Politics-Not As Usual

What a Political Year! The Republican presidential hopefuls want to "out-due their own conservatism" and the Democrat candidates want to be "more left" than the other. Most Republicans are trying to portray themselves as "outsiders" and at least one of the Democrats is running as the "outsider" from the left. Which is right and which is wrong? Tough call at best. Whoever wins though, they will have (regardless of who's fault it is) a terrible mess to clean-up.

Yes, a mess! What could I possibly be talking about? The country is so polarized against each other that whatever the outcome is will probably only heighten the mess. Few people would disagree with the components of the mess. Those components include:

1. A 15 Trillion dollar national deficit that few of us really believe can ever be paid back or even slowed in growth as we move forward.
2. Trouble spots in the Middle East which most fear will continue to spill over into America.
3. A general feeling that those in Washington have simply forgotten who is really supposed to be calling the shots (we the people?) and that they have lost sight of what is right for America.
4. A national healthcare system that is not working properly and costing entirely too much money and not really helping anyone along the way (why have health insurance if you have to spend thousand of dollars per year just to get through the deductible?).
5. An American War Industry-Machine that wants more projects, for arms, more bombs and yes more money and will probably get it as our politicians continue to scar the "begeebies" out of us all with all the trouble going on in the world.
6. A public education system that is sub-par with other industrialized nations and not educating our children sufficiently for them to cash-in on a future.
7. A higher-education student debt bubble (now over $1 Trillion dollars and growing) that is leaving our smartest and our brightest Americans living at home and not getting the high paying jobs they need to retire their student debt.
8. An economy that regardless of how often our Political Leaders tell us that the economy is improving we the people just don't get the same "warm fuzzies" as we see the economy struggle along.
9. A national immigration problem that neither "side of the aisle" really wants to fix for their own politically motivated reasons (if they truly did why haven't they fixed it already).
10. AND a terrible gnawing pain in America that our incomes (nationally) are going down and that the cost of living continues to slip up all the time. Said another way, people truly believe that in America the rich are getting richer and the poor (which is most of us) are getting poorer.

CAN YOU REALLY ARGUE THESE FACTS? Maybe, but if you do there is a strong possibility that you may be part of the problem. We need leaders that will take a hard look at the situation...from the perspective of the poor, the middle class (if there are any of us left). and the wealthy.

The outcome has to be a resolve of at least part of our problems that CLEARLY works for all of us, with no one being left out. That hasn't worked in our country for decades. WITH NO ONE BEING LEFT OUT! That is a mouthful that is simply a hard pill to swallow and almost Un-American...but it has to happen.

Is life about to change in our country? Can we continue on as we have in the past? Have we already experienced the "tipping point" for our country. Our families, our friends, and even our WA community demands that something be done sooner than later in this country to mend what is ailing us. Are you willing to help find a solution that will work for all of us (or at least more than 51% of us) that supports everyone with no one being left out? DAN