“President Donald Trump’s administration started detailing its plans on Monday for which services it will pause if the federal government shuts down this week, with the U.S. health department slated to furlough 41% of its workforce.”
Great news for health! Not only are most federal government agencies a colossal waste of money; they actively destroy the fields they’re supposed to advance. If you doubt this, survey the status of government-run education. Trillions of dollars spent on ruining young minds with genital mutilation and gender dysphoria for good measure. As for health spending, remember COVID? The most destructive action of any government or similar body in all of human history, with a price tag of multiple trillions and the triggering of significant inflation. All to remove a president from office who returned 4 years later (thankfully).
Government shutdown? Bring it on! And make it PERMANENT!
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A meme says: “I am sick of all the evidence piling up against the Democrats and no one in handcuffs.”
President Trump is trying to honor due process, and rule of law. However, when fully in power, Democrats ignored due process, jeered at rule of law and acted like the war criminals, enemy combatants and domestic terrorists they are. My biggest concern is that civil law procedures won’t stop them, and should Democrats ever get back power, America will start to look like 1946 if the Nazi and Axis powers had won.
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Reflections on the psychological state of the Union …
I have found, after 37 years of being a therapist, that a lot of people don’t feel much ownership over their lives. They seem resigned to others — authorities, the government, “society”, the pack — determining their lives. Some actually prefer it this way. It’s a mindset you might label “lack of self-esteem.” It’s kind of like a computer without an operating system, such as Windows or whatever. The desire for, and expectation of, freedom presupposes a certain kind of person with self-initiative, self-determination and basic confidence.
People without the sense of ownership required for life in a free society tend not to embrace freedom. Either they shrug passively at freedom’s slow but progressive demise; or, like today’s radicalized leftists, they actively work for slavery and totalitarianism.
They say we must follow the money when tracing the erosion of liberty, and they’re not wrong. But we also ought to take a look at the psychological state of most people, to figure out what makes them vulnerable to a radicalized, woke government and culture in the first place.
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As for President Trump’s impending deal for Israel and Hamas …
You might be a great deal maker. But there is no “deal” with people who openly, explicitly seek your death. Only false deals, or lies. When Muslims tell the people they view as infidels (i.e., anyone not Muslim) that “we want you dead,” they mean it. You can’t negotiate your way out of someone’s hatred of you. It’s best not to make deals with people who want you dead. It’s better to steer clear of them, if you can; and if you can’t, make sure they’re dead first.