job would prosper. Voters in States determined the candidates they wanted to send to serve in the US Congress and all Voters decided on who would be the President responsible for leading the federal government. Our population was largely European and Christian or Jewish. Our culture supported hard work, private property and freedom.

 

Today we are more disjointed. The federal government has usurped States’ Rights and assumed control of most functions that were previously handled by States and the Private Sector. To understand how this happened, you have to follow the money. Willie Sutton, a notorious American bank robber said: “I rob banks, because that’s where they keep the money”. Eventually, the federal government became “where they keep the money”.

 

Our nation was founded by the “landed gentry”, who were drawn to government service in the Colonial government from the 1650s to the 1770s. They served as officers in the British Continental Army and served in State government. When rule by the British became abusive in the 1770s, they rebelled and formed the United States. This group of leaders accurately read the needs of the citizens. They designed and operated the government to meet these needs, but their successors failed to deal with areas of disagreement and made serious, costly errors. They were, however, able to expand the national footprint.

 

We have continued to elect the “landed gentry” to political office, but this crop has not been on our side except for Trump, who is on our side. I expect those Republicans who want to survive to convert to become real Republicans and actually change their votes to become more “Constitutional”. The case for the Right is easy to make, because it is based on facts. If you do what it says, everything starts to work and get better.

 

Republicans will need to add “populism” and “nationalism” and drop “globalism”. They need to review the list of Republican beliefs and actually pass laws to restore the economy.

 

Republicans will also need to reform government to become compliant with the US Constitution (as written),  They need to transfer unconstitutional departments, agencies and programs to the States to comply with the 10th amendment or write Amendments to add these to their “enumerated powers” and send them to the States for ratification. Healthcare and Education have become unaffordable and underperforming. Republicans need to transfer these to the States. These industries need to be controlled by the Private Sector free market to control costs through supply and demand. Neither appear in the “enumerated powers” for a reason.

 

For issues that are federal, Congress will need to amend laws that need fixing, abolish laws that are unnecessary or counter-productive, ensure that laws are enforced, restore the rule of law and live within their means. It is obvious that Republicans will need to reform the Rules to enable good legislation to pass and increase throughput.

 

Democrats will fight tooth and nail to prevent Republicans from fixing this bloated, corrupt and incompetent government, because it will reverse all of the bad laws they have been able to have enacted to support their march toward big government socialism.

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Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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