We, at Evolution are Baby Boomers. We have seen and experience a lot in our lives. We have heard many state of the union speeches. The only one that we can recall that had some reality, some truth was by Gerald Ford in 1975. His diagnosis of America at the time was honest except he only talked about the present state (consequences) and not the causes. Here is the gist of his speech...
State of the Union - 1975
- The state of the union is not good. Millions of Americans are out of work. Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more. Prices are too high and sales are slow. This year's federal deficit will be about $30 billion...Some people question their government's ability to make hard decisions and stick with them...
This is honest except when even admitting problem issues, he falls short in declaring the reasons for the state of the nation. We know: Foolish war that lost lives, resources and exploded our debt with the corruption of LBJ by keeping the war off the books, the Fed printing money, and the outsourcing of jobs and the lack of protections for American firms. You know, some things never change...
Today's Speech, Response and Real State
Biden opened loud. He referred to Trump as his predessor and not by name. He declared support for Ukraine to which we support. His made in America of computer chips is something we have advocated for a long time. He offered an olive branch to the Republicans by using a positive from R. Reagan's administration. Then, he switched gears to the abortion question. We are Catholic. So, we are against abortion, but like JFK, we obide by the nation's call. Except we never get to vote as this is the flaw in our constitution. Anyway, after this, everything that he said was either buying votes by spending or an outright lie. What lies, you ask? How about the issue of being safe? How about the point that he claimed to produce 800,000 jobs in manufacturing. We say, "What about the 12 million that we lost?" Towards the end, he made overtures to the populist or independent voters with a suggestion of taxing the wealthy and corporations. I don't believe him. If he was honest, he would've attempted this from the beginning. His plan on immigration lacks truths besides a lack of judges. How can you allow an illegal asylum, when that person has demonstrated a complete disregard for our laws by sneeking into our country and then claim to be innocent? We need a better process to register people seeking to enter the US and become citizens. Here is an idea. With so many at the border, (in the millions) maybe we should move those who speak English to the head of the line. Kids who do not speak English is one major cause why our education system is doing so poorly. Also, immigrants need to demonstrate that they would be good citizens by following our rules and procedures. We have nothing against immigrants.
The republican response was nothing more than using the Tricky Dickie playbook of law and order. Katie Britt said nothing but fear. She didn't even bother to include the populist or independent voters in her reply to the democrats. The one thing that we agree with her is the point about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Typical, as a republican, she offered no plan for our nation because the republicans only support the wealthy. Do you know the GOP stands for? Guardians of Privilege. You know, some things never change...
Neither party addressed our disgraceful national debt or the Fed that sponsors our debt. Neither party addressed the hacking that takes place everyday. Neither party offered any ideas to lower our debt and stop the bleeding in our standard of living. Neither party called out the prime minister of Israel for his imperialist attitude toward the Palestine people. We agree that Israel is justified to defend itself, but using this conflict to grab land only gives cause to continue the hate, the distrust and more violence between each people. He has repeatedly in his time to use power to expand Jewish settlements into what was Palestian territory like he quietly did last week by approving 3,400 new settlement on Palestine territory. Two wrongs do not make a right. One sin does not justify to allow more sins to be committed.
We, at Evolution feel that in an election year, neither party will do anything to address these issues. Some things never change... Peace.
