The purpose of any country should be to improve the quality of life of the citizens living in that country. The United States has done that more successfully than any other country in the world. But that success is endangered, as it always is, by radical, extreme, far left, violent, insane Dems, and that is the mainstream Dem party now, no one can contest that. The Wall Street Journal has an outstanding editorial on July 3rd listing the main dangers to sustaining American success. The editorial may be paywalled but I think not, it is here, and hopefully you can find a way to read it. (WSJ Editorial)
As the editorial says, and I think these threats were listed in pretty much the right order, the biggest danger is our public school system, which is not educating children and is indoctrinating them in that far left ideology. The monolithic whacked ideology of the universities in this country, which have succeeded in corrupting every institution in the country. The extreme divisiveness in today’s politics, which the WSJ fails to note is often driven by foreign actors. The absurd state of our public welfare programs, which include Medicare and Social Security. Failure to rein those in will doom the country to financial turpitude.
Ronald Reagan, our last great President, said it best, each generation of Americans has to keep the country in good shape and protect its ideals, and then hope the next generation does the same. Well the youngest generation right now looks like a bunch of idiots.
Brief and to the point, it’s rather like Thelma and Louise, but writ much larger, and yes, gravity prevails-Hapless campers to the very last.
As a 74 year old I take exception to you placing Medicare and Social Security under welfare programs. I call them entitlement programs since I started paying into these programs since I was 16 years old. Ironically because I work part-time I only received 11 months of Social Security last year since the amount that was deducted.from my pay was equivalent to approximately one month of my Social Security payment. As for Medicare the deductions resulted in an extra payment for the year.
Do both these programs need changes to remain viable? Of course they do. But they are not welfare programs but programs that seniors earned.
Technically, they are welfare programs as explained here: https://www.justfactsdaily.com/in-fact/n0000856
not welfare in the same way as programs like Medicaid or food stamps, which basically require no contributions from recipients. We all pretty much have made significant contributions to the program, just not enough to cover the benefits we receive.
As a 74 year old I take exception to Social Security and Medicare being included as welfare. I’ve paid into these programs since I was 16 years old and am entitled to now participate in both programs.
Ironically, since I work part-time in essence last year only received 11 months of Social Security payments because the deductions were approximately to my monthly payments. For Medicare, the deductions were almost equivalent to an extra month of payment.
Does there need to be changes in both programs, of course. But are they welfare programs? Definitely no.
The US needs the new Un-American Activities Committee.