Something has got to give. There’s a feeling in this country that we can’t go on like this. We’re drowning in a sea of debt. Thomas Friedman, Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck—who come from different political perspectives—agree that drastic change is going to come to our country. Yet our nation’s leaders refuse to make the hard choices. They are fighting with each other while the debt tide rises. This has to stop.
I want to believe our President but his policies do not make sense. I want the opponents of the President to stop their personal attacks on him and propose specific solutions that will eliminate wasteful spending and turn this nation’s economy around. The American people don’t need another President Obama joke or another attack on Sarah Palin. We need to get serious about the business of America.
I have written before that sacrifice requires trust and that the Democratic and Republican Parties have destroyed the trust the American people had in them. I pay taxes and yet they are squandered to the likes of ACORN. The financial institutions have in recent years become nothing more than casinos. The house never loses—the deck is always stacked against the player. The lobbyists have it both ways; they win no matter who loses. Our nation’s leaders are like a dollar bill—they don’t have a home.
Some people with addictive behavior have to lose everything before they can turn their lives around. This country can’t wait that long. We run the risk of losing our national sovereignty to our debtors. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The Democrat’s & Republican’s answer—their only answer—is to blame each other and incite or frighten the electorate instead of making an effort to stop the spiral into disaster.
I know people read this and say I can’t picture it happening, but just because you can’t picture it happening doesn’t mean it can’t and won’t happen. Who could have pictured the Twin Towers collapsing on 9/11? Our leaders are going to have to sacrifice before they can get the American people to sacrifice. I am concerned that the country is becoming united in name only. What do you think?
