Sick & Tired

I am sick and tired of being told what the People Want & What the People voted for last November!  I see few signs that Congress has any idea what The People want.

It is time that The People tell Congress what WE Want.

It seems to me that we are fast headed toward is Corrupt Dictatorship, If we don't unite and take a stand quickly.

You can give it whatever label you want, with your oh so scary labels (socialism, communism, badism).  I do not want Corporations and the very rich running my life. I do not want them withholding jobs, raises, manufacturing, health care, medication, equality, gender fairness, retirement security, honesty, and transparency.

Is it REALLY true that the majority of the American public don't know that it is wars, big business and Wall Street that caused our economic crisis?  And now after middle and low income individuals have been further crippled, those very wealthy and powerful people are screaming about the deficit and telling us that WE have to give up the threads we are clinging to so the budget can be balanced NOW, Immediately!

I am sick and tired of being battered, abused, misrepresented, ripped off, lied to, and bullied by the wealthy!!! I am insulted and outraged that it is implied that if I can't find a job, pay my bills on time, own a home, pay for good health, get credit, and pay for heat, water and food in this economy, it is because I am lazy and want a free ride. How dare anyone make this assumption about me, my family, friends, neighbors, and/or community. HOW DARE THEY! This arrogance and judgement is outrageous, unjustified and totally unacceptable.

They have NO right to use the Christian Bible in twisted self serving ways to, create fear and hatred in our country, to turn fellow citizens against one another, to suggest violent hateful ideas about anyone they preserve as different in any way, to abandon compassion, fairness and generosity.

And then there is the issue of trusting our Government. The United States Government is one of the MOST successful governments in the world. It is not some scary monster, it (Government) is us. It is our Government Representatives who are the very ones who are telling us in essence, we can not trust THEM. I don't know about the rest of you but when someone looks me square in the face and tells me over and over again that they can't be trusted... Well, I think its time to take them at their word. Fire them and hire some people who can be trusted. It is not the "Government" that is bad, it is the people who represent it who are BAD, and they are telling us so. Why on earth would you vote for someone who tells you they are bad or that they want to be hired to become part of the Bad system?  IT IS THE PEOPLE WE HIRE AND DON'T SUPERVISE WELL ENOUGH WHO ARE PROVING HOW BAD THEY CAN BE!

The reason we can be a free country is because each of us has responsibility for our government. Free doesn't mean no responsibility, it means just the opposite. It means we have the freedom to be part of the process. It means we are all responsible to govern, participate and pay very close attention. OUR Government is us and should help us thrive, should help us be safe, should create an environment of equal opportunity, should work to make the whole country strong, should disperse the costs equatable and balance the budget when the economy is strong enough to do so.

Thus when some try to tip the balance, they must be directed back toward center. We have been built on the ideas of human rights, equality, freedom to choose, and freedom to prosper, FOR ALL. Someone will have to explain to me how allowing a few to lie, cheat, steal, mislead, be disloyal, or not share the same level of accountability as everyone else, is in keeping with our country's values and principles.

I don't think anyone is proposing that we do away with Capitalism. But, it is not a perfect system and has to be managed by certain guidelines, values, and ethical standards. Any group and its members has to conform to certain standards and conduct in order to thrive. We have seen time and again that humans are easily tempted and that greed is a powerful lure. The answer is to control unrestrained greed with rules and consequences, that must be applied with fairness and reason in all situations that attempts to exploit others. Extreme excess has to be rained in to maintain balance. This does not mean that some will not benefit more than others in any endeavor, they will. Some will have a better idea, better business practices, better marketing or consumer appeal. That is a good thing. Competition works well in moving us forward but just as in most competitive sports activities, there must be a level playing field. Using unfair tactics or unfair advantage can not be allow.

To use the sports analogy further, right now our country is functioning like it has one team on steroids, untold doping of all kinds, getting mega hours of extra practice, building the arena to fit their side only, they have all the best players, they don't have to follow any of the rules of the game and the refs are encouraged and paid to make calls in their favor. The other team The Peoples Team is made up of smaller players, no doping allowed, we have one leg and one arm tied down, get little practice time and are heavily penalized for breaking a rule and sometimes for unwritten rules or rules that change to fit the other team at any given moment. Not only that but our team must play with our eyes taped shut and in order to have the refs even look our way we must have the ability to pay large sums of money and even then fairness is rare in the rulings. 

Like any petulant child, who is used to getting their own way and has come to believe they actually ARE BETTER than regular people, the indulged will not give up their privilege easily. They have somehow come to believe that they deserve to be held in higher esteem, that they have a right to expect that they will be the only ones to be given the good things in life, only they should assume they deserve medical care, healthy food, air, water, heat, and shelter. And that good or high quality isn't even enough for them it should be the best in the world. And, who should pay for it? Well of course, the low lifers should pay for it, through labor, sacrifice, and taxes. They are such Superior people that their money should be kept free to buy bigger and better toys, homes and whatever they want and of course they should be able to stash that money in places that can't be touched by anyone else. Having ALL the cookies makes them sure that they are the Best People.

Don't let anyone tell you that the self made American man did it all by himself. It is not true. He did it in a country that supported his dreams, efforts and business building. He likely did it with workers, consumers, loans, tax breaks, incentives and space and ingredients that came from our country. We are the United States, we are united people. We are an interdependent system. Did that man use our water, our education system, our libraries, our examples, our food supplies, our banks, our clothing and materials, our roads, our electrical system, our land etc, etc, etc?  Of course he did. Should his country deserve and require his loyalty, support and reinvestment? Absolutely!!!

We all have a responsibility to make sure our government, our businesses and each of us as individuals play by the same rules, on a level field and that we all pay our fair share while everyone also shares in the bounty of our great country. It is about balance, and a continuum that is not overcome by greed and narcissism. It is about a belief that we can become ever more humane toward one another. Sure some will be harder workers and be rewarded for that and some will simply be luckier than others but we do not have to live in an all or nothing country.

We are moving in the direction of so many other countries who live by the rule of greed, corruption, loss of freedom and equal opportunity. I'm sick and tired of allowing this to continue. It is time to organize, stand up and use the power of the people to be the people our fore fathers envisioned for us.