Can we survive economically and continue to be the Super
Power of the world? Can we maintain the lifestyle we are accustomed to? I think a lot of us are beginning to wonder
if we can ever go back to our prosperous, safe environment. This is going to require real leadership from
our elite chosen few and frankly I think too many of them are living in their
own little utopia and have no idea what’s really going on out here in the real
world. Once a politician goes to Washington they
become sheltered into the Washington world & never to have to worry personally
again. Their retirement is set, their
medical is set all they have to worry about is getting elected again. Folks at home get a little pork now and then
to keep them satisfied and they hear how their representative is working
hundreds of hours in their behalf.
Who will be the next leader to break the cycle of the Nanny
state? Who will tell us the truth about
what we really need to do and how will they convince the people who are reaping
the benefit of the Grand Nanny that their path for America is unsustainable? What politician on the horizon has the gift
and the guts to go it alone to bring this country back to the reality of our
serious situation?Maybe the answer is to cut short the sessions of Congress in Washington and have them forced to live in the communities they came from. Having constant access to our legislators would be a real step forward. The Lobbyists would not have the gang to drop in on every other day and the trips to the golf course would be limited. Representation is an honor and yet it seems we work to satisfy these few rather than the other way around. With shorter sessions there would be less time for them to showboat and they would be forced to act rather than posture for position. Committee’s could be handled by teleconference with buttons that go directly to a central point registering their votes and these would be displayed on the big screen in real time so all America could witness each transaction. Of course defense items would be handled in secret.
I’m not trying to pretend that I have all the answers, I just want to get the ball rolling back up the hill before it hits bottom.
That’s what I think, what would you like to happen?
Don
2 comments:
Okay, as a practicing curmudgeon, it's become SOP for me to rain on parades -- to point out rotten and maddening things going on in our government (not difficult: the field is rife with opportunity). The frustrating side to this is that most people don't really care. Someone recently said: "the public has become comfortably numb." I'd change that to "comfortably dumb" but that wouldn't be nice...and you know how much that would bother me. Anyway, the last epiphany falls nicely into the "Screw the Taxpayer" category and should enrage all Americans who were raised to earn what they got.
Every month, 14 million people -- on its way toward 5% of the total populace --now get a DISABILITY check from the government. The federal government encourages applications and, like food stamps, there are even ways to apply through the internet. Planet Money has a great article on the subject and you SHOULD READ IT! Here's a teaser:
The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers than it spends on food stamps and welfare combined. Yet people relying on disability payments are often overlooked in discussions of the so-called social safety net. The vast majority of people on federal disability do not work. Yet because they are not technically part of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed.
In other words, people on disability don't show up in any of the places we usually look to see how the economy is doing. But the story of these programs -- who goes on them, and why, and what happens after that -- is, to a large extent, the story of the U.S. economy. It's the story not only of an aging workforce, but also of a hidden, increasingly expensive safety net.
To take a look at the full article: http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/ Maybe someday, if there's anything left, the American people will start getting rid of the freeloading and greedy amateurs in Washington. I won't hold my breath...
--Ron
Nevada
Sadly, both of these comments left out what I believe is even more applicable to the current downfall of the U.S.; social and ethical decline. Drug use has escalated. Corruption is in every entity of society; schools, church, banking, government, you name it....someone is committing fraud. Systematic corruption where greed and or self preservation takes over as oppose to the betterment of the institution. In addition, caring for children and youth is no longer a priority. Those who truly need help are overlooked or deprived. When you have a government who is promting its military to give guns to woman on the frontline, encourages men to marry men and takes children from protective Mothers; hope in earthly things subsides. Only God can change those ills....oh yea....America has refused Him in all of the above.
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