Subject: An Open Letter to Politicians and Political Candidates
The following was written by Jeffery Small and posted on his site Small Thoughts for a Complex World . A well written article that definitely takes one outside the box of "conventional" thinking. A truly radical approach aimed at fixing, for good, our ailing fiscal and social problems. Les Carpenter Editor in Chief Rational Nation USA Excerpt: Dear Representative of the People: Based upon the current activity taking place in Washington D.C. regarding matters of regulatory reform, spending cuts, balancing the budget and reducing the deficit, it does not look like anything truly meaningful is going to be accomplished in the foreseeable future. Talk about reducing spending by trillions of dollars, whether proposed by President Obama or by Republicans such as Paul Ryan —assuming that these plans were ever to actually be put into effect—sound great until you understand that these numbers are not for next year's budget, but are unrealistically spread over a period...