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16 Facts That Prove That America Is In Deep, Deep Trouble <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/16-facts-that-prove-that-america-is-in-deep-deep-trouble> Posted: 27 Jul 2017 04:14 PM PDT <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/16-facts-that-prove-that-america-is-in-deep-deep-trouble/the-united-states-of-america-at-night-3#main>Is this the generation that is going to witness the end of America? If our country stays on the path that it is currently on, it is very difficult to see how we are possibly going to make it. Throughout human history every great society has eventually entered a period of decline, and sadly that is happening to us as well. My hope is that we can wake the American people up while there is still time, and that we can return to the values and the principles that this nation was originally founded upon <https://michaelsnyderforidaho.com/index.php/2017/07/27/president-trump-in-america-we-dont-worship-government-we-worship-god/>. Below are 16 facts that prove that America is in deep, deep trouble. Many of these numbers come from my new book <http://amzn.to/2uCRWMj>, and many of them seem almost too crazy to believe… *#1* When Ronald Reagan won his first election, the U.S. national debt was less than one trillion dollars. When Barack Obama entered the White House it was sitting at 10.6 trillion dollars, when the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2010 it was about 14 trillion dollars, and now we have nearly reached the 20 trillion dollar mark. We have been stealing money from our children and our grandchildren at the rate of more than 100 million dollars an hour <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/would-you-like-to-steal-128-million-dollars>, and yet most Americans don’t seem to care that we are rapidly bankrupting our nation. *#2* In 1956, approximately 5 percent <http://www.theburningplatform.com/2015/03/22/the-real-reason-the-american-dream-is-unraveling/> of all babies in the United States were born to unmarried mothers. Today, things have obviously changed tremendously. 2008 was the very first year in United States history when 40 percent of all babies were born to unmarried mothers, and we have now stayed at that level for eight straight years <http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/cdc-babies-born-unmarried-women-exceeded-40-8th-straight-year> . *#3* In the early 1970s, well over 60 percent of all Americans were considered to be “middle class”, but in 2015 that number dipped below 50 percent <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/5-trends-that-are-destroying-the-middle-class-in-america> for the first time ever. *#4* In 2001, nearly 16 million Americans could not afford the homes that they were currently living in, but by 2015 that number had more than doubled <http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/dying-middle-class-the-number-of-americans-that-cant-afford-their-own-homes-has-more-than-doubled> . *#5* Our system of public education is a complete mess. A study of Millennials in 22 major industrialized nations conducted by the Educational Testing Service <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/americas-millennials-well-educated-but-unskilled/> found that only two countries were worse when it comes to literacy proficiency, and we were dead last when it comes to math. *#6* In the early 1970s, 70 percent of all men in the United States from the age of 20 to the age of 39 were married, but today that number has fallen to just 35 percent <http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444746/marriage-benefits-men-financial-health-sex-divorce-caveat>. Instead of getting married and starting families, a lot of our young men are still living at home with their parents. Today, 35 percent of all young men from the age of 21 to the age of 30 “are living at home with their parents or a close relative” <http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/05/the-number-of-young-men-not-working-has-doubled-in-15-years/> . *#7* Many Americans don’t realize this, but the United States has the highest rate of illegal drug use <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/01/health/webmd/main4222322.shtml> on the entire planet. But we actually have an even bigger problem with legal drugs. According to a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, nearly 70 percent <http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7543.html> of all Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and an astounding 20 percent of all Americans are on at least five prescription drugs. *#8* According to the CDC, 110 million Americans <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/?s=marriage> currently have a sexually transmitted disease, and there are approximately 20 million <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/america-is-falling-more-men-than-ever-want-to-watch-their-wives-and-girlfriends-have-sex-with-other-men> new STD cases in the United States every single year. *#9* Thanks to decades of unchecked illegal immigration, membership in criminal gangs has absolutely exploded all over the country. Today there are 150,000 gang members <https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-01-04/jury-finds-alleged-chicago-hobos-gang-leaders-guilty> living in the city of Chicago, and they outnumber the police by more than a 10 to 1 margin. *#10* Today there are more than 4 million adult websites <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2630438/Pornography-treated-like-drink-driving-teenager-smoking-experts-argue-widespread-U-S-MAJOR-health-crisis.html> on the Internet, and they get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined. Addiction to these websites has become a major national crisis, and yet very little is being done. One major survey found that 64 percent <https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/study-more-than-half-of-christian-men-look-at-porn-at-least-once-a-month> of all Christian men in America view “adult material” at least once a month, and a different major survey found that 68 percent <http://www.charismanews.com/sponsored-content/56025-men-around-the-world-are-giving-up-porn-and-it-s-because-of-this> of all Christian men in America view “adult material” on a “regular basis”. *#11* When a federal income tax was introduced in 1913, it was fairly simple and most taxpayers were taxed at a rate of just one percent. Today, the tax code is more than 2 million words long <https://www.fool.com/retirement/2016/12/11/12-crazy-income-tax-statistics.aspx> and the regulations are more than 7 million words long. *#12* Our government continues to waste money in absolutely insane ways. For example, the U.S. military actually spends 42 million dollars a year on Viagra <http://rare.us/rare-politics/the-military-spends-42-million-a-year-on-viagra-five-times-the-amount-it-would-spend-on-transgender-surgeries/> . *#13* We are an extremely, extremely unhappy nation. If you can believe it, doctors in the United States write more than 250 million prescriptions <http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/70-million-americans-taking-mind-altering-drugs/> for antidepressants each year. *#14* In 2007, 54 percent <http://www.people-press.org/2017/06/26/support-for-same-sex-marriage-grows-even-among-groups-that-had-been-skeptical/> of all Americans were opposed to gay marriage and only 37 percent wanted it to be legalized. Today, 62 percent <http://www.people-press.org/2017/06/26/support-for-same-sex-marriage-grows-even-among-groups-that-had-been-skeptical/> of all Americans support gay marriage and only 32 percent are still against it. *#15 *The average rate of economic growth over the past 10 years has been exactly equal to the average rate that the U.S. economy grew during the 1930s. I was stunned when I discovered that the U.S. economy had only grown at an average yearly rate of just 1.33 percent <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/over-the-last-10-years-the-u-s-economy-has-grown-at-exactly-the-same-rate-as-it-did-during-the-1930s> over the past 10 years, and that is the exact same average yearly rate that the U.S. economy grew during the decade of the 1930s. *#16* Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, nearly 60 million American children have been murdered in America’s abortion mills. Sadly, the number of children that are aborted each day in this country is roughly equal to the number of Americans that lost their lives on 9/11. If we do not put an end to this, there isn’t going to be any sort of a future for this nation <https://michaelsnyderforidaho.com/index.php/2016/07/23/if-america-does-not-turn-back-to-god-there-isnt-going-to-be-an-america/> . *Michael Snyder <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/> is a Republican candidate for Congress in Idaho’s First Congressional District, and you can learn how you can get involved in the campaign on his official website <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/contribute.html>. His new book entitled “Living A Life That Really Matters” <http://amzn.to/2t5bx4A> is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com <http://amzn.to/2t5bx4A>.* <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/endoftheamericandream/OFri?a=j4hShAl2RR4:G89seDIP4xU:yIl2AUoC8zA> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/endoftheamericandream/OFri?a=j4hShAl2RR4:G89seDIP4xU:gIN9vFwOqvQ> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/endoftheamericandream/OFri?a=j4hShAl2RR4:G89seDIP4xU:qj6IDK7rITs> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/endoftheamericandream/OFri?a=j4hShAl2RR4:G89seDIP4xU:V_sGLiPBpWU> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/endoftheamericandream/OFri?a=j4hShAl2RR4:G89seDIP4xU:l6gmwiTKsz0> President Trump: ‘In America We Don’t Worship Government – We Worship God!’ <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/president-trump-in-america-we-dont-worship-government-we-worship-god> Posted: 26 Jul 2017 07:03 PM PDT <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/president-trump-in-america-we-dont-worship-government-we-worship-god/laying-hands-on-trump-youtube-screenshot#main>Donald Trump just continues to become even more bold about his faith in Jesus Christ. On Wednesday, he posted a message to Twitter about his faith which has already been liked more than 81,000 times and retweeted more than 23,000 times. I know that a lot of people have complained that Trump is on Twitter too much, but I love it. It gives him an opportunity to speak directly to the American people without having to rely on the gatekeepers in the mainstream media. If I was in his position, I would be doing the exact same thing. And hopefully we will get lots more tweets like this one <https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890260758050856961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2017%2F07%2F26%2Ftrump-tweets-worship-god-in-america.html> that he posted early Wednesday afternoon: “IN AMERICA WE DON’T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT – WE WORSHIP GOD!” IN AMERICA WE DON’T WORSHIP GOVERNMENT – WE WORSHIP GOD![image: 🎥] https://t.co/jIejSgVnnA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017 <https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890260758050856961> At the end of the tweet there was a link to a video on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/p/BXBIR0pg0JX/> that contained footage of remarks Trump made about his faith during a large rally. Of course many liberals immediately started to freak out <http://perezhilton.com/2017-07-26-donald-trump-worship-god-twitter-campaign-video-supporters-rally-transgender-military> when Trump posted this. A lot of them began spouting remarks about how this violated “the separation of church and state” and other such nonsense. And they were already in a very foul mood because of Trump’s decision on transgender troops in the military <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/26/trumps-tweets-banning-transgender-troops-military-spark-confusion/513729001/>. The constant abuse that Trump takes on a daily basis is off the charts <https://michaelsnyderforidaho.com/index.php/2017/07/24/do-you-stand-with-president-trump/>, and he definitely needs our prayers. If it was up to the left, all expressions of the Christian faith would be completely banned in the White House. Earlier this month, a photo that Johnnie Moore posted to Twitter of evangelical leaders laying hands on Trump went viral and many on the left completely lost it <https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/liberals-freak-out-at-twitter-photo-of-pastors-praying-for-trump-at-white-h> … Left-leaning opponents of Trump were outraged by the White House prayer photo. In response to Moore’s viral tweet, Michael Diebert tweeted <https://twitter.com/michaelcdeibert/status/885089598363369476>, “Separation of church and state,” and linked to Moore’s photo. Diebert’s tweet had received a 1,618 retweets and 4,807 “likes” at press time. (Moore’s original tweet received about double the retweets and “likes.”) But Jake King responded <https://twitter.com/Kingj282/status/885251505732726784> to Diebert on Twitter: “Dude, dems flipped when trump skipped Ramadan but praying is somehow more of a religious activity. One nation. Under god.” “The anti-religion crowd has now cleared the bar from not wanting prayer in schools all the way down to, “’we don’t want public officials praying or being prayed for at all,’” observed Andrea Ruth at RedState <http://www.redstate.com/prevaila/2017/07/12/freedom-religion-scolds/>. We should be so thankful for Trump, because if Hillary Clinton was in the White House we would be going very much in the opposite direction. If America does not turn back to God, there is not going to be an America <https://michaelsnyderforidaho.com/index.php/2016/07/23/if-america-does-not-turn-back-to-god-there-isnt-going-to-be-an-america/>, and so seeing Trump say bold things about his faith should be very encouraging to all of us. And now that we have a Bible-believing Christian in the White House, we need to fill up Congress with Bible-believing Christians and start trying to restore our Republic. Personally, I am not ashamed to say that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/issues.html> and that I want to take Christian values back to Washington. If I win my election, I am not going to be afraid to hold up my Bible on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as I proclaim the truth to the entire nation. The left is exceedingly proud of the wicked things that they believe, and we need to be even prouder of the truth. As I was writing this article, I was reminded of a wonderful song from the early 1990s that I absolutely loved when I was much younger. It is a song by a band called Petra and it is simply entitled “Creed”. Here are the lyrics… *I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth * *And in Jesus Christ His only Son * *I believe in the virgin birth * *I believe in the Man of Sorrows bruised for iniquities * *I believe in the Lamb who was* *Crucified and hung between two thieves* *I believe in the resurrection on the* *Third and glorious day * *And I believe in the empty tomb and the* *Stone that the angel rolled away * *He descended and set the captives free * *And now He sits at God’s right hand* *And prepares a place for me* *This is my creed, the witness I have heard * *The faith that has endured * *This truth is assured * *Through the darkest ages past * *Though persecuted, it will last * *And I will hold steadfast to this creed* *I believe He sent His Spirit to comfort and to reveal * *To lead us into the truth and light, to baptize and to seal * *I believe that He will come back the way He went away * *And receive us all unto Himself, but no man knows the day* *I believe He is the Judge of all men, small and great * *The resurrected souls of men receive from Him their fate * *Some to death and some to life, some to their reward * *Some to sing eternal praise forever to our Lord* When our nation was founded, more than 99 percent of the population was Christian, and most of them were very strong Bible-believing Christians. It was that culture that produced the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and if we want to have any hope of restoring our Republic we also need to restore the faith that it was founded upon. Many of our founders had just escaped horrific religious persecution in Europe, and so they definitely didn’t want anyone in government telling them how they had to worship. But they would be absolutely flabbergasted to learn that the First Amendment has been redefined to mean that all traces of the Christian faith must be pushed out of public life. Our founders were men of faith, and they intended for our government to operate according to Christian principles. If we want our nation to have any sort of a future at all, we need to rediscover the values and the principles that made this country so great in the first place. *Michael Snyder <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/> is a Republican candidate for Congress in Idaho’s First Congressional District, and you can learn how you can get involved in the campaign on his official website <https://www.michaelsnyderforcongress.com/contribute.html>. 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