We have just completed the three most joyous holidays of the year: Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year’s. As battered and bruised as America is, there is no better place in the world to live for 314 million U.S. citizens. We have much to appreciate and thank the Almighty for His beneficence.
American prosperity and longevity are no longer a given. How we govern, what we prioritize, and what we hold as our central truths are predictors of whether we’ll be a recognizable approximation of who we were, who we aspire to be, and what will become of us someday.
Why I Still Believe in America’s Power for Good:-
America can be a contradiction at times, always has been. Yet, I still believe in an America that changed the entire world for the better, raised billions out of poverty, and still commands respect from many around the globe for our pluralism, still delivering on the promise that you can still create wealth from your hard work and intellectual talents better here than any other major country.
Truth is so intrinsically tied to our fate, yet we fail to understand who and what we are. With no point of beginning, how can anyone, however wise and determined, plot a path to prosperity and a better tomorrow? The answer is we can’t. Eventually, logic and cosmic karma will balance the scales, and our luck will run out.
To demonstrate the sophistry we endure without reliable truth, read this Wall Street Journal article that completely upends the idea that we have many poor people in this country. Yes, I know that the idea is preposterous, yet it appears to be true. Did you know that welfare programs are not counted as income?
Phil Gramm & John Early, “The Biggest Fraud in Welfare,” The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2025.
In this piece, the authors write that federal welfare spending now totals $1.4 trillion. If divided evenly among the 19.8 million families the government classifies as poor, each would receive more than $70,000 a year — yet these benefits are not counted as income for eligibility or poverty measurement.
Even accounting for the “skim” (the money the government and NGOs rake in off the top, it’s a staggering number. It is impossible to reconcile the $1.4 trillion with the vast majority of what the Democrats and media maintain is a system that “neglects” the poor. What this suggests is that everything we’re being told about the poor is a lie, or at least being called poor and not having money are separate things. How can we reconcile such foundational issues as “one in seven children go to bed hungry” with the reality that suggests strongly that there is little to no correlation between being poor and hungry and an unjust economic system; quite the contrary.
The Fair Share Myth:-
Democratic and Socialist politics depend on making you feel guilty. What if we all woke up one day and realized that the greatest scam of all was the underlying lie that not ‘paying your fair share’ meant you were not paying sufficient graft?
Two more examples that I believe make my case:
Attorney Joe Thompson, who is leading the federal investigation into fraud across 14 Minnesota-run Medicaid and human services programs.
According to multiple news reports:
- Minnesota paid $18 billion to these programs since 2018.
- Thompson stated that “half or more” of that may be fraudulent — implying losses of up to $9 billion.
82 of 92 defendants being Somali, it is ridiculous not to connect one with the other. The other side wants you to believe that we must separate and sanitize the crime, not tie it to any ethnic group. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Somalis participated in the fraud for their “cut” of the theft.
We have an identical situation with the Haitians, who were let in with little screening:
Credible reporting concerns two Haitian men charged in Massachusetts with $7 million in SNAP (food stamp) fraud. I can promise you that this is the tip of the iceberg. It’s becoming common to shy away from accusing anyone from the immigrant minority community for fear of being tarred with the racism brush. This, in turn, leads to the lie that immigrants are more law-abiding than native-born.
The underlying problem we must answer is: was it ever a good idea to allow anyone in on whatever visa de jour one could get for people who are not “natural fits” for our country, based on cultural values, education, and propensity to assimilate? The answer should logically be a resounding “No.”
Then why do we continue to do things that most 12-year-olds could figure out don’t make sense and pose a high risk to our continuity?
Occam’s Razor: When multiple explanations are possible, the simplest one that requires the fewest assumptions is usually the right one.
When logic fails to explain the limitless moronic mistakes we make, we should fall back to the most straightforward explanation: “People are making money off these choices.” Hundreds of thousands of people, politicians, NGOs, religious institutions, and others have treated the government as their own personal ATM. Once codified into law or practice, what should be deemed illegal practices at the outset become nothing more than baited fields for the unscrupulous and profiteers alike. All the fake concern they have for their meal tickets is just that, fake. It is grifting on a scale never before seen in this world, and the normal people in America are forced to pay for their own undoing.
The Moral Architecture of a Sustainable Civilization:-
There is a set of principles that undergird any society that wants to thrive and survive. They are:
- Shared Prosperity
- Shared Norms
- Universal safety
- Educated Individuals
- A disdain for malingers
Without these five principles at the base of every decision tree, we are lost. Inconsistent principles and poor execution have led to our Balkanization. National standards can only be set by Congress and seconded by our legal system. President Trump cannot sign an Executive Order requiring sanity in our governmental practices; it’s wishful thinking to believe otherwise.
We must have rational national standards for immigration and assimilation, or no immigration at all. Separate but equal went out a long time ago. We need rigid incentives for education and morality, the affirmation of families, and a way for young people to own a home they can afford that creates a sense of belonging, the beginnings of their own generational wealth, and a desire for children.
Every good essay should remind readers that it is up to us to put thought into action. If we seek more joyous holidays in the future, we must undertake the necessary corrections to ensure such. We should come away believing that every generation is just a caretaker for the next. It is our duty and our privilege to leave this place better than we found it. Luck is not an accident; it’s when duty, logic, and truth collide.
God Bless America!
Allan J. Feifer—Patriot
Author, Businessman, Thinker, and Strategist. Read more about Allan, his background, and his ideas to create a better tomorrow at www.1plus1equals2.com. Read additional great writers here.
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