On a Positive Note

The situation that we Americans find ourselves in is becoming worse. We're finally beginning to see what "fundamental transformation" looks like and it's not attractive. We are starting to see what Winston Churchill called; "the equal distribution of misery." Millions of American have dropped out of the work force and are no longer counted in official "unemployment" numbers. People have just given up looking for work. A new class of Americans is the part time employee. Federal policies have created a situation where many small businesses cannot afford to hire full time employees and aren't. Part time employees now outnumber full time employees in the private sector. Federal regulations and mandates are strangling the life blood of our economy and many small businesses are finding it very difficult to cope and many aren't. Businesses are closing their doors creating more people out of work.

On top of all of this, the welfare ranks have increased and food stamp usage is at an all time high. Add to that the desire by the political class to allow more uneducated, unskilled and non English speaking people into the country, grant those here illegally amnesty and therefore federal "benefits".... It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure what will happen.

When I look ahead, I don't see any way out of this. People have grown too accustomed to government handouts and many are living quite well off of the labor of others. Immigrants and even people who are not citizens can enjoy a work free life and become obese in the process.

My generation is to blame for this. We are the ones who voted for an ever increasing federal state and now the 13 richest counties in the nation are in the DC Metro area. We truly have an imperial city sucking the life out of every city and hamlet in what used to be the greatest nation on earth. With each new regulation and new law our freedoms are being taken away, or disregarded. We, the people who were the envy of the world because of our freedom, are bequeathing to our children a nation that will be nothing more than a lifeless bureaucratic state filled with people who have dreams, but will not be able to realize them because their freedom to do so has been jettisoned for "security"; however those in power will define that. The "Baby Boomers", the children of those who defeated fascism have embraced a kind of soft fascism. Soft for now, of course.

Up until a few weeks ago I had hope that we would be able to turn this around, but there appears to be no desire to fight by those in the political realm. Oh, there are a handful, but party politics and those who guard their own power, have squelched their voices and are now at war with the principles that they once espoused. Power will do that, you know. Power will change your outlook and will cause you to leave your principles and values behind, but that's another story for another day.

I have no hope that a political solution will ever happen. Once the new "healthcare" law is implemented, it's over. There will be even more reliance on government for everyday needs There will be too much power in the hands of the federal government. Too much personal information about individuals and the state will also have the power to deny care to whomever it desires. We have reached the Rubicon and we are crossing it as I write.

The hope of the American ideal rests now where it always has; with the people. Washington D.C. has become too corrupt and insulated to care and why should they? We have proven over and over with our ballots that we don't care either. Perhaps the American ideal is over. Dead by self inflicted wounds.