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Is It Time for a New Direction?

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If Americans are not doing some serious soul-searching in the midst of this crisis, they need to start. Where America goes from here is not some sort of esoteric debate. What we do at this point has life or death consequences. Get it wrong, and suffer more death, suffering, and impoverishment. Get it right, and America moves toward life, health, liberty, peace, prosperity, and harmony. What everyone needs to recognize is that they are facing a choice of systems, not a choice of people. Either stick with the same systems or switch over to new systems. That’s the choice now facing the American people. Let’s examine four systems under which we currently live and have lived for decades. America’s economic system This is a centrally planned and centrally managed system run by the federal government. Its central aim is to “wage war on poverty” by forcibly taking money from everyone and redistributing it ...

Those Dastardly Russians!

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Those dastardly Russians! They are at it again! What are they up to now? They are shipping medical supplies to the United States to help America deal with the Coronavirus crisis! What could be worse than that? Imagine: Trying to befriend us again. Who do they think they are? Those Russkies must think that we are the dumbest people in the world. We know what they are up to. They are just trying to lull us into thinking that they are our friends and then they are going to sneak into the United States, take over the federal government, restore the Cold War conspiracy to spread communism around the world, and convert America into a 100 percent Red nation. We know who those Russkies are. They are our “opponents,” our “rivals,” our “adversaries,” and our “enemies.” At least that’s what U.S. ...

Reform versus Liberty

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Americans alive today have grown up in what libertarians term a welfare-warfare state. It is a system in which the primary purpose of the federal government is to take care of people and keep them safe and secure. This type of governmental system is also sometimes referred to as a paternalistic state, given that the federal government essentially plays the role of a parent in relation to his children. In a welfare state, the government forcibly takes money from people to whom it belongs and gives it to people to whom it does not belong. The idea is that when the government takes money from people who have it and gives it to those who need it, it reflects how good, caring, and compassionate people are in society. This forcible seizure and redistribution of wealth is a variant of socialism. The crown jewels of American socialism are Social Security and Medicare. But there are countless other programs in which the government ...