Not the most attractive bumper sticker (if there is such a thing as an attractive bumper sticker), but...

It seems that our elected and appointed officials today are soft, quasi-academics who believe signing a feel-good accord that accomplishes nothing is a sign of moving forward. Document diplomacy is a joke, such as UN condemnations of Iran, formal requests for apologies from North Korea for instigating violence in the peninsula, or verbal rebukes of Israel based on false charges inspired by clever PR campaigns of terrorist groups. None of these resolutions resolve anything. They produce nothing, but more hot air from our politicians.

Congress is trying right now to pass another stimulus/bailout worth a current $26B. There is still a ridiculously large amount of unseen cash from the last whopper they passed. The leadership is peddling this as the only way to save the jobs of teachers and police/firefighters. We all, by now, should be able to see right through this. They use this same group of necessary workers as excuses for every budget increase they ever propose. Instead of cutting the crucial services, why do politicians never stand up and offer a list of the "luxury" services to cut. A freeze is not a cut! A simple 1.4% pay raise for federal employees (who already make almost double what their private sector counterparts make, when considering pay + benefits) is not a cut.

We need strong, honest leadership in America. If this administration is purposely making our deficit skyrocketing, it would be nice to hear them say it. If they are not trying to destroy this country, it would help us all if they would lower the partisan blinders and talk to actual experts instead of political appointee hacks who have never had any real-world experience.

These policies are far more damaging than the over-spending that took place in the previous administration. And how can our leaders believe we are so dumb as to believe that "inheriting" $400B debt and making it $1.7T could possibly be the fault of the last administration? The condescending arrogance is sickening!

Our politicians must acquire the courage necessary to fix these problems or they need to be replaced with those who have it. Stop wasteful spending. Shrink the budget. Cut taxes to increase the tax base, increase consumer spending and thereby increase government revenue!

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