IN THE USA WE ARE NOT EQUAL BUT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER OURSELVES

IN THE USA WE ARE NOT EQUAL BUT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER OURSELVES

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. 

There is not anyone who can think or see who believes everyone is equal. Everyone is unique including so called “identical twins.” Yet we are indoctrinated with the slogan, “everyone is equal.” People range from short to tall, beautiful to ugly, bright to slow but all can equally become the best they can be by maximizing their strengths and minimizing their short comings.

America, being a nation of immigrants, did not attempt to limit or prescribe what a person should become according to family status or any other criteria. In our capitalist economy, the merit of the person’s performance for the most part determines his financial compensation. Doing a competent job not who you know is more important to maintaining employment. An employee’s productive value to the business is the key to remaining and advancing in a position. 

Of course internal politics plays a role in advancement specifically in large corporations. Our economic system in the USA is not flawless but does offer numerous pathways to upward mobility for people who are willing to apply effort and concentration to their assignments. In start-up businesses the boss is inspired mostly by his own vision, initiative and devotion to the business. Commitment, perseverance and sweat go a long way in developing a viable business.

The incredible number of opportunities and success stories of people picking themselves up by their bootstraps is no longer enough to persuade many in this society of capitalism’s value. Currently too many Americans are accepting the utopian “easy way” notion that they are entitled to whatever they desire. According to this absurd idea, since we are all born human each of us deserves an equal portion of the economic pie. They insist on this even when they are not contributing anything to the making of the pie. “Equal” to them means having the same material benefits as anyone else without having to earn them. This is socialistic hocus pocus that has never worked and will not in the future. Yet most products of the university (students) are being converted to be proponents of this socialistic/communistic continually failed system. 

 Our universities and progressive media are using their position to constantly exploit the inequities between minority groups to alienate students. They do not appreciate our free market economy and the greatness that our country has accomplished. They do not view  America as the land of opportunity. Instead, professors incessantly twist information to create a horrendous narrative that white males, the 1%-ers, are oppressing the poor criminals, feminists, gender confused, homosexuals and Islamic people of the world. The pitting of minority groups against each other has resulted in deranged and angry agitators. These mentally unbalanced dreamers are looking for the magical utopian solution offered by the elite, all-wise teachers to solve all their personal issues. The gullible but arrogant students complain they need higher compensation for their menial jobs and should start at the top position as they have college degrees. More politically radical students hide their identity behind black clothing and masks and violently destroy private property of the corporate world and at times their own community. These criminal malcontents want the rapid transformation of America into a centrally controlled economy and state.

Destroying anything is easier than building and maintaining something. Being envious of what others have built is foolish and non productive. It results in a life of disappointment and misery which culminates in indiscriminate violence ending in political chaos and ruin. The French Revolution and many others throughout history ended in horror instead of the magnificent privileges and material goods they were promised.

In our nation self-centered and self-important university professionals. and media elites preach and divide our country into have and have-nots. This strategy is employed to foment hostility and hatred to eventually destroy our constitutional republic.

This nightmare scenario might sell in a college setting with naive, ignorant and inexperienced adolescents and self-important adults but is not being bought by the bulk of middle class American citizens. The USA is still the beacon of freedom to most mainstream American citizens and the rest of freedom loving people around the world.

Just look at the different people from all over the world willing to pay their way with as much as a half million dollars of their own money or risk their lives to illegally cross the border to become one of us. People around the world are making a strong statement with their feet and money to become part of our country. Improving oneself and carving out one’s own sanctuary world is a sign of wisdom for these courageous individuals. 

If any American does not understand the obvious real greatness of America, the only thing they have to do is travel and experience the difficulties of expressing one’s beliefs and ideas in other nations. The difficulty of moving up the employment ladder is easily realized by conversing with bright and energetic people who are restricted by their government regulations from starting their own businesses. 

Once you realize the difficulty for the people of other countries to deal with these two social issues, you will appreciate the greatness of our nation. America is still the land of opportunity and freedom. 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a new just published book, entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.

ATTACKING CAPITALISM TO SELL CENTRALLY CONTROLLED ECONOMY

ATTACKING CAPITALISM TO SELL CENTRALLY CONTROLLED ECONOMY

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Tradizionale Realista

In 2008 the slogan” Too Big to Fail” spoken by President Bush treasury secretary, Henry Paulson was a shocking acknowledgement that the federal elites no longer felt the need to pretend they believed in capitalism. The merging of central government and international corporations through the revolving door process has become undeniable.

A major tenant of capitalism is that any business no matter its size will fail when it is unable to pay back the business’s liabilities. This elimination of non-profitable enterprises cleanses the market of inefficient businesses. In its place other newer or smaller businesses will expand to more effectively serve the customers of the failed corporation.

“Too Big to Fail" is antithetical to capitalism and a gateway to a centrally controlled economy and repressive state. It is a corruption of capitalism.

Big Government like large corporations even with the economy of scale has a difficult time controlling the explosion of bureaucratic expansion and waste.  Bureaucrats are incentivized to build their kingdoms rather than be efficient.  By restricting capitalistic competition it will blur any strong contrast or highlight the government inefficiencies of inferior service and products.

Presently in America the laws of a free marketplace are not being allowed to prevail. Our bloated federal government has gained enormous control of the economy through laws and regulation. The government connected corporations are given special waivers to bypass regulations that other companies have to meet thus giving them an unfair advantage in the competition.  Bundled campaign donations earn ambassadorships or access to the oval office. The offering of top corporate paying positions to political operatives in exchange for preferential legislation is becoming common practice.

The smaller the business the easier it is to monitor and supervise its employees to insure maximum agility. The large international corporations are on the other side of this continuum and have the most difficulty supervising its complex structure.  The diversity of operations and multiple sites all over the world creates an incredible challenge to maintain a streamlined operation.

This same phenomenon takes place in government agencies. We have witnessed this first hand in Obamacare. Attempting to manage 1/6 of the nation's economy has been a disaster. Even with ordering private insurance companies to artificially lower their insurance rates to cushion their insurance policies, the price and co-pay have risen.

In this symbiotic relationship government winners are chosen by how much support they give the administration. This can be through campaign contributions and lucrative jobs they are offering government operatives.  Losers are those who do not pay to play.

This marriage between major corporations and the federal government has recently been called “crony capitalism” and during the WWII period, “fascism.” The National Socialistic German Worker's Party used corporations to solidify their power.  

Every law abiding patriotic citizen should protest the confiscation and mishandling of the people’s money. The fear mongering of a global economy collapse by our D.C. government should have been dismissed as propaganda to protect these corporate and government elites special financial and power interests.

Americans should not hand over to our central government the power to pretend to micromanage our economy. The picking of winners and losers and the printing of “stimulus money” by the Federal Reserve does nothing other than increase potential corruption. The devaluation of our currency by “Quantitative Easing” is robbing a percentage of our purchasing power.

Anytime we hear “Too Big to Fail” we should be aware our D.C. government is selling this phony rationale to justify its expansion into every aspect of our lives. We need to refuse to be robbed by power seeking politicians that are only concerned with their own self-interest rather than the people’s.

This game has become transparent. “Too Big to Fail” policy is an attempt to transform the USA from a constitutional republic to a political elite control of the economy and rejection of our Constitutional Republic.

Our founders brilliantly provided us with a constitutional blueprint to prevent us from going down the path of elites controlling the government instead of the people controlling it. As these great men understood, large government siphons off the treasury and the freedom of the people.

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.blogspot.com.

Today's Culture is Corroding our Economy

TODAY'S CULTURE IS CORRODING OUR ECONOMY

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

Our present culture is producing dreamers and needers rather than doers and savers. Savings has almost become extinct because we spend money before we have it. We worship the decadent freak celebrities and curse the dedicated, virtuous worker. Our heroes of the past are being destroyed and are not replaced by wholesome Americans.

The pre 1960 culture that drove us to be the best in the world now is on life support. Our culture has been turned upside down since the 1960 counter culture revolution. Today's establishment has the value system of the anti-establishment “revolutionaries” of the 1960s. We are losing our traditions that have made us great and our competitive edge.

Our government is looting the wealth from the ambitious creators and distributing it to the lazy parasites. The needs of non-productive citizens are being placed above personal ability and drive to better oneself. The self-perpetuating ruling class is manipulating our economy and elections.  Modern status quo is a perversion of American traditions. It is a planned attack on bringing our capitalist economy down and replacing it with a centrally controlled one. The Soviet Union and China’s five-year economic plans of the past that never succeeded are being replaced by the USA’s 10-year economic projections. This is unbelievable.

Excuses and laziness are rewarded in school. Bankrupt corporations are given bailouts of taxpayer money instead of being allowed to fail. The CEOs of these companies are given multi million dollar bonuses after leading their companies into disaster. Openly crooked politicians are not being identified or punished but are given higher positions to evade prosecution and increase their power to further dismantle the underpinnings of our laws and our values. This is not an unconscious act. It is being done purposefully.

The free market is based on freedom and the moral trust of its participants. In order for capitalism to function well, fraud and outside government interference have to be nearly non- existent. Business transactions have to be based on mutual consent of buyers and sellers not on government regulations, mandates or executive orders. Logic, reason and honesty need to prevail for the individuals involved in the deal to be satisfied.

The American dream of the pursuit of happiness is being thwarted and corrupted by government intrusion and micromanaging of the free market. Solindra, the Boeing plant in South Carolina, and picking winners and losers on Wall Street are the antithesis of free market policies.

A more subtle and indirect policy affecting the economy is the attack on the family. The family is being redefined to include every combination of people to undermine the sanctity of husband, wife and children. As the family weakens, the moral values essential to the free market are being gutted. The welfare system and government schools are creating greater dependency on the government and less reliance on the family unit. Moral values that were once transmitted directly by parents are now being more easily distorted and changed through government indoctrination in schools and the media.

The dominant progressive culture is switching the concepts of freedom and opportunity through competition, with dependency and security crushing the impetus for capitalism. People have to believe that their individual efforts will be rewarded by increased wealth for the free market to exist. The sanctity of the free market contract and private property must be upheld or people will lose interest in being ambitious. 

Our present “tolerance of everything” culture has made it easier for government to change the way we do business. Too many of us are becoming numb to the rampant incompetence and the onslaught of counter productive failed policies. No longer with a strong moral compass Americans are being “sheeple” that can easily be herded.

The continuation of this obscene, status quo, immoral culture will rot the US economy from within. Only by instilling traditional moral values can we have the opportunity for an economic resurgence. This will not happen by continuing to do what pleases us but through strengthening our self-reliance, family, work ethic and greater allegiance to God.

The culture has to be retaken by traditional moral values and self-realization through daily interaction. The courageous displays of doing what is right will encourage others to follow suit. These incidents will motivate many citizens to revolt against our being inundated with progressive indoctrination, sexualization and perversion. We need to exert our power by turning off vile television shows, not attending repugnant movies, studying political issues and candidates before voting while being the best we can be.

Productive citizens have to band together to forcefully voice their objections to a small group of power elite from both political parties who distort our moral values and our constitutional rights to curtail our freedoms. This heightened awareness of the American people should be used to energize all of us to be more involved with our families and become more politically active to keep the American legacy: the land of opportunity, liberty and prosperity for all those who are willing to work.

Dr. Maglio is an author and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.com.

The Difference Between the American Nation and Others

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMERICAN NATION AND OTHERS

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

America has been a haven of freedom-loving people. It is not a nation of a particular race or ethnic group. The people who came to America from all over the world wanted the freedom and opportunity it offered them.

There never has been gold lining the streets but there are many immigrants who wanted a chance to raise themselves up by their own bootstraps. Hard work and sacrifice still exist as a formula to prosper in the USA. Look at any group of recent immigrants, they are competing to get ahead and are doing it.

These new immigrants and the existing doers among our countrymen are the role models who capture the indomitable spirit of America. Doers do not want anyone, especially government, to tell them how and what to do. They desire the freedom to live their own lives. These doers do not want to owe anyone, expect or accept government handouts. They are proud, independent people who reject government interference in reaching their self defined goals.

There is no difference between any other nationality compared to an American as most want the chance to climb the socio economic ladder.

In the past the vast majority of immigrants who came to the US did not seek government dependency; they were running from it. They detested it because they understood the cost. They abhor any strings attached to receiving welfare and refuse to be envious or make excuses for not being as well off as others. The only thing they seek is an entry level position or the chance to start a small family business.

American exceptionalism is not based on the ethnic and racial superiority of our people for we are from every corner of the world. It is clearly our culture and our historical freedoms that encourage every one of us to reach our goals through our efforts. America has been the land of opportunity.

Too many citizens of America have become un-American. They want a cradle to grave government existence. These weak and easily frightened parasites have every constitutional right to advocate for socialism, communism, fascism or use their freedom to leave for another country. These dissatisfied citizens reject traditional American ideals and are not believers in what is unique about our country. However, most want to keep their own status and money while crusading for redistributing the wealth of the middle class to assuage the guilt of their own material wealth.

We are an exceptional nation because of our self-reliant values, willingness to work hard and save for our families and our strong belief in God. There are many “have nots” in other countries who just want a chance to be “haves” by being allowed to earn and keep their wealth. They come with the strong family and moral values needed to succeed. Let them come because we need them more than ever.

We are at a tipping point in America of doers and takers. This 2012 election can be the end of freedom or the United States or an incredible rebirth. It will show whether Americans want a large government dependent society or a limited government with a free market society.

The choice is between two different approaches in governing: A central government that controls all aspects of one’s life or a limited government encouraging individual initiative and doer energy to propel the nation. Even if the people choose a limited government and a capitalist economy it will be up to the citizens to keep the ruling class of both parties from reasserting its power through devious means.

The choosing of a welfare state will turn the tide of productive people’s desire to come to America. We will become dispirited like almost all other countries in the world. Too many of our people will complain about the ineffective government programs and not hold themselves accountable for their own pathetic, lazy existence.

If the balancing point is passed where the takers outweigh the doers we will rapidly tumble into an immoral, disorganized, unproductive society. At this juncture there will be little inspiration or wealth to redistribute and our fate as “a has been” nation will be sealed. As the doers realize America has chosen the taker’s path they will jump ship for another freer and more prosperous country. America’s exceptionalism will no longer exist. It is doubtful another country will rise to take America’s place. All nations will become equally unexceptional.

Our founding fathers learned from England’s repression of the colonies, Adam Smith’s, Wealth of Nations and the study of history of past nations the most effective way to organize the government to insure the people’s freedom. These lessons gave them an enlightened perspective to forge a constitution that is not based on limiting citizen’s freedom but limiting government’s power to interfere in the lives of it’s citizens. This great experiment is the legacy that has made America the beacon oof the world.

People have come to America specifically for the freedom and opportunity our founders granted each and everyone of us. Let us not sacrifice this incredible gift on the altar of false government promises. America’s inspiration to the world should be preserved for the people of all nations.

Dr. Maglio is an author and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. You can visit Dr. Maglio at www.drmaglio.com.