Baptize America - Sail to the Moon

§1 The mission of Trubidity is long, and involves a swift, decisive, but determined invigoration of America, starting with the economy.

Introduction

The most decisive push will be to put America first, to get American workers in jobs, both high and low, that compel the economy to benefit ourselves. We will build great infrastructure, great housing, great tools that uniquely assist America. We will not harm other countries and will do our best to maintain friendships, but we will put ourselves first: as the saying goes one really must affix one's own oxygen mask before assisting the other.

America First Inhabitants

§2 I mean, seriously! How can a man assist another person when he hasn't got his own mask on! It's a basic principle of aviation. Yet the economy: it draws in illegal immigrants and foreign workers on visas who don't share our values, taking jobs from Americans who are here, who are this country. How can we work on the economy at all when we don't even have an American economy, but a foreign-dominated one? Therefore, the first step, really, ought to be to expel all illegal aliens, and most foreign workers to free jobs for Americans. This is not to say we can't have any talent from other countries, but it should be legal, minimal, and understandable. We shouldn't have non-citizens get jobs that citizens want to do.

§3 We should also be cautious of legal immigration from certain countries, or from individuals who are of a certain type within various countries. Certain countries offer better immigrants, legal, than others; these are ones that are generally more aligned with Western values and Christian ethics. Now, regardless of the country, we need to vet the individual to ensure they indeed possess these values and traits. Nations that offer very poor immigrants and that we lack things in common with us should be looked at more skeptically. Legal immigration needs to be done consistently with American justice, and the willingness for the individual to possess Christian charity.

§4 After that, we need to start investing heavily in jobs. Plenty of openings will have appeared. We will get Americans in these jobs. We will invest in training programs to teach useful skills to these Americans. We want to get Americans in jobs that are uniquely satisfying for them, to provide an American sense of fulfillment, and to fulfill the American dream through real practical growth. This will creating a booming economy, a sense of national cohesion.

The New Frontier: Lunar Innovation and Charting

§5 Thus far, I have spoken on behalf of the Christian Church. These are our policies. We want to get Americans in the economy, and get Americans working great jobs. But most of all: we want Americans to be free economically. Truly free.

This country was founded on the principle of true freedom. We had free speech, we had a loving God, we had guns. And not only that, we had a free land. Intertwined with the history of this nation is what is called terra nullius. It's the open land that all the people of America owned. Anybody could go out into the open American land, build their own log cabin, and take their own chances. Then that land became theirs, private property, through that act. This is true freedom, not depending on other's permission, but going out and making your own way.

We want to replicate that today, now that there is no real unclaimed land, and certainly none owned by America. We propose the way to do this is by investing heavily in the space industry. Begin a space expedition. One of epic proportion.

§6 This will solve two problems. First, Americans will, under a very open and democratized space industry, be able to go and chart their course to the moon, and claim their own lunar territory, similar to early America on the frontier. This is true freedom, and that will fuel the economy by creating a flurry of jobs, and create brand new ones on a new land.

§7 And second, there are many people who hate America. These would be liberals, their close associates, and a slew of other people with such errant fancies. The Christian Church directs the government to deport these people to Mars. It would be a sort of penal colony, a Martian one. Now, very possibly the words "deport" and "penal" are inaccurate: it would not necessarily have to be a punishment, but a way for the liberals or others who don't love this Christian and beautiful nation and its ideals to have their own place, and prosper. We'd give them compulsory means to do so, provide them with resources, and so forth. That way, this group of people who are Americans by birth and citizenship can live in a place apart from that which they don't love, and build their own. We send them to Mars.

§8 The way to get the money to do this is by redirecting a massive amount of money from our defense and military budget to the space industry. See, I'm probably the biggest guy who loves the military. I think it's important, and so does the Christian Church. Jesus tells more or less in Scripture we need guns. However, we need a strong military only inasmuch it is useful. Our biggest asset, as I see it, is nuclear weapons. We have hundreds, or thousands, of them stockpiled. That makes us indestructible. I don't see how we need another 15 or 50 aircraft carriers when we have nuclear weapons. No nation is going to invade us, they'd get blown off the face of the Earth. We're safe. Yes, we do need a standing army besides that. We need some aircraft carriers. But not the massive amount we have now. We need a military for our general defense and to conduct various tactful or sensitive operations a nuclear arsenal can't complete. Because of this, we can keep a minimal, yet still massive and powerful, standing army along with our cohesive nuclear arsenal, and we'll be more than safe. When I say I love the military, by the way, I do. Don't misconstrue me. I love the military, so I'm ensuring we make it the best. More on precisely why I love the military so much and some other things we can gain with it later; because it is also ironic that we have such a big one, presumably for our security, and yet hardly use it for anything that will get us a benefit. Again, more on that later.

§9 So we take that money and put it in the space industry. This will create a thriving amount of jobs, and it will create fervor among Americans because the dream is to reestablish the frontier, this time on the moon. And to give liberals and other unpatriotic individuals their own land on Mars, away from our frontier. Then, once we develop the space industry enough, we can set up on the moon, and Americans can go there and start their own lunar cabin, or home, and develop their own land, just like in the frontier. Build their own towns, their own lands, and so on.

That's the goal: it's to develop the space industry so much that any American can afford a spaceship and lunar equipment. I think we can do it in a reasonable timeframe. And in the meantime, that goal will be inspiring, not some fanciful or artificial goal. That will create a real immediate economic boost. The Christian Church would also support a lunar homestead act, to help cover the costs of moving to the moon and support American expansion, once that industry is complete and we're booming. Every American who's willing gets 40 lunar acres and a spaceship.

Lunar Economics

§10 I understand that the mission to invest so heavily in the space industry will necessitate strategy. I understand it will involve some short-term sacrifice. This is okay, and here is why: there are plentiful resources in the moon and in near orbit, and in the next decade and a half, it is foreseeable that everyday Americans could go and harvest those resources, making themselves and the country rich.

§11 This sacrifice must be undertaken. The American Church recognizes Jesus's call for us to venture onward. In Genesis, God tells mankind to "be fruitful and multiply." In that same book, he tells Abraham, the first great patriarch, that he will "make of [him] a great nation," and that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars. America is that great nation, isn't it? And it's time we turned the promise to Abraham, fulfilled by God's promise to George Washington, into its logical and theological conclusion. Jesus called upon Washington and Lincoln to take this nation to the highest leaps imaginable, the just of the world.