They say that socialism will solve all our problems and make everyone happy but can’t explain why everyone is moving out of States dominated by socialists like California, New York, and others. People are leaving in droves. Almost 2/3rds of those who are still in Oregon have voted to separate from their State and join Idaho and 2/3rds of those who are still in California have voted to break away from their State and form a new State. Many companies have closed or pulled out of New York, California, and similar States due to high taxes and regulations. Forty five out of fifty three refineries in California have closed and most of the stores and businesses that we hear about closing are in States and cities dominated by socialists. That doesn’t sound like they are happy people.
Posts Tagged ‘Economics’
Politics-AB-AM
My mother used to tell me that the proof is in the pudding while Jesus tells us that you will know them by their fruits. Many things look good but produce bad results and many things don’t look as good but produce good results. God wants what is good for everyone but our personal desire is to benefit me. Socialism promises that everything will be shared equal and that sounds good. But if you have six people and only one pie, no one will get all of it without taking it from the others. It will lead to fighting among the people. However capitalism says that if everyone contributes a pie, we have to give up a little, but everyone gets what they want and there is no fighting. They say that socialism benefits everybody because they get everything free but forget to tell you that you end up paying far more for it in taxes than if you buy it yourself. You just don’t realize you are paying more because it is hidden in taxes and you don’t see the real cost. The joke about the $75 toilet seat is not a joke. The government pays far more for things then if you bought it yourself. When I worked for the Area Agency on Aging, our agency paid a company $56 to mow a lawn when I could have got a company to do it for $15 or $20, but the government wouldn’t pay them because those companies didn’t have a contract with the government. It was so difficult to complete the paperwork for a contract that only very large companies could afford to do it. That is just for the goods and services. That doesn’t include the administrative costs which amount to about $3 for every dollar spent for goods and services.
Politics-AB-AL
God said He placed before us life and death and urged us to choose life. God told Adam and Eve that they could anything in the garden except the fruit from one tree and they would have eternal life. If they ate of that tree, they would die. Satan told Eve she could have that beautiful fruit and it would make her wise and there would not be any bad consequences. We face the same choice today. God has laid before us a plan to give us the best of this world but the powers of this world tell us that we can have the forbidden fruit and be happy without having any bad consequences. Their promises are as much a lie as those Satan told Eve. God’s ways lead to happiness and prosperity while the world’s ways lead to poverty and death. The media tells us that 3% inflation under Trump is bad while 8% inflation under President Biden was good. They also tell us that the economy was good under President Obama and President Biden when companies were laying off workers and moving overseas due to higher taxes and increased regulations and the fact that they spent millions of dollars on social programs to buy votes and funnel millions of dollars to their friends and their campaign funds. On the other hand, they are telling us that the economy is bad under President Trump where tariffs are bringing back jobs, decreased taxes and regulations are allowing businesses to expand, and the war in Iran is to prevent them from detonating atomic bombs in the United States. Like in the Wizard of Oz, you need to look behind the curtain and follow the money.
Senior Citizen issues-L
The media continues to push the idea that Social Security will go broke in 2030 resulting in a drastic cut in Social Security benefits if something isn’t done to instill fear in Senior Citizens. Democrats continue to push their old idea about taxing the rich to solve our money problems when every time they get a tax raise, they go on a spending spree and spent the money before they get it. Currently, there is a cap on taxing income for Social Security. Above the limit, income isn’t taxed. The Democrats propose raising that limit. That sounds reasonable until you do the math. First, the amount gained would be small since few earn over that limit. It would not provide the income needed to erase the deficit between benefits paid out and taxes taken in, let alone cover the raise in benefits that Democrats promise with the tax increase. Second, since benefits are based on a percentage of income, it would result in the rich receiving higher benefits which would result in a temporary surplus until those workers retired when their increased benefits would eat into that surplus. Some have proposed a limit on benefits but that would change Social Security from a savings plan to a welfare plan and that would not sit well with workers. Many workers already view Social Security as a welfare program and see retired people as excess baggage that drains government funds, even though the Seniors paid into the fund with the promise that the funds would be there with interest when they retired. They are not responsible for the fact that Congress betrayed their trust and spent the money on welfare programs so Social Security now has to rely heavily on the money workers pay in.
Senior Citizen issues-K
Lawmakers passed the Social Security Fairness Act just before Christmas 2025 while people aren’t noticing. This allows government union workers and their spouses to enjoy two full pensions if they worked at non-government jobs along with government jobs and earned enough credits. Formerly their Social Security was reduced by what they received in their government pension. It only benefits a small number of Seniors but will greatly increase the burden on the Social Security fund with no funding to cover the increased costs. The vast number of Seniors will receive no benefit and will face reduced Social Security earlier due to Social Security running low on funds sooner. It shows that the Democrats have total disregard for Seniors when it offers government workers facing retirement a huge windfall to buy union votes in upcoming elections. Democrats have always worked to benefit unions but have seen dropping support from police unions as they demonize police and from manufacturing unions as they push the switch from gas powered to electric vehicles which require less workers to manufacture and push importing manufactured goods from China and oil from the Mid-East which costs American jobs.
Economics-III-J-J
The media also gives a false impression of the economy. During the terms of President Obama and President Biden, they reported jobs gained but not jobs lost. That gave the impression of increasing employment. For instance, when President Biden took office, he laid off all the Census workers and hired new ones. They promoted the number of new hires but failed to mention that they were replacing existing workers so there was no job gain. They also failed to mention that they were Census workers and the positions would have been filled even if the economy collapsed and government workers were the only ones working. It also varies by State and the media highlights losses but doesn’t tell people they are in liberal States. President Trump has lowered taxes and reduced costly government regulations which has enabled businesses to expand and stimulated the economy however, liberal States have continued to maintain their own high taxes and government regulations so businesses are fleeing those States to conservative States where taxes are lower and there are fewer government regulations. The media tells people how many jobs are lost when businesses close but does not tell people that those jobs are not lost but simply moved to other States. Stores are also closing in liberal States due to high theft due to lax law enforcement and high wages required by higher minimum wage requirements and inflation in those States. That is not due to President Trump’s policies but to policies in liberal States.
Economics-III-J-I
Many people are turning against President Trump because of the problems with inflation but fail to realize how complex the economy is. You can’t fix it with a simple change of policy. President Biden set Trump up with massive expenditures after he lost the election which fueled even more inflation which kicked in as President Trump took office. While Trumps tariffs did cause some increase in prices, they were necessary to force other countries to remove their tariffs. The US has allowed foreign goods in free while other countries have tariffs to protect their industry preventing them from buying American goods which destroyed American manufacturing and has created a massive trade deficit for years. We have been spoiled on cheap foreign goods but they have come at the expense of American jobs. American’s demand for higher wages have made it difficult to compete with cheaper foreign goods. It will take a while to rebuild America’s manufacturing. Some companies are hesitant to expand because they will face a return to higher taxes, renewed inflation, and more government regulations, if liberals return to power in 2028.
Economics-C-G
Welfare has hurt African Americans more than Whites because it was very difficult for males to get work that paid a living wage and a higher percentage of African-Americans families are single parent families, so a higher percentage of them have had to depend on it. Slavery destroyed families and men did not have to support a family. Jim Crow laws prevented Black men from getting work and an education so mothers had to support the family. Welfare continued to disrupt the families by keeping men out of the home. Since desegregation, some Black men have taken responsibility to better themselves and have worked to build strong families but most grew up without a father in the home and few have any role models to guide them. They have been helped as they have been able to get an education and get better jobs which has enabled them to move out of the slums and see White families that are functioning well but they are struggling to overcome two hundred years of broken families.
Economics-C-F
Many of our major cities have been controlled by those who push welfare as a way of controlling the people. While they claim to be helping people, they create serious problems that create frustration and anger. Until recent welfare reform, welfare made people dependent and discouraged recipients from developing their abilities to help themselves. In addition, welfare required that the husband leave the family before they could get welfare unless he was disabled, which tore families apart. While welfare reform now puts limits on how long people can be on welfare and tries to encourage self-support, it has had to overcome three generations of families dependent on welfare. Many welfare recipients have never known anyone in their family who supported themselves and wasn’t on welfare. It is hard to overcome that.
Economics-C-E
Democrats have shown a continuing trend to push socialist control through welfare programs. They started during the depression and have continually worked to expand the number of people dependent on the government for support by expanding the number of government workers and benefit recipients dependent on the programs. They tell them to vote Democrat or the Republicans will cut the programs. The initial programs created jobs and did a lot of good by paying people to work so they had money to buy goods and services which also helped the businesses. However Democrats quickly expanded them and began paying the people directly rather than providing jobs. While they required the person to look for work, they discouraged them from working because they could make more on welfare. The housing crisis of 2008 was created by President Clinton when he forced banks and loan companies to take on loans to people without clear ability to repay them. It led to mass defaults in repaying loans which led to bank failures. During the housing crisis, President Obama loaned money to banks and companies and placed them under government control until the loans were repaid so they had control of the companies as well as having control over those on welfare. They did the same with the auto makers. By giving the money to the companies, the workers were paid but didn’t have any work because the people weren’t able to buy cars. If they had given vouchers to the people to buy cars the workers would have had work and still get paid, without government takeover of the car companies. President Trump worked to get people back to work and saw record low unemployment right up to the outbreak of the epidemic.