(By Michael Snyder) Is this the generation that is going to witness the end of America? If our country stays on the path that it is currently on, it is very difficult to see how we are possibly going to make it. Throughout human history every great society has eventually entered a period of decline, and sadly that is happening to us as well. My hope is that we can wake the American people up while there is still time, and that we can return to the values and the principles
that this nation was originally founded upon. Below are 16 facts that prove that America is in deep, deep trouble. Many of these numbers
come from my new book, and many of them seem almost too crazy to believe…
16 Facts That Prove That America Is In Deep, Deep Trouble
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Well you can lead the horse to the water but you can't make him drink it. Warnings have gone out more and more but let those who are under the gov. spell plow along in their fantasy world things will be getting ugly and they will be caught totally off guard begging for their parental Gov's help. They ain't coming lmao.
It reminds me of the speech Paul Harvey gave years ago where he talked about what he would do if he were the devil. We would end up on the same road we're on now.
Interesting list, though no doubt no a comprehensive one.
1. National debt. Much can be credited to the left for their never ending social programs that don't do what's promised.
2. Unwed mothers went from 5% to 40%. Again, leftist policies that encourage this are behind it. They make it seem virtuous to avoid marriage and instead turn to government.
3. Majority of Americans used to be considered middle class and even the low middle class people lived in nice houses and had cars. Now, the middle class has shrunk, largely thanks to overregulation that killed many small businesses.
4. More and more people can't even afford the homes they are living in. The housing bubble hurt many, too, and that was primarily caused by Dems defending the poor practices that led to the crisis. The Dems lined up to attack Repubs when they sought to investigate the practices of Freddie and Fannie. It was Clinton who pushed the Community Reinvestment Act on banks and forced them to make risky loans. Of course, F and F backed those toxic loans, which was at the heart of the housing bubble.
5. Education has suffered. Which party has all but taken over our schools these past decades? Inner city schools have consistently been the worst. And, yes, it's usually a Dem controlled area. Billions are pumped into schools and so much shores up teacher's union coffers instead of directly going to help students. Then there was the leftwing outcome based education, now followed by Common Core. Dumb those kids down and change history books to rewrite the past.
6. The number of married men is half of what it was in the 70s. That's not to say they aren't living with their baby mamas. They just don't get married because that way they can receive state aid.
7. This is something that needs to be addressed. People aren't just hooked on illegal drugs, but legal ones. Too many doctors these days are beholden to Big Pharms and they are more apt to write prescriptions for every little thing rather than advise people to change their lifestyle. They are too free with pain pills and people get hooked, then keep going to their doctor, or several, and complain that they hurt. Not enough questions are asked and it would seem not enough are monitoring the length of time they prescribe pain killers for patients.
8. Sexually transmitted diseases are an epidemic. All that free love in the 60s and a general deterioration of morals means more people having sex without thought.
9. Unchecked illegal immigration means gangs- extremely large gangs, 150,000 in Chicago alone, and they outnumber police 10 to 1.
10. Porn at your fingertips. And easy for anyone, even youngsters, to find it. Thanks to people, like Larry Flint, darling of the left, it's gotten to the point where porn is a widely accepted form of entertainment
11. Income tax started simple and it was promised that it would never go over a small percent of income. Now, we have a tax code that is over 2 million words long and the regulations more than 7 million words long.
12. Government goes through money like it's air. The military spent $42 million on Viagra. Of course, with the millions of porn sites out there, I'm sure sales have increased. Big Pharma is smiling.
13. 250 million prescriptions for anti-depressants each year. Of course, many of these people could benefit more from therapy but that wouldn't help Big Pharms. And the number of children given meds for ADHD increased. The new rule has been to drug people for every little thing.
14. The majority support gay marriage now, which I have no problem with. I have a problem with men using women's bathrooms and teachers telling young students that they need to figure out which of the 26 sexes they are.
15. Slow economic growth over the last 10 years.
16. Abortions, mainly with minorities, are too high and will likely increase if the left gets their way and passes the cost onto tax payers. When anything is subsidized, you get more of it and that's a fact.
