So last year
the congress and President passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling, keep the
Bush Tax Cuts, and begin the difficult process of cutting spending by creating
a “super-committee” to come up with the cuts otherwise we would go through a
process called sequestration. A process that was so scary that it would force
the elected officials make the changes necessary to make it all work.
Guess What?
It didn’t
work!!
Now the talking heads in Washington are no closer to a deal, we are no closer to permanent tax reform, no closer to spending reform, no closer to a balanced budget, no closer to avoiding sequestration, and no closer to anything that even closely resembles and working government.
Want proof?
How about this, as of today the federal government has not passed a budget in
1341 days!! That’s right, the U.S. Government has not had a budget passed and
signed into law since 2009….It leaves one speechless doesn’t it. NOT ME!!
It
completely ticks me off. For the first time ever, after the last few decades of
politicians in Washington they are going to leave the future of this country in
worse shape than they found it. Are they seriously going to tell us that they
can’t find cuts that will save $1.5 trillion over the next decade? The fact is we
have to cut the budget and spending in a manner that will balance the budget
immediately.
Do we
seriously think we can slowly lower spending and that will save it all? Hell no
we can’t.
We have to
balance the budget NOW, not in the next decade but NOW!!!!
The United States Government takes in roughly $2.1 trillion a year in taxes yet still finds a way to spend $3.5 trillion plus a year and without a budget that number will grow as the spending is allowed to increase because the congress and President signed in a law allowing the spending to grow a little each year making the budget more of an unnecessary guideline rather than a hard-line rule to govern spending that it should be.
“Govern”….sounds
like a word that ought to mean something in Washington, D.C. – See the Irony?
But
seriously, $2.1 trillion, how can that not be enough to govern the country? It
sure seems like it should be but maybe it’s not enough because too many of us in
the public who complain don’t actually take the time to pay attention and keep
an eye on their elected officials and see how they are doing.
Think your
voice doesn’t matter, get with a few friends and call your congressman or send
him a letter that you also post on Facebook, or Twitter, or some other social
network. Let everyone see what you said to him and then promise to post their
response, or lack thereof, and see if they don’t respond.
Today the
Senate has come up with a proposal to keep the taxes they are for most
Americans but doesn’t address anything else at all. They just want to address
the taxes but keep spending where it is – WORNG ANSWER!!
And many of
those in the Senate seem good with a lot of it but are they? And if they are
let’s get an explanation for it – NOW! This agreement the senate leaders are
discussing will just pass the buck down the road and nothing will get done. The
national debt will increase and our future will be even more less certain.
Sequestration
was supposed to force the leaders in Washington to reform taxes, lower
spending, and pass a budget; instead, the only thing that seems to get passed
is, once again, the BUCK!!
We must have
a balanced budget. Federal government must do their job and nothing more.
Congressional leaders should lead for the betterment of the country and not the
betterment of their party. If they governed with the future of this nation in
the forefront then elections would take care of themselves. Instead they all
govern with the next election in mind.
I could care
less with the political parties; I care about my children and what the future
holds for them. Those in Washington are showing how little they are truly
worried about their children and grand-children’s future and more about their
own.
I need a
breath of air!!
Happy New
Year everyone!!
Bill
