E-Newsletter No. 107 November 2022
Our Editorial Board believes the answer to this question is a hopeful (but qualified) “Yes.” Former President Barack Obama’s stated goal was to use the power of the federal government to fundamentally transform our country. Conservatives never bought in to that idea, as it conveyed a message that America was fundamentally flawed and needed to be fixed by the federal government (instead of by families, churches, charities, and other civil society groups). In the years since, the “progressive” Left has continued to pursue its ambitious agenda to fundamentally transform our country.
Here are some of the Left’s ideas that are still being pursued: H.R. 1, which calls for the federalization of our elections, Puerto Rico and /or Washington DC statehood, expanding and then packing the Supreme Court, eliminating the Electoral College, eliminating the Senate filibuster, Medicare for All, paying a “Universal Basic Income,” etc.
John F. Kennedy once said, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” It seems like the Democrats’ new ideology is “What can we give you for free?”
As we discussed last month, the growing divide is being driven by the progressive Left who prefer Big Government, collectivism and socialism versus Conservatives who want to conserve the best of the past and who prefer individualism, personal responsibility, Liberty and Freedom.
Our Editorial Board is hopeful that in this month’s elections, our country’s citizens will return to our roots and re-embrace the founding principles that are listed on our currency and coins: E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one), Liberty, and In God We Trust. If we resoundingly reject the Marxist tactic of creating divisiveness and then pitting the resulting “special interest groups” against each other, then E Pluribus Unum may yet again prevail, and the growing divide will diminish.
US Debt Clock – – October 1st – $92,800 per citizen / November 1st – $93,750