On a periodic basis we do some posts that fall under the theme of “by the numbers.” Rather than trust what the American politician tells us about reality, we like to examine the real numbers and the real reality in the world to understand what is actually going on. Relying on politicians, and their cohorts in the media, to tell us what is reality is always a sucker bet. They have their own agendas and goals, usually centering around their needs and self-enrichment. So we need to look at the reality of the numbers to determine what is really going on.
Previous analyses of “by the numbers” can be accessed by entering the phrase in the search box above. This is the third and final post this month where we look at the numbers to truly find out how good, not likely, or bad, most likely, the American political class is doing in managing our tax dollars, protecting our freedoms, and resolving major issues that affect all of us.
1)Inflation is raging, Israel and Iran are getting very close to an all out war, Russia and Ukraine are still fighting, crime is rampaging through the nation's liberal cities, and this is Biden’s number over a recent 9 day period:
1 day working at the White House.
3 days political campaigning.
5 days vacationing in Delaware.
Obviously, the numbers point out his priorities and it does not include the safety and lives of Americans.
2)One of the biggest issues that Biden has inflicted on the nation is the unfettered entrance of over 8 million unvetted and unvaccinated illegal immigrants into the country As a result, a disease that had been eliminated in this country about 25 years ago, measles, is making a comeback as a result of unvaccinated folks:
According to the CDC, in the first quarter of 2024, 97 cases of measles have been identified.
In the first three months of the previous four years, 2020 to 2023, 5 cases in total had been identified.
Thus, in the first quarter of 2024, the incidents of identified measles cases have grown almost 20 fold.
The 97 cases represent 29% of ALL measles cases found from January 1, 2020 through March 28, 2024, 338 total cases.
68% of the cases over the past four years were found in unvaccinated victims.
96% of the 338 cases come from people that have traveled outside of the country.
Yes, the numbers are not (yet) catastrophic. But pandemics always start with low numbers. Another Biden failure.
3)One of the horrible side effects of Biden’s failed immigration policies is the flooding into the country of untold tons of illegal drugs. These drugs eventually end up on our streets and eventually kill thousands and thousands of Americans. One set of numbers from California illustrate how prevalent the drug supply has become:
According to California governor Gavin Newsom, a recent operation by the California Highway Patrol resulted in the seizing of a massive amount of the deadly drug, fentanyl, amount equal to about 9.6 million lethal doses.
Those 9.6 million doses could kill the entire population of 40 individual states.
Those 9.6 million doses could kill the TOTAL population of the ten least populated states in the country.
The operation also resulted in 6,044 citations, 496 arrests, and 15 guns being confiscated.
I dread to see what the final count of overdose deaths in the country will be in 2023 when the numbers become available. I would not be surprised, given all of the fentanyl flooding over Biden’s borders, that the overall overdose death rate breaks 150,000, up from almost 108,000 in 2022.
4)We have always supported a concept laid out in our book, “Love My Country, Loathe My Government,” that the Federal government should not spend a penny of Federal tax dollars on any project that does not significantly affect the residents of at least five states. This simple rule would certainly curtail wasteful and local spending and would help get Washington's appetite for stupid and wasteful spending under control.
If a state needs a new road, let the taxpayers in that state pay for it, not have the taxpayers in 49 other states chip in. If a city needs a new opera hall, let the local taxpayers pay for it, not the rest of the country.
Without that simple concept in place, the Federal government continues to waste our taxpayer dollar on faraway and local projects:
Apparently under current Congressional rules, every member of Congress can request funding for up to 15 local projects in their states and Congressional districts.
Thus, simple math says that every year at least 7,500 projects that should not be funded by the Federal taxpayer are actually funded by the Federal taxpayer.
$850,000 of Federal tax money is earmarked for a community center in Minneapolis near where George Floyd died.
Under our rule, Minneapolis would pay for this community center if it wanted it, not the rest of us living outside of the city.
$1.7 million will be spent for a “Green Tech Park” in New York to “help marginalized communities in preparing for climate change’s adverse effects.”
$500,000 of Federal taxpayer wealth will be used to create an oyster reef to “address long standing environmental justice inequities facing underrepresented communities in Queens [New York],” whatever that gibberish means.
That same Congressional district will get $1.2 million of Federal taxpayer money for the Muslim Women’s Community Center.
Keep in mind that while DC politicians are spending money on these useless projects, millions of Americans are still homeless, hungry, drug addicted, and in need of medical attention but hey, that oyster reef sounds like a great idea.
Again, if these local communities need an oyster reef, a community center, etc. then they should pay for it. The Federal government and the Federal taxpayer should only be using Federal tax money for projects that affect wide swaths of Americans, i.e. projects that affect people in more than five states.
Otherwise you may end up with almost $35 TRILLION in Federal government debt. Oh yeah, we have almost $35 TRILLION in Federal government debt. But at least we will have a new New York City oyster bed.
That will do it for today’s insanity: Biden does just about everything but be President, measles makes a comeback, fentanyl floods the country, and Washington politicians waste money on local, stupid projects.
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