Your son or daughter, or maybe your nieces and nephews, are having a blast right now. They know nothing of war or terrorism - their lives are amazingly innocent.
What a rude awakening awaits them. They will inherit the American empire that has a presence in 130 out of the 170 countries on the planet. By 2030, just 22 years from now, the entire federal budget will be eaten up by health care, social security, and defense. Oh yes, carve out some for the interest on the deficit. That's it. No money for roads, bridges, schools, NASA, the environment, food stamps, and so on. No money for the thousands upon thousands of programs that exist today.
The first step is to shut down the empire. As you can see in this article by Jacob Hornberger, president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, the U.S. is the world's policeman, interloper, intervener, invader, and occupier. If any other nation did what we did, we wouldn't let them rest until we shut them down. Let's not search the world for monsters to destroy. No military force can reach us, it's impossible. Let's just allow Americans to trade with the world. Nothing promotes friendliness among nations as much as free trade.
Don't search for an excuse 20 years from now when your son or daughter asks why everything is in such bad shape. Let them know you understand and have been fighting for freedom all these years.
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The fun part will come when the empire will need lots more soldiers to protect it. Then them happy young people will be drafted to spend a couple years in fun places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Exactly. All those people I saw on TV smiling and waving at neocon warmongers won't be too happy in a few years.
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