Back to Basics

Suppose we have two groups. Group A believes that women are human beings, just like men are, and that they should be equal partners in their society. Group B believes that women were created by the devil to tempt men,  that they have no human rights, and that they must be used to have as many children as possible. If Group A and B live in different parts of the world, each region will develop in a way that reflects their different ways of life.

Group A will have highly productive workforces and individual freedom, high divorce rates and low birth rates. By contrast Group B will have high birth rates, no divorces, weak productivity and no freedom. Both groups enjoy the consequences of living in tune with their worldviews. For a while. But what happens when Group B begins to move its surplus population into the region of Group A? The higher birth rate enjoyed by Group B will make it more aggressive, particularly since a society that devalues women will also cull baby girls and practice polygamy leading to a surplus of young male. But those same qualities will also help keep it backward, making it much less effective militarily against a modern productive and efficient society. Group B will therefore have a great deal of trouble successfully invading Group A’s territory, unless Group A allows it to happen. That of course is the situation we’re faced with today. There are a number of approaches that would balance the demographic scales between Group A and punish Group B. For example, Group A might refuse to share the advanced medical technology that its society develops with Group B, unless the latter agrees to enact certain reforms that will grant rights to women and help lower the birth rate. If it agrees Group B will have a more stable and less threatening society. If it refuses, its high birth retain will have to compete with a high death rate. However if Group A provides Group B with the benefits of its medical technology, without demanding social reforms as the price– then Group B will pose even more of a threat, because its population boom will continue for ideological, rather than biological reasons, no longer to compensate for a high death rate, but on purely competitive grounds. Group B will begin suffering from a population surplus, which it will try to export into the territory of Group A, by force or immigration, collectively or individually. Group A will now begin experiencing demographic competition on its own soil. If like so many empires throughout history, it sees them as a beneficial form of cheap labor that will help keep its own citizens prosperous by making the cost of goods and services cheaper, it will have eventually doomed itself through demographic suicide. By reaping the benefits of Group A’s social setup, without accommodating itself to those same parameters, Group B is engaging in social parasitism, partaking only of the advantages to themselves, while avoiding their natural consequences.

There is no shortage of disastrous behaviors in Obama’s District of Corruption today, but among the most fatal practices is that of refusing to discuss our many challenges in an open, honest and forthright manner.

One of the most dangerous patterns in American politics today is the practice of allowing political ambitions to drive the facts, instead of allowing the facts to drive policy decisions. Nowhere is that more evident than in the insane discussion concerning very serious global economic conditions and the right medicine for those international ills.

Fact: United States of America remains the most productive, prosperous and generous nation anywhere on earth

Despite seventy years of Democrat efforts to destroy the U.S. free-market economy, the United States of America remains the most productive, prosperous and generous nation anywhere on earth, which is to say economically speaking, we are doing things much better than any other nation and should be leading the international community toward free-market capitalism instead of following Europe into bankruptcy via some version of Marxism or Socialism.

However, Democrats seem quite determined to follow Marxist principles by way of Alinsky Rules, even though nobody in the recent G20 meetings was ready to march along with Obama.

Facts about the U.S. economy

• The U.S. remains by far the largest economy on earth with a $14.5 Trillion GDP
• Americans remain the most productive people on earth with a per capita GDP of $46,400
• We have one of the highest per capita personal incomes in the world at $37,500 (80.8% of PGDP)
• Our federal budget is approximately 25.2% of GDP
• The federal tax rate is 28.2% of GDP – and we are still running red ink well into the future
• And our federal debt will be 97% of GDP by end of 2010, not counting interest or unfunded Obama promises, an increase of 40% since Obama took office less than two years ago

The good news is – Americans are still very productive and prosperous despite the fact that our federal government is suffocating that private sector productivity to death with excessive spending and increasing government intrusion into the free-market.

The bad news is – Obama is not leading anyone towards the principles and values that made America the most powerful nation on earth. Instead, he is leading America toward utter destruction on the pathway of European economics.

So now we must take a close look at how our friends abroad compare to the good ole USA, in economic terms.

The UK Facts

The UK is only a $2.2 trillion economy (1/6th the size of the USA)

• Per capita productivity is $35,200 compared $46,400 in the USA
• Per capita income is $27,650 compared to $37,500 in the USA
• The UK national budget is 51% of GDP compared to 25.2% in the USA
• The UK tax rate is 39% of GDP – compared to 28.2% in the USA
• UK debt is 68.5% of GDP – compared to the USA at 97% of GDP

Canadian Facts

• Canada has only a $1.33 trillion economy – 70% of it exported to the USA
• Per capita productivity is $38,440 compared $46,400 in the USA
• Per capita income is $29,740 compared to $37,500 in the USA
• The national budget is 41.1% of GDP compared to 25.2% in the USA
• The tax rate is 33.4% of GDP – compared to 28.2% in the USA
• Debt is 72.3% of GDP – compared to the USA at 97% of GDP

French Facts

• France has only a $2.66 trillion economy
• Per capita productivity is $32,800 compared $46,400 in the USA
• Per capita income is $27,460 compared to $37,500 in the USA
• The national budget is 54.5% of GDP compared to 25.2% in the USA
• The tax rate is 46.1% of GDP – compared to 28.2% in the USA
• Debt is 79.7% of GDP – compared to the USA at 97% of GDP

How about Greece (with its new junk bond credit rating)

• Greece has only a $342 billion economy
• Per capita productivity is $32,100 compared $46,400 in the USA
• Per capita income is $19,920 compared to $37,500 in the USA
• The national budget is 42.4% of GDP compared to 25.2% in the USA
• The tax rate is 33.5% of GDP – compared to 28.2% in the USA
• Debt is 113.4% of GDP – compared to the USA at 97% of GDP

Are you beginning to see the picture here?

The debates over healthcare reform with regard to senior coverage is very disturbing. It is incomprehensible to even think there is debate over providing medical care based on an age vs. productivity model. To the younger generations who are not concerned about this topic, you just might want to take notice. You too will be the seniors and will be facing the same, if not worse, scenario. What may be of even more concern is that if the government can determine your medical care on this basis what might be next?

One has to acknowledge that as we age we generally require more medical care. That care costs money. However, the seniors you are trying to deprive of care have worked all their lives and have paid into a system that promised to take care of them after they retired. They didn’t have a choice in this system and they paid in, with the government taking more and more of their paycheck every year. They paid so their parents and grandparents would be cared for. They paid so they would receive care. Now their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are turning their backs on them! HOW DARE YOU!

Perhaps they should have been, or should now start being, as selfish as you are. Instead of putting money into a system that wants to now reject them, they should have been putting that money into their own personal medical accounts that could only be used for them. Instead of spending their money in this country so you can keep your jobs, they should be saving all they can so they can go elsewhere to get the medical treatments they need. Many already have the means to do just that, so if the democratic party bill passes you will soon be complaining that the only the “rich” can get care because they can pay for it somewhere else. That may be a true fact, but you wanted it that way!

Who decides what is no longer productive? Is it age alone, the amount or your income, or some other arbitrary meter? My parents are in their 70’s and are still working and contributing to society. In fact, my father has spent the last 3 years overseeing the building of their new church and he did it with NO compensation. Would you be willing to give up 3 years of your life to do charity work without receiving a dime? If he could have been paid he would have earned quite a respectable income for those 3 years.

Although I am currently not employed, I babysit my granddaughter so my daughter and work, that was my choice. Is that not contributing to the income pool? She is allowed to keep her hard-earned income rather than spending it all in daycare expenses. If she has to spend all her paycheck to cover daycare expenses then she drops out of the workforce further reducing the income pool and becomes part of the welfare pool, draining the system even more. I know many grandmothers who are watching grandchildren so their children can either finish school or work.