Comeback America…part 4
“What The Past Tell Us”.
Redwood City, CA: Current history demonstrates how a “Super Power” like USA can fall. You don’t have to look any further than 1985 when Mikail Gorbachev came to power of the USSR. Gorbachev campaigned on the platform “reenergize of the socialist empire”. You know what happen 7 years later…the wall came down and so did the USSR as we had know it.
Like the USSR, American needs to “remember, without a strong economy, a nation’s international standing, standard of living, national security, and even domestic tranquility will suffer over time. It would be a good thing to learn from the Russians on this one.
One great thing about Americans is we are resilient! If we return to the principals and the values that made us a great nation we will be fine. We need to become once again…strong, smart, and flexible enough to keep our predominance in the world.
Americans need to accept and subscribe to the two notions stated by Thomas Jefferson. We need to support our government programs that really address our core aims as stated in the Preamble of our Constitution. These core aims help and are good for us. Secondly, we need to get rid of government programs that are ineffectual and/or contrary to our national goals! By doing so we will be allowed to allocate resources, (people, money, time), to targeted programs that will better serve all Americans.
Americans needs to be realist about how we spend our money. Can we afford this program or not? Can we sustain it over a long period of time? Some programs may be great in theory; however, if you can’t answer yes to the 2 aforementioned questions then the program should be shelved until which time a double yes can be answered.
Once again, as Thomas Jefferson said, “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debt as it goes.” It’s time now for Washington to start making touch choices and showing some tough love towards our economy!
There have been many countries throughout their history who have survived great obstacles and turmoil. Just look at Germany and Japan post WWII. More recently look at China and how it has gotten past its “stagnation, foreign interference, and social experimentation to reclaim their place on the global stage today”.
“No republic in history has shown more resiliency and adaptability than the United States of America.” We have the know-how and the strength to maintain a great standing in the World. What it will take though is behavioral modification on the part of Washington and Americans. We all need to wake up and smell the roses! Currently, our American rose stinks economically. And we need to all agree it stinks and we collectively need to do something about it. We need to move in a direction to implement the necessary step to make our American rose’s aroma to once again be admired, respected and remembered by all. Wouldn’t that smell nice?
Here is something you may want to look at and help yourself become part of the solution. Federal Financial Irresponsibility Index: