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The Patriot Post Digest 4-15-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Apr. 15, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/62406-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.” —John Marshall (1819)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/62403-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Income Redistribution Day by the eye-popping numbers.1
Sanctuary cities: Nobody trolls Democrats like Donald Trump.2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
Breaking Down Taxes by the Numbers10
Tax Day — or as we in our humble shop have long dubbed it, Income Redistribution Day — is upon us. In recognition of this dubious date, here’s a brief look at where the federal government spends well in excess of the $3 trillion in taxes it is expect to collect this year. Some 52% of the federal budget will be spent on the government’s four largest wealth-redistribution programs, better known as Medicare, Medicaid, ObamaCare, and Social Security. Another 16% will be spent on income-security programs, which include veterans’ benefits, food- and housing-assistance programs, retirement for federal employees, and disability programs. (An important note: There’s a huge distinction between money provided for veterans, or even citizens who’ve involuntarily contributed to what they’ve been told is a retirement system, and money given to people who choose not to work.) Combined, that’s more than is spent on national defense. Speaking of defense spending, one of the few federal expenditures actually enumerated in the Constitution will consume just 15% of the budget. Another 8% of the budget will go to pay the interest on the ever-growing $22 trillion national debt.
As for the biggest drivers of spending and debt, The Daily Signal reports11, “Health entitlements — Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare — and Social Security are the largest and fastest growing programs. Unless Congress fixes these four programs, they — and the ever-growing interest payments on the national debt — will consume every dollar of taxes paid by 2041. That leaves no money for anything else. Uncle Sam couldn’t spend a penny on defense, food assistance, highways, or education without driving the country further into debt.”
Essentially, 76% of the federal budget is spent on the government’s wealth-redistribution programs or their resulting debt. Unless spending changes fast, by 2024 the U.S. debt will swell to 93% of GDP. But this can’t be blamed on the Republicans’ pro-growth tax cuts, which will actually raise more annual revenue than the old rates. As we have long argued, the culprit is Washington’s massive spending problem.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/62401-breaking-down-taxes-by-the-numbers
Hypocrites Decry Trump’s Sanctuary City Pitch12
In the latest entry in the fascinating Leftmedia genre known as Anonymous Sources, The Washington Post stirred the pot13 on immigration again Friday. So let’s take a step back from the churn and evaluate what’s really going on here.
But first, briefly, the WaPo said its reporters reviewed emails between White House officials discussing twice in recent months the possibility of releasing illegal aliens in sanctuary cities. That story was quickly picked up by other media outlets. Officially, the White House dismissed the report, saying, “This was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion.”
Nevertheless, it gave Nancy Pelosi (D-San Fran-Sanctuary City) the opportunity to blast her nemesis: “The extent of this administration’s cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated. Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable.”
Of course, her statement applies far more to Democrat behavior14 than anything else. Moreover, is Pelosi upset that Trump is detaining illegal alien children, or that he’s releasing them?
Soon, however, Donald Trump responded that, yes, his administration is giving “strong considerations” to the idea. “The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy — so this should make them very happy!” Trump wrote. Nobody trolls the Left quite like Trump.
Trump also declared, “The USA has the absolute legal right to have apprehended illegal immigrants transferred to Sanctuary Cities. We hereby demand that they be taken care of at the highest level, especially by the State of California, which is well known or its poor management & high taxes!”
In any case, while much of the chattering class is debating whether Trump’s idea is even legal or how it makes any sense at all, we’ll save that debate for such a time that this is an actual plan. For now, the real question should be turned in the other direction.
Sanctuary cities flaunt, reject, and even actively oppose federal immigration law. It’s easy to imagine that when illegals are released, they often end up in sanctuary cities anyway. Trump has a point — Democrats should welcome this opportunity with open arms. Yet these hypocrites are hysterically screaming about even the suggestion that the federal government might make them put their money where their mouths are, so to speak. The truth is Democrats cynically exploit immigrants of both the legal and illegal variety so they can obtain political power. They also hope to remain insulated from the consequences of their terrible policies. All the Trump administration’s suggestion does is highlight Democrat hypocrisy.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/62377-hypocrites-decry-trumps-sanctuary-city-pitch
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Featured Analysis: Democrats Turn on Women15 — From anti-gun legislation to protection for the “transgendered,” women get the shaft.
America’s Trump-Hating Oligarchs16 — Members of the Ruling Class protect their own against all of us “deplorables.”
Poor Americans More Likely to Be Audited Than Middle Class17 — Those who receive government handouts also invite more government scrutiny.
Grassroots Perspective: Race in America — A Black Conservative Analysis18 — Many blacks are still preoccupied with race. That’s not nearly so true of whites.
Video: Reparations and Democrats19 — Democrat candidates for president support paying reparations to the descendants of slaves.
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TEMPORARY BORDER SANITY: “The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of President Trump on Friday when it determined that the government can at least temporarily continue to send asylum-seekers back to Mexico. The asylum program was scheduled to be shut down at midnight under an order from District Judge Richard Seeborg, but the White House requested that the appeals court intervene. The 9th Circuit temporarily stayed the lower court’s ruling as the parties get ready to submit their arguments next week on the government’s request for a longer stay that would likely last months.” (The Hill21) |
