Alexis de Tocqueville famously wrote that if America were to lose its freedom, it would not be through violent foreign conquest, but rather through the “soft despotism” of innumerable governmental mandates and prohibitions, gradually whittling away at liberty and lulling the people into a sense of dependence upon the state.

It’s way past time to wake up America!

• Forced the ponzi scheme called social security on the country – now broke
• Forced medicaid on the states – now unsustainable.
• Forced medicare on us.  Caused them to go broke.
• “Manages” the post office – never broke even.
• Created Amtrak – also never broke even.

Now wants to force government run health care/insurance on us?

1. “We can’t drill our way out of the problem” – Well no, not any more! If we had drilled in ANWR and the OCS some time ago then we would be fine. But we also can’t NOT drill. It would be the epitomy of stupidity to sit on 1.5 trillion barrels of oil and not go after it.
2. “Even if we did drill now we would not see the oil for 7-10 years.” – If we had drilled 10 years ago when Clinton vetoed the bill to go after ANWR we would have it NOW! The most pessimistic estimates put the oil in the market at 5 years, 3 years is more likely.
3. “If we invest in alternative/renewable energy, it will reduce our need.” – Time to market for those technologies is 5-7 years at it’s most optimistic, then the infrastructure has to be built, and people have to buy them. And if they don’t buy them, no infrastructure. doesn’t sound like that plan will help now, or later.

What happened to personal responsibility? How is it I’m going to end up paying for someone else’s bad judgments? Both the lenders and the borrowers made bad decisions to enter the contract in the first place. But it’s a CONTRACT! So, buck up and pay for your own mistakes. You should have thought about some long term things before you signed on the line.

I shouldn’t have to pay for your mistakes, YOU SHOULD!

1. Illegal immigration violates our nations sovereignty
2. U.S. Companies are dependent on the cheap labor that they provide.
3. The minimum wage is causing unemployment for U.S. Citizens.

Here’s the solution: Eliminate the minimum wage!

Aside from the fact that the minimum wage is unconstitutional by way of interfering in the freedom of contract between employee and employer, it has the effect of keeping an entire segment of the domestic population under the entitlement system sapping it of the strength realized by personal accomplishment.

Because the minimum wage sets an artificial floor on the minimum value of an hours worth of work regardless of the type companies are forced into a choice. Pay fewer workers, get less done, make less profits, and essentially endure a slow death. Or they could get cheap labor in the form of illegal immigrants which aren’t on the payroll, therefore the companies don’t have to pay income, social security, or medicare tax (an immediate savings to the company). These workers also get paid less so the company can hire more for the same effective cost. This raises productivity and increases profits at the same time. The risk of getting fined for illegally employing these criminal foreign nationals is low because the government is not willing to enforce the laws it passes.

Eliminating the minimum wage allows freedom of contract for both the employer and employee. It also frees the company from the potential, how ever low, of getting fined and losing its workforce. Finally it allows the current pool of under-educated/low-skilled labor to compete for jobs at the same rate as the aforementioned foreign nationals. This will have the affect of lifting those individuals out of the current poverty that they are in, and positively affect society as a whole.