America's Slow Death

America’s Slow Death

The reasons for the demise of America and solutions to right the ship.

America has been dying a slow death for six decades. I will set forth a few of those reasons below. I believe the demise stems from arrogance and apathy. This country has been so blessed for so long that we, the people, became complacent and inward-focused rather than remaining humble and outward-focused as we were for much of the nation’s first two centuries.

Unfortunately, we have a President who enables and exacerbates every one of the reasons set forth below. In my opinion, he is happily presiding over the downfall of this once great nation. We must quickly swing the tide or risk becoming a minor footnote in the history books rather than continuing to be a beacon of freedom and opportunity for the entire world as we have for most of our 237 years of existence.

What accounts for America’s slow death?

#1 – Removal of God from the public sector.

This one reason permeates all the reasons set forth in this essay! 

• This nation was founded upon Judeo-Christian principles! From the pilgrims to the Founding Fathers, all of them put their reliance on God or divine providence. They made countless comparisons to the American struggle against Britain with that of the Israelites coming out of Egypt.
• For 175 years the United States was governed by a belief in God. This belief guided our decision-making and steered our moral compass. Over the last 60 years there has been a steady, “progressive” erosion of God from the public sector (prayer in school, pledge of allegiance, nativity scenes, religion not taught in schools, evolution over creationism, moral relativism). 

#2 – Bankruptcy

Short of a nuclear holocaust, nothing will more thoroughly destroy America than an economic collapse. The statistics are well known (to most of you). What good can come from any of this????

•  $16 trillion national debt heading toward $20 trillion.
• Four straight years of $1 annual budget deficits with more to come.
• We borrow $0.40 of every dollar we spend as a nation.
• We borrow over $4 billion per DAY!

#3 - Abortion has received mainstream acceptance

• Over 3,000 abortions a day in America! Over 30 million since Roe v. Wade!
• Over $500 million of taxpayer dollars fund Planned Parenthood, which is responsible for almost one million abortions over the last three years!
• A country that readily kills its unborn is no different than ancient, pagan civilizations that sacrificed their babies to the gods! It is the height of arrogance and foolishness for people who claim to believe in God to think for one moment that this goes unnoticed by Him?

#4 - Apathetic, ignorant electorate

• In an age where the world is literally at our finger tips, a large percentage of the electorate in America is intellectually lazy. They are “sound-bite”, “low-information” or “perception” voters who pay little or no attention to the news. Rather than taking the time to learn what their representatives are doing, they vote for whoever seems to talk the best in 10-second sound bites, seems to care the most or looks the most influential.

#5 - Dependency on government

• We have a record number of citizens receiving food stamps, disability payments and long-term unemployment benefits. This equates to a record number of citizens opposed to any efforts to rein in spending. They will not vote themselves a pay cut!
• Obamacare will cause more people to become dependent on the government for their healthcare and the cycle will be reinforced.

#6 - Perpetually high unemployment

• If you cannot find work, you are dependent on the government. If you are dependent on the government, you will oppose any efforts to curb spending. If we do not curb spending, the economy will collapse. If the economy collapses, the unemployment rate goes to 30%, 50%, 75%!
• The U6 unemployment rate (the real unemployment rate) is 16%
• Record high unemployment rates among African-Americans and youth.
• College graduates cannot find work yet they are stuck $1 trillion in student loan debt to pay off their inflated tuition rates.
• enefits. This equates to a record number of citizens opposed to any efforts to rein in spending. They will not vote themselves a pay cut!
• Obamacare will cause more people to become dependent on the government for their healthcare and the cycle will be reinforced. 

#7 - Engaged in perpetual war

• America needs to discontinue its practice of being the world’s policeman. We need to project power and defend our allies but our young men and women do not need to die in foreign lands where the interest of the United States is difficult to articulate. Not to mention the billions of dollars spent annually. 

#8 - Lowered standard of living and inflation

• Median incomes are down under Obama and everything from gasoline to groceries costs more than it did four years ago. Less take-home pay + increased expenses = lower standard of living. THE NEW NORMAL! 

#9 - Kill small businesses

• Small businesses employ more Americans than “big” business. They drive the economy.
• Uncertainty, regulations and Obamacare have killed thousands of existing small businesses and stifled the creation of thousands more. 

#10 - Rewrite history

• The demonization of the Founding Fathers, the Constitution and the principles in which America was founded. 

#11 - More takers; less givers

• 50% of the population pays no federal income tax, therefore, any discussion about raising those rates goes opposed. 

#12 - The majority political party is committed to socialism and willing to bankrupt the country

• It is indisputable that the Democratic Party is committed to growing the federal government. They consistently support and advocate for higher and higher taxes and more and more spending. Their signature piece of legislation, Obamacare, is full on new taxes.
• They oppose all efforts to cut spending except for the military.

#13 - A neutered and ineffective minority party

• The Republican Party has proven itself to be irrelevant. When they gain control of the government, they increase spending and grow government (prescription drug benefit, Department of Education, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Homeland Security, TSA, The Patriot Act). When they are in the minority, they are unwilling to courageously challenge the Democrats while, at the same time, minimalizing and maligning the conservative caucus (The Tea Party). 

SOLUTIONS

Below are a few ideas:

1.      God back in the public forum - Those of us who do follow the Judeo-Christian philosophy have a responsibility to talk about it and profess it. We have been silent too long! We have allowed secularists to run roughshod over our beliefs for too long! This nation was founded upon these principles and, if it is to survive another 237 years, we must return to those principles.

It is ok to speak about God and how He impacts our lives. It is our responsibility to do so! Books like I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist and Tactics : A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions, should be required reading. The Harbinger is a fun, quick read laying out the place that God and divine providence played in the founding of the United States. A more in depth discussion can be found in In Defense of Faith: The Judeo-Christian Idea and the Struggle for Humanity.

2.      Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution – Addressing our spending problem will alleviate many of the other problems. It will, most importantly, limit the power wielded by our representatives to dole out our money to their pet projects and favorite lobbyists.

3.      Term Limits for Congress – Career politicians are the death knell of our republic. Our representatives should serve for the sake of service not for power or to enrich themselves. Natural turnover will birth new ideas and fresh perspectives to problem-solving.

4.      Welfare Reform – Nothing radical is needed here. We just need to limit the amount of time a citizen can receive welfare. Reinstitute the work requirement, which Obama illegally waived prior to the election. Perpetual unemployment benefits and welfare payments make the recipients complacent and dependent on the government.

5.      Repeal Obamacare – This monstrosity must be struck down! The ramifications of this legislation are disastrous both economically, as we struggle under the weight of insane new levels of taxes to pay for it, and the inevitable deterioration of the level of care we will receive. Think about last experience at the DMV, unemployment office, IRS, or Social Security Administration and transfer that experience to visiting your doctor. Also consider the level of care of countries who currently employ a socialized medicine system – Canada, Britain, Cuba. It is abysmal compared to America.

6.     Repeal the 17th Amendment– States' rights must be reestablished!

7.  Stay Active and Informed and let your representatives (at the local, state and national level) know you are watching them closely and evaluating their performance!

Those representatives who want to do the right thing need to know they have support. And those who prefer to damage the nation in order to hold on to their power must know that behavior will no longer be tolerated.

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Obamacare America is NOT in need of fundamental transformation Elena Kagan Obama is a perpetual liar even to his own voters Drilling moratorium in the Gulf The deficit is up almost 200% since Obama took office The national debt is up almost 50% since Obama took office Solyndra "I believe in American Exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." “I’ll have more flexibility” in a second term “You didn’t build that!” Cap and Trade Obama is an amateur Janet Napolatono Eric Holder Record number of Americans on disability Obama constantly blames his predecessor for the problems the country faces David Axelrod Apparently Valerie Jarrett makes most of Obama’s major decisions for him Record underemployment (U6) “I’d rather be a really good one-term President than a mediocre two-term President” Kathleen Sebelius “I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. “Fat cats on Wall Street” Joe Biden Obama likes to rule via Executive Order “It's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" Sonia Sotomayor First ever credit downgrade of the United States “The private sector is doing fine” Robert Gibbs “The Cambridge police acted stupidly” Summer of Recovery Obama would rather promote oil drilling in Brazil than in the U.S. “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” Inflating your tires and getting your car tuned up will save as much energy as new drilling would provide. Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ The Constitution is full of negative rights. Beacon Energy Quantitative Easing 1 (QE1) Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2) Operation Twist According to Obama, our individual salvation is based on collective salvation. Jay Carney Three years and three, $1 trillion deficits “I want to spread the wealth around” Perpetual class warfare In 1997, Obama voted in the Illinois Senate against a bill designed to prevent partial-birth abortions Labor union bosses had better access to Obama than some of his cabinet members Thousands of new business-killing regulations “Under my plan of cap and trade, electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket” Crony capitalism Van Jones Obama promised no lobbyists would be hired in his administration According to Obama, his election, “was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal” We were promised that if the Stimulus Bill was passed, unemployment would never climb above 8%. "We can't -- drive our SUVs and you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on you know, 72 degrees at all times . . .” Obama's failure to stand up for Israel 49% of taxpayers pay no federal income tax Record number of people on food stamps Narcissism is very dangerous Obama's position on gay marriage “evolved” 200,000 small businesses are no longer in business since he took office African-American unemployment 14% Obama compared his bowling to "like Special Olympics, or something." Amonix Obama is forcing religious organizations to provide contraception coverage in their health insurance plans Jeremiah Wright "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller." NASA is now a Muslim outreach department Obamacare is not a tax! Bill Ayers Obama advocated raising the debt ceiling after calling President Bush’s spending “unpatriotic” and “irresponsible”. The Beer Summit Obama's removal of work requirements for welfare recipients Worst economic recovery since the Great Depression Longest period of long-term unemployment in history Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Freedom of religion “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money” Kill lists Real median income has dropped 5% Backdoor amnesty for illegal immigrants The rich don’t pay their “fair share” During the 2008 campaign, Obama claimed to have visited 57 states George Soros 100% increase in price of gas since Obama took office Obama lied that the Obamacare debate would be televised on CSPAN “We have to pass the bill to see what is in it” – Nancy Pelosi on Obamacare Media Matters “Saved jobs” Tony Rezco ACORN Obama's opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline The closings of GM dealerships owned by donors to Republican Party “We tried our plan and it worked” Obama thought it was a good idea to try Guantanamo prisoners in civilian courts GM bondholders screwed in bailout Debt-to-Revenue is 262%. Occupy Wall Street: “we are on their side” “Read the bill. What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what is means after you read the bill?” Rep. John Conyers Obama's international apology tour Obama's constant drumbeat to raise taxes Dodd-Frank National Labor Relations Board - Boeing Gibson Guitar raid Saul Alinsky Abound Solar Obamacare will "lower the deficit" Navy "corpseman" Voter intimidation case against New Black Panthers European headwinds Lowest labor participation rate in decades 12 million unemployed Fast and Furious The Audacity of Hope Tim Geithner ‘The Life of Julia’ Collective salavation Dreams from My Father Harry Reid "So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.” Frank Marshall Davis Oil drilling moratorium in Gulf of Mexico “Shovel ready wasn’t as shovel ready as we thought” Nancy Pelosi 100+ rounds of golf Obama's college transcripts Teen unemployment  over 70% General Motors fiasco White House intelligence leaks Obama's cutting of Medicare to fund Obamacare Stimulus bill had ZERO impact on job growth “Fat cats on Wall Street” 44 states report higher unemployment (July 2012) Pathetic GDP growth Obama gives speeches advocating that we should “be our brother’s keeper” while his brother lives in a hut in Africa. Obama bowing to other world leaders and dictators Beacon Power Cass Sustein Staycations

Obama's Hard-Hitting Interview with Entertainment Tonight

In another hard-hitting interview, President Obama sat down with Entertainment Tonight earlier this week.

Obama had this glorious quote:

"We're going around the country, talking about, ‘How do we put people back to work? How do we improve our schools? How do we make sure that we're producing American energy? How do we lower our debt in a responsible way?' And I don't think you or anybody who's been watching the campaign would say that in any way we have tried to divide the country. We've always tried to bring the country together" 

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS: 

How do we put people back to work?

• By continuing to extend unemployment benefits so those on the program are less likely to look for work and develop their skills.
• By increasing the number of people on food stamps.
• By making it easier for long-term unemployed to file for disability. 
• By removing the Clinton-era welfare work requirement.

How do we improve our schools?

• By spending more per pupil than any country in the world (except Switzerland) and getting no results.
• By bowing to the teachers’ unions rather than holding them accountable for educating our children.
• By opposing school choice and competition - home school and charter schools. 

How do we make sure that we're producing American energy?

• By opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline.
• By instituting a drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
• By residing over a 100% increase in gas prices.
• By disallowing drilling for oil on federal lands. 

How do we lower our debt in a responsible way?

• By increasing the national debt by almost 50% since he took office.
• By passing a failed stimulus bill.
• By increasing our deficit by almost 200% since he took office.
• By increasing entitlement spending.
• Remember this beauty? “if I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” 

And I don't think you or anybody who's been watching the campaign would say that in any way we have tried to divide the country. We've always tried to bring the country together

• Rich vs. Poor: "Fat cats on Wall Street", the rich don't pay their "fair share", and endorsing Occupy Wall Street as a mainstream movement.  
• Black vs. White: By not ordering attorney general Eric Holder to prosecute the New Black Panthers in the voter intimidation case.
• Free market capitalism vs. Socialism: “The private sector is doing fine” and “You didn’t build that”
• Senior citizens vs. Younger generations: By lying to the voters about Paul Ryan’s plan to cut medicare (while his plan actually does it).
• Gays vs. Straights: Repealing 'Don't Ask Don't Tell and conveniently evolving his position on gay marriage just in time to fund-raise for reelection.
• Citizens vs. Illegal immigrants: By allowing the backdoor amnesty of illegal aliens.
• Christians vs. Non-Christians: By forcing faith-based organizations to provide contraception coverage in the health insurance plans.
• Obama supporters vs. Obama detractors: Green energy company subsidies and crony capitalism (i.e. General Electric) versus GM dealerships put out of business during the bailout (only those owned by Republican donors).
• Those who believe in the rule of law vs. Those who believe to the winner goes the spoils: Bondholders in GM bailout

What's Wrong With This Picture

1. Healthcare Reform

• Do you have any concerns with the way the bill was drafted - with no input from Republicans? 
• Do you have any concern with the way the bill was passed - bribing Senators, using budget reconciliation to get it passed in the House, not a single congressman whom voted for the bill actually read or understood it? As the esteemed Nancy Pelosi said, "We will have to pass the bill to see what is in it". 
• Do you have any concerns over the consequences of the law - rationing of care, fewer doctors, longer wait times, death panels, bureaucrats making medical decisions? Look at any country with socialized medicine and study their level of care, wait times, rationing, etc. Is that what you want?
• Do you really want your doctor's office to run like a post office or your local DMV? Can you name one government-run endeavor that is run efficiently with the customers' best interest served? Are you willing to turn your families healthcare decisions over to a bureaucrat?

Are there no alternatives?

• Why don't we just allow people to buy health insurance across state lines like we do for homeowners and car insurance? 
• Why don't we remove all of the government-imposed mandates on heath insurance companies and let people buy a la carte policies? 
• Why can't we implement portability rules so the insurance stays with the person not with their employer? 
• Why don't we pass tort reform so malpractice insurance costs come down? 
• Why don't we promote and encourage the use of HSA's (healthcare savings accounts)? 
• Why don't we allow citizens with pre-existing conditions to join large pools and spread the cost? Why don't we tell people with pre-existing conditions that they should expect to pay a little more for their health care? Why shouldn't they since they will inevitably use more of it than a healthy person?

2. Iraq and Afghanistan

Yes he is drawing down in both theatres but he is far from a dove when it comes to military engagements - Guantanamo, drone attacks, kill lists, Syria, Libya . . . .


3. Women's Health


#1 - Women (and men and children) already have access to preventative healthcare via thousands of clinics throughout the country.

#2 - There is no such thing as "free"! Someone has to pay for it! Eventually all the free stuff takes all of the money away from those who produce and then there is no more "free" stuff. As Margaret Thatcher once said, "the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money".

If you were genuine in your argument, you would simply say, "I believe the American taxpayer should pay for abortions on-demand". That's what you mean by "women's health" or "free preventative healthcare for woman". Planned Parenthood performed over 300,000 abortions in 2010 and only made 800 adoption referrals. That ratio tells me all I need to know about liberal's mentality toward women's health.

4. Lily Ledbetter / Equality

Everyone is pro-equal rights, even dastardly Republicans. Women are fully equipped to fight for their pay in the workplace without the involvement of the omnipotent federal government's. Have you looked at the work force lately? Have you looked at the CEOs of major corporations? Woman make up the majority of the workforce and sit in the corner office of thousands of companies.

If you believe that it is a good idea for openly gay soldiers to reside with and serve next to heterosexual soldiers, you clearly have no compassion for nor care for the safety of the American soldier. All you are doing is putting a grain of doubt in the minds of people who need to have each others' backs at a moment's notice. The repeal of NADT was a political decision by the president to rally his base despite the recommendations of his military leaders.

5. Clean Energy

Anytime someone uses the word "investment" in describing government spending, it simply means "wasting taxpayers' money on things that will buy votes". Both parties do it. Regarding clean energy specifically, can you point to one success story? Solyndra? Abound Solar? Amonix? Beacon Power? A123?

6. Education

Really?

• George W. Bush's increase in education-related spending wasn't enough? 
• The lackluster results of No Child Left Behind isn't enough? 
• The $2 trillion dollars spent on education since 1965 isn't enough? 
• The tripling of federal education dollars since 1970 isn't enough? 
• The United States spends more per pupil than any country other than Switzerland yet the results we get from our students continues to dwindle. In 1961 we spent $2,800 per year - - today $10,000 (inflation adjusted dollars). Good to know that all the administrators tucked away in school systems all over the country are pulling in fat salaries.

Currently there is over $1 trillion dollars in outstanding student loan debt. There is nothing quite like allowing tuition rates to rise 7%-8% per year for years on end while making more federal dollars available to the students via loans and grants. I can't think of a better way for a 22 year old to start off her career than with $100,000 in student loan debt for a watered down four-year degree!

7. Class Warfare

Please have the courage to define "fair share" rather than throwing the slogan around. Currently the top 10% of income earners pay 70% of all federal income taxes. How much would you consider to be their "fair share"? 72%? 80%? 95%?

• Have you ever stopped to consider that millionaires and billionaires do not consumed the amount of government services commiserate with their contribution in taxes? Why should they pay more?
• Have you ever stopped to consider that millionaires and billionaires tend to be employers of non-millionaires and non-billionaires? What would happen if you taxed them less? They could possibly hire more people to run their businesses, clean their houses, wash their cars, add a room on to their residence, build a new house, sell them another car / boat / piece of jewelry or clothing, cut their hair, fly their plane, etc.
• Don't you think every single American should pay some income taxes? Shouldn't everyone have some skin in the game? Or do you believe that having nearly 50% of Americans paying zero federal income taxes and, therefore, indifferent to conversations around raising taxes on the "rich" the path to overall prosperity?

8. He Inherited the Worst Economy Since the Great Depression

Are you not embarrassed by a president who constantly blames his predecessor? I cannot find a single instance where, after the 1980 election, Reagan blamed Carter.

We were all led to believe that Obama was the smartest guy in the world. If that is so why hasn't he improved the economy? Instead he is residing over the worst economic recovery from a recession in the nation's history including but not limited to:

• Anemic GDP growth
• 8%+ unemployment for over 40 weeks
• 15%-20% underemployment
• The lowest labor force participation rate since the 1981-1982 recession
• Record number of Americans receive food stamps
• Record number of Americans are on disability
• The deficit is up 183% under his watch
• The national debt is up 48% under his watch
• Gas prices are up 90%+
• African-American unemployment is 14%
• Over 200,000 small businesses are no longer in business since he took office
• 46 million Americans living in poverty
• Teen unemployment over 70%

The "turn the Titanic" argument just does not work in this case. Obama is a socialist at best and a communist at worst. Neither philosophy has led to economic prosperity, therefore, why should he be given four more years? 

What's the Big Deal About Obamacare?

Updated: March 25, 2013
There are four things wrong with Obamacare:

#1 - The way the law was drafted
#2 - The way the law was passed
#3 - The way the law was upheld by Supreme Court 
#4 - The effect 

#1 - The way the law was drafted and sold to the American people:

• Obama and the Democrats lied about virtually every component of the bill - the cost (to the nation as a whole and to individuals), the coverage, its impact on the deficit, its impact on level of care, its impact on the private insurance industry, and its impact on the most innovative healthcare system in the world. 
• The entire bill was drafted without Republican input and behind closed doors despite Obama’s repeated promise to broadcast the debate on CSPAN.

#2 - The way the law was passed:

• Bribes and kickbacks of senators in return for their vote.
• “We have to pass the bill to see what’s in it” Nancy Pelosi.
• Not a single Congressman read the bill before they voted on it (and I would venture a bet that few have read it since).

"I love these members that get up and say 'READ THE BILL.' What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages, and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read the bill?" -- Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. . . ” - James Madison, The Federalist #62

• Obama emphatically denied it was a tax. He knew it would never pass if it was represented as a tax.

“How is that not a tax?" George Stephanopoulos 

"A responsibility to get health insurance is not a tax increase," Obama 

• The bill was ultimately passed using a budget reconciliation method rather than a full vote on the House floor.

#3 - The way the law was upheld by Supreme Court:

• Despite repeated promises that this bill was not a tax, one of the administration’s arguments before the Supreme Court was just that, “it IS a tax”, therefore it is constitutional under Congress’ right to levy taxes.
• Instead of sending the bill back to Congress, Chief Justice John Roberts essentially re-wrote the law circumventing Article I, section 7 of the Constitution - "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives". The Obamacare bill was originated in the Senate! Judicial activism at its worse.

#4 - The effect:

• Over 1,000 Obamacare waivers were granted within several months of the bill's passage, mostly to Democrat constituents (at one point 20% of the waivers were provided to Nancy Pelosi’s district). If this is the greatest piece of legislation in history why are waivers necessary? Why are senatorial bribes necessary?
• It is estimated that 20 million people will lose their current health insurance because it will become too expensive given all of the mandates.
• The private insurance industry will die leaving only the government (single-payer). Think of your doctor’s office as a national DMV.
• It gives the federal government essentially unlimited taxation power and amounts to the largest tax increase in world history.
• Obama promised insurance rates would decline by $2,500 a year. As of the last update of this post, studies show rates are up an average of $2,500 a year.
• Obama promised the bill would lower the deficit and cost no more than $1 trillion. Both claims have been proven false. 
• Ultimately, the quality of healthcare will decline as thousands of doctors retire because they can no longer make a living serving more patients for less money, Medicaid will get dropped by doctor’s offices due to low and delayed reimbursements, rationing of care will occur just like it does in every country that has socialized medicine, bureaucrats will make healthcare decisions for us, death panels will be established for end-of-life decisioning (yes it’s in the bill) and a massive bureaucracy will reign over us (you thought the TSA was big).