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“Suicide of a Superpower” author Patrick Buchanan on the economic and political risks to America’s future.
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We're back -- Pat Buchanan the former presidential advisor presidential candidate.
Author of the new bestselling Blockbuster suicide of a superpower.
Will America survive to 2025.
-- But let's start with the the fact that we now have troops -- 150.
Countries -- engaged -- half a dozen wars of one -- -- the other.
Where are we headed as a nation with this kind of what many would call and either pluralism or adventurous.
We're headed down the road to Greece -- But why twenty years after the end of the Cold War after the Soviet Union expired and fell apart.
Soviet empire dead what are we borrow from Japan to defend Japan.
What we borrow from Europe to defend Europe.
But we borrow from the Persian gulf to defend the Persian gulf.
What are we borrow from China to give foreign aid to African countries should vote with China in the -- what is going on neither party in my judgment Lou.
Really -- reconciled itself to the fact.
The cold war's over -- we want.
The red army got up and went home from the -- -- what are the Americans do and sitting in the old river.
And it is if you look at what is happening to -- domestically.
And as you focus on.
A permanent underclass in this nation.
Not achieving an education not achieving it in work.
Where are we had well you know would move when I grew up in thirty and that born in the thirties and grew up in the fifties and give you one example.
Not a single person United States was one food stamps in 1964.
Portion -- -- 400000 black folks 400000 more troops no food stamps.
Now one in five Washingtonian to one food stamps 47 million Americans our own food stamps it cost 77 billion dollars for that.
But a program alone what does -- mean if He had food stamps earned income tax credit pell grants headstart all of these and you've got a a country the size of Spain or a major world country which is a totally permanent dependent.
Underclass.
It gets benefits from state local governments and doesn't pay a dime -- income taxes you can't carry those folks for ever like that.
And -- headed for bankruptcy.
You know FDR -- -- -- -- 1935.
State of the Union Address He should you know this is art that welfare is a narcotic it is a -- destroy -- of -- human spirit.
We must and shall get out of this business of welfare.
And what has happened but this well -- -- has it worked look at you got 71% of African American kids are born out of wedlock.
Many of -- -- teen moms who -- approach from high school how -- those -- -- to go to school and compete with other kids and 35%.
White kids Hispanic kids.
We are right now.
The majority of the children born in America are being born out of wedlock.
And and that's unconscionable on any level it whether one is religious man whether one has social conscience.
It is absolutely.
Right in and you -- direct your point.
We're all over the world we got 701000.
Basis who threatens the United States today the way -- threatened.
Before we look at the cost of Iraq -- -- spending 900 billion dollars.
You know I asked the question we what does it profit American to -- Anbar Province and to lose Arizona.
And -- is just one of the many questions that Pat Buchanan answers in suicide of a superpower.
Terrific book.
Terrific offer good thank you very much power over that impact.
Up up up out of the great to have you know the folks who were for children -- -- -- 1980.
With the child crossover network where got great to see it is.
