For Our Prosperity, or a Political Agenda?

Flowing counter to the low spirit of many currently in our nation, America’s brightest years can well be ahead of us. Many intelligent, educated and informed people see our current situation as the result of bad and correctable policies, not fundamental weaknesses.  Let me quote a few of them.
President Obama’s Progressive Agendas by Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm, of the American Enterprise Institute, writing in the Wall Street Journal, noted that we currently have a president who is driving his progressive agenda, and is unwilling to respond to the American people, despite the fact that people are increasingly distancing themselves from him. When President Clinton lost eight seats in the Senate and 54 in the House, he “reacted to the congressional defeat by ‘triangulating’ to ultimately support a bipartisan budget and tax compromise that fostered broad-based prosperity and earned for him the distinction of being one of the most successful modern presidents. Mr. Obama never wavered. When the recovery continued to disappoint for six long years he never changed course. Mr. Clinton sacrificed his political agenda for the good of the country. Mr. Obama sacrificed the good of the country for his political agenda.”
On Green Energy by Bill Gates
The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, says that one thing we need to correct is to stop wasting money on green energy. Today’s green energy technology is capable of influencing climate change only at a cost that is “beyond astronomical.” 
On Employment Growth by Stanford Professor Lazear
Edward Lazear, Stanford University professor and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, says “employment growth is twice as high in states that have a right-to-work law…. (the economy) grows about one and a half times faster…in those states.” (Right-to-work laws prevent excluding non-union workers and the requirement that they pay dues to unions.)
On Immigration Reform by Morgan Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon
Now let us ask the question, What made this country, and are we heading off in a different direction which is causing us pain?
One answer to that question is immigration. We are a nation of immigrants. Have changes in our immigration policies affected us adversely?
Jamie Dimon, chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase, is alarmed that “40 percent of the men and women who earn advanced degrees in science, technology engineering and math in American universities are foreign nationals with no legal way of remaining  here (in the U.S.) when many of them would choose to do so.”
Dimon’s perspective is, that despite challenges, “American’s future has never been brighter. The U.S. has the best universities, hospitals and businesses on the planet and our people are the most entrepreneurial and innovative in the world, from the factory floor to the executive suite. We have by far the widest, deepest and most transparent capital markets and a citizenry with an unparalleled work ethic and ‘can do’ attitude. And we will have the best military in the world for as long as we have the best economy.”
So Let’s Cheer Up
We feel downcast when we have a problem without any way of doing anything about it. That is not the case here. The leadership we chose is making choices which are putting us where we now are. We must remind ourselves that what we are as a nation was created by force of will, by citizens who knew what they wanted and devoted themselves to getting it. They were willing to put everything on the line to have it. We are the beneficiaries of those wonderful people. While they gave us a nation which we control, they warned us that we have responsibilities, which we dare not neglect, in order to maintain it. When we neglect our responsibilities, those we put into power, pursue their own agendas. Let’s all get busy and give our kids an even greater nation than we inherited; let our efforts start by knowing clearly the agenda of those we vote into office, as well as their faithfulness to our constitution.
Art Hall 
From the Bible:  Proverbs 9:10-11 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.