Congress Ignores Pressing National Business While
It Obsesses on Jan. 6
Star Parker
As the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack
on the United States Capitol starts public hearings, we must ask what
motivates those on the committee.
Is the sole concern the ideals of the Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution of the United States? Or is it to get media to
attack and undermine political opponents?
It is indeed possible that infractions of law can be investigated
without a carnival platform designed to mobilize media and national
attention.
The public material of the committee already reeks of motivations
other than seeking truth.
The committee has already announced on its website that the Jan.6
incident was "one of the darkest days of our democracy."
Really? Against a civil war where some three-quarters of a mil-
lion Americans were killed, fighting over what American freedom is
about, one incident of a few hours, where law enforcement finally
prevailed, was one of our "darkest days"?
There are just 24 hours in any day, so time taken on one matter
means attention not given to other matters.
If these members of Congress really cared about our principles
of freedom and democracy, they wouldn't be ignoring every day other
pressing matters in which the freedom of American citizens is bla-
tantly violated.
Take, for example, that as the Jan. 6 investigation monopolizes
media attention, on June 3 the Trustees of Medicare and Social Se-
curity issued their annual report.
Both systems are bankrupt and in dismal shape financially.
The cash shortfall of Medicare in 2021 was $409 billion. Pro-
jection is that Social Security will be out of adequate cash flow to
meet obligations to retirees by 2035 — just 13 years from now.
The Trustees estimate that there are only adequate funds in
Social Security to meet 80% of benefits in 2035. The payroll tax, now
12.4%, would have to be raised 26% in order to generate sufficient
funds to meet those obligations.
In other words, today every working American age 55 and below who
plans to collect Social Security benefits at age 67 is paying a pay-
roll tax into a system that cannot provide the benefits promised.
Can you imagine a private insurance company sending a letter to
policy holders saying that, in 13 years, they will only be able to
meet 80% of the payments promised to policy holders?
The lawsuits would be flying.
Let's forget about the fiscal situation of the system for a min-
ute and whether it is even worth saving this program. How about the
issue of freedom that our members of Congress want us to believe
they care about so much?
Take a young citizen, age 21, fresh with his or her new degree,
entering the work force for the first time. Immediately, 12.4% of
their paycheck is deducted into a system they involuntarily enter,
in which there are inadequate funds to meet promised benefits.
Shouldn't this new young worker be able to say, "No, thank you,
I don't want to participate"?
Even if the system were not broken, and benefits could be met,
in our free country, shouldn't everyone be free to manage their own
retirement?
According to the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, the average
return of Social Security over the last 40 years was 1%. Over the
same period, average return on stocks was 6%.
Back to this new young worker, by the calculations of the Com-
mittee to Unleash Prosperity, this single worker, if they earned the
median national income and were able to invest 10% of their income
into a diversified stock and bond portfolio over 40 years, instead
of paying the payroll tax, could have annual income at retirement of
$55,143 against $19,646 from Social Security.
So, hey, members of the Select Committee. Enough of pretending
that you care about American freedom. How about wrapping up the car-
nival and getting down to the real challenges every American faces
today?
********** Star Parker
Now the Select Committee has met and are boring Americans with
their skewed version of the events of Jan 6.
The committee is made up of 7 angry hate-filled Democrats and
two RINO Conservatives that have ended their political careers due
to their liberal progressive and distain for the ideals of their
own party.
So it is 9-0 and the lies and cut and pasted process seems to
be remenisant of the two illegitimate impechment aimed at their
attempt to prevent Truump from running again for the Presidency.
They have turned it into a circus with no defense and zero
evidence tying Trump to their skewed narrative and "We the People"
have seen through their lies.
May God have mercy upon our nation.
Conservatively,
John
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