Nothing Exceeds like Excess.
We always sabotage ourselves by
going too far. Our elected officials
need to abandon the “bandwagon” rides and adopt strategic assessment.
We have come through a
reckless experiment led by Global Marxists. It began with the Iron Mountain
Report in 1960 that concluded that wars could not be stopped, but governments
needed to invent a natural disaster to justify their own existence. In 1989,
this became Global Warming and was the basis of the Rio Accords and the
publication of UN Agenda 21. This was signed on to by George HW Bush and
implemented in 1990 by Bill Clinton. The name later changed to Climate Change.
Agenda 21 called for a Global Government. When the global economy began to
decline after 2009, implementation began to slow. Countries became more
“national”.
We have always organized our
private sector industries as “national” entities. We have always traded with other nations by
importing and exporting raw materials and manufactured goods. We have always protected intellectual
property by enforcing patent laws.
In the 1950s, the US was the
dominant manufacturer. When Europe
recovered in the 1960s, the European countries demanded that the US move its
final manufacturing plants to their countries for goods sold to their citizens.
Many US companies did establish plants in other countries looking for lower
labor costs. Shoe and clothing manufacturers began moving their plants to lower
wage countries. US dominance continued through the 1960s and companies moved to
Southern Right to Work States and avoided unionization, but labor costs
remained high as companies paid their non-union employees well to avoid
unionization. I was in the middle of the
battle to make unions unnecessary.
In the 1960s we all drove
American cars that got 10 miles per gallon and were designed to fall apart at
100,000 miles. In 1960, gasoline prices were low at about 20 cents per gallon,
but gas prices steadily moved up to 30, 40 and 50 cents per gallon. I graduated college in 1965 and my first
employer had an IBM computer.
In the 1970s, the US auto
industry failed to recognize the need for better gas mileage. The foreign car manufacturers with better
mileage gained market share. I bought a
Triumph Spitfire to commune to work in 1973 and there were lots of Volkswagens
on the road. US automobiles got 10 miles to the gallon. My Spitfire got 30 miles to the gallon.
Also, in the 1970s, the
invention of the transistor at Texas Instruments started the process to replace
vacuum tubes with electronic components for computers and TVs. This led to
pocket calculators, walkman radios and the production of circuit boards. For computers and programmable logic controllers.
The first cell phones and personal computers were sold by Radio Shack.
In 1973, I automated personnel
records at Washington University to allow the IBM computer to produce
Appointment Letters and mandatory government reports . In 1979 I automated
security systems at Schwan Foods
to replace keys and timecards
with Rusco magnetic strip cards and monitored sensors to fireproof the ammonia
refrigeration system. We also automated frozen pizza production increasing
throughput and tripling sales.
In the 1980s, the Japanese
Hondas and Toyotas became wildly popular in the US. It was clear that the US
automakers had failed to keep market share.
Also in the 1980s the surge in
US electronics began with the Personal Computer, followed by telephone
equipment and controller upgrades. Interest
in digital signal processing led to replacing analog phones with digital
phones. Cell phone towers appeared in 1983.
In 1986 I joined
Electomagnetic Sciences to manufacture defense hardware. I was tapped to join
the American Electronics Association Board in Atlanta as HR Chair. I served
until 1996. The AEA merged with ITAA in 2009 and became the Technology
Association of America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeA
In 1989, President George HW
Bush signed on the UN Agenda 21 and passed every dumb law Ted Kennedy
sponsored. In 1990, he won the Gulf War and ended the invasion of Kuwait by
Iraq. He was blind-sighted by the US recession in 1992 and was defeated by Bill
Clinton in 1993.
In 1993, Bill Clinton ordered
the US government to implement the UN Agenda 21. He lived within the budget,
but did begin the end of US manufacturing.
In1993, the US passed NAFTA
and off-shored much of the auto and auto parts manufacturing to plants in Canada
and Mexico. The US was in the middle of the electronics boom years. In 1995, micro-processors were improved to
allow the internet to became available further expanding productivity.
In 1993, I was kidnapped by my
friends from the AEA Board to form my own consulting practice and I operated it
until I retired in 2017. I did projects for 46 companies including IBM, Rockwell,
Boeing and L3. The Reagan defense buildup had succeeded and was coming to a
close. The US had stealth airplanes, precision missiles and rockets and active
space programs.
In 2000 Toyota introduced the
Prius Hybrid. In 2005, they improved the design. It got 60 miles per gallon and
swiched to electric power when you stopped.
That meant no more gas burning at stop lights and in heavy stop and go
traffic. We sold our Cadillacs and bought 2 2005 Prius Hybrids. We still drive our 2012 Prius Hybrid and will
continue to drive Prius Hybrids. Hondas
are famous for lasting 300,000 and more. New car prices are too high, so most
car buyers in the US buy used cars. In 2014 Chrystler was sold to Fiat leaving
Ford and GM as the remaining and failing US automakers. In 2000, cell phones
included cameras. In 2007 the Apple I-phone was introduced.
Also in 2000, President George
W Bush was surprised by the downing of the Twin Towers on 9/11/2000. He invaded
Afghanistan to defeat Alkida and later invaded Iraq. In 2008, Bush was
surprised by the Mortgage Meltdown. He added $10 trillion to the National Debt.
In 2009 President Baraq Obama
presided over the great recession from 2009 to 2015. Obama was raised as a
Muslim Communist. He imported Muslim
refugees, increased regulations and solidified the “deep state”. He pursued
elevating Iran, attacked US property owners and added another $10 trillion to
the National Debt.
In 2017 President Trump
presented his Make America Great Again movement. He cut corporate and individual income taxes,
removed unnecessary regulations, built a border wall, closed the Mexican border
and wiped out the Isis Terror group. He secured low inflation at 1.5%, lowered
unemployment to 3.5% and increased US GDP. He increased US production of oil
and natural gas that lowered gasoline costs to $2 per gallon and kept energy
costs low. He authorized oil and natural
gas pipelines and made the US energy independent. He renegotiated trade
agreements and imposed tariffs on Chinese imports. He reduced vaccine
production time from 5 years to 1 year. Trump was working on completing the
border wall, returning manufacturing jobs to the US and reducing the US trade
deficit. He was relentlessly attacked by
Democrats because he made them look bad.
In 2021, President Biden
presented his national suicide pact. It requires converting to electric
vehicles, raising gasoline prices to $4 to $5 per gallon, requires converting
from coal and natural gas electricity generation to wind and solar with a 500% increase
in electricity costs, Biden also opened
the US border to import 10 million potential Democrat voters to unskilled labor
jobs we don’t have. He also encouraged
wars in Ukraine and Israel with his sloppy evacuation from Afghanistan.
Trump and Biden are likely to
face-off in November 2024. Trump already proved that total economic isolation
can replace war. He did this in Iran. He also used tariffs and suspension of
foreign aid to stop scams from other countries. He identified climte change as
a hoax.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea
Party Leader