What America Needs Today

America needs to make the job of Congressman something that someone wants to do out of a sense of civic pride.   America needs to make being a Congressman less comfortable, less profitable, and more burdensome.  Then only those people who have a deep love for America would consider the position.  That is how it was a couple of hundred years ago.  Real patriots were Congressmen.  They were hands-on.  They didn’t have their hands out.   

The American public is further duped by being made to believe that a two party system is the best form of government.  This stands in stark opposition to all that we know true.  How many times have you been faced with a decision where there are only two choices, and no other idea can be considered? Where the situation is only black or white, with no shade of grey?  Yet that is the essence of America’s political landscape.  The vast majority of the voting public is told that they must be either Republican or Democrat.  Any third party is marginalized.  The media encourages this by relegating any independent voice to softball talk shows, think Larry King.  A third party voice is no voice at all, but rather a faint whisper.

Our leadership needs to stop spending our future away in the form of a deficit.  It is truly staggering to think about the projected deficit being 10 trillion dollars by the year 2012.  What our grandparents told us was true.  When times are good, save for when they become bad.  Furthermore, there is no justification for the spending.  The homeless are still homeless, and their numbers are growing.  Medicade and medicare are on the verge of collapse.  Social security, we are told, will be bankrupt in as little as 10 years.  Where is the money? 

Besides the gross misuse of our money, these social programs alleviate the need for independence, and create dependence.  Under this government hand-out environment, people are made to look to the government for their livelihood.  What has made this country great is individuals working and providing for themselves. 

Essentially what America needs is for the government to take a back seat to the people it represents.  Our government was created to be a government “of the people, by the people” remember?  American also needs a viable third political party.  The country would also benefit from a reversal of freedom imposing laws that serve a few, but handicap many.  A simple look back to Americas past will reveal a clear path for its future.