Pat Buchanan once wrote, “There is a Democratic Party of tax-and-spend and a Republican Party of guns and butter and tax cuts, too.” The people of the United States have been betrayed. Neither of the two major political parties represent the interests of the American people.

The Republican Party has historically been the party of the middle class. Beginning as a middle class abolitionist movement, the party grew to represent the suburban life of northern industrial cities. Though demographics have become more jumbled over the years, middle class neighborhoods are still seen as bastions of Republican votes. But, what has the GOP done to earn this?

Industrial manufacturing, the engine pulling the American train, has been completely annihilated under Republican governments. The loss of our factories has been a direct result of “free trade” fanatics outsourcing the industrial carcass of our nation to the Third World. Exported with the factory is the livelihood of so many middle class families.

Protectionism was a staple of the Republican Party well into the 20th century. Here is Abraham Lincoln’s first political speech, “Gentlemen and fellow citizens, I presume you all know who I am: I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for the legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. I am in favor of a national bank. I am in favor of the internal-improvements system and a high protective tariff. These are my sentiments and political principles.”

Theodore Roosevelt famously said, “Thank God I’m not a free trader.” Why has the party turned on its own country? Historically, nations have always risen to power through protection. Germany and The United States stomped Britain’s economy in the twilight hours of Victoria’s reign. They did so because they protected their markets, while Britain did not, and so it is with China.

Economists assure us that our goods are cheaper if they are produced by Third World sweatshop slaves. Why then are clothes so expensive? God help us if we ever go to war with China, for we would have to beg our enemies to clothe us.

Allegedly, free trade is a “win-win” strategy. There is certainly at least one winner, and it isn’t us.

The Democratic Party has also betrayed its constituents. Historically, the Democratic Party represented poor southern farmers, and wealthy non-industrialists. Now, the party is largely supported by white-collar New Englanders and the jobless masses of major cities. The Democratic Party has also been hijacked by the ultra-left.

The left used to claim to represent the working class and the proletariat. That seems to me to be a much more noble cause than whatever the left stands for now — which seems to be cultural, moral and sexual deviance.

Nothing could be worse for the working class than the Democratic Party’s policy on immigration. With so many Americans out of work or underemployed it’s absurd to import millions of people to flood the job market. It’s not the immigrant’s fault. Our government encourages them to come, and when they arrive they want jobs just like everyone else.

Democrats tell us that immigrants grow the economy. It’s true that if we annexed the entire country of Mexico our economy would grow, but does that mean it’s a good idea? Is all that matters the Gross Domestic Product? Growing the economy definitely does not mean the native population is better off, the evidence comes in the form of stagnant American wages over decades.

There is also an anvil of debt hovering over all of us that will certainly crash down with an Earth shattering roar. The Republicans indeed share the blame, but the amount of debt accumulated by the current administration is gargantuan. Part of the problem is that the Democratic Party attempts to hide youth unemployment by sending everyone to college where they rack up debts on the nation’s behalf.

The Democratic betrayal of the poor may become the greatest tragedy in American history. Those who will suffer most in the hyper-inflated, post-debt, multicultural nightmare that future America must certainly be, will be the poor. Particularly minorities, and even more specifically, African-American communities, will suffer from an even scarcer job market in the inner cities.

Democrats who take a conservative position on crime have been thrown to the wind by their establishment. The poor in this country are besieged by crime and yet mayors in New York and Chicago are intent on making the poor disarmed and defenseless. Tough sentences and the death penalty are hard to find in blue states.

Why isn’t there a real American party? One that stands up for Americans, not corporations and dogmatists. One that protects our markets and our borders. Or better yet, no party, just candidates.