Cliff

In this country,  we have a group of people that have been charged with taking care of important matters for the good of all citizens.  Some are elected and some are appointed by those elected officials.  These people are expected to make decisions based on their knowledge and wisdom that will be beneficial to all of us.  This is not without cost to everyone.  Most of us pay for these decisions with part of our hard earned money.  Some of us pay for it with part of our lives and some pay with our life.  All in all, not a bad price for the freedoms and general quality of life we enjoy.  At least that is the general intent of our system.

If you listen to the news you get a little different picture.  Those "officials"  have done little more than create a huge mess in our economy.  Our country has become widely divided into factions that are vastly different in opinions.  For the most part we have Republicans and Democrats and there appears to be no way that they can co-exist.  Kinda like Hatfields and McCoys on a very large scale.  Right and wrong have been lost in the frenzy to be the winner.  All the while the people that rely on the knowledge and wisdom are left to wonder what is going on.

Everyone that holds office today IS and continues to be part of the problem reguardless of the blame game you hear.  Our country simply cannot continue to spend more than we have.  We borrow money to support other countries.  We ransack entitlement coffers to create more debt.  Some of the programs were intended to be a "savings account" for the good of the people that spent years and years investing in those programs.  Because of poor practices on the part of those in control,  those programs are in dissarray and foundering in a sea of uncertain life.

So,  it apparently boils down to wheather or not we should raise taxes on the rich.  If we do,  we could probably loose their vote.  If we don't,  we will certainly loose the vote of those less fortunate.  My-Oh-My, what is a politician to do!?   My solution is clear and simple.  Stop spending what we don't have.  Raise all taxes a little at a time.  Stop supporting countries that have no appreciation for our efforts and simply have come to expect financial aid for playing us like the dumb asses we are.  Create import taxes that make forign products and manufacturers pay for our consumerism.  That includes products made off shore by American companies.  Stop spending money on PORK and start taking care of our aging infrastructure.  Modify our entitlement programs to bring them up to current needs.  Create National policies that benefit the working class and hold their feet to the fire to follow those policies.

If you hold office and cannot look past your personal agenda.........go ahead and jump off that cliff.