Watching
the members of congress attempt to deal with this latest Washington fiasco is
like watching my two little boys explain how the milk got onto the floor. They will adamantly point the finger at one
another until they both wind up getting punished. These are elected members of our government
yet they continue to act like children.
Sadly that isn’t the main problem we need to address. Members of congress have been acting like
spoiled brats since I began following politics, but this group of over indulged
gray haired children have taken it to new levels of selfishness. This isn’t about ideology and it certainly
isn’t about what is best for the country.
Each night we sit in anticipation of some type of compromise, some type
of bargain that would relieve the stress that regular Americans feel every time
the congress decides to throw a tantrum, but instead it becomes more and more
evident that the people who freely roam the halls of our capital touting their
concern for the American people will without conscience, send the economy into
yet another downward spiral if it means they can satisfy their own political needs. They can do this because we the people have
allowed them to create a system where they can profit regardless of how well they
perform.
The issue we need to address is
accountability. We need to hold them accountable
when they accomplish nothing or as in this current crisis, when they actually
make matters worse. Suspend their pay when
the government shuts down; suspend their health benefits when they can’t work
out a budget. When members of our armed
forces can’t even get death benefits serving in defense of our nation, how do
we allow the men and women who sent them there to continue to receive theirs? How do we deal with our children when they don’t
do their chores, when they throw themselves on the floor in the supermarket,
when they refuse to get along with their siblings? Maybe we should consider
sending them all to their rooms without dinner, take away their toys and
threaten coal in their Christmas stockings.
Can anyone recommend a child psychiatrist that we can send to the
hill? If that doesn’t work maybe we can tackle
campaign finance reform and gerrymandering!
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