Friday, January 21, 2011

Why We Provide for the Common Defense

Heritage  "In a luncheon speech to American business executives in which he urged the United States to recognize China’s claims over Tibet and Taiwan, Chinese President Hu Jintao said yesterday: “We do not engage in an arms race, we are not a military threat to any country. China will never seek to dominate or pursue an expansionist policy.” We certainly hope this is true. But our leaders must do more than just hope. As President George Washington asserted in his First Annual Message, the “most effectual means of preserving peace” is “to be prepared for war.”"

Education:  See how it relates to the above article."China will own much of our debt as a nation. The question is: how did this happen? How did we get to a point where our economy is no longer producing and thriving as it once was? Well the recent economic crisis obviously didn't help. It managed to wipe out every job that had been created in the 21st century in the United States. But even if we hadn't lost all of those jobs and had simply continued to march in place "the United States would have entered 2010 with 15 million fewer jobs than economists say it should have."  This according to a report in the National Journal . This leads us to believe that the problem started long ago. You would be correct. Nearly every single economist interviewed for this article in the National Journal pointed to one key factor: education. "

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