Political Pendulum Swing 4-13-25

The US Economy is still feeling the effects of our reaction to Good Times and Bad Times. Pendulum Swings occur when Times get Bad. Democrats are Marxists who promise to fix the Bad Stuff, but only made things worse to advance their Marxism.    

The Pendulum swings between high-spending Democrats and low-spending Republicans have been going on since 1913, when President Wilson got Congress to pass the Federal Reserve Act and replaced “Free Market Economics” with a “Fabian Socialist Managed Economy”. US Banks had suffered “Bank Panics” and wanted the Federal Government to cover them. The Federal Reserve Act was their answer. The US moved from Tariffs to Permanent Income Taxes mostly paid by the Wealthy to fund the Federal Government Expansion and War Debt.

Pendulum swings are driven by kitchen table economics. Groups of US Citizens want higher wages to off-set US Inflation. US Citizens are responsible for providing their own education, shelter, food, healthcare, transportation and clothing. Paying for these is shared by individuals, families, employers and government. Increases in the cost of each item determines which way the Pendulum swings. It swings to the Left when times are bad and swings to the Right when times are good. 

The forerunner for big federal spending was President Teddy Roosevelt who was obsessed with expanding Federal Land and becoming a Colonial Power.  Prior to that US “intellectuals” were pondering Karl Marx Theories. The “Communist Manifesto” was published in 1848.

The Federal Reserve Act ushered in the first Pendulum Swing. 1913 to 1945 included World War I 1914-1918, the Great Depression 1929-1939, World War II 1939-1945. US employment was high during wars and low during the Great Depression.

Prior to 1913, the cost of government was low. In 1913, the US federal debt stood at approximately $2.9 billion. 

US Revenue came from Tariffs that paid off War Debt from the Revolutionary War in 1776-1989, the War of 1812-1814, the Mexican War 1846-1848. The Civil War 1861-1865

The Federal Reserve Act benefitted the Banks, but ushered in decades of Inflation. Socialism attracted the majority of labor union voters, who didn’t have medical insurance or a pension plan. Their jobs in 1913 were dangerous and water-borne illnesses and bacterial infections were rampant. The US economy improved in 1920 and crashed in 1929. Unemployment reached 25%.

World War II ushered in the Second Pendulum Swing.

The Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s devastated the US. President Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932 to deal with the Unemployment. This resulted in federal government investments in Hydro-electric Dams and waterways. US manufacturing jobs began to appear in 1939.

In 1939, the US began to supply Military Equipment to the UK. This revived US manufacturing and by 1941 when the US entered World War II, all US manufacturing was converted to support Defense. Men went to war and Women went to war and took defense factory jobs. The US had “full employment” from the 1940s through the 1950s. The US was the primary manufacturing country from 1945 to 1950 and Europe was rebuilding their factories.

Labor union membership in the U.S. peaked in 1954 when almost 35% of the workforce belonged to a union. 27 States have adopted Richt to Work Laws since 1944 and Non-Union Wages are higher than Union Wages. All Wages are based on the Average Union and Non-Union Wages. Wages in Skilled Trades now exceed wages made by college grads with non-occupational degrees.

By the 1960s, Europe had recovered. The US economy remained strong. The US federal debt on June 30, 1960, was approximately $286 billion. 

Off-Shoring Manufacturing in the 1990s was the Third Pendulum Swing. In the 1970s, US auto quality declined. In the 1980s, Japanese autos began to take US market share and over-the-top environmental regulations offshored chemical manufacturing. In the 1990s, virtually all other manufacturing began to move off-shore. By 2000, Middle Class Jobs were shrinking. In 2009, Obama presided over Stagflation with little or no improvement in wages and household incomes. The Private Sector Industries were down and struggling. The National Debt moved from $3 trillion to approaching $37 trillion due to $20 trillion spend on Middle Eastern Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another $10 spent on the Climate Change Hoax and failed “State Building” in Afghanistan and Iraq. Covid-19 costs were $4 trillion and lock-downs further degraded the US private sector economy.

Trump’s Election in 2016 was the Fourth Pendulum Swing. By 2016, US Voters were tired of trying to survive in our “Information Age”. The “Service Economy” was crowded and unstable. Small Family Businesses had been replaced by Large Franchises. Working Class Minorities were stuck in Fast Food and there were no manufacturing jobs to go to.

The Pendulum moved to the Right.

The Midterm Elections in 2018 gave the Congress to the Democrats and Trump was attacked with failed Impeachment and Lawsuit attempts. Restoring the US economy was put on hold by the Democrats. The Climate Change Hoax took center stage.

The Biden administration’s 4 years of disasters, open borders, wars in Ukraine and Israel, the illegal migrant invasion, overspending on the Climate Change Hoax and 30% global inflation ended in 2024 with Trump’s reelection. The Pendulum continues to move to the Right.

The 2^nd Trump administration began in 2025 with an Agenda to close the border, deport Illegals, end the wars in Ukraine and Israel, reshore manufacturing jobs, downsize government, cut fraud, waste and abuse, modernize government, Drain the Swamp, pay down the National Debt and restore the US economy. Tariffs will begin the return of honest, balanced trade. The Pendulum continues to move to the Right.

Prior to the Pendulum swings that began in 1913, the US government worked through its priorities with a common vision.

The Founders rightly identified that the British Parliament had decided to make the British Colonies pay for their endless wars and had stationed the British Army to enforce the Taxes.

The Founders had read the Renaissance Philosophers’ advice to the European Monarchies and used their significant distance from Britain. They concluded that with God on their side, they could create a government that would recognize the rights of its citizens.

The Revolutionary War was a rejection of Big Spending Government, High Taxes and Government Abuse.

The citizens of the British Colonies had been allowed to form their own governments in each of the 13 colonies and knew how to govern.  The first permanent English settlement, and thus the first British colony, was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. The 13 colonies had been governing themselves for 150 years. The colonists had been trained to be soldiers in the colonial militias. The colonists had developed trading partners in Europe and were exporting lumber and food and had an economy. Colonial governments had representatives elected by the citizens of their colonies.

The colonies were involved in the French Indian War and when they fought with the British to win this war. When they won the Revolutionary War in 1883, they would also inherit the conquered French Territory.

In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, Great Britain gained control of all French North American land east of the Mississippi River, along with Canada and the French West Indian islands. This meant they acquired a vast territory, including the Ohio River Valley, an area of approximately 200,000 square miles.

In the Louisiana Purchase in 1802, the US bought land from France for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase included approximately 828,000 square miles of land. This land purchase, which was made from France in 1803, nearly doubled the size of the United States. In 1802, the population of the United States was estimated to be around 5.6 million.

In 1848, the United States acquired approximately 525,000 square miles of land from Mexico, known as the Mexican Cession. This land encompassed nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, along with parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas. In 1848, with expansion complete, the US government focused on “settlement” of families. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 reduced settlement time and opened commerce from West to East. The US resident population in 1850, according to the seventh decennial census, was 23,191,876, 

The Civil War 1860-1865, separated the North from the South over the “Slavery Question”. This was the first time the US government became “bi-polar”. Up to this point the US had been united in a “Common Vision”. In 1860, the population of the United States was 31,443,321. The US offered free land to settlers through the Homestead Act of 1862. The act granted up to 160 acres of public land to anyone who agreed to settle and farm the land for at least five years. The act was passed to encourage westward expansion and economic growth, and it led to millions of acres of land being claimed and settled by individual homesteaders. 

In 1865, the Salves were Freed. Many former slaves remained working on Plantations as “sharecroppers’ and others were free to move North. Now, living under US Law, many former slaves bought land and owned their farms and homes. 

Also in 1865, the Industrial Revolution had been underway since the 1820s. The Steam Engine was used to power Railroad Engines and began to be used to power factories. This began the move from the farm to the cities.

The United States population in 1870, according to the 1870 census, was 38,558,371. 

In 1900, the US population was approximately 76.2 million people. The split in the US population had evolved to the rich vs the poor. Over the next 100 years, the poor became the “middle class”. In the 1990s, the US off-shored its manufacturing and the “middle class” became “unemployed”.

In 2016, Donald Trump proposed to reshore manufacturing and restore the US economy and the voters elected Trump.  

In 2020, Joe Biden offered “free stuff”, overspent and crashed the US economy.

In 2024 Donald Trump was elected to restore order and jobs and drain the “swamp”.

The big divide now is between Democrats and Republicans. Union leaders continue to support Democrats, but Union members prefer Trump. If Republicans retain the House and Senate in the mid-term election in 2026, Trump will have a chance to complete his task of restoring the US economy. Trump has a “deep bench” of leaders who could continue Republican control by winning the House, Senate and Whitehouse in 2028. Democrats have no leaders and no policy platform.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Bipartisan Complicity 4-13-25

The failures and successes in US governance from 1900 to 2024 created the conditions we face today. These failures were presided over by Democrats and Republicans. 

As the US Federal Government increased its access to Revenue, Congress pushed to increase grants to States. Local expenses for infrastructure were shifted to be paid by Federal Revenue. Citizens in the States didn’t want to fund their own needs. Campaign Contributions and Campaign Expenses rose to new heights.

US House Reps and Senators believed that their job was to “bring home the bacon” to fund projects that local voters would probably refuse to fund.

In 2016, voters began to realize that they were being scammed. Trump converted “Establishment Republicans” into “Populist Republicans”.  Democrats wanted to continue to win elections by promising “free stuff” we don’t want and don’t need.

Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909 was a Republican. His successes include establishing what became the USDA to improve food safety and quality, built the Panama Canal and restored the US Navy. His seizure of federal lands was unconstitutional. His environmentalism became a scam.

William Taft 1909-1913 was a Republican. He was in Teddy Roosevelt’s Administration and Teddy’s pick to succeed him.

 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 was a Democrat. What laws did Woodrow Wilson pass?

The income tax soared to high rates after the U.S. entered World War I in 1917. Other major progressive legislation passed during Wilson's first term included the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the Federal Farm Loan Act. Wilson began the “Deep State”. The Federal Reserve was a Fabian Socialist Government Managed Economy model designed to create inflation. Wilson created the National Park system that gave 30% of the US landmass to the US Federal Government. He led the creation of the League of Nations that failed to prevent war and participated in the Treaty of Versailles that created World War II.

Warren Harding 1921-1923 was a Republican. He cut US taxes and died from food poisoning.

Calvin Cooledge 1923-1929 was a Republican. He was a “small government” conservative who pursued rooting out corruption.

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933 was a Republican. He turned his attention to helping the unemployed and failed to recognize that the Federal Reserve needed to increase the money supply to stop the Great Depression.

Franklin D Roosevelt 1933-1945 was a Democrat who served 4 terms. He presided over the Great Depression. He turned his attention to public works like hydroelectric dams and expanding electric power. He coped with the Dust Bowl Drought. World War II began in 1939 and employment returned to build and ship military equipment to the Allies. He entered World War II in 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He presided over the winning of the war in Europe.

In 1940, the U.S. national debt was approximately $50.7 billion. 

Harry S Truman 1945-1953 was A Democrat. He ended World War II by dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.  He appointed General Douglas Mcarther to restore the Japanese economy. He inherited the failure to get the USSR to exit Eastern Europe and the “Cold War” with the USSR began. He fired General Douglas Macarther for insisting on securing Korea. Truman insisted on returning North and South Korea to their original borders. We sill have US Troops protecting South Korea. Truman approved the “Marshall Plan” to restore Europe.

In 1950, the U.S. national debt was approximately $257.4 billion

Dwight D Eisenhower 1953-1960 was a Republican. He built the US Highway System and presided over a good US economy. Eisenhower identified the “Deep State” as the “Military / Industrial Complex and warned Kennedy

In 1960, the US national debt was estimated to be around $284.5 billion.

John F Kennedy 1960-1963 was a Conservative Democrat. He lowered Taxes and presided over a good US economy. He desegregated schools in the South. He began attacking the Mafia. He resisted expanding the Vietnam War. He was sabotaged by his own CIA to allow their attack to oust the Communist Government in Cuba and refused to approve using the US Air Force to join the Cuban Partriots. He prevented the USSR from putting missiles in Cuba using a naval blockade. He was assassinated in 1963.

Lyndon B Johnson 1963-1969 was a Liberal Democrat. He ran up Federal Debt, expanded the Vietnam War, created Medicare for retirees, created Medicaid for the poor, created “welfare”, Passed the Civil Rights Acts and ensured hyperinflation in the 1970s. Vietnam War Protests began and never ended. He refused to run for reelection in 1969. He was a disaster. In 1970, the US national debt was $371 billion

Richard Nixon 1969-1974 was a Republican. He inherited the Vietnam War, presided over a bad economy, ended the Gold Standard from the US dollar, initiated trade with China to separate them from the USSR, He resigned in 1974.

Gerald Ford 1974-1977 was a Republican. He had been Nixon’s Vice President and assumed the Presidency when Nixon resigned. The “Johnson Inflation” was beginning to hit the US. New Car prices doubled.

Jimmy Carter 1977-1981 was a Democrat. He ran and won as a Bible Teaching good guy. He gave away the Panama Canal and spend most of his time on getting Egypt to sign a peace agreement with Israel. He presided over a bad economy with the “Johnson Inflation”, OPEC reduced the gasoline supply and the US experienced long lines of cars at gas station and higher gas prices. In a referendum held on April 1, 1979, the people of Iran overwhelmingly approved the establishment of an Islamic Republic. They seized the US Embassy He couldn’t get the US Embassy “hostages” released by Iran. In 1980, the US national debt stood at approximately $908 billion. 

Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 was a Republican. He lowered Taxes to increase Revenue. He suspected that the USSR was going broke. He attacked the USSR as the “evil empire”. He engaged Mikhail Gorbachev to lower military spending. Gorbachev knew the USSR was going broke and began to prepare its citizens for a transition. Reagan insisted on pursuing “star wars” with space-based weapons. The USSR was broke and had to release its satellite countries. The transition of the USSR to the Russian Republic involved the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991, and the subsequent emergence of the Russian Federation (Russia) as a sovereign state, according to the Office of the Historian and Wikipedia. The Soviet Union's 15 republics, including Russia, became independent states, effectively ending the centralized communist regime and the Cold War. The U.S. national debt in 1990 was approximately $3.2 trillion. 

George HW Bush 1989-1993 was a Republican. In 1990, he orchestrated the Gulf War to protect Kuwait from Iraq. It took 6 days. He returned to approve every unnecessary Labor Law Teddy Kennedy wanted. In 1992, he signed on to UN Agenda 21 based on the Global Warming Hoax. In 1992, Ross Perot ran warning about the National Debt and took

In 1990, the US Military invaded Panama. The purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking. The operation, codenamed Operation Just Cause, concluded in late January 1990 with the surrender of Noriega. The US had a history of propping up bad guys.

18.9% of the vote. Bush got 37.5% and Clinton won 43% of the vote.

Bill Clinton 1993-2001 was a Democrat. He ran on expanding the US economy. He signed the Executive Order to implement UN Agenta 21. This involved getting the American Planning Association to develop a plan, notifying States to pass “Regionalism” legislation and everybody else to keep their mouths shut. ICLEI was formed for local implementation of UN Agenda 21 and was active in 125+ countries, to influence sustainability policy and drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. https://icleiusa.org/

The U.S. national debt in 2000 was approximately $5.6 trillion.

George W Bush 2001-2009 was a Republican. He was unprepared for the Terror Attack on the Twin Towers in NYC on 9-11-2001. Bush ordered the US military invasion of Afghanistan to find Ossama Bin Laden who ordered the 911 Attack.

The US had been supplying the Afghans with weapons to fight the Russians from 1979 to 1989 and Bin Laden was their leader..

In 2010, the US national debt was $13.562 trillion. 

Barak Obama 2009-2017 was a Democrat who was raised as a Marxist Muslim in Hawaii and Indonesia. He was sponsored by the American Communist Party to attend Colombia University and Harvard Law. He worked as a Community Organizer to threaten banks with discrimination suits to make them give mortgage loans to unqualified buyers who were minorities. Many were Illegals. When they defaulted on their loans, their homes were seized and their mortgages were cut up and sold in pieces as “securities”. This caused the “Great Recession”. Congress bailed out the banks and George W Bush took the blame. Obama continued to implement UN Agenda 21 and took it to the State, County and City level by imposing “Regionalism”. He allowed the “Deep State” to double down on regulations. The result was 8 years of “Stagflation”.

In 2018, the US gross national debt was $21.97 trillion.

Donald J Trump 2017-2021 was a Tea Party Oriented Republican. He introduced Establishment Republicans to his Make America Great Again Agenda. He included the Blue Collar and minority voters and won the House, Senate and Whitehouse.  Trump won 304 Electoral Votes and Hillary Clinton won 227 Electoral Votes.

In 2021, the US national debt reached $28.429 trillion

Joe Biden 2021-2025 was a Democrat. The most popular candidate with Democrats was Bernie Sanders, a Socialist who ran as an Independent. The DNC arranged for Biden to run and implement all of Sanders’ policies. Biden was elected based on Open Borders and the Climate Change Hoax. He was elected in a race that was riddled with fraud. The Courts refused to touch it.

The U.S. national debt in 2025 is projected to be around $36.22 trillion

Donald J Trump 2025-2028 was elected for a second term. He has reformed the Republican Party to make America First. Trump won 312 Electoral votes and Kamala Harris won 226 Electoral votes. Trump won the “swing States” and won the popular vote Republicans took the House and Senate. He appointed a deep bench of the most qualified leaders in the country. The Trump Agenda includes lowering Taxes to 15%, downsizing and automating government and reducing federal government spending by $1.5 trillion. He wants to balance the Federal Budget and lower the National Debt that now approaches $37 trillion.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Nothing Exceeds like Excess 4-12-25

My review of US History, Economics and Politics reveals the tendency to “over-do” everything. We are vulnerable to overreacting to propaganda as we search to regain a common vision. We are vulnerable to “Bandwagon Fads” and “Economic Declines”. The development of “Mass Media” has enabled this problem by encouraging hysteria. We are vulnerable to overreaction to events and funding our own demise. The US needs to reduce its “foreign aid” and excessive government spending in order to pay down its $37 trillion debt. 

In the 1960s, the global population reached 3 billion and started a global overpopulation panic, the Birth Control Pill was invented, Abortion became more popular and Women’s liberation began.

From 1960 to the present, famines have plagued poor countries, with significant events like the Sahel drought, the Biafran famine, and the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s, along with more recent crises in Somalia, South Sudan and East Africa. 

Key Famines and Events:

1960s-1970s: The Sahel drought, starting in the late 1960s, caused widespread food shortages and starvation in the Sahel region of Africa. 

1966-1967: The Biafran famine occurred during the Biafran secession war in Nigeria, resulting in a blockade and widespread starvation. 

1970s: The Khmer Rouge-caused famine in Cambodia in the 1970s was a major famine event. 

1983-1985: The Ethiopian famine was one of the worst humanitarian events of the 20th century, with a significant number of deaths. 

1991-1992: The Somalia famine, triggered by drought and civil war, led to widespread suffering and death. 

1998-2000: The Eritrean-Ethiopian War caused displacement, economic hardship, and famine-like conditions. 

1998-2003: The Second Congo War, known as Africa's World War, led to widespread displacement, famine, and death. 

2005-2006: A severe drought and locust invasion in Niger caused a food crisis. 

2011-2012: A severe drought across East Africa led to famine in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and other neighboring countries. 

2015-2016: An El Niño drought created a severe drought in southern and eastern Africa. 

2017: Parts of South Sudan experienced famine after years of civil war. 

2020s:

The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have exacerbated food insecurity and hunger in many countries, especially in Africa. 

2024: The Global Hunger Index 2024 identified Somalia, Yemen, and Chad as the countries most affected by hunger and malnutrition. 

Causes of Famines:

Natural Disasters: Droughts, floods, and other climate-related events can disrupt food production and lead to famine. 

Conflict: Civil wars and other conflicts can disrupt food production and distribution, leading to famine. 

Poverty and Food Insecurity: Chronic poverty and food insecurity make populations vulnerable to famine. 

Environmental Degradation: Deforestation, soil erosion, and other forms of environmental degradation can reduce agricultural productivity and increase the risk of famine. 

Political Instability and Government Policies: Inconsistent government policies, corruption, and lack of effective governance can exacerbate famine risks. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=famine+in+poor+countries+1960+

The media drove the famine panic, but advances in Agriculture and Water Conservation allowed Global Famine Panics to subside.

In the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement began with the goal of removing “Jim Crow” Laws from Southern States. President Kennedy ended Segregation.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2, 1964, outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and is considered a landmark civil rights and labor law. 

The Civil Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. https://www.google.com/search?q=civil+rights+act+1965

On September 24, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin by those organizations receiving federal contracts and subcontracts.

90% of all Discrimination Lawsuits failed. Real Companies continued to test applicants and continued to hire on the basis of merit. Large, Law Firm controlled companies went from being victims to being Woke. Now they are ending their DEI  programs.

The Gay Rights movement led to the Transgender Rights movement and all began to fail in 2024. This experiment in anti-discrimination law illustrates that nothing exceeds like excess.

The Global Warming “theory” presented by the UN in 1989 was signed on to by US President George HW Bush, implemented in 1990 by US President Bill Clinton and enacted by US President Barak Obama from 2009 to 2016. I reading of UN Agenda 21 reveals that it was a plan to create a global government under UN control. When the “Global Warming theory was suspected to be a Hoax, its name changed to “Climate Change”. In 2017, US President Donald Trump rejected Climate Change and declared it as a Hoax. In 2021, President Joe Biden resurrected and overspent on Climate Change, caused Global Inflation and ruined the Global Economy. In 2024, US President Donald Trump was elected and began to restore the US Economy and encourage Allies to restore their own economies.

Money Printing for excessive government spending is yet another problem that led to excessive Inflation and high government debt.

In 1989, the USSR overreached and overspent and went broke. It became the Russian Republic and released its “satellite countries”. When the Roman Empire ran out of money in 476AD, it was invaded.

The EU citizens are burdened by high energy prices, sales taxes and two layers of government. The EU government needs to keep the Euro, cut its budget, let its member countries make the laws, deport its foreign migrants and grow its Private Sector Economy.

The UN needs to end its failed programs, cut its budget, disband its Court and allow countries to solve their own problems. The Red Cross needs to take over famine relief.

The US is on the brink of insolvency and needs to automate government functions and pare back excessive government spending and debt and restore the US Private Sector Economy. Trump is replacing War with Total Economic Isolation for bad actors. Trump is promoting the Abraham Accords as a model for good countries expand their economies and to help their troubled neighbors. The UN does more harm than good.

In 1989 the US National Debt was $3 trillion. In 2000, the US National Debt was $5.63 trillion. Now in 2025, the US National Debt is approaching $37 trillion.

Trump is alerting all counties to the fact that they will need to be their own Santa Claus. The US is hanging up its Santa Claus suit and will need to put its house in order by reducing all forms of foreign aid. Trump wants all countries to produce what they consume and put their citizens first. All countries will now need to put their own houses in order and use common sense to advance their economies.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Reciprocal Trade 4-12-25

The US is in the process of reducing its $1.2 trillion Annual Trade Deficit by using Tariffs to engage with Trading Partners. These trade agreements will be individual agreements with each trading partner country. 

The Global Trading practices that began in the 1990s has hollowed out US manufacturing jobs that need to be returned to the US to Defense Capability, restore the US Middle Class and regain its standard of living. The US is also ending the Climate Change scam and is offering to export oil, natural gas and coal to countries that need them. The US is increasing its oil and natural gas production to increase supply in order to reduce the global cost of energy.

The US is asking for US access to export goods to these countries and requires reductions in their trade barriers.

Reciprocal Trade is the Goal where Annual $Imports match $Exports.

Countries By Debt to GDP 2024

US Imports are the highest in Mexico, China and Canada.  The US Trade Deficit needs to be lowered with countries where the US has a high trade deficit.

Country   Debt to GDP  US Imports 2024

Mexico          57.6%       $509.96B

China            68.1%       $462.62B     

Canada       112.9%       $421.21B

Germany     62.68%       $163.39B

Japan          259.4%       $152.07B

Vietnam       33.81%      $142.48B

South Korea 51.3%        $135.46B

Ireland          41.6%        $103.76B

India            81.59%         $91.23B

There are ways countries can adjust their economies if manufacturing moves out to return to the US.

Mexico should develop their own manufacturing companies to replace their US auto and auto parts plants and preserve the manufacturing capabilities developed by their population.

China should invest less in expanding their Military and invest more on manufacturing goods to replace their US customers.

Canada can sell more oil, natural gas and other resource materials to Europe and Asia. Canada should develop their own automobile company to sell to cold climate trading partners.

All other affected countries should use similar tactics to preserve their manufacturing capabilities and put their people first.

Wars need to end. Iran needs to stop funding their nuclear program and end its support of Terror Groups.

Country  Debt to GDP

Iran             42.4%

Palestine    18.67%

Israel          70.7%

Russia       17.0%

Ukraine      47.6%

Iran is funding Terror groups to attack Israel. China is funding Russia to attack Ukraine. China is likely to continue to buy Oil and Natural Gas from Russia, but it is likely that Europe and Asia will likely opt to buy Oil and Natural Gas from the US to balance its trade with the US.

There are 30 countries with high Debt to GDP above 95%

Country          Debt to GDP

Japan                 259.4%

Sudan                200.4%

Greece              194.5%

Eritrea               179.7%

Singapore         159.9%

Maldives           154.4%

Lebanon           150.6%

Italy                  150.3%

Cape Verde     145.1%

Barbados         135.4%

Venezuela       133.6%

Bhutan             132.4%

US                   128.1%

Suriname        125.7%

Portugal          125.5%

Zambia           119.1%

Spain              118.3%

Canada          112.9%

France           112.8%

Belgium         109.2%

Montenegro   107.4%

Mozambique 106.4%

R Congo       103.6%

Bahamas      103.3%

Sri Lanka      103.1%

Dominica      102.7%

Antigua B     101.5%

Cyprus         101.0%

UK                 95.4%

https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/countries-by-national-debt#hong-kong

Comments

The governments of the 30 countries with high Debt to GDP listed above have “overspent” and have mortgaged their countries for multiple reasons. They have all added their debt repayment plus interest to their budgets. Japan has invested in their manufacturing expertise and has funded this from the healthy savings of their citizens.

The return of manufacturing for industries that support US Defense capabilities are not negotiable. The US needs to reshore Steel, Aluminum, Auto and Auto Parts manufacturing and Pharmaceuticals.  

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Global Dumping Scam 4-11-25

The Dumping Scam involved countries like Japan, where the government was sponsoring and underwriting next-generation, advanced, high quality manufactured equipment so their companies could offer this equipment in the US at competitive prices. 

When I began my Consulting Practice in 1993, I warned my client companies to keep their manufacturing in the US to protect their patents and avoid a year of returning Chinese made circuit boards while they went through the learning curve.  The Big Dumb companies did it anyway. The Smaller Smarter companies listened and continued to make their own circuit boards. We all used Japanese circuit board stuffing machines.

I became aware of the global dumping scam first hand in 1981. I was working at Rickle Manufacturing in Salina Kansas.

Rickle had developed their custom 3-wheel fertilizer applicator. Our competitors had cheaper 4-wheel applicators. Japan was dumping their cars in the US, offering better mileage and better quality. Kubota, the Japanese Ag Equipment company was developing a line of equipment to dump in the US. In 1983, we sold Rickle to Ag Chem. I was selected to establish the Personnel Function for Saline Count as a Consultant. I finished it and moved to Atlanta. My wife was ready to get her Dental Hygiene degree and Atlanta had the college.

I also learned in 1981 that the USSR was broke. We sold several Rickel 3-wheeled fertilizer applicators to the USSR and discovered how broke they really were. President Reagan knew it too. The USSR had overextended and were struggling to retain its “satellite countries”. The US new media didn’t report it. In 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev released the “satellite countries” he could no longer afford.

I benefitted from dumping by Japan. In 2005, I was researching for a car for my granddaughter and discovered that the 2005 Toyota Prius Hybrid got 60mpg. I knew Japan had introduced the Prius Hybrid in 2000 and the 2005 model was an improved redesign. I also found out that I could get a $2000 tax deduction. Gas prices had reached $3 per gallon. I bought 2 Prius Hybrids, one for me and one for my granddaughter in 2005. We had been buying 2 year-old Cadillacs that got 20mpg and sold them and my wife got a Prius. The 2005 Prius is still running after 20 years of driving and maintenance costs have been low. I am impressed that the Japanese government invested for 20 years to develop the Toyota Prius Hybrid.

In the 1970s, President Nixon opened trade with China. In the 1990s US manufacturing began moving to China and by 2000 China had captured most US manufacturing. This was the “Global Economy Scam”.

Now Trump is working at unraveling the mess. He is returning to the Family as the basic economic unit and the Nation as the sovereign of each national economy. 

The Tariff Negotiations between the US and its trading partners are beginning. Trump is receiving calls from trading partners to meet and negotiate.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

Coal Ex Order 4-11-25

Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

Executive Orders, April 8, 2025 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose. In order to secure America’s economic prosperity and national security, lower the cost of living, and provide for increases in electrical demand from emerging technologies, we must increase domestic energy production, including coal. Coal is abundant and cost effective, and can be used in any weather condition. Moreover, the industry has historically employed hundreds of thousands of Americans. America’s coal resources are vast, with a current estimated value in the trillions of dollars, and are more than capable of substantially contributing to American energy independence with excess to export to support allies and our economic competitiveness. Our Nation’s beautiful clean coal resources will be critical to meeting the rise in electricity demand due to the resurgence of domestic manufacturing and the construction of artificial intelligence data processing centers. We must encourage and support our Nation’s coal industry to increase our energy supply, lower electricity costs, stabilize our grid, create high-paying jobs, support burgeoning industries, and assist our allies.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States that coal is essential to our national and economic security. It is a national priority to support the domestic coal industry by removing Federal regulatory barriers that undermine coal production, encouraging the utilization of coal to meet growing domestic energy demands, increasing American coal exports, and ensuring that Federal policy does not discriminate against coal production or coal-fired electricity generation.

Sec. 3. Strengthening Our National Energy Security. The Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) shall designate coal as a “mineral” as defined in section 2 of Executive Order 14241 of March 20, 2025 (Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production), thereby entitling coal to all the benefits of a “mineral” under that order. Further, Executive Order 14241 is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “4332(d)(1)(B)” in section 6(d) of that order and replacing it with a reference to “4532(d)(1)(B)”.

Sec. 4. Assessing Coal Resources and Accessibility on Federal Lands. (a) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Energy shall submit a consolidated report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy that identifies coal resources and reserves on Federal lands, assesses impediments to mining such coal resources, and proposes policies to address such impediments and ultimately enable the mining of such coal resources by either private or public actors.

(b) The Secretary of Energy shall include in the report described in subsection (a) of this section an analysis of the impact that the availability of the coal resources identified could have on electricity costs and grid reliability.

Sec. 5. Lifting Barriers to Coal Mining on Federal Lands. (a) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prioritize coal leasing and related activities, consistent with applicable law, as the primary land use for the public lands with coal resources identified in the report described in section 4(a) of this order and expedite coal leasing in these areas, including by utilizing such emergency authorities as are available to them and identifying opportunities to provide for expedited environmental reviews, consistent with applicable law.

(b) The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the authorities in the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947, as amended (30 U.S.C. 351-359), and the Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-531 et seq.), shall acknowledge the end of the Jewell Moratorium by ordering the publication of a notice in the Federal Register terminating the “Environmental Impact Statement Analyzing the Potential Environmental Effects from Maintaining Secretary Jewell’s Coal Leasing Moratorium”, and process royalty rate reduction applications from Federal coal lessees in as expeditious a manner as permitted by applicable law.

Sec. 6. Supporting American Coal as an Energy Source. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall identify any guidance, regulations, programs, and policies within their respective executive department or agency that seek to transition the Nation away from coal production and electricity generation.

(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the heads of all relevant executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall consider revising or rescinding Federal actions identified in subsection (a) of this section consistent with applicable law.

(c) Agencies that are empowered to make loans, loan guarantees, grants, equity investments, or to conclude offtake agreements, both domestically and abroad, shall, to the extent permitted by law, take steps to rescind any policies or regulations seeking to or that actually discourage investment in coal production and coal-fired electricity generation, such as the 2021 U.S. Treasury Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for Multilateral Development Banks rescinded by the Department of the Treasury and similar policies or regulations.

(d) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Energy, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Development Finance Corporation, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the heads of all other agencies that have discretionary programs that provide, facilitate, or advocate for financing of energy projects shall review their charters, regulations, guidance, policies, international agreements, analytical models and internal bureaucratic processes to ensure that such materials do not discourage the agency from financing coal mining projects and electricity generation projects. Consistent with law, and subject to the applicable agency head’s discretion, where appropriate, any identified preferences against coal use shall immediately be eliminated except as explicitly provided for in statute.

Sec. 7. Supporting American Coal Exports. The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade Representative, the Assistant to the President for National Security, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall take all necessary and appropriate actions to promote and identify export opportunities for coal and coal technologies and facilitate international offtake agreements for United States coal.

Sec. 8. Expanding Use of Categorical Exclusions for Coal Under the National Environmental Policy Act. Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall identify to the Council on Environmental Quality any existing and potential categorical exclusions pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, increased reliance on and adoption of which by other agencies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4336c could further the production and export of coal.

Sec. 9. Steel Dominance. (a) The Secretary of Energy, pursuant to the authority under the Energy Act of 2020 (the “Act”), shall determine whether coal used in the production of steel meets the definition of a “critical material” under the Act and, if so, shall take steps to place it on the Department of Energy Critical Materials List.

(b) The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the authority under the Act, shall determine whether metallurgical coal used in the production of steel meets the criteria to be designated as a “critical mineral” under the Act and, if so, shall take steps to place coal on the Department of the Interior Critical Minerals List.

Sec. 10. Powering Artificial Intelligence Data Centers. (a) For the purposes of this order, “artificial intelligence” or “AI” has the meaning set forth in 15 U.S.C. 9401(3).

(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy shall identify regions where coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable for supporting AI data centers; assess the market, legal, and technological potential for expanding coal-based infrastructure to power data centers to meet the electricity needs of AI and high-performance computing operations; and submit a consolidated summary report with their findings and proposals to the Chair of the NEDC, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto.

Sec. 11. Acceleration of Coal Technology. (a) The Secretary of Energy shall take all necessary actions, consistent with applicable law, to accelerate the development, deployment, and commercialization of coal technologies including, but not limited to, utilizing all available funding mechanisms to support the expansion of coal technology, including technologies that utilize coal and coal byproducts such as building materials, battery materials, carbon fiber, synthetic graphite, and printing materials, as well as updating coal feedstock for power generation and steelmaking.

(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a detailed action plan to the President through the Chair of the NEDC outlining the funding mechanisms, programs, and policy actions taken to accelerate coal technology deployment.

Sec. 12. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/reinvigorating-americas-beautiful-clean-coal-industry-and-amending-executive-order-14241/

The states with significant coal reserves on federal lands include Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, particularly in the Powder River Basin.  Here's a more detailed breakdown:

Wyoming: The Powder River Basin in Wyoming is the largest coal mining area in the country, with the federal government owning the rights to a majority of the coal reserves. 

Montana: The Powder River Basin also extends into parts of southeastern Montana. 

Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico:

These states, particularly in the Colorado Plateau region, have significant federal coal resources. 

Federal Lands: The federal government owns and administers a significant portion of the nation's coal resources, with large portions of the coal fields in the Western States occurring on federally owned lands. 

Mineral Leasing Act: The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 established governance for coal, petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, and certain other minerals on federal lands. 

Coal Production: Federal coal produced from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming accounts for over 85 percent of all Federal coal production. 

Cooperative Agreements: The Secretary of the Interior has entered into cooperative agreements with 14 states to regulate coal mining on federal lands within their borders. These states include Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader