We have been exposed to and tortured by the battle between
political parties trying to avoid going down the “fiscal cliff” that they both
agreed to some time ago.
This is not about which party is correct or right in their
handling of our economy, it is about the sheer idiocy of our political process.
You would think that the main concern of both parties is our
national economy and how it affects the citizens of this country but it is not;
it’s all about politics and political posturing which means, believe it or not,
the next election.
President Obama is hell bent on taxing the rich. He does not
talk about cutting spending or waste, all he wants is more money to spend and
the best place to get that money is from the so-called rich ($250,000+).
John Boehner is all about NOT raising taxes on the rich or
on anyone and getting the needed revenues by reducing Medicare and Social
Security benefits and of course never touching the supreme waste that is our
military budget.
Each party has its “sacred” cows that they are unwilling to
mess with and damn the American citizen and his or her welfare or their
children’s welfare.
President Obama, some time ago, established a BIPARTISAN
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM headed by Erskine
Bowles and Alan Simpson. These were retired politicians so they were not
running for office and could actually speak the truth about matters. Please
notice that this was a BIPARTISAN commission.
They made recommendations that were hard but they were,
according to bipartisan consensus, necessary to bring the economy back on
course.
Even though Obama appointed this commission he blew off
their recommendations and so did John Boehner; they were realistic
recommendations that would aid our economy BUT they were not politically
palatable, whatever the fuck that means.
So here you have it; two political parties unwilling to give
an inch on their so called economic principles, knowing full well what
absolutely needs to be done to better our economic condition.
What do you make of this fiasco that I am sick and tired of
hearing about every bloody night?
We have a dysfunctional political system that removes party
members that dare to differ from their party’s position, from committee seats
and thus ensuring a strict political adherence to whoever is the leader at that
time.
We need to return to the time of gentlemen or today to
include gentlewomen politicians that were less tied to their party but more to
their state and to their country and to the people they represented…shall I
call them independents?
We must be willing to elect independents and drop our party
loyalty because, as you can see, it has gotten us nowhere.
The two party system is now an official negative influence
on our national welfare…something needs to change.
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