There don't seem to be any point in supporting it, from any side...
I don't know if it is past the point of no return. But what it would take to fix it, blowing all the chocks out from under the market and keeping taxes high, and retaining that posture for a decade or two, while stopping spending and reducing government to its least operational size... And paying down the debt with those high taxes, while controlling inflation by burning all the money they've been printing... All while increasing civil distress continues to mount as services people have relied upon for generations are curtailed... All of that, and at the right dose, would be like threading a needle alongside the road, from a car moving at highway speeds, without your glasses...
Well, that ain't a likely combination.
So it will happen a thousand times worse, and all at once instead. And that end is dang near written in stone.
And folks wonder why I am not impressed with candy from the clown at the front of the parade....
I get this.
But I am unwilling to admit it can't be fixed.
Let me start by saying that republicans (and to some extent conservatives) have allowed this happen for the past 60 years.
You don't fix a mess you took 60 years to create overnight.
It is incremental and bit by bit.
I don't like the AZ has two democratic senators.
But one of them is (IMHO) at least not a lock-step left winger. I want someone better.
The rhetoric from the right needs to step away from being so confrontational and needs to focus on the issues at hand.
The biggest being that Washington DC is far to big. It was never intended to be that way. It now processes or doles out 20 to 22% of our TOTAL GDP.
And we wonder why lobbyists are so prevelant.
That puts our congress in charge of cash flows much much larger than Wal Mart.
And most of them have no clue as to how to run a business or manage money.
The GOP is silent on key issues (which, like health care, don't need to be fixed by the government....but still need to be fixed).
Where are the voices for the 10th amendment.
They've been silent for decades.
If you want change, step up and start demanding that our government function as it should.
You'll be mocked and (if you do it alone) crucified. But if we organize, we can start to move the needle.
