Assaults on US Democracy, Election Integrity and the Constitution
by Lawrence Kadish • January 22, 2023 at 2:30 pm
As illegal migration, runaway inflation and the national debt all soar to unimaginable heights, no one seems to know who is actually running the country. Could a national digital currency be the government's newest Big Brother surveillance program? (Image source: iStock)
The U.S. for years has been witnessing countless displays of people deliberately committing criminal acts, including felonies, that prosecutors refuse to charge. These include mass violence in cities, widespread gun violence (for instance here and here), and rampant vandalism and theft.
This anarchy is not helped by "revolving door" laws that put perpetrators back out in the street, movements to defund the police, and decriminalizing theft under $950. Target blames a loss of $400 million on retail theft by organized crime, and does not even touch on an industry-wide loss of $800 million just from theft of shopping carts.
