Jim Hall”s, Dec. 13th Opinion “United for the Better of All” has a splendid title, since all of us patriots admire the concept of “united.”
It is however, unfortunate that Mr. Hall”s idea of “united” sadly reflects unification of the Democratic party in lieu of the American nation. His rhetorical and debatable commentary is fun to read, but not when used in advancement of the Obama administration”s assault on wealth and income inequality, pitting fellow Americans against each other.
And after all the rhetoric, are not the millions of people still immigrating to America, with many literally crashing our borders illegally, surely not a testament that our nation still possesses the best opportunity for economic advancement in the entire world?
Mr. Hall presents his opinion as to the causes that divide and polarize America, but ignores the human nature of income and wealth inequality. He further spins away the true cause; the Obama administration”s eagerness to agitate, aggravate and separate our nation by appealing to fairness and inequality in advancement of their political agenda.
How? Let”s ponder.
Income inequality and wealth inequality are not economic concepts, but rather appeals to envy and greed in order to incite socio-economic warfare instead of everyone working together to improve the economy for all Americans. While criticizing income inequality, progressive liberals label most Wall Street “fat cats” as the bad guys, but ignore the Hollywood elite, show business and media personalities, rock stars, and professional athletes (and yes, selective Wall Street “fat cats”), because most of them donate millions to the DNC and espouse left-wing causes. Say what? I know, you might want to read that again.
This is a truly repulsive concept that rips at the heart of America. And, as Mr. Hall aptly states, future generations “MUST address and debate with passion, and with tolerance at the voting booths to bring needed changes.”
This and other polarizing concepts, have the envious nations of the world (especially our adversaries) anxiously watching as to how we right the political divide that separates this great nation. Perhaps it”s time for us to reflect on probably the oldest cliche” in the world, “united we stand, divided we fall”.
Patriot and author Dr. Ben Carson, M.D., put it best in the epilogue of his book titled “One Nation” and I quote: “if we are not an exceptional nation, we can quietly continue our slide into insignificance, but if this is the America of Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Kennedy, Edison, Ford, King, and the millions who gave their lives for our freedom, then we must exercise our duty as responsible and informed citizens and actively shape this nation we desire by investing time, resources, and energy into choosing appropriate leaders who share our vision.”
And how true it is. But time is running out. We have a small window of opportunity to find such a leader before the 2016 presidential election, regardless of their race, gender or political party, a leader that governs from the center with the unification of America in mind. In lieu of re-election and respects the sworn oath of office.
Most economists agree that the next president will be faced with “the end of the road” of our decades of deficit spending. The impending wrath, discontent and insurrection will be unimaginable and only a united nation will survive. If we are not, the long enduring American dream of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness will perish and the decades of divisive political bickering will seem awfully trivial.
Ron Talbott, Witter Springs
