Michael1942's Blog

All of the posturing and sound bites are not enough to cover up the inadequacies of our legislators. The Federal, State and local leaders have all fallen into the self serving hole of ego. In listening to all side of the debates on taxes, cuts, borrowing it is clear to me that the system is broken. The lawmakers and enforcers are all human and subject to the inadequacies of being human. What is required is the input of the voters after receiving the CORRECT information about what government is doing and plans to do. The leaders(?) have taken the position that the voter and receivers of services would not understand the complexity of governing and lawmaking, while this fallacy has prevailed for years the Leaders have made a mess of the system leaving us in a budget hole that is unfillable in the lifetime of many of us. Some of the tough decisions to be made are more (again) on the backs of the people with no sacrifice from the leaders. Even if reducing their pay, pensions and office perks are a mere drop in the bucket, that action alone would be a boost in the support of the voters for some changes required to move us forward. Since that there appears to be no term limits set for these elected officials it becomes the duty of the voters to set these limits by voting the old timers out.