While the Republican dominated House quibbles over keeping tax benefits for the rich and cutting Medicare, Social Security and other mainstay programs primarily benefiting middle and lower income Americans, they completely IGNORE THE NECESSITY OF CUTS TO THEIR OWN OVER-INFLATED SALARIES AND BENEFITS!
Severe permanent reductions in the Congressional Budget would make a large dent in our federal deficit. Sadly...The only people in this country who can effect those changes have no intention of pursuing that avenue. Most Americans are teetering on the brink of financial ruin as we watch this pompous display of selfishness in Washington.
Staunchly refusing to slice out waste and spending in their own Congressional Budget, our ultra wealthy Congressmen and Congresswomen, (many of them millionaires plus, plus, plus), continue to brazenly cater to the rich as well as their lobbyist benefactors during their shameless pursuit of cutting public programs to the bone. How can any of them look their constituents in the eye, scream about morality on one hand and drain the life out of America with the other?
Thomas Jefferson once said, "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." (a) The question is, how can we, the people, force an unconscionable collection of spin doctors manipulating public opinion through various media outlets to own up to their corruption and force needed reforms in Congress? It is time for these men and women to quit preaching moral choices in this country and start doing their jobs. Abraham Lincoln voiced this opinion very clearly when he said, "We the people are the rightful master of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." (b)
No matter what our elected officials claim publicly, their actions prove the only ones benefiting from their terms in office are themselves. Don't let the rhetoric spewing out of Washington tear the United States apart. Don't let them start a Civil War! With their approval ratings at an all time low, the time for forcefully removing some of these people from office is drawing ever closer. All Americans need to get on the phone...NOW...and tell them to cut Congressional programs and salaries FIRST, straighten up their act and vote for America.
a: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_jefferson.html#FQ3Aw3jm5fwG7TLo.99
b: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin109278.html#XkWtHiQrPoVhl40c.99
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