Monday, June 29, 2020

How To Turn USA Into A Bankrupt Police State

Here is a so-called Manifesto for the USA. It's in three parts, although more may be written in the future:

https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/a-manifesto-for-the-united-states-of-america-part-i/

https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/medicare-for-all/

https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/housing-for-all/

It contains some wonderful ideas for achieving social justice.

But it lacks a crucial element - a believable plan for how we can afford any of this. In reality the USA no longer has a tax base. Until one can be created, this "manifesto" is just a pipe dream.

And if you think such a tax base can be generated by seizing people's property and businesses, you've got another think coming. That's been tried before, and we all know what happened to the former USSR.

1 comment:

  1. Here is discussion of another reason why this manifesto is likely to fail:

    https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/06/29/sow-hate-reap-hate/

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