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If you are or have ever been Democrat in your beliefs I pity you, for you are the ones who don't and won't ever see it coming.
When the Democrats in office have finally gotten what they have wanted, and have dismantled our country law by law and inch by inch, you will continue to support them, taking everything away that makes America great like greedy children and you still won't see it coming.
The Bill of Rights (BoRs) are non-amendable. They are unable to be changed, because they were determined to be God given, natural rights, not some arbitrary thing written down so someone can come by with an eraser and start editing them. Everyone of them is there on that parchment to limit government, not to allow them to do as they will. These are not suggestions, they are direct orders by the People, for the People and of the People of the United States.
It would be like saying the 10 Commandments are nothing but suggestions. There lies the problem, the People have strayed too far from the bells of Liberty so that they no longer hear them ringing. They are being led like cattle to the slaughter, and gladly go. Do you think that the Jewish People and others in Europe ever thought they were being systematically eradicated when it was staring them in the face?
We like to believe our leaders have our best interest in heart, but do they? Ask yourself this and really think about it - do you want unfettered immigration to carry on? Do you want unfettered taxing? Irresponsible spending?
Every law they are enact is like a big eraser on the BoRs. When you do that, you destroy the foundation of a beautiful, well thought out type of governance that our forefathers gave us, the first time in the history of mankind that we know of. We had a choice and chose this. As Benjamin Franklin said, "We gave you a Republic, if you can hold on to it.”
Please, let us hold on to it.
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We like to believe our leaders have our best interest in heart, but do they? Well thats another story hete in Holland i dont believe so
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. While I believe in free market economics, big business and the wealthy have done everything possible to distort the market against workers and in favor of themselves. Both parties are to blame for this, but the Republicans have been far worse than the democrats. For instance, the science on climate change is now very solid. The adverse effects are possibly worse than even the worst predictions of scientists, yet the Republicans are still denying climate change because they want to put profit over people. We just saw them pass a huge corporate tax cut, with a temporary tax cut for individuals. Talk about freedom and rights? Why not give a tax cut to individuals so that it will trickle up to businesses? Why not support unions so that workers can fight back against the abuse of large companies.
Immigration has been decreasing for some time. Most of the people at our border are following our laws and requesting asylum. And note that also by our own laws they cannot apply at a US Embassy. My own take here is to start jailing and fining business owners who employee illegal immigrants, then carefully change immigration law to make a legal path easier where we need workers. But businesses should first raise wages and benefits. Big construction and ag businesses are complaining because American's don't want to work at the rates they are paying. Well, I say let them raise those rates--eventually at $30 or $40 an hour, plus health care, American's will accept the jobs. Yes, housing and food will go up, but if we want Americans to make a living wage, that will have to happen. Besides, businesses can and should cut their profits to pay workers more.
I work in healthcare. It is not and will never be a free market, because it does not meet the conditions required for a free market. Things like lack of information asymmetry and prices being set by a willing buyer and a willing seller. The entire point of businesses is to sell more, but in healthcare you really only want what you need. The truth is that it is inhumane to not have universal healthcare. That does not mean government run healthcare, but it does mean largely single payer, just like social security and medicare. The only positive changes I've seen in healthcare over the last several decades have been in response to pay for performance initiatives. Republicans, of course, don't want this, but it is not clear what their plan is, because they have no plan. The only plan I see from them is this: If you not wealthy, don't get sick. From an economic perspective we know that the US pays 50% more per capita than the most expensive developed country that has universal healthcare. In addition, most of our health outcomes are worse than those countries.
So no, democrats are not destroying the republic. Republicans are already doing that for the vast majority of us. Sadly, they are doing it for our children as well. It is our children and grandchildren who will face the worst of climate change and the growing inequality. I wonder what they will think of their grandparents and grandmothers who were too shortsighted, or perhaps brainwashed by Fox news, to actually spend the time logically understanding the implications of what they were voting for.
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I agree with many of your points, as well as many of the points of the OP. I'd like to suggest that the biggest issue is the division, the name calling, and the blaming on both sides of the aisle.
To me, it's not a matter of Democrats VS Republicans. That is a strategy designed to ensure that We the People do not work together to reach mutual goals. At the end of the day, we all want the same basic things. We differ on the best way to achieve those things. I would love to see political discussions drop the labels and focus solely on the issues.
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We do need more discussion and less finger pointing, but sometimes it's hard not to, especially when people become irate and rational conversation flies out of the window (myself included). Also, my political leaning is more libertarian than either Republican or Democrat, although I am in no way a supporter of open borders, even heaven has a gate and a gatekeeper.
I wrote this post mostly because I live in a state with one of the lowest crime rates, as well as some of the best 2nd Amendment laws. As soon as the Democrats took control of our HoR's and Senate, the first thing they attacked was our gun laws. They are pushing at least 8 new laws, while also proposing one billion dollars in increased taxes.
So, I would have to say there are very few things that I would agree with that the DNC has in mind for this state and country. But I do agree with what you're saying @mattifer that We The People need to discuss these issues and find ways to resolve them.
I've found that most of the time it boils down to semantics. People are often meaning very similar things, but saying very different things. Even on the issue of gun control. Ignorance is key here - individuals don't know as much as they think they do about how our system works regarding access to guns. Through education, you'll often find that individuals (specifically not parties) will change large parts of their anti- gun stance once you've gotten through all the rhetoric and misinformation.
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Great post @jamesyork
Misdirection here and smokescreen there and the bullsh*t continues. This is red pill blue pill stuff my friend and I'm glad you have your eyes open.
Keep fighting the good fight.
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I live in Venezuela mate! The Dems want to make your country just like mine. Don't allow it! Socialism is a cancer!
Welcome to Steemit @jamesyork. You have certainly opened a can of worms! Many of the issues you raise are legitimate concerns - not just in the US, but in many countries in the world. I think the parallel rise in populism with, at the other end of the spectrum, the shift towards the right, are both very scary and destructive.
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The Re٠thug٠licans are just as complicit as the Demo٠craps have been — if not more so — in ruining this country. Both parties are simply different sides of a coin that is flipped periodically to determine who is the winner of more greed, control, and power at the expense of the American people.
This country is now run largely by the banks and corporations, anyway. The politicians we supposedly "elect"(the Electoral College is a farce, itself) are mere puppets in the scheme.
James, welcome to Steemit. I'm glad you finally made it. On you point, it's not all the Dems fault. Both parties defy liberty. They want government to secure their own liberty while curtailing the liberties of everyone else. It can't happen that way. Some things are negotiable, and ought to be. The Bill of Rights, nor the Constitution, is a perfect document. If they were, there'd be no debate on most of the issues. The Constitution's one big flaw is that it doesn't provide for revision very adequately. The amendment process is slow and arduous while the parts that are intended to be static have almost lost any relevance. No one living today is a signatory to the document, which means there is no true governance by consent. In many ways, the two-party system itself is a huge contributor to the problem.
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