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Posted by:<\/strong> the gman on June 1, 2012, 4:21 pm<\/p>\nTimmer<\/p>\n
\tThat is about it, Sadly we have been sleeping for a very long time, and we have allowed government to
\n\tget so big that we cant afford to allow it to grow, and cutting its size hurts the over-all
\n\teconomic activity of the country.<\/p>\n
\tEither way there is pain <\/p>\n
\tthe truly disheartening thing is that in a persons life mANy times people dont make changes they need to
\n\tmake until they hit rock bottom. At rock bottom most changes help and are seen quickly. In our
\n\tpresent situation , required changes dont help or immediately improve the situation, they only
\n\tmake it worse. <\/p>\n
\tIn this country most of us are raised to believe the glass is half full instead of half empty. I think
\n\tour eternal optimism ( which has been a great thing) may well stop us from admitting our real
\n\tfinancial health.<\/p>\n
\tgman<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted by:<\/strong> Timmer on June 2, 2012, 2:52 pm<\/p>\nWell said, Gman…<\/p>\n
\tI’ve grown a bit more cynical, unfortunately.<\/p>\n
\tAnd I HATE that I’ve been made to feel this way…<\/p>\n
\tI see a group of uber-rich who are the only ones that can afford to get elected, making self-serving, special interest-influenced decisions that even an idiot (like me) can clearly see are not in the best interests of our country or its citizens.<\/p>\n
\tIt’s all about getting into power through getting elected at ANY cost…<\/p>\n
\tThen its about getting richer by any means – corruption, patronage, insider trading, etc., – acts that would cause the "average Joe" like me to wind up in jail…<\/p>\n
\tA sad day when our election choices and decisions are based on who sucks the least!<\/p>\n
\tHere’s a little controversy – Although I find our current President wholly unqualified and needing to return to his community organizer activities, he (and the Office of the President, unfortunately) is a mere puppet.<\/p>\n
\tWhile an easy target to blame and vent our frustrations on, changing the President will change little.<\/p>\n
\tViewing him as THE problem conveniently takes our eye off the ball of where the problem truly lies.<\/p>\n
\tInsert Special Interest Group(s) here to determine who is actually pulling the strings…<\/p>\n
\tWant significant reform and change? It will take getting rid of the corrupt career politicians.<\/p>\n
\tAnd where are they? Certainly not in the Oval Ofiice…<\/p>\n
\tCongressional Term Limitations is an answer.<\/p>\n
\tPerhaps it is THE answer…<\/p>\n
\tSorry to rant…<\/p>\n
\t \ud83d\ude0e \ud83d\ude0e \ud83d\ude0e<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted by:<\/strong> the gman on June 2, 2012, 4:13 pm<\/p>\nyou got it..<\/p>\n
\n\tI am not sure i am cynical, but i am way past assuming being positive all the
\n\ttime is the answer.<\/p>\n
\tMy honest answer is simply this, we were lucky enough to be born in the only
\n\tcountry the world has ever seen where power is given to government by
\n\tthe people instead of the otherway around.<\/p>\n
\tWe blew it, but why? Is it that freedom really does not work because people
\n\tneed control, or is it that in a truly free society , there is no one to stop
\n\tthe encroachment of tyranny, it is that we are lazy, is it that in a fee society
\n\tthose that really appreciate the freedom work so hard they dont pay attention
\n\tto those that would harm them. I dont have the answers, only the questions.<\/p>\n
\tI get by day to day telling myself i was lucky to be here, i have had a good life
\n\tand most of that has gone before me. The future is what ever it will be, but i
\n\tno longer cling to the idea that this country can be saved, or that it could some
\n\thow go back to the way "we think it was" We are no longer that country, we are
\n\tno longer the same people, that has passed in the night while we were sleeping.<\/p>\n
\tWE are now a mixture of people no longer dreaming of an opportunity, but one
\n\tdemanding equal outcomes. We no longer expect that a free society will allow
\n\teach person to rise as high as we can go, but rather one that demands we all
\n\trise to the same level. <\/p>\n
\tThe reality is simple… we are half way to socialism and tyranny, we cant afford to
\n\tgo forward, and there are far to many progessives to allow us to go back. We are
\n\twhat ever we are. The truly sad thing to me is that when liberals finally get us to
\n\twhere they want us…. they will find it is not what they thought it would be<\/p>\n
\tThe old saying of "be careful what you wish for" is playing out before our eyes in
\n\twhats left of the country we used to have.<\/p>\n
\n\tgman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Posted by:<\/strong> sevenout on June 4, 2012, 7:35 pm<\/p>\nIf you really want to see change, I have 2 suggestions:<\/p>\n
\t1. Treat campaign funds like any other income. Although they are not directly used for personal expenses, they allow for better quality of life. Travel, meals, etc, are run through as a campaign expense, allowing personal funds to be saved. <\/p>\n
\t2. Change (simplify) the tax code. When Congress can no longer whore out the tax code as pay back, perhaps they might get some real work done.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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