gloom and doom

Well,  we shot past yet another fiscal crisis.  Yet again,  our elected officials couldn't see fit to get together and really solve a problem.  The reality is that neither party will do anything for fear they might upset some voters.  It seems to me from recent polls that I have read that the majority of voters are upset with politicians.  Reality also seems to be that they are only upset at the opposing party.  What will it take to finally have Americans fed up to the point of real action?

Our latest fiscal fiasco involves a mere $85 billion.  That is just a few days spending for our government,  yet the gloom and  doom that has been forcast is surprising.  It seems if politicians can scare the crap out of the other parties voters that they feel they will be excused for their own poor behavior.

We can throw away $85 billion on futile military exercises in a matter of hours.  We throw that away daily on USELESS politicians.  Heck, we spend that much to fly the sitting president and posse around for meaningless meetings.  One thing our politicians are very good at is spending money we do not have.  I read in Time Magazine that a small group of mixed (Repubs and Dems) senators have  proposed that congress not be paid until they pass a balanced budget!  Hell yea!

If Washington and the States don't get serious about our annual budgets soon,  we will experience some real gloom and doom.