My post about France went viral. Thousands of likes. Many Americans told me: "Democrats aren't socialists. America will never be France." I want to answer that seriously, step by step.
Start with a simple observation. Look at what has gotten cheaper in America over the last 25 years: TVs, phones, software, clothes, toys. Now look at what has exploded: college tuition, healthcare, childcare, housing.
What separates the two lists? The first lives in competitive markets. The second is exactly where government is most involved: subsidies, mandates, licensing, zoning, regulation.
College. Washington lends students almost unlimited money. Universities know the money will always come, so they raise tuition and hire more administrators. The student pays the bill for twenty years. More government money, higher prices.
Housing. Why can't a nurse buy a home in the city where she works? Not because of capitalism. Because of zoning laws, permits, environmental reviews, years of procedure to build a single building. The most expensive places to live in America are the places where it's hardest to build. When building is nearly illegal, prices explode.
Healthcare. The patient almost never sees the price. A third party pays, regulations limit who can compete, and costs climb year after year with no one able to say no.
So here is the trap. The problems you suffer from are not the failure of free markets. They are the places where the market has already been replaced by the state. And the solution you're being offered is more of the same.
That's the Trojan horse. It always works the same way. A real problem. A generous-sounding promise. A program that makes things worse. Then the failure of that program becomes the argument for the next one. People who lived under communism in Poland learned to recognize the lie and the mask the lie wears. The lie never presents itself as a lie. It presents itself as compassion.
In France we are at the end of that road. Debt we can never repay. Young people who can't afford a home. Our best people leaving. And every few years our cities burn. Nobody voted for this. They voted for one more generous promise, fifty years in a row.
If you're a Republican, share this with the Democrat in your life. Not to win an argument. To start a conversation.
If you're a Democrat, I'm not asking you to switch teams. I'm asking you to look at the pattern. Wherever the state took over, life became unaffordable. Don't fix the failures of government with more government.
Stay American. Ask for less state, not more.
Watching a field goal get kicked into whatever the fuck this is or is supposed to be is absolutely embarrassing. BIDWILL SHOULD BE HUMILIATED HERE. What are you doing dude? Explain this
Mark, let’s give Arizonans the whole picture. Arizona’s all-time regular-gas record was $5.39 a gallon on June 17, 2022—under Joe Biden.
Today, AAA reports approximately $4.54, about 85 cents below that peak. Phoenix–Mesa reached $5.69 under Biden, compared with $4.62 today.
Biden drove prices up intentionally to force green agenda.
Trump drove prices up to keep America free from a nuclear radical Islamic IRGC.
Prices will go way down after the conflict... Biden prices were designed to stay high.
Lies, distortion, woke, uninformed, party 1st-party always. Unqualified for any office.
Here is what is coming with Flock
Automated Speeding Tickets
Automated Tag Expired Tickets
Automated Seatbelt Tickets
Per Mile Traveled Tax
Automated Kill Switch Connected to you car
And much, much worse.
Joe Rogan: "I don't like this flock camera thing. I know it can protect people from crime. But I also know hundreds of cops have been busted for stalking people... You can't just spy on us and be a corporation and have access to all the license plates."
Flock cameras are clearly useful for finding stolen cars, tracking suspects, and helping police arrest criminals.
But a nationwide network that records and stores where millions of innocent Americans drive starts to look a lot like warrantless mass surveillance.
There's a big difference between a cop observing your car in public and the government having access to a private company's searchable database of everyone’s movements without a warrant.
At what point does it violate the Fourth Amendment?
Flock has 120,000 cameras tracking cars across America, no warrant required. Over 5,000 police agencies have signed on. This isn't crime fighting. This is mass surveillance of every American, and a violation of our 4th Amendment rights.
The AI surveillance company Flock has installed nearly 100,000 cameras across America to track your every movement.
Going to the doctor? Flock knows.
Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you.
Flock is always watching.
STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE. STOP FLOCK.
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