Michael1942's Blog

I recently received from a colleague a quote from ancient source that properly describes where our situation or more aptly where we should be:
“The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt,”
During the past 50 plus years the United States Government has been operating in the “red” this has caused essentially the individual states and municipalities who rely on Federal funds to also operate in the “red”. What is the chance of our elected officials heeding this advice and getting on track to correct the ills of the past? As elections near, the fields for various offices are full of new and near new office seekers who, to garner the votes of the public have filled the airwaves with charges ranging from personal attacks to verbal assassination. What ever happened to the truth? The truth however unpleasant can be a most powerful tool! When people can trust what you say you have an edge and at this time I have yet to see 1 (one) elected official on any level who I feel can be trusted. We have more Officials seeking election for the power and prestige rather than for the service part of the job These are the very people that we have elected because we trusted they would deliver on their promises and have at some point shown a glimmer of those promises but the promises have never reached fruition.
These are the times when we the voters can win for a change, this is done by casting out the old guard and trying some one new (much tike trying new clothes, if they fit you keep them).
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The Congress of the United States aside from their formidable lack of ability to serve the public that has elected them time after time, has again shuffled around the issues that affect their constituency. Since the Congress pays nothing into Social Security, has an excellent health care plan and a pension that rivals many private companies high up executives, there is no apparent incentive to take care of us. We Americans will tsk-tsk the leaders of other countries that treat their citizenry as second class on an ongoing basis but we are currently living in similar conditions. Our standard of living has been so high for so long that we did not realize that we were being treated the same way. The Congress has received their COLA without fanfare or discussion (it’s part of their contract- which they wrote). Now when pressed to solve the Social Security mess (and many others) there is much shuffling of feet and dodging of responsibility while trying to please enough people to get reelected. There is no bi partisan Government, it is just a group of elected officials scratching one another’s back while stepping on ours.

The so called ” tainted election” of a “Suspect” leader in Afghanistan points out how close they are to the styles of- not so honest elections in America. The challenger to the incumbent dropped out of the election after more wrangling and electoral misdeeds were reported around the world, this allowed a controversial leader to continue with a flawed and possibly fatal governing policy. The elected officials in America have no corner on the market when it comes to political misdeeds but they certainly have raised it to a new level. The current “ins” have spent precious time sniping, pointing fingers and passing blame rather than working on the issues that
requires their collective attention. The issue of health care has become a springboard for electioneering for the upcoming election season. The idea that these people have one of the best healthcare plans and retirement (even after 1 term) but cannot seem to take care of their constituents in these financially trying times. My question is: Why do we continue to elect them to represent us? The current political parties (“Scamocrats” and “Dupublicans” ) are mirror images of one another with a liberal sprinkling of independents. This combination is like mixing oil and water with a bit of detergent it mixes initially and then separates into it’s individual parts. We (the voters) need to keep shaking this mixture up to make this group work as it should. Remember these factions depend on our complacency to stay in office while pointing out. the flaws of the other groups. Our complacency allows them to continue to do business as usual on our behalf.