Let’s Make America Great Again
By Terry AmRhein,
Author of Democracy
on the Edge
available at www.amrheinsbooks.com
Let’s make America
great again is Donald Trump’s hallmark quote.
What the hell is he talking about!
America ’s
unemployment rate is presently 4.9%.
That is phenomenal. The
unemployment rate in good times is generally considered to be 5.5%. We’re at 4.9%!
There is an
estimated 14 million people who have health care today, who didn’t have it in
2010 when Obamacare was passed. That’s
got to be a great thing for our country, even if you don’t like Obamacare. Today anyone who is under 26 years old can
stay on their parent’s healthcare plan thus providing younger individuals
without jobs the opportunity to continue having health care. Today, no one can be refused health insurance
because they have a pre-existing disease.
This also has got to be a great thing.
Having health care reduces deaths of people with chronic diseases that could
be helped if they have medical care. In
2009, the American Journal of Public Health estimated that 44,800 die each year
because of lack of heath care. This
reduction in deaths must be a great thing.
Also, although most people don’t know it, but people with heath care a
paying over $1000 per year to provide emergency room services to those without
heath care, according to News Week magazine.
All of these must be great things.
Now look at
the economy. In 2014, the GDP of the US was 17,419 trillion, the highest ever! GDP per capita was $46,405.26, the highest ever! (These figures from the World Bank.) The GDP of China, $10.355 trillion. America ’s GDP is second to the European Common
Market at $18.514 trillion with China
coming in fourth. America ’s
economic growth must be a great thing.
Our military is the strongest in the
world. Based on money spent, we are
projected to spend $598.5 billion dollars in 2015. This represents 37% of the total military
spending throughout the entire world. We
spend more money that the next 9 highest nations combined. This includes China ,
Japan , Germany , Great
Britain , France ,
Saudi Arabia , India , South Korea
and Russia . And don’t just think that all that money is
wasted buying $10,000 toilets. The
weaponry we possess is awesome. No one
else can match us. But spending a lot of
money is not necessary the deciding factor in world conflicts. Knowing what weapons are needed in a given
situation and being able to apply those weapons is also an important
factor. Removing Osama Bin Laden proves
we have the capacity and the know-how.
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