BEYOND SOFT SOCIALISM.

In the beginning there was a Great Depression of terrible unemployment, hunger, poor housing and a depressed stock market. Then, along came President Franklin Roosevelt. His plan for economic recovery included a patchwork of programs infused with government money and managed by federal bureaucrats. Social Security and all the alphabet agencies of the time steadied the nation's economy until World War II came along.

Roosevelt introduced a soft version of socialism where government involvement in the free market created a spark which saved families and businesses from total collapse. It filled the awful years between our national depression and global war which necessarily and enormously ratcheted up the economy. The FDR programs from the 1930's, in the long view of history, were probably a good thing. In a way, Roosevelt delivered a new, fair and square deal to Americans. The idea of economic equality inspired a generation of idealists seeking a utopia in an imperfect world.

Beyond Roosevelt, many well meaning people began to believe the federal government should  control the economy and citizens beyond the limits of the Constitution. In the last eighty years we have seen Washington politicians establish legislation and programs which interfere with the rights of citizens and the normal ebb and flow of a free market. Slowly, our reality has become an awareness that federal law makers think they know what's best and the views of the people are mere obstacles to the greater good.

Massive government programs to provide universal health care, dictate wages, standards of education, assistance to the poor, full rights for illegal aliens, and slavish regulations to save us from the hoax of climate disaster have increased our taxes and dampened economic growth. The LBJ War on Poverty, at a cost of trillions, failed miserably. All the huffing and puffing by the federal education lobby, over the generations, has driven down the scores of our students. The government overlords of our transportation and commerce systems have given us a crumbling infrastructure and third rate system of rail and air transportation. The FBI, Pentagon and CIA have become hot beds of political intrigue and mischief. The federal plans to end gun violence, drug addiction and pollution fail on a regular basis.

The boatload of impossible promises made by political candidates to sucker more votes has become an annual clown show every political season. Bernie, Liz, Joe and other assorted progressives are current champions at promising everybody anything they desire. However, politicos seeking high office have only two core concerns; getting elected and getting re elected. Until they've scammed a fortune from the lobbyists and assorted crooks in the DC swamp, their constituents are only good for their votes. Most of our elected representatives are mired in a state of inertia and are deaf to the real concerns of the nation.

Socialism is a theory which advocates state ownership and control of the means of production, distribution and exchange. America is guilty of a soft version of socialism where certain goods and services are fully or partially controlled by the government. Unfortunately, a few popular political fools and millions of their ignorant supporters advocate a more dominant roll for the government in who gets what services and goods and how much they get. Current presidential candidates demand the ultra wealthy, who provide the capital to support jobs and products, be punished by confiscatory taxes. Others advocate mandatory government run health care. Has anyone experienced a VA hospital lately?

Anyone with a knowledge of history should know the failures of the USSR, Germany, China and other states during their spasms of toliet paper, underwear, potato and controlled rationing schemes. Spending just a week in Cuba or Venezuela with their poorly lit streets, hunger, crumbling infrastructure, and lack of consumer goods should be a required field trip for any serious US socialist advocate. There is a Grand Canyon void between the idealistic dream and reality of practiced socialism. Every progressive candidate enjoys the treasures of capitalism while advocating their new version of a cruel economic system. A system which has denied millions worldwide of their lives, liberty and earthly happiness.

The charlatans of deceit backed by their hideously lying media pals will shout from the roof tops how government control is the new wave of a great future for America. Reject their bullshit and never ever allow our soft layers of socialism to harden into what history has proven to be fools gold.

          

WILL THE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT/PERSECUTION SHUFFLE and JIVE EVER END ?

Since Hillary Clinton got trounced by Trump in 2016, Democrats and political establishment types have toiled 24/7 to undo the election. Investigation after investigation coupled with jazzed up charges of wrong doing have polluted the newspapers and airways. News objectivity and real journalism have died in a relentless fervor of "gotcha" politics. Nothing impeachable about Trump has been uncovered.

In his first term Trump electrified the economy, claimed leadership of the worlds greatest nation, challenged our allies and enemies alike, passionately protected our southern border, and revived the " American Exceptionalism" of the Reagan era. However, democrats and the political establishment of never Trumpers will pursue the President until his final day in office.

The impeachment shuffle and jive by the left has been a fraud, but more importantly a net loss for all citizens. Legislation to increase military spending, improve infrastructure, protect our southern border, streamline and improve health care, ratify trade agreements with Mexico, Canada, Britain, China and others, and tax law improvements have been delayed or cancelled because of a blue House of Representatives. This Congressional inertia is because Democrats are in league with most of the main stream media and devote most of their energy and resources to the political lynching of Donald Trump.

Reasonable Americans of all political flavors are weary of the impeachment shuffle & jive. They are not ignorant or unappreciative of Trump's energy, passion and record of accomplishments. The shallowness of democratic leaders bellowing false charge after false charge against the president rather than getting the peoples work done in Congress is clear. To appease the most radical and loud voices on the far left, the traditional democratic party has been replaced by vicious and selfish politicians bent on destroying one man rather than furthering the best interests of the people.

A fair recording of today's events will come in future decades when current passions and partisanships have melted away.  I predict Trump will be vindicated and judged one of our boldest and most productive presidents. In the meantime, wear your MAGA/KAG caps, argue for the president, send a few bucks to his campaign, and vote down the political demagouges of doom and gloom who falsely accuse him.

Unfortunately and in my opinion, as long as Donald Trump breathes air as president there will be attempts to remove him from office by his persistent enemies on the political and media left.

Avoid the impeachment shuffle and jive - support President Donald J. Trump.

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