When Will We Ever Learn?

Wrong! Just pure, total wrong!

It is time to put our foot down Americans. It is time that we demand some accountability from our elected officials from the Federal offices on down to the local level.

The congress of the United States of America got a raise this year. And yet that same group has voted to not allow a cost of living increase for social security recipients this year because of the state of the economy and tax revenues.

They along with big business and the rest of us have a share in the blame for the state of the union. They as our elected officials should be leading the way. They should be the first in line to take a cut when times are hard.

Instead of remodeling an office every time a there is a change in its occupant, make what is there do. We the people cannot afford your expensive taste snobbery.

They have medical insurance that the rest of us can only dream of. And even as they plan to put the rest of us on their idea of medical reform, they are keeping their current benefits. Again, they are putting the blasted package together; they need to be the first ones to sign on!

They have retirement that won’t quit after a just a very short time in office. Again they aren’t going to go without. They have protected themselves very well. What about the rest of us. Social Security is going down the tank and most of us will have to work until we die. Again, they should be the first signing up for the program! It is immoral and indecent for them to take care of themselves and leave the rest of twisting in the wind.


And out state legislatures, and federal programs are cutting education dollars, teachers’ salaries, programs for our children’s education left and right. Here again, they should be leading the way. They should be the first to step up and take the pay cuts. Since they were in charge of the system to begin with, they let things get into the condition they are in, they need to be accountable and they need to feel the pain just as bad, if not more than the rest of us do!

And let’s not forget big business. I don’t know how many times I hear of a CEO running a company into the dirt, only to be given a big bonus and severance so they can be put to pasture and hopefully someone else can clean up the mess that they made! Does this strike anyone else as just completely wrong? If a business has been put into the tank by a leader or a group of leaders, they need to feel the pain. Since when do we award bonuses for doing things wrong?

And we the people have a share in the blame. We need to stop electing self serving individuals to represent us. We need to not just vote because they are in our party or not in our party and start voting for someone who will stand up for what is right and not just what is expedient for the next election or the next big fundraiser!

We need to contact companies that are doing it wrong and take our business elsewhere. It is the only method of voting that they will understand!

I keep hearing that we need to pay top dollar to get the best people. I have been hearing that line for a long time. Guess what! It isn’t working! Paying top dollar just attracts greedy people who are looking for, power, money and influence.

Let’s start reducing pay for politicians and executives to the point where you are attracting those who want to serve the public, serve the shareholders and serve the citizens of their community. Instead of serving themselves and their cronies as they have been doing for years now.

We can’t keep going the way we are but at the same time, I don’t believe we can go the way either one of the major parties are trying to take us.

The economy got bad. People all over the world have had to cut back and make do with less. It is time for the politicians to do the same.

You were elected to lead. It is time to lead by example.

Shame on us America

Too long we have sat idly by and not taken the time to make our voices heard. Too long we have expected things to get better without making noise about things getting worse.

WE NEED TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD! WE NEED TO SHOUT!

Our big businesses have put profits ahead of the future of our nation, of our jobs, our children’s future employment and lifestyle and we have said nothing.

The motto used to be “the customer is always right.” Now the mantra is “get every last dime you can from the customer.” The add on sales for more supplies or items to “compliment” your purchase, or warranty to protect your purchase hit critical mass for me when I even saw it being done in a hospital! “Since you are in here for surgery anyway, how about we sell you this shot too?” And we put up with it!

More and more of our jobs are being outsourced to foreign plants to make more money for the “stock holders” and the board of directors with no thought to the fact that if ever those foreign nations become hostile towards the United States, they can shut down our production. And by that time, we will no longer have the infrastructure, or possibly the know how to put it all back together again!

It is great to be part of the world community and work together but we have put ourselves into a dangerous, dependant situation.

And through this all, our elected government has made it possible for those jobs to be shipped out. And yet we keep electing the same people back time after time! I have heard the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. And yet we keep electing the same people over and over again. Does anyone see the correlation there?

Neither party has had the corner on the market for helping to export our manufacturing, development and intellectual capabilities to outside suppliers. While on one hand our elected officials are trying so hard to gain the favor of one group of deep pockets they have allowed our future production capacity be shipped overseas, the other group is punishing them by making it too expensive for them to even consider coming back. Both sides are so busy trying to gain the favor of various special interest groups in order to benefit from their support and donations that they no longer even bother to listen when the majority of Americans have an opinion. They are sure that they know better than we do what we need.

These politicians and big businesses, in the name of profits, market share, power, influence and control, have nearly bankrupted our once great nation. They have created a debt so massive that our children’s children will probably be paying for it! And that is only if we stop them! They want to run up more of a tab than they have already!

While some of the things they want to accomplish may be honorable and laudable, they need to be done when we can afford it. We can’t keep spending what we don’t have. If you keep doing that, eventually the bill comes due and then you end up like so many in the mortgage crisis, with a payment schedule that you can’t support so you get foreclosed and kicked out of your home.

It is time to remove the whole bunch in Washington DC and start over fresh. Yes that will probably cause us some pain and difficulty but then again, what has the last year and a half been if not pain and difficulty? We the people have the power, we need to exercise that power. If we do, you can bet the next bunch will listen a little closer when we speak!


Ater all, where are we going to go if America gets forclosed?