As my retirement years approach I have become very concerned. Many years ago I did my financial planning with the thought that Social Security will be a thing of the past when I retire. With those intentions I proceeded to plan as if there will never be a Social Security Check in my mail.
The current numbers are beginning to prove that for many reasons.
1. High unemployment which simply means that a great and growing number of people are not contributing to the Social Security System.
2. Significantly lower wages which again translates into less money being contributed to the Social Security System.
3. A rapidly growing number of Illegal Immigrants that are working but because of their status of living an illegal lifestyle they tend to live in a “Cash Society” were taxes are not taken from their pay. Rather they are paid in cash at the end of the day or week.
4. We have Barack Obama as president that is very, very anti business and has no desire to give anyone any incentive to become successful. Being financially successful allows an individual to earn a significant amount of money for a head of a household to be able to keep a house and support their family without relying on the government for help with government entitlement programs.
5. After having conversations with my personal physician, He has indicated that soon he will not take on any more Medicare patients as the government does not pay enough or sometimes not at all for services rendered to senior citizens. This means that I will probably have to stay on private insurance through my senior years to get good healthcare.
So next question is how can this problem be corrected?
I believe that we as a nation should strive to return this nation to a two party system. A two party system run by the Republican Party and the Libertarian Party. We should work towards banning the Marxist Socialist Democratic Party from ever running again for office.
People have argued with me that the US was always a two party system made up of Democrats and Republicans. Well that is so far from the truth it is not even realistic.
Here is a list of political parties that have been influential in the molding of the United States of America.
I admit that most of these parties were dysfunctional at best. However they did exist and at one time offices were held in the name of these parties.
Federalist Party (c. 1789 – c. 1820)
Anti-Federalist Party (c. 1789 – c. 1792)
Democratic-Republican Party (1792 – c. 1824)
Toleration Party (1816 – c. 1827)
Anti-Masonic Party (1826–1838)
National Republican Party (1829–1833)
Nullifier Party (1830–1839)
Whig Party (1833–1856)
Liberty Party (1840–1848)
Law and Order Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
Free Soil Party (1848–1855)
Anti-Nebraska Party (1854)
American Republican Party (1843–1854)
American Party (a.k.a. “Know-Nothings”) (c. 1854 – 1858)
Opposition Party (1854–1858)
Constitutional Union Party (1860)
Radical Democracy Party (1864)[1]
National Union Party, (1864–1868)
Readjuster Party (1870–1885)
Liberal Republican Party (1872)
Greenback Party (1874–1884)
Anti-Monopoly Party (1884)
People’s Party (a.k.a. “Populists”) (1887–1908)
Silver Party (1892–1902)
National Democratic Party/Gold Democrats (1896–1900)
Silver Republican Party (1896–1900)
Social Democratic Party (1898–1901)
Home Rule Party of Hawaii (1900–1912)
Socialist Party of America (1901–1972)
Independence Party (a.k.a. “Independence League”) (1906–1914)
Progressive Party 1912 (a.k.a. “Bull Moose Party”) (1912–1914)
National Woman’s Party (1913–1930)
Non-Partisan League (1915–1956)
Farmer-Labor Party (1918–1944)
Progressive Party 1924 (1924)
Communist League of America (1928–1934)
American Workers Party (1933–1934)
Workers Party of the United States (1934–1938)
Union Party (1936)
American Labor Party (1936–1956)
America First Party (1944) (1944–1996)
States’ Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. “Dixiecrats”) (1948)
Progressive Party 1948 (1948–1955)
Vegetarian Party (1948–1964)
Constitution Party (United States 50s) (1952–1968?)
American Nazi Party (1959–1967)
Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1959–1993)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)
Black Panther Party (1966–1970s)
Youth International Party (a.k.a. “Yippies”) (1967)
Communist Workers Party (1969–1985)
People’s Party (1971–1976)
U.S. Labor Party (1975–1979)
Concerned Citizens Party (1975–1992)
Citizens Party (1979–1984)
New Alliance Party (1979–1992)
Populist Party of 1980s–1990s (1984–1994)
Looking Back Party (1984–1996)
Grassroots Party (1986–2004)
Independent Party of Utah (1988–1996)
Greens/Green Party USA (1991–2005)
New Party (1992–1998)
Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
Veterans Party (2003-2008)
Christian Freedom Party (2004)
I admit that most of these parties were dysfunctional at best. However they did exist and at one time offices were held in the name of some of these parties.
So why not the Libertarian Party?
Did you ever read the party platform?
At this time I think the United States is defiantly on the wrong track to Socialism and Communism. History has proven time and time again that Socialism/Communism has failed time and time again.”
In 2009 the socialist party PASOK led by George Papandreou has won the election in Greece. They picked up a 160 seats in parliament and the results are seen as a strong endorsement of the party, despite an election process in which the majority of Greeks polled indicated that they trusted neither party.
And the results of this election:
My friends this is the road we are headed to. This is what happens when a Socialist government promises entitlement programs to the citizens of the United States that the government no longer has the money to provide.
I have said this time and time gain. “The major problem with Socialism is that the government eventually runs out of OTHER people’s money.”
The end.
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