Tag: 2016
Say what you will about The United States of America, you have to accept that it is now the strongest Country to ever exist. An unimaginable amount of money is spent on The Military, and victory after victory ensures the continuity of receiving upwards of 60% of Government spending annually, $500 to $700 Billion Dollars a year, more than the combined military expenditures of the next two most powerful nations combined. It is a trend that is likely never to change.
Ever.
Since the year 2000, after George W. Bush assumed office, U.S. debt sat at $5.6 Trillion Dollars. Unfortunate events plagued Bush’s Presidency, and the cost of fighting wars on two fronts, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, would later take a significant toll on the country. Once Obama assumed office, the debt had swelled to over $9 Trillion dollars. The unfortunate circumstances of the rising debt crippled many Americans (citizens, banks and corporations alike), and of it’s effects forced the nation into a period economic depression. With no other choice, a Stimulus Bill of $800 Billion Dollars was passed, enabling Americans to escape the effects of the recession and keep the government afloat.
Jobs were created. Americans had truly regained hope.
But the debt by the end of Obama’s Presidency had skyrocketed. The Stimulus Bill and increased defense spending had left now President Trump with a National debt of $19 Trillion Dollars, with 76% percent being held by the public.
Since 2016, the U.S. has increased spending and continued to lower taxes on corporations and wealthy citizens, and they also continued their excessive trend of military spending.
The debt now sits at $21 Trillion Dollars, and some estimates argue that by 2028 it will climb to $28 Trillion Dollars, eclipsing WWII deficits and outgrowing the overall U.S. economy.
But, this is not what politicians talk about. What they talk about is how Medicaid is too expensive, how Social Security needs to be cut and how Healthcare is either never going to be universal, or needs to be universal. It is almost as if no one wants to discuss the rising debts, and how it could very well be the true catalyst toward plummeting the United States into economic straits similar to Venezuela or Greece, a situation potentially worse than the recession of 2008. While some politicians do discuss the issue, like long time Independent from Vermont Bernie Sanders, they are often written off by the elite, with the argument that any strategic plan to tax the rich exponentially more than the poor or middle class would be chaotic and socialist, and that socialism in any form will never, ever work. But of those arguments there never emerges answers to the looming and unforeseen future we all will one day face because of our Government’s excessive military spending and other increasing government expenditures.
The future is bright. It is because we’ll pave it that way. But, also in the future is the looming presence of great adversity. The debt of The United States of America is an actual looming adversity waiting to happen, and it is time that a true bi-partisan effort is set in motion to fix this problem before it grows out of proportion.
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, when asked by the media if President Donald Trump regrets any of his previous comments where he wishes harm on his opponents, states that The President has been against violence since day one.
Sarah Sanders, that is a lie. The President has in fact been promoting violence. He has insulted all of his political opponents, promoting violent rhetoric and conspiracies along the way. His political hyperbole cannot be discredited, or discharged as the work of a man with little political experience. Praising a politician for body slamming a reporter. Saying someone with 2nd amendment rights might shoot Hillary Clinton. Repeatedly saying you’ve wanted to punch someone in the head at your rallies. Calling the media the enemy of The United States. Claiming you could shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue, New York and get away with you.
You have been promoting violence all along. Mr. President, please stop.
There are too many key issues plaguing The United States at this moment, and there is no room for violence of any form in politics. American citizens are currently holding out hope for change in their respective lives and communities, and many of them know that change can only come by supporting elected officials. That is why it is too important for we, the American people, to not have to deal with what has recently transpired.
Several pipe bombs have been sent to top Democrats. A blatant act of terrorism, it may perhaps be safe to conclude before any evidence is found of the perpetrators that this was in fact politically motivated. Whether or not this is domestic terrorism, we can at least infer that the motives behind these potential attacks were fueled by the aggressive and violent rhetoric of President Donald Trump, and societal members of the Republican Party.
Politics is amazing, and unique, in the fact that The Republican Party and The Democratic Party, and any other Party in the United States, has the right to stand up for the rights of American citizens and be the voice where sometimes voices cannot be heard. But politicians have to be careful how they use their power. The President has inadvertently been invoking violence with his rhetoric, and he has too much pride to force himself into guilt or change. To those that can amend there ways, do so. Do not stoop to the promotion of violence, for this is America’s history and future at stake.
Promote prosperity. End it now.
The United States now remains split on immigration policies. Republicans led by Donald Trump argue that immigration is a problem, and that it has led to illegal immigrants effecting our laws. Recently Republicans passed a measure prohibiting non-citizens to vote in U.S. elections, as there is a growing fear that immigrants are illegally voting. That was a major consensus by now President Trump after losing the 2016 popular vote to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
President Trump ran on the proposal of a massive border wall, a protective measure he feels is necessary to keep out illegal immigrants. He ran most of his campaign on the promise of building the wall, but although his resolve for the issue remains the same, funding for the wall remains gridlocked as Democrats unanimously voice against its creation, and Republicans fall short of coming up with a way of paying for it. The nearly 1000 mile long border wall could end up costing the U.S. $18 billion dollars.
Just this week, sentiments have been expressed in regards of the massive group of people now traveling across Mexico with the hopes of reaching the United States. Republicans are arguing that this is an overall atrocity, some stating that no one has a right to enter the U.S., while President Trump declares the migrating group of foreigners a National Emergency, cautioning the Military and further expressing the group of migrant’s countries of origin that all aid will be stopped because of the massive caravan heading toward the United States.
While Democrats argue that the president is fear mongering when discussing the caravan of immigrants, the republican controlled government stands united with the argument that immigrantion is not a right and that something has to be done about the oncoming group of migrants, and immigration as a whole.
The United States of America and The Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR) were nations who had known the effects of war. They both were participants of WWII, and both of their military might combined, coupled with the efforts of various other nations, helped to take down the axis powers and defeat Nazism from taking over Europe. What sprung from WWII was another test of might, one that would last decades up until December 5th, 1994, a war The USA and Russia will always be known for. The Cold War. This decades long display of nuclear power created an instability in the world, and although neither country formally attacked the other, the threat of nuclear war greatly loomed over both nations. Today, both the USA and Russia are a part of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also known as S.T.A.R.T., which ultimately led to an armistice between the two powerful nations which led to the end of the Cold War.
It appears things may soon change.
A call to the end of the armistice between Russia and The USA appears to be President Trump’s latest battle cry, and it comes in the wake of many other events taking place in the political spectrum. Russia has been accused of meddling in the 2016 Presidential election by The Democrats and other government officials, and while many republican officials refuted the notion, to include President Trump, now President Trump himself is accusing Russia of attempting to interfere with the 2018 midterm elections.
At this point, it is tough to understand what will come next. A pullout from this armistice with Russia, because they are indeed testing long range nuclear missiles, may perhaps ultimately mean that The USA will now continue to embark on tests as well. It wasn’t too long ago that world leaders were arguing for an end to nuclear weapons altogether (this argument still exists), but this latest move by President Trump may be an inadvertent show of strength. Perhaps before his time is up as President, he will enact an agenda to institute more nuclear armament testing, unlike the world has ever seen before. One thing is true, and it is that President Trump does not like to be outdone. He likes his stuff bigger, and he likes his stuff better.
We may be witnessing the start of a new nuclear arms race.
It’s safe to say that the President of the United States is not a fan of the Democratic Establishment. His current barrage of insults now paints the Democratic Party as a mob. While a lot of his banter stands to be political hyperbole (such as joking about a fellow Republican slamming a reporter), his words do and will continue to have lasting effects across The Republic.
President Trump, hailing his victory of electing new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has begun a narrative of accusing the Democratic party of assimilating into a mob.
He isn’t the only Republican doing so.
Donald Trump is joined by the likes of other incredibly notable Republicans, to include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in an effort to now taint the image of The Democratic Party after a series of protests erupted on Washington following the selection process of Justice Kavanaugh. This narrative may prove to be effective for The Republicans. While many liberal minded Democrats and Independents may grow increasingly weary of the antics that are currently on display at The White House, Trump’s fan base and current iron grip over American politics can not be over looked. In just 2 years, Donald Trump has managed to elect two Supreme Court Judges, pass deregulatory tax legislation, and increase Federal Spending on key Conservative agendas.
Although Donald Trump may not be what we of The Democratic Party have envisioned as a true born leader since Obama departed (an individual with tenacity who invokes change and who can be a strong orator and voice the America that embodies unity and the growth of the working class), and while Liberals and Independents alike will undoubtedly come to the incredulous conclusion that President Trump may embody the personification of a true American Fascist, his campaign style, brutish antics and general display of lacking empathy for his opposers must not go unrevered. Donald Trump is a rich man’s best friend, and consistently comes out swinging from all angles at the opposition. Currently he’s systematically showing The USA a glimpse into the world of something far more dangerous than mob rule, and that’s one-party rule.
He is succeeding at this, too.