Have you ever seen an incredible talent who is destroying himself? An Elvis Presley, a Jimi Hendrix, a John Belushi? A Marilyn Monroe, a Prince, an Amy Winehouse? What do you think when you look at someone who’s rich, famous, gifted and has the world at his fingertips after he just throws it all away?
Well, America is in the same situation. We’re the greatest nation that has ever existed. We saved the world three times; we’ve helped hundreds of millions of people become free; we put a man on the moon and we stand alone with the world’s strongest economy to go along with the world’s best military.
Yet that great military? It’s so overburdened with restrictive rules of engagement, meddling politicians and lawyers making decisions about whom soldiers in the field can kill that our troops go into every fight with one hand tied behind their backs. Despite our military superiority, could we turn the tide in another fight like WWII or would we be too tangled up in red tape to get the job done? It’s an open question.
Furthermore, the world’s best economy? It’s not what it once was. Over the last ten years, our economy has grown at the slowest rate since the Great Depression. Our labor force participation rate is at a paltry 62.8%, which is a 38 year low. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is printing money like it’s going out of style while our country can no longer function without enormous amounts of borrowed money that we never intend to pay back. What can’t go on, won’t – and America can’t afford to continue borrowing money like this. Eventually, the interest rates of the money we’re borrowing are going to skyrocket and we’ll soon get to the point where we can’t afford to pay for Medicare and Social Security. It would be surprising if we hit that point at any time within the next 20 years.CARTOONS | STEVE BREEN
VIEW CARTOON Meanwhile, teachers’ unions have destroyed our public school system. In places like Detroit where liberals hold total sway, 93% of students are not proficient in reading and 96% are not proficient in math. The public school systems are failing so many of these kids, taking away their bright futures and leaving them with ashes. Furthermore, the kids who do make it to college are taught by communists, terrorists like Bill Ayers, and other degenerates. They’re taught that capitalism, the system responsible for building the greatest economy the world has ever seen, is terrible while socialism which produced nightmares like Cuba, North Korea and the Soviet Union is “nice” and “fair” and “best for everyone.” While this is happening, these kids are being turned into pathetic milksops. They’re taught about “microaggressions” and “safe spaces” and are told they need written consent to have sex, something human beings have been managing without paperwork since time began.
Well, America is in the same situation. We’re the greatest nation that has ever existed. We saved the world three times; we’ve helped hundreds of millions of people become free; we put a man on the moon and we stand alone with the world’s strongest economy to go along with the world’s best military.
Yet that great military? It’s so overburdened with restrictive rules of engagement, meddling politicians and lawyers making decisions about whom soldiers in the field can kill that our troops go into every fight with one hand tied behind their backs. Despite our military superiority, could we turn the tide in another fight like WWII or would we be too tangled up in red tape to get the job done? It’s an open question.
Furthermore, the world’s best economy? It’s not what it once was. Over the last ten years, our economy has grown at the slowest rate since the Great Depression. Our labor force participation rate is at a paltry 62.8%, which is a 38 year low. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is printing money like it’s going out of style while our country can no longer function without enormous amounts of borrowed money that we never intend to pay back. What can’t go on, won’t – and America can’t afford to continue borrowing money like this. Eventually, the interest rates of the money we’re borrowing are going to skyrocket and we’ll soon get to the point where we can’t afford to pay for Medicare and Social Security. It would be surprising if we hit that point at any time within the next 20 years.CARTOONS | STEVE BREEN
VIEW CARTOON Meanwhile, teachers’ unions have destroyed our public school system. In places like Detroit where liberals hold total sway, 93% of students are not proficient in reading and 96% are not proficient in math. The public school systems are failing so many of these kids, taking away their bright futures and leaving them with ashes. Furthermore, the kids who do make it to college are taught by communists, terrorists like Bill Ayers, and other degenerates. They’re taught that capitalism, the system responsible for building the greatest economy the world has ever seen, is terrible while socialism which produced nightmares like Cuba, North Korea and the Soviet Union is “nice” and “fair” and “best for everyone.” While this is happening, these kids are being turned into pathetic milksops. They’re taught about “microaggressions” and “safe spaces” and are told they need written consent to have sex, something human beings have been managing without paperwork since time began.
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