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Menu There is no diplomatic solutionIsrael should declare three nos;
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
If a doctor recommends a procedure to address a serious health issue, the patient must ask several important questions. One is what is a possible, if rare, bad consequence. Failure to ask is a failure to take proper personal responsibility for one’s health. Examples of bad consequences could be severe permanent crippling pain.
Likewise on the national level. When the government proposes a course of action to address a serious problem, citizens must ask several important questions. One question is to ask what could tragically happen if we follow the government’s proposal. An example is the loss of our democracy and the conversion of our country into a dictatorship and tyranny. Very few of our national leaders, nor any of our media pundits or university professors, discusses this. This means American citizens are negligent in the citizen’s responsibility for national health.
The current discussion on the debt ceiling is a clear example of our national failure for rational thinking and questioning. Obama said we must raise the ceiling or else the government may default on its financial obligations. There are two questions every intelligent person must ask, be the person a politician, pundit, professor, or citizen. One question is what is our independent estimate of the damage that could occur if we do not raise the ceiling. The second question is the possible damage that could occur if we go along with the Democrats and raise the ceiling.
Regarding the first question, I find it hard to imagine a default. When a corporation is faced with financial difficulties, it lays off workers. The government is in essence a corporation. A responsible government will lay off hundreds of thousands of government workers. We must pay our obligations first, and pay government workers’ salaries only if we have the money. A thinking person cannot accept the statement that not raising the ceiling will result in default.
The second question we must ask is what are the possible, if rare, dangers to America if we actually follow Obama’s recommendations and raise the debt ceiling. The question is what are the possibilities that America will become a dictatorship and cease being a democracy. Look at examples of other countries. Recently I spoke to some Venezuela citizens. They told me that prior to Chavez there was plenty of food on store shelves. Today the shelves are empty. Chavez promised to get rid of corruption and stuff, and so the people voted for him.
Young people think they will live forever, and so are not careful in doing dangerous things. Older and wiser people are aware of the realities of accidents, disease, and death. In a similar fashion, our country is young, and we feel that our democratic republic will last forever. Wiser people fear the danger of America collapsing into a tyranny.
People urge Republicans to compromise. They fail to ask what are the possible, if rare, dangers to America if they compromise. The dangers may be so great, even if improbable, that Republicans should fight to the finish with no compromise.
Our national failure to ask questions is identical to a sick person failing to ask the doctor the proper questions. Many people die because they did not ask questions. Is America doomed to fail because we fail to ask the proper questions?
I am a university professor. I reiterate to my students that they must ask questions if they are to learn the material and pass the course. The same is true for the American public. We Americans must ask questions if we are to survive.
Not if he makes a habit of letting himself get blindsided in real time on TV by liberal “journalists” such as Bob Schieffer.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI