The Apathy Of The American Public
Folks, I am amongst the first to criticize and blame the politicians we have elected to govern us for much. In a very vocal way I have hammered the very government we selected for just about everything that is wrong with America today. And in my mind the criticisms are justified. With our huge unsustainable national debt , annual deficits running into a billion plus dollars, our continued ill advised and unnecessary interventionist foreign policy decisions, our incessant demand for more and more social welfare programs, our eagerness to accept money from the Fed for pork barrel projects that benefit only our home state or district, and continued voter apathy that results in business as usual in Washington are part and sum of the problem. At the same time we want lower taxes, better government services, a military that has become the worlds police force, and a government that...