What are you thankful for?

This week I have been spending a lot of time doing research on my upcoming blog post on illegal immigration (chosen by popular vote last week). However, before we dig into that, I thought I might go into four things that I am thankful for in our current political realm. It only seems appropriate since this is Thanksgiving week after all. At the end of this post, I would love to hear your thoughts on something that you might be thankful as well.

The Constitution! This might seem like an obvious duh to some or maybe you disagree and have a negative view of this document. However, the simple fact is that this document helped form a government that had never been seen before. The constitution gave to rights citizens that before that time, could only be dreamed about. Because of it we have the right to free speech, freedom of movement, the right to arm ourselves, and the ability to choose who leads us. It helped bring about a country, (that while it has had its ups and downs) has been a beacon of freedom, light, and inspiration to literally billions of people over the past couple of centuries.

Checks and Balances! For a quick rundown for those of you who don’t know what this means, checks and balances is the basic counterbalancing of power within our government. This within the United States is made up of the Judicial Branch (Judges), Legislative (Senate and Representatives), and the Executive (President). For the United States, these systems all have ways of providing ways of keeping each other from getting to powerful. It might seem a bit complicated, but essentially it is what has in part kept our country from turning into dictatorship.

Elections! This might seem a bit odd to us nowadays since many countries have a form of elections to select those in power. But the US helped pave the way of providing elections for its people to choose those in power. As we see people fighting for their right to vote in other countries or places such as Venezuela, Iran, and Hong Kong, we should treasure this aspect of our country. Yes, elections are annoying and frustrating at times, however, they are essential to keeping our republic running.

Capitalism! Okay, before you and roll your eyes on this, hear me out. Poverty has always been a rampart and terrible part of society, regardless of the economic system in place. However, over the past 200 years within the United States, we have seen a rise in wealth for everyone. Even our poor are better off now then they were back in 1776. (Don’t get me wrong, poverty is still an issue that needs addressed and fixed). But poverty worldwide included 94 percent of the world’s population in 1820. In 2011, it was only 17 percent (Daily Wire) We are looking at time of prosperity and ease of life within the United States that no one has ever seen in the history of this planet, ever. And this is in large part due to the fact that capitalism encourages people to work, learn, and improve themselves. And while yes, capitalism has its flaws, I do believe it is the best system in existence to improve life. If you would like to read an article on how capitalism helps improve poverty, I’ll put the link down below.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-statistics-showing-how-capitalism-solves-poverty-aaron-bandler

But that is all I have for you guys for today’s post. Why don’t you take a minute and let me know what you are grateful for. I hope you guys have a great thanksigving and get to spend it with some family or loved ones. See y’all next week.