Issues

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has kicked off the first phase of World War 3. Nations are now being forced to choose sides in a conflict that they are not involved in...or so we think. Typically, large wars start with some form of economic action coupled with low level military activity. The expanding embargo on Russia forces nations to choose between the Western economic bloc (led by the US) and the Belt and Road System (led by China).

Russia believes that Ukraine is a proxy for fighting NATO and they are scaling up for a far bigger operation after Ukraine is concluded. American citizens who have no interest in being drafted to fight WW3 should be vocal about demanding a peaceful resolution to this war before diplomacy is no longer possible. There is a very real chance that the Russian Federation could use nuclear weapons to strike and destabilize the United States. It could also re-establish its air base in Cuba and bring large portions of the US within a 30 minute striking range by Russian aircraft. Read More

The federal bureaucracy has a habit of claiming that we have full access to our rights as they constrain them in the background. The "Twitter Files" are a good example of how social media is steered by the government to reduce their exposure to inconvenient information being shared by the public. These companies have been voluntarily censoring info under the guise of "public safety" and "democracy". There must be punishment for government employees as well as social media companies for engaging in censorship that damages the society. One can argue that censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story was a form of election interference. Censoring therapies to reduce COVID risk cost hundreds of thousands of lives as well as the health of the global economy. Read More

The lax border security at the southern border is designed to create a black market labor force to supplement (and in some cases, replace) the existing American labor force. This current policy works for the establishment of both parties. The Republican establishment uses migrant labor to keep a lid on their costs while the Democratic establishment touts labor improvements that they circumvent with migrant labor.

The southern border has also been identified as an invasion point for the Russian military using troops from a number of Latin American countries backed by Russian air support. There are a number of Latin American countries that have been harmed by failed American foreign policy initiatives and are eager to work with Russia and China as a counterweight to American influence.

Implementing border security should consist of these three elements: (1) the border needs to be sealed to prevent ALL illegal entries; (2) a guest worker program should be implemented to assist industries with chronic labor shortages to meet their needs; (3) raise the national minimum wage to $15/hour and make the first $30,000 of it tax-free.