WARNING: I am on a roll…and I am mad…and I am frustrated…and I am fed up. In this article I provide lots of facts and statistics…but I also go on a rant a time or two. And yes, I inject some rather unpleasant (i.e. colorful) language. You have been warned…continue reading at your own risk.

Last Wednesday (3/12) I wrote about the “pimple on our butt”…Canada. Let me be clear once again…they are little more than a “pimple” economically. They screw us over economically big time implementing far larger tariffs -penalties- on American goods imported into their country than we impose on their goods imported into the US. And that just ain’t right! Why should we subsidize Canada’s economy when they don’t do crap for us?

Economically speaking…they are complete losers when compared to the USA…they are barely 60% of the US standard of living when comparing per capita income to GDP. Canada is third-world status compared to the US. Can you imagine for a minute if the US stopped subsidizing their economy? Could Canada even exist without our welfare payments?

But, is Canada the exception or the rule? Unfortunately the US has been subsidizing the entire world for decades…improving the life of dozens and dozens of foreign country’s citizens while destroying our own middle-class…OUR United States middle-class!! Yeah, let’s look at facts…the US middle-income/middle-class has shrunk by nearly 20% since 1971. And the US lower-income/lower-class has grown by nearly 20% in that same time period. Gee, you think there is a correlation there?

Okay, let’s think about this for a minute…US manufacturing jobs have been steadily going downhill since the 1970’s. Oh wait, net imports of goods and services was pretty much zero in the early 1970’s. Here it comes…by 2020 it had ballooned to $600billion more of goods and services imported from foreign countries (net imports). So where exactly did those manufacturing jobs go? Oh yeah…to foreign freaking countries!

Let’s talk China for a minute…in 1970 we had no trade with China. By 1980 we were importing more than 300% more goods from China than we were exporting to them. By the year 2001 we were importing about 10 times more goods from China ($100billion) than we were sending them. By 2022 that dollar amount of imports from China went to $525billion!! A 500% increase!!!!  All the while they are charging us import tariffs.

Here’s a little related tidbit for you to remember…in the early 1970’s the average home cost $31,600. By the end of 2024 that had jumped to $510,300. That is more than a 1600% price increase in the average US home!!! While we were rapidly increasing our imports from China. Hhhhuuummmmm?

Now, just to throw a couple pieces of history into the mix…

1. In the 1970’s President Nixon “normalized” relations with China. In other words, opening up trade with China. And if you look at his politics…Nixon was a liberal and Progressive by any definition, but he was also an authoritarian and globalist as well.
2. Then in 2001 what happened? Ah, yeah…9/11 terrorist attack. And who was at the helm…Bush. And he implemented some serious socialist economic policies in 2007 – 2008 to “save” the country from the Great Recession. And there is no question that Bush was a rabid authoritarian and globalist. For crying out loud…his father, prior President, was a damn CIA agent!

Coincidence and/or correlation in those historic event outcomes?

So the middle-class began shrinking in the 1970’s at the same time that US manufacturing jobs began their significant drop…at the same time the US was a “net zero” in overall foreign trade and no trade with China…at the same time homes cost $31,600. Then Nixon opened up China and foreign trade in general…enter the “global economy.”

Then, starting in 2001 until the 2020’s our imports from China went up more than 500%. And also, homes jumped 315% during the same time period…and that includes the downturn during the housing crisis period (The Great Recession).

Do you think there might be some correlation or connection between historic events and our economic situation?

Back to “BigCorp vs Workers & Foreign vs Domestic”…

Here is something for you to consider…as of 2021 the good ole USA ranked 186 out of 197 for import tariffs. That means the United States of America had virtually no import tariffs compared to the rest of the world. Yeah, you heard the horror stories about Canada’s 250% tariff on some imported US goods. But that story, along with hundreds of others, could they be one-off evidence? Hang on a second…the global tariff ranking mentioned above is hard fact…proof that the US is a giant welfare checking account for the rest of the world.

And for those who want to challenge Trump’s allegation about Canada being a far higher tariff country than the US…Canada’s average tariff rate is 2.35%…the US’s rate is 1.47%. Yeah, do the math…Canada’s average tariff rate is almost 40% higher than the United States’.

Here is an additional fact that will want to make you throw up…since the mid-1970’s the United States has provided trillions of dollars in foreign aid to countries around the world. And that figure doesn’t include military aid (i.e. freebies) or the free money during the Great Recession. The US giving trillions of dollars to countries who in return impose huge tariffs on imported US goods. And to make matters worse…that foreign aid (i.e. welfare) represents a huge portion of the entire US national debt! That’s a triple loss for the US!!!  Does it also show we, the USA, are stupid or what? Or, is there something else going on?

All of this is proof positive…the United States of America is one big…HUGE…global welfare checking account. We are the sugar daddy for the entire world. And all the while:

• our annual federal deficit grows to unimaginable and unsustainable levels
• our country loses manufacturing jobs and the ability to provide for ourselves
• home prices skyrocket and homes become unobtainable for many families
• our middle-class shrinks while the poor increase
• our national debt balloons to an untenable size
• our median household income (inflation adjusted) has decreased significantly since the late 1980’s
• during the US Great Recession of 2007 – 2009 while US citizens were losing their homes, losing their jobs, losing everything…the US Federal Reserve sent trillions of US dollars to foreign central banks to prop up their countries and their citizens

Do I need to go on? The bottom line is the US is funding the world…we are paying for everyone’s prosperity while our country is going down the toilette economically for the last 50 years.

So let all the other little pimple countries like Canada whine and complain and throw temper tantrums all they want. They only succeed economically because we are paying for it! They enjoy whatever economic good-fortunes they have because the good ole US writes the check for them.

And don’t even get me started on who protects foreign countries militarily! If it were not for the US military…there would be very, very few democracies left in the world. So let the petulant little countries cry their eyes out about the big ole mean USA…screw ‘em!!!

Summary –

Domestically the US suffers economically because we fund the world with our money. We buy their crap at the expense of US jobs and ever lowering real income for our own people. We charge a fraction of the import tariffs on foreign goods compared to what other countries charge on US goods…taking that hit financially as well.

President Trump, you go right ahead and balance the tariff trade war!! And while you’re at it…cut foreign aid to ZERO!! If you do so, manufacturing will come back to the US, job #’s will grow, income will grow, our economy will grow, the middle-class will grow once again…and we once again will become a self-sustaining country. Hopefully.

But why won’t that happen? The rich bitches (elites) of the world, and specifically those in the US.

Here’s something to show what I mean…the disparity in income between between the average American and the top 5% of American earners is a great stat to look at. From the mid-1970’s to 2024 the difference in income disparity between those two groups went wild. Rich American vs average American income growth disparity is 260% greater now than in the mid-1970’s. So tell me who exactly is benefiting the most from “free trade”, low tariffs, and a global economy? Yeah…the rich folks ya’ll…and a big time -HUGE- difference.

The bottom line…

• Globally, foreign vs domestic, the foreign countries are benefiting from, and destroying the United States economically.
• In the domestic view, the big corporations and rich folks, are benefiting from, and destroying the middle & lower class economically.

And before any morons give me crap about US nationalism or Marxism advocacy…SCREW YOU!!! That is only a vain attempt on your part to discredit facts and actual evidence.

But for clarity sake…yes, I am a US Nationalist! From the dictionary –

Nationalism is an ideology that elevates one nation or nationality above others and promotes its culture and interests. It can also refer to support for the independence or self-determination of a nation or people.

So you’re damn right I am a US Nationalist…take care of US citizens, US companies, and the US economy FIRST!!!

As for anyone who thinks I am an advocate of Marxism or Marxist ideas against rich folks…you’re an absolute idiot, clown, imbecile…or worse. What I advocate for is a strong American economy, a strong American manufacturing base, and both honesty and fairness when it comes to hardworking American workers. America can only survive as a strong Constitutional Republic if we have a strong middle-class…and “they” have been destroying that for 50 years.

And just to make sure there is no confusion or doubt in what my opinion is on who is to blame…the world’s elites. Yup, call them rich globalists, the WEF members, CFR members, Illuminati, central bankers, or whatever you like. I don’t give a  damn what they are called…they are destroying the United States of America!! The facts, stats, and figures prove it!!

Do those destroyers have allies in the US? Of course they do…for the most part they are called politicians. They are mostly Democrats, but there are plenty of Republicans in that camp as well…probably most Republicans. And no I am not ignoring the bankers and corporate heads.

Folks, there are a lot of those destroyers right here in the US. Many of their faces are well-known, others no-so-much, and then some are all but invisible. And I bet most of us have voted for a bunch of them, and/or worked for them, over the last 5 decades.

Can the US turn this around? Can the US be saved economically? Is there hope for the US long-term? < I answered the questions – click here >

Well, maybe that should be another topic for another day. For now…< I wrote about that topic – click here >

Those people who whine and complain about the US…who cry about US increasing tariffs…who whimper about mean ole Trump putting America first…just do everyone around you a favor…SHUT THE HELL UP ! No one wants to hear your petulant little child temper tantrums.

Try this on…Why don’t you try accepting reality and appreciate all the checks the US has written over the last 50 years. Or recognize that the US stepped up during two world wars and beat the bad guys for everyone else. You know, we could have just stayed home and let the ocean defend us…but nope…we stepped up for you.

If you don’t like this article…if you don’t agree with this article…if you are mad about this article…if you are butt hurt about this article…then go to your little safe space and SHUT THE HELL UP!! I am sick and tired of all the economically non-important countries and their spoiled self-aggrandizing politicians, and their annoying citizens getting their panties in a wad.

GET OVER IT ! !

If you read this far I really want to thank you. This has been amazingly therapeutic for me, something I’ve wanted to get off my chest for a long time. I feel much better now. Again, thank you.

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