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The Patriot Post Digest 6-13-2017
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A recent Wall Street Journal analysis24 took a large bank’s annual report presented by M&T Bank CEO Robert Wilmers and validated the case. Without mentioning presidential politics or politicians, the report noted that a “declining share of households even consider themselves to be part of the middle class; 63% did so in 2001. By 2015, that number had fallen to just 51%.” Citing stagnant wages that have only increased 13% since 1973, poor returns on more traditional investment tools such as savings accounts and other bank deposits, and the fact that only half of Americans invest in the stock market versus 72% in 2008, Wilmers makes a declaratory statement: “No wage growth. No investment earnings growth. No wonder families are stretched and stressed.”
And no wonder they dumped the establishment candidate.
The full M&T Bank’s Message to Shareholders25 bemoans flawed monetary policy and excessive regulatory burdens that have been the anchors for lending institutions. These same anchors indiscriminately weigh down any forward movement toward growth. And, again, that’s where Trump’s campaign promises turned into a presidential win.
Using the Congressional Review Act, President Trump has reversed 14 regulations26 that will save $3.7 billion in regulatory costs and $35 billion just in compliance costs. According to the conservative think tank American Action Forum, a total of $86 billion will be saved by Trump’s repeal and elimination of just these few regulations.
Make no mistake: these costs are taxes. These regulatory costs kill jobs. And while leftists still erroneously believe that only dumb white people elected the 45th president, voters chose to pursue a much-needed economic turnaround — one that’s already occurring. The Hill featured a story27 Sunday declaring the economy as a “bright spot” for Trump with the Standard & Poor’s up more than 12%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 16%, unemployment at a 16-year low, and an expected 2.3% growth in GDP.
A second reason Trump upset Hillary and the status quo was faith-based issues. The promise of an originalist to fill the vacancy of deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was reason enough for many voters to look past the imperfections of a massive personality named The Donald. That promise has already been fulfilled with the brilliant appointment of Neil Gorsuch28.
Leftists perpetually shame Christians for their supposedly intolerant, bigoted ways. The Rainbow Mafia is particularly ruthless in “correcting” this “wrong.” But the reality is that Christians don’t want a theocracy. Nor, however, do we want to be sued into oblivion by a tiny minority for not baking a wedding cake for a homosexual redefinition of marriage.
Understand that while Trump was the recipient of votes as the candidate for president, it was the full rejection of the open assault on those of the Christian faith by brazen leftists that moved Bible-believing Christians to support a very imperfect man. Just this weekend, the same leftist activists demanding free health care, free birth control, debt forgiveness and any other socialist agenda item marched in the streets29 with Sharia Law proponents who seek a parallel judicial system that places Islam’s teachings as the basis of law, not our U.S. Constitution. Square that circle with the homosexual agenda.
Be advised that the hectoring of evangelicals for their support of Trump by those who obsess on the “right” to kill babies in the womb, to pick-a-gender-of-the-day and marry whomever, to enable Sharia compliance that permits so-called “honor killings” is transparently pitiful.
Conventional wisdom told us that the 2016 election was supposed to be another Bush-Clinton face-off. Conventional wisdom was rejected repeatedly because those entrusted with leadership to right the ship of state have failed to stand erect with an intact spine to fight against Democrats’ efforts to “fundamentally transform America.”
Despite the pigpen politics, Donald Trump won and, yes, America is winning.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
The Poverty of Food Stamps30 — Trump understands that, like a business, a nation cannot survive endless deficit spending with its ever-growing national debt.
Puerto Rico — the 51st State?31 — Way too much debt, pathetic and deceptive voting numbers, and a Republican Congress all stand in the way.
Trump Shoots Down NATO Article 5 Fears32 — The concern that he wouldn’t honor commitments was always overblown, but he reiterates his support for NATO.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Gary Bauer: Collusion Sinks, Obstructions Soars33
Stephen Moore: Now Hear This!34
Rebecca Hagelin: What You Have in Common With Anderson Cooper35
For more, visit Right Opinion36.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Gary Bauer: “This weekend there were rallies in numerous American cities by people of varying faiths. They came together to warn that Sharia law is something America should resist because it is incompatible with our constitutional rights, including our First Amendment rights of free speech and religious liberty. In several cities, the attendees were attacked by progressive thugs. The controversy in the media was not the attacks against peaceful rallies. The controversy was that so-called ‘bigots’ were being allowed to demonstrate against Sharia law. Of course, the great irony is that if Sharia law were ever instituted in America, the lifestyles and social mores of millions of progressives would be illegal.”
SHORT CUTS
Insight: “Totalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: ‘Things must change — no matter how, Anything is better than what we have.’ Totalitarian rulers organize this kind of mass sentiment, and by organizing it articulate it, and by articulating it make the people somehow love it. … Totalitarianism appeals to the very dangerous emotional needs of people who live in complete isolation and in fear of one another.” —Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
Non Compos Mentis, part I: “The USA, created by int'l community in Treaty of Paris in 1783, betrays int'l community by withdrawing from #parisclimateagreement.” —Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin
Non Compos Mentis, part II: “James Comey Is The Sex Symbol America Needs Right Now.” —The Daily Beast’s Lizzie Crocker
Dezinformatsiya: “The Washington Post’s one-year retrospective of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting omitted any mention of shooter Omar Mateen’s motives and ideology. … Despite the Post’s piece clocking in at over a thousand words, the words ‘terrorism,’ ‘terror,’ ‘ISIS,’ ‘Islam,’ ‘Muslim,’ and ‘al-Baghdadi’ never appeared once. The sole reference to ‘Islamic State’ occurs in a photo caption, and never in the body of the piece.” —The Washington Free Beacon
Alpha Jackass: “If you’re in NYC, go see Julius Caesar, free in Central Park, brilliantly interpreted for Trump era. A masterpiece.” —Fareed Zakaria (Trump is assassinated in the play.)
Grasping for votes: “I hope Congress and the administration will listen to [the voters] and enable Puerto Rico to become the fifty-first state. Its people — already American citizens — deserve full and equal representation in the Congress and equal treatment by federal agencies.” —Steny Hoyer
And last… “It’s an incredible privilege to lead the men and women who are providing intelligence so that we can do the national security mission, and in the finest tradition of the CIA, I’m not going to say a damn thing in front of the media.” —CIA Director Mike Pompeo
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
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