2019/02/05

       In his annual State of the nation address to the status quo (Republican and Democratic) 53rd counterfeit CONgress (elected in accordance with the fraudulent 17th amendment) Republican (fascist/socialist) President Trump claims, “America was founded on liberty and independence, and not government coercion, domination, and control.  We are born free and we will stay free.  Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”

       NOTES:

• Well, except for

• • Social Security,
  • Medicare,
  • Medicaid,
  • Public (government) schooling,
  • The federal income tax,
  • Welfare,
  • Public housing,
  • Education grants,
  • Farm subsidies,
  • Food stamps,
  • Corporate bailouts,
  • Stimulus payments,
  • Immigration controls,
  • The welfare state,
  • The military establishment,
  • The Federal Reserve,
  • Amtrak,
  • The Postal Service,
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority, and
  • Federally owned lands.

• Although Trump used the word “country” here, the editors believe that he meant to use the word “nation,” in which a central government, with almost limitless power, treats its constituent states as mere enclaves, provinces, or sub-divisions of its greater self; as opposed to “Union,” which is a union of sovereign States under a federal system, with a central government whose powers are strictly limited by a respected Constitution.

       [added 1/9/2026] Thanks to Jacob Hornberger for this entry.