During the 1850s, the government ran surpluses nearly every year,
and the federal debt plunged to just 1 percent of GDP.
US Debt to GDP as of Q1 2021: 127.65%
Social/welfare programs in 1850s, next to nothing.
Social/welfare programs in 2020s, medicare, medicaid, social security, free public schools (including for illegals), hospitals forced to treat anyone (including illegals). Our health care systems are operating under severe strain, raising prices on health care across the board. Many are projected to be insolvent in the years ahead.
US students lagging in reading, math, and science versus their Asian peers whose teachers are not burdened with teaching the native language to impoverished 3rd-worlders.
My grandparents waited six years to emigrate from Italy to Ellis Island in 1906 and unless they had a “sponsor” they couldn’t leave the island. Granted the immigration process has changed since the European migration to America then but the big difference is those people wanted to be “Americani” the right way.
The fastest way to evacuate a lib from a thread is to present him with irrefutable, undeniable facts and data. I was not expecting a reply that amounted to anything more than worthless platitudes. In the face of my post, he could not even manage that.