It really does amaze me sometimes just how far in debt this country is, and how bad our politicians are doing getting us out of it.
I mean really, many people out there who are 35 years of age or older are perfectly capable of balancing a checkbook and living within their means. They always make sure to double check their receipts and keep good records of where their money is going. And they know how to prioritize what they need.
Look at my own mother for example. She runs her own business, and it's not doing so great. So she hasn't been cashing her paychecks for a while, and instead we've been living off Dad's disability and social security income. This means that we've had to cut back on a few things, and give up the excess.
Christmas was not as extravagant. When we go grocery shopping, we don't buy tons of cookies and bags of candy. We can't go out to just any movie or concert or theatrical performance anymore. While we still have cable, we dropped the extra channels like HBO and Showtime. And all sorts of other things, because that's what we needed to do to make it work.
My parents recognize the fact that you can't keep the same lifestyle when life is constantly changing.
Somehow, our politicians seem to live in this daze that they can let America just stay on its same path, and not worry about where life is taking this country.
We are going further and further into debt every day. And the government keeps instituting useless spending.
I'm sorry, but the health care reform is not needed. We can't afford to add anymore bills right now. We can't have it. Whether or not it oversteps the Constitution (which I do believe it does) doesn't totally matter if we can't afford it.
We need to stop handing out so much to foreign countries in federal aid. No one does the same for us, and what happens outside of America really ought to be none of our business anyways. But most importantly, we can't afford it!
Politicians don't need more money, the country does. So all this shit where they vote themselves another raise... I don't think I need to explain this one.
Welfare needs to be repaired. How many dollars are being wasted by careless spending in this department. To summarize my idea on welfare until I get a chance to go into details on it, basically you put a time limit on welfare. And only in extreme cases are exceptions made. Because welfare is not the same as disability.
Social Security Disability needs to be fixed too. There are some people out there who are abusing this too, and cracking down on it will help. First and foremost though, unless there are some serious extenuating circumstances, you should have to have been paying into the system for a minimum of ten years before you can even qualify for social security. I know there are some people who really don't have a choice, but that's a different story. We're talking about Joe Blow who pulls all the strings possible to get social security and be lazy. Or forges the documents.
Useless committees and such need to be abolished. I'm sure we've got some that just aren't doing anything to help improve the country, but we're sinking billions of dollars into a year. Let's analyze what every committee does in the government, and reduce them. Hell, there are probably redundancies too!
Keep everything transparent too, so Americans can have a say on it. Believe it or not, we're pretty good with money. Well, a chunk of us anyways. And we can help our appointed officials be good with our tax dollars too. Might get the country back on its feet.
And hell, while we're at it lets make the states start budgeting within their means too.
It'd be nice, wouldn't it? To have a perfectly balanced budget? It won't happen though, probably.
I think it's humorous though, that our government, the highest form of leadership and business, cannot get a balanced budget nor are they held accountable for where they spend what. But so help you god if you should be a business owner who gets audited, and you can't account for every last penny to the IRS. If the IRS could audit the government, I bet we'd be appalled.
And I bet we'd have a 100% fresh batch of people in office, because I doubt any of those politicians we have now are above corruption.
So I say throw out the experts, and get rid of the family lines of people who've been in office forever. Drag up the recliners, clip boards, ashtrays, and reading glasses. And hand America's checkbook over to the people who can actually balance one--the moms and pops of the world.
We'd be good to go in no time flat.
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