Posted by
Furious on Friday, July 18, 2008 2:49:21 PM
There is a lot of reason to worry. Not so much about our generation,( hell, I maybe got 10, 20 years tops) but our kids and especially our grandkids.
We are not leaving them what was left to us. Somehow we are managing to use up or burn up much of their heritage.
What is worse than that, however, is that we are giving our young ones the bill for our excesses.
We're like a teenager with a credit card. It's always tomorrow that we'll get responsible. We just kick the can down the road.
Social Security is not very secure, and if it were a private fund; it would have been shut down by regulators a long time ago.
But, since Washington not only takes the money, but it literally makes the money, cash is never a problem.
Never mind that this may lead to 10 or 20 per cent inflation.
And guess who is hit hardest by the cruel tax called inflation? Yep, the little guy. He always takes it in the neck.
It's a divided nation because the left wants it divided. The left wants to put people into categories. The left wants to limit free speech. (Such as bringing back "The Fairness Doctrine", which would effectively destroy talk radio, the last bastion for right wing speech. The media is now just an extension of the Democrat party. They don't even try to hide it any more.
Medicare is a house of cards, as is almost every federal program. Education used to be a local responsibility, now we need Ted Kennedy and George Bush to tell us how to teach our kids. Oh, and we can't be allowed to carry a gun. Nevermind the second amendment. These people just make up law on the fly anyway. They have judge shopping down to a science.
The left in Congress have been engaged in what Stalin once coined: "show trials."
They are suing OPEC. (Like OPEC gives a damn!) They are trying to impeach Bush and everyone connected with him. They want to inhibit the very industry that now needs LESS government restriction, the oil industry. It''s Big Oil. Big Drugs, Big Military, Big Wall Street that are vilified.
It's never Big Lawyers, Big Unions or Big Government. It's all politics all the time. Consequence be damned, as long as these jerks hang on to their seats.
They are trying to criminals their opposition. (Ever hear the expression that a slick DA could indite a ham sandwich, if he wanted to?) That's the MO. Accuse, bring suit, publishes show trials, deny or discourage debate and when popular opinion goes against a liberal proposal-just find a friendly judge.
And they are winning. How many Republican Congressman represent New England? One? Maybe Two? Parts of the country are now in essence a one party state. Kind of like Iraq when Saddam ran it or the old Soviet Union. They used to boast about their fair and free elections-but when the voter entered the booth, there was but one candidate listed. Almost like Massachusetts. We can't survive one party dominance.
There must always be competition in everything or we'll turn into either the post office or France. Or maybe even a French post office!
Finally just a question for ya: When was the last politician who won a seat based on a campaign that promised LESS to his constituents?
Maybe Reagan. After that, I'm drawing a blank.
I think we're screwed.