At the end of the day, politics is not everything and its important to keep that in mind going into the election on Tuesday. That said, politics is important.
More and more Americans are waking up to the concept that Gridlock works. When there's friction between one or more parties, it becomes the only way to remotely keep the politics honest and fend off corruption.
Its still far too easy for lobbyists to pay off either party and to have two lobbyists on either side of an issue take natural sides or unnatural sides with either party and duke it out mono e money.
The US economy despite the blundering of this administration has been fighting off an all out stall. The housing bubble is in mid burst, but the stock market has done well after the oil bubble burst. Unemployment is at a 5 year low. Keep in mind, we are still trying to get back to where we were in 2001.
To look forward and spot the path to move forward we need to make some changes in our governmental house. I'm a former Republican and probably more Republican than anyone in office calling themselves a Republican these days. We need a government to do some simple things for us.
1. Be realistic
2. Balance the books (for the present and for future budgets)
3. Lead with intelligence, forethought and guidance from experts
4. Be balanced in policy decisions
5. Start working to improve this country and the people in it as opposed to trying to defend the country by attacking those people around the world that stick their fingers in our face.
We could be so much better than we are being these days, if we focus on improving ourselves and our government and our country and leading by example, instead of preaching at people from a morally bankrupt bully pulpit.
Now relax this weekend and go Vote on Tuesday!
No comments:
Post a Comment