Trump Wants to Free America in the Same Way Brexit Voters Want to Free Britain

To follow up on the hard truth that most American politicians of both parties don't care about the future of the US, her citizens and her Constitution as much as they care about themselves, let's consider Great Britain's politicians and citizens. British voters will decide on June 23 whether to leave the European Union -- whether to reject the EU model of globalization/open borders/government by unelected bureaucrats by voting to take back their sovereignty, make their own decisions and re-establish free markets. Polls have shown the vote for staying in the EU or leaving it, called Brexit, will be very close. But, a weekend poll found 55% favor Brexit -- a dramatic shift. A June 12 American Thinker article by Clarice Feldman calls the Brexit vote "the last chance for Britain to retain its national identity." She spells out the reasons, focusing on EU bureaucracy : "The EU is a richly compensated, enormous, anonymous unelected bureaucracy completely lacking in transparency. Its power rests in people the voters are unaware of and unable to remove. They are utterly unaccountable to the voters. It is a wasteful crony capitalist racket, working largely to keep its own gravy train (and that of its favored friends) going and growing." While other Europeans have not yet revolted against government by unelected elites, the ancient British love of independence runs deep, although the decimation in Britain caused by World War II weakened its resolve when the idea of the EU was broached. Only postwar Germany had taken full advantage of the Marshall Plan to eliminate wartime regulatory bureaucracy, creating a dynamic economy that became and still is Europe's powerhouse, while the British continued to struggle with shortages, rationing, and economic stagnation. Trying to replicate Germany's success, the EU was created and gradually enlarged by a left-leaning bureaucracy accountable to nobody -- with predictable results : high prices, unemployment, regulatory lids on innovation, loss of national decisionmaking. In short, economic disaster. The Brexit vote will tell us whether Britain has had enough of this. ~~~~~ Now, let's consider Donald Trump’s popularity in America. The fundamental economic and political questions facing the developed world are all present in the Brexit vote, and Trump is asking the same questions : have the political and economic elites improved Americans' daily lives? is it time to rethink and reframe the US political and economic systems from scratch? is it time to throw off the bureaucrats and Progressive elite and “Make America Great Again.” ~~~~~ The Competitive Enterprise Institute says the cost of regulation in the US was $1.88 TRILLION in 2014 for manufacturers and consumers, measured in lost economic productivity and higher prices. If US federal regulation were a country, it would be the world’s 10th largest economy, behind Russia and ahead of India. US economy-wide regulatory costs an average of $14,976 per household -- 29% of an average family budget of $51,100. Although not paid directly by individuals, this “cost” of regulation exceeds the amount an average family spends on health care, food and transportation. ~~~~~ Dear readers, the latest proof that Washington elites are united to favor themselves came Sunday as we learned Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell privately urged GOP colleagues to avoid distracting Senate political fights, calling for a surprising ceasefire on labor and Obamacare, two major battlegrounds in Congress, where GOP voters have demanded action. A Senate Democratic aide said : “Leader McConnell finally realized that the way to pass a spending bill like this is to push the Tea Party aside, surrender on policy riders and give Democrats the opportunity to invest in programs they care about." We may add that 13,000 Congress members and staff get a special Gold version of Obamacare at 25% of the real cost. American taxpayers pay for this perk, even though the average federal salary in 2014 was $84,153 compared to $56,350 for all US workers. Why would McConnell fight Obamacare??