How do we fix what has been broken and reduce the deficit we face:
Of all the nations in the world, the United States has been in the forefront on lowering the greenhouse emissions. The world “lives and breathes” on transportation powered by oil and natural gas. In order to reach our goal, of being the world leader; NOT THE WORLD DICTATOR AS SOME SUGGEST, we have to power our military equipment and equipment that builds our highways, roads, bridges, tunnels, railroads, airfields, etc. and other infrastructures! Electric powered “stuff” does not work and actually has become a failure! The reason is because some kind of fuel is needed to produce electricity. Our basic infrastructure is a shambles and needs to be fixed/improved!
So the answer is, “DRILL BABY, DRILL”.
Mexico has never been able to control the bad element in their country. There have been TWO incursions by our military into Mexico, one in the Mexico/American War of 1846-1848 and in 1916 General Pershing took US Army troops into Mexico, chasing the Mexican bandit Poncho Vial for harassing the US community of Columbus, New Mexico. The Mexican government then was forced to also chase Vial and did catch and kill the bandit. SO, there is precedence for us to destroy the Cartels, as they are no different. I also haven’t even talked about the incursion by the Mexican Government attack on the Alamo that we all know about (if you aren’t familiar with this attack go to the Internet and read)!
Our Republic is now locked in on our Southern Border by 1 Socialist country and our Northern Boarder by another Socialist country! If you don’t believe this just talk to any Canadian citizen and ask them how do they feel about their system?
I have talked with people that have dual citizen in both the US and Canada and the Canadian military and none of them are happy with their medical care or their government!
One additional item: For a US citizen to go to Point Roberts (part of the US) you have 2 options:
1. Go by boat (no borders to navigate) or
2. Cross the US/Canadian border and then cross the second Canadian/US border. Not a problem, you may think, but if relations with Canada sink as they get deeper into Socialism, that will become an issue.
During President Trump’s term as President he was able to convince Mexico to put between 10,000 and 20,000 (depends who you talk to) army national guard soldiers on their Southern border and more toward their Northern border to control the illegals from entering their country and not using Mexico as a transit stop. WHERE ARE THE MEXICAN TROOPS NOW?
Strong countries have a draft of some sort! This country should institute a draft again but with three options:
- Military service at age 18 for 3 years and then reserve duty for a minimum of 7 years, or attend a military training school with a 4-year active duty commitment and then a drilling reserve duty for a minimum of 6 years.
- Another option is to serve at age 18 in a VA medical hospital for 3 years and then a drilling reserve duty as a non-rated medic/corpsman for a minimum of 7 years.
- For those individuals wanting and qualify to go to college; ROTC is a must with the same options as military service: But a 6-year active duty commitment and then a drilling reserve duty for a minimum of 6 years.
All options will be under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for up to 12 years based upon the above program selected!
Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President said, “Walk softly, but carry a big stick” which should be our goal in today’s unsteady world (That’s exactly what President Trump did during his term of office).
It worked effectively!
Our history shows that Business’s and Corporations are the lifeblood of our nation; their headquarters need to stay in this country (the incentive is to create a fair tax atmosphere and encourage supporting small, medium, and large businesses that supply material/parts to produce their product in this country). That is the way it used to be as I was growing up; and it can be the same again.
We did it during WWII (Factories of corporations and all businesses directed their production efforts to supplying material for the war effort) (automobiles were not produced from 1942 – 1946 (exception some production of Fords for the military in 1942))(war rations to the public provided food for the troops) and afterwards our country had to readjust to a warless economy! That also happened even though we were in a Cold War with the Communist countries.
Amazingly, it creates jobs here!!
Unfortunately, some corporations let profits drive their decisions and were forced to provide unfriendly (?) nations proprietary secrets to get cheaper labor costs.
In this unsteady world that was an extremely poor decision. Now we are faced with two sworn enemies, Extreme Muslim Terrorism and Communism determined to destroy us from within and other countries with our values. Did you ever hear the term:
“WE ARE ENEMIES, BUT YOUR ENEMIES ARE MY ENEMIES, SO WE WILL WORK TO DESTROY THEM TOGETHER”
There are TWO more immediate actions that need to be taken:
Locate 8 Million illegal aliens, sort out crooks, gang members, and other undesirable individuals (as a start) and place them in detention centers (as a start). The question remains as to what to do with the other individuals other than vet them and their sponsors, only then, follow the current laws of citizenship as our ancestors did! Learn English, our laws, and use American English while they are out among other Americans. My mother and her mother (who lived with us) spoke German to each other while in our home; outside the home they spoke American English, as did others. It allowed my brother and I to learn enough German to understand what they were saying and to appreciate our heritage!
Our porous borders need to be made impenetrable by finishing our southern border walls and utilizing electronic surveillance on the northern border (due to the mountainous terrain) and Southern border, as needed. We have the knowledge and the equipment! (Again, I use my personal knowledge of porous borders, as we used to use a small boat to travel to Canada from Michigan for lunch and return to the US without any knowledge by either country authority.)
I know there are many more actions that need to be incorporated but I only am looking at immediate actions to be taken by a new administration!