No American Left Behind

Now the U.S. is putting out the info that they have been investigating Standard and Poor's for a few years because of their rating practices. Why doesn't our government realize that the piggish nature of our spending is the reason we're in this predicament right now, nothing more, nothing less. America needs to feel like they can have it all, and if they truly can't, then we go out and print more money to back our investments. This cannot keep happening. We need stability and positive growth within our economy and our spending practices need to be halted. There are Senators and Congressmen that can be paying into Social Security and working towards their pensions like everyone else over the course of twenty or so years instead of six. The loopholes for taxes of the mega-rich should be closed which in itself would provide billions of dollars over the course of a five-year plan. There is one problem with these solutions though. Conflict of interest. No lawmaker is going to change their own deductions in pay to mirror the common worker and they sure enough will never vote to close loopholes because of campaign funding, votes, and shunning. It is actually sad that all lawmakers would rather see the whole country take a beating rather than start a change that would not only help fix our economy, but provide the world with an insight that we will do what is best for our people. We need a leader in this country, not a puppet, and his motto should plainly be, "No American Left Behind." Follow this article on investigating Standard and Poor's http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/business/us-inquiry-said-to-focus-on-s-p-ratings