With
Election 2020 nearing settlement, Georgia notwithstanding, it might be time to
gaze a bit into the old crystal ball. As
it turns out, we don’t really need the old crystal ball. The future was laid out before us in fairly
specific terms months prior to Election 2020.
Now it is simply a matter of watching the words move from the paper into
our lives…..
As
we approached the final stages of the national party primary campaigns for the
2020 presidential nominees, it became clear that Joe Biden was going to become
the Democratic nominee. In an effort to
cement that probability and unite the disparate wings of the Party; the Democrats
came up with their Unity Task Force
plan. This plan served two fundamental
purposes. First, it established a 2020
Democratic policy platform because one was not publicly discussed during their
2020 convention. Carefully read this
document and it will become apparent why
it was not publicly discussed. Secondly, the plan was a concession to the
liberal wing of the Party (read that “AOC
and Bernie”) to gain their support for the general election effort.
Significant
points can be made about this report.
Pay close attention to the authors of each section (listed at the end of each section) and watch how those same names
might re-appear as members of the new Biden Administration. If the Senate races in Georgia go the
Democrat’s way, this is the
future. And if these people are the ones
inhabiting the key influential roles of U.S. government, it should come as no
surprise to anyone that this plan will be the Biden Administration agenda. Think about what you and your family members
do for a living; think about the parts of our culture that impact you significantly. Then read the section of this plan that
pertains to those areas. Here is the
report: https://joebiden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/UNITY-TASK-FORCE-RECOMMENDATIONS.pdf
.
Next,
take some time to read the original version of the Green New Deal. Here is a
pretty good summary from NPR: https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5729035-Green-New-Deal-FAQ
. Now take a look at the official
Congressional records that list the sponsors
and co-sponsors of this proposed legislation. These are people that are publicly endorsing
this plan. First the House of
Representatives: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/cosponsors?searchResultViewType=expanded.
Now the Senate: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/59/cosponsors?searchResultViewType=expanded
.
Compare
the names from all the documents listed above and it is pretty plain that the
same people are involved at every stage of this promotion. Those same people will now be running the big
show in WDC, occupying the White House, and calling the shots all the way up
and down the Departmental and Agency ladders of our government. Read this article for some illumination: https://freebeacon.com/columns/obama-iii/
. This was all in the public record. This information was available to everyone
well before the 2020 elections. And if
you are expecting a new and refreshing wave of ethical purity in the White
House, think again: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-investigation-hunter-brother-hedge-fund-money-2020-campaign-227407
. You may celebrate this change in
American governmental policies or you may look upon it with dread. In either instance….We will get the government we
deserve.
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Did
you go to school after graduating high school; attending college, junior
college, technical school, or nursing school?
Did you work during your student years following high school? Did your parents or some other mentor help
you financially during this time? Did
you have to borrow money to pay your tuition and buy your school supplies; not
to mention coming up with the routine cost of living expenses like eating,
putting a roof over your head, and maybe even supporting a family? Did you push to get your required courses
completed because you simply needed to get done as soon as possible? Did you and/or your parents work your tail
ends off to repay those debts? Well,
here is a glimpse into the future that should absolutely light your fuse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/forbes-shreds-democrats-student-debt-forgiveness-push-makes-mockery-of-people-whove-played-by-the-rules
.
Once
again, this idea is not being brought out of hiding. The
Democratic Party has pretty much endorsed this policy for the last several
years and Joe Biden campaigned on it. As a sop to the over-valued,
self-aggrandizing, and thoroughly liberal world of academia; this is what the
Biden Administration will be promoting in the near term. I suppose that for those of us mentioned in
the preceding paragraph, not only were we fortunate
enough to pay our way through school and then pay our children’s way
through school; we will now have the
marvelous opportunity to help pay other
people’s children’s way through school.
We will get the government we deserve.
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Heather
Mac Donald is one of the premier journalists working today. Here is a recent piece by her concerning
racial bias in our society: https://www.city-journal.org/achievement-gap-explains-demographic-disparities
. It is so very refreshing to find a
journalist who begins with facts and then writes the story based on the facts; listing the facts and
allowing them to shape the content.
This is contrary to the popular journalistic method of writing a story
and then cherry-picking facts to support the story-line; or even worse, simply
writing a story with no factual basis whatsoever.
The
simple truth is that our society is going through some strange type of
obsession with various forms of discrimination and this obsession is leading us
into some extremely unfair and carelessly arbitrary habits. In fact, some of those habits are being
codified by regulation and legislation.
Black Americans constitute approximately thirteen percent of America’s population; Hispanic Americans
constitute roughly eighteen percent. Yet based on the emphasis and tone we see in
the mainstream media, the entertainment industry, and the Congress of our
nation, you would think that Black Americans constitute eighty-seven percent of America’s population. So exaggerated is our focus on racial
discrimination and all of its cottage industries that the proverbial tail is
wagging the dog.
Every…single…American…citizen…has…the…right…to…life…liberty…and
the pursuit of happiness.
They have every right to expect equal treatment under the law and equal
opportunities in all aspects of life.
What they do not have is the
right to dictate to others how they should think, behave, or live their
lives. Minorities should be heard;
minorities should be respected; and minorities should be represented. But all of these aspects should take place
with the clear recognition that we are talking about the minorities of our populace and not the majorities of our populace. A
rational discussion of representation cannot take place without the
consideration of proportionality.
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The
New York Times, the old liberal gray lady herself, recently published an
interesting book review about how the general well-being of black Americans was
perhaps gaining ground before the institution of government social justice
programs: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/12/race-asking-the-right-questions-avoiding-the-wrong-answers.php
. Following the implementation of those
programs, certain aspects of that well-being began to lose ground.
Human
pride has no regard for skin color. Human
initiative and ambition have no regard for skin color. People of every size, shape, color, gender,
and whatever other identity you want
to cite need to be held accountable for their actions on an equal and
non-discriminatory basis. Every American
deserves and should receive a fair
opportunity at a good education, a good job, a good life, and free rein to live
in the fashion they desire…assuming it is
legal and does not infringe on the rights of others.
It
is way past time for government to cease trying to mandate their own personal concept of fairness and equality and instead
focus on creating a nation that provides an opportunity
for all to achieve fairness and equality.
Reverse discrimination is still discrimination. Government handouts that become institutionalized do not promote a better standard of living; that is accomplished by a hand-up.
And that support and encouragement, regardless
of who is receiving it, should be delivered with respect, dignity, and
sincere compassion.
Whether
it is a racial, gender, religious, ethnic, income, intelligence, nationalistic,
or regional delineation; our American differences should be a cause for
celebration and not a reason for division.
Unfortunately, our government does not adopt that theory and that
situation is not going to improve any time soon. We will get the government we deserve.
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I
see the main distinction between Independents and Libertarians in their differing
views of government. A significant
number of Libertarians would shrink government down to a paltry status that
would essentially give it little, if any, control over the states. Independents, while certainly agreeing with
Libertarians that government has become bloated and supremely invasive and that
federalism is a critical part of our democracy, can clearly see an essential
role for government in fulfilling certain security and social program tasks
that are uniquely suited to our federal civic entity. I celebrate the Libertarian disdain for
excessive federal government; but they tread much too closely to anarchy when
they begin whittling it down to a hollow figurehead.
You
know…most folks in this world are decent folks. But there is no denying that there are some indecent folks among us; and they do
their damage and cause their hurt. We
need just enough rules and regulations to encourage decent folks to behave decently.
We need just enough law enforcement to protect the decent folks from the indecent
folks. And we need just enough military
to protect the decent countries from
the indecent countries. Even though most of us would struggle with
the task of writing down exactly what we mean by decent; we know what it is in our hearts and in our minds. We DO
NOT need a government to tell us what it takes to make a decent person. We don’t need their lecturing and their
instruction. We just need the chance to prove ourselves and decide for ourselves. We
will get the government we deserve.
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The
economic gains that were so prevalent in America prior to the coronavirus pandemic
were disproportionately lifting the lower income and working classes of our
citizenry. It is tragic that this hugely-beneficial and long-awaited trend
will now likely regress and perhaps even be reversed by new fiscal policies
that will shepherd our national economy in a different direction. Just as the pandemic shutdown efforts have disproportionately
and adversely impacted small business and lower-income workers in a
negative sense; this same group of people will also be the last ones to regain
their lost economic gains when we begin to crawl out of the coronavirus
madness. In the course of dealing with
this plague, we have somehow managed to penalize those among us who work the
hardest and contribute the most to our society. We have hammered the most those who demand the
least.
If
the liberal vision of nanny-state America is realized in the coming years, the
percentage of those taking from our
nation’s product will grow while those contributing
to our nation’s product will shrink.
Government involvement in our
lives will increase while the reliance of people on their own initiatives will
decrease. Overall dependency on
government will spike as those who were crushed by the pandemic’s economic woes
are either unable or unwilling to get back up on their feet. And while all of this occurs, the people who
control our government will do little if anything to slow down that
motion. The power of government will
blossom and those who hold the power of government in their hands will
prosper. We will get the government we
deserve.
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And
since we are to some degree discussing the future, what better way to close
than a thoughtful article about one of the most prescient authors ever, George
Orwell. I have referenced and quoted him
often in my years of blogging. His best
known book “1984” was published in
1947. It is nothing short of remarkable
to read it today and consider his foresight.
As this article by Mark Falcoff so well explains, his book “Animal Farm” presented some revealing
insights also. Enjoy: https://amgreatness.com/2020/12/09/george-orwell-our-contemporary-almost/
. One might say that in his own way,
Orwell was telling us…We will get the government we deserve.
