Hi all, I’ve been out of commission with oodles of work; the end of the year is fast approaching. but I figured I check back in quickly to point out something I’ve been noticing. With President Obama’s new decision to push immigration “reform,” I have begun detecting a worrisome pattern. Now, I must issue a disclaimer to those who will discount this as a conspiracy theory: I do not have any evidence that the following is in anyway consciously planned or connected. I merely wish to point out the cumulative effect that a series of Obama/Dem policies will have.
Since the inauguration, the newly dominant Democratic Party has embarked on a course, which, if successful, will almost certainly lead to a semi-permanent Democratic majority in the national government. I’m not talking so much about demographic shifts, which are used after almost every election to “prove” that one party or another has achieved a permanent numerical superiority. No, I’m talking about actions that are not a product of demographic or ideological shifts, but actions that will cause such shifts.
Now, nearly 50% of the country pays nothing or even receives a net gain from the income tax system. This means that there is nearly a majority of Americans with no personal incentive to keep income taxes down. Dems are pushing the card-check bill in Congress, the passage of which will lead to vast and rapid proliferation of unions across the country, almost irrespective of the desires of the workers themselves. This means that there will be a massive increase in the power of one of the Democrats’ most powerful lobbying and interest groups: the Unions. The Stimulus Bill’s coercion of states into permanently expanding their welfare roll means that more people will become reliant and used to government largesse. And, last, the new measure to legalize that estimated 12 million illegal immigrants into naturalized citizens, will mean 12 million new voters with a strong tendency to vote Democrat. All of these measures point in one direction: a new age of Democrat dominancy of the national culture.
I hope I’m wrong, and I hope these initiatives fail, but I foresee that if they do succeed, the Democratic Party will have succeeded in making itself almost impervious to challenge over the next decade.
-Mike
