Can America be Great – Given Our Present State of Goodness?
The old adage that, “America is great because America is good,” is as true an aspiration today as it was when it was first uttered.
He was/is right, as he was regarding numerous things. America will stop being great, when our goodness wanes. However, he was incorrect regarding the source of the quote.
Tagged Alexis de Tocqueville • goodness • greatness • Make America Great Again • scandals • Washington D.C.
Life is Good for Those Who Work In D.C.
The three richest counties in the United States with populations of 65,000 or more, when measured by their 2016 median household incomes, were all suburbs of Washington, D.C., according to data released today by the Census Bureau.
Eight of the 20 wealthiest counties with populations of 65,000 or more were also suburbs of Washington, D.C.–as were 10 of the top 25.
I was reading an article posted at Conservative Review. It was entitled, “A little Hayek could go a long way in the bathroom debate.” It was regarding the Dysphoria of transgenderism sweeping the nation and how government thinks it can just mandate policies that contradict human nature.
In other words, as Madden explains – the further the decision makers are from the things it has chosen to decide on, the worse the decisions get.
Tagged authoritarian • Conservative Review • Friedrich Hayek • Kim Jong Un • North Korea • Washington D.C.
With All the Restrictions – How was a DNC Staffer Gunned Down in D.C.
Bloomingdale is a relatively anonymous neighborhood in Washington D.C. It is less than 2 two miles northwest of the capital. Few have ever heard of Bloomingdale – although if you are a “House of Cards” fan, the opening credits of the show feature shots of the D.C. neighborhood.
While it has undergone major rejuvenation, with more government staffers taking up residence, the neighborhood is still predominantly black – 59% according to the 2010 census.
Normally I would delve a little more deeply into what a “voter expansion data director” does, because if the DNC was his employer, you could bet what “voter expansion” might entail. But you may have noticed I used a lot of passed-tense words describing Mr. Rich.
Tagged anti-gun legislation • D.C. v Heller • Gun Control • murder in D.C. • Seth Conrad Rich • strict gun laws • unconstitutional gun laws • Washington D.C.
Obama and the left love to travel the country making soap-box speeches bemoaning income inequality, yet right under their collective noses is a dichotomy of two vastly different economies in the District of Columbia. One is populated by “the connected”, thriving in well-paying information and government jobs. The other is for people scrambling for even low-paying work.
We should be disgusted with that. Every high paying job in the DC area is attributed directly to government payroll or to servicing our bloated overseers. We all know this, and so do they in the “public sector,” but I’m sure they’ve convinced themselves, or been convinced, that their work is so essential, that they are the best and brightest, and therefore should be paid like kings.
According to the analysis by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, “the top 5 percent of households in the District averaged $473,000 a year…,” and that was 3 years ago. Gee – I wonder if it’s even more now?
In 2012, the Washington Post reported that the “District has one of the highest levels of income inequality among the nation’s cities, with the top fifth earning on average 29 times the income of the bottom fifth.
Tagged average income • homeless • homeless shelters • income inequality • richest counties • Washington D.C.
We all remember the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012. It’s hard to believe it has been over two years. We also recall the shooter, with his Bushmaster 223 rifle and its high capacity magazine – how the gun control wackos came out of the woodwork to call for a national ban on “scary” looking guns and high-capacity magazines. As if that matters.
Whether it’s an AK-47 with a 30 round magazine or a pink Ruger .380 side arm – if either is pointed at you, it’s scary.
Speaking of high-capacity magazines, we might remember the uproar over then Meet the Press host David Gregory’s interview with the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre. It’s the one where Gregory actually brought a scary looking 30 round “high-capacity” magazine onto the set in Washington D.C. to confront Mr. LaPierre.
Tagged Congress • politicians • term limits • Thomas Sowell • Washington D.C.
American incomes have tumbled over the last decade. But for many people in Washington, D.C., it’s been something of a party.
Tagged census • family income • poverty • Washington D.C.