Why can't we all get along - Part 2

 Let's quickly take a look at the "expert assumption" the with 30% of votes voting for the liberal winner, in the last Presidential election, 27% voting for the "moderate" candidate and 43% staying home. The "majority", according to the experts, are moderate in their political views. But the majority was the group that stayed home. The fact is they were not drawn to the liberal candidate or the moderate candidate.

Many of us can remember history class in school. In the films we watched, they told of the way the country pulled together after Pearl Harbor. It was certainly a remarkable time. It was really the last time we were in a war, that there was a clear possibility of being defeated. September 11, 2001 brought us back to those days, as people turned on their televisions to see commercial airliners slamming into our most well known buildings, on American soil. At Pearl Harbor, we knew who attached us because their planes were clearly identified. A declaration of war immediately followed. With the development of atomic and nuclear weapons, came a deterrent to overt acts of war. Now in a post 911 world, the possibility of nations of the world being toppled by rogue ideologies, clearly exist.

You may be asking, "what does this have to do with getting along?" Again, only everything!

The answer, because we all don't want the same things! Let us look at our differences. Basically, there have only been two broad types of governments since the world began, individualism and statism. The only type of government structure that fits under individualism is capitalism. Other types would fall under statism, including socialism, communism, fascism, monarchies and other dictatorships. The US form of government was formed as a capitalist system which is based on free enterprise.That is, capitalism with courts that enforce contracts and minimal government regulation, the free enterprise system that made America a great economic power.

Some of our current leaders, say that those days are behind us. That we must accept an America that is no longer the worlds leading economic and military power. How did we get here? We were all trying to get along!

The truth is we can't all get along, if we want a system of government which is based on free enterprise and all the economic advantages it brings. Our current leaders, may be right if we all keep trying to get along! What do I mean? There are two broad types of government, individualism and statism. The United States of America from 1776 to the late 1800s, was clearly in the category of individualism. Then we took a turn, trying to infuse this great experiment in individualism, with a little socialism. Our experiment has given us a progressive income tax (1914), a huge federal government and trillions in debt. Over 100 years of compromise has only brought us here. This is not a republican vs democrat or conservative vs liberal struggle. It is individual rights (individualism) vs government control (statism) fight. We must shrink government, remove most of the regulations, elect representatives that value individualism, cut expenditures and balance much smaller budgets. Most importantly, we who believe in individual rights must act now or this great nation will cease to be the land of the free. Long live our representative republic and God bless America!

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Look for "Why can't we all get along?" Part 3 - Let's talk about STATISM, the elephant in the room!