One Percentage Point? Obama At His Finest

     It has been quite a week of political showdowns and presidential urgency as the American public views the state of our system and not only how poorly it can proceed, but how genuinely incapable that it has proven to be. The Republican showdown on Wednesday night clearly left none of us feeling any better about a challenger to Obama in the upcoming election in fourteen months. The field itself with Perry, Romney, Bachmann and company are not the type of individuals that can fully be trusted to take the office by storm and make a difference. Then we have Barack Obama, who, in his stimulus package has lulled us into believing that his economic boost will make a valuable improvement to the state of unemployment. In 2009, a $787 Billion stimulus package was introducd and put into effect for over the course of more than two years and has given us nothing but close to a 9.5 unemployment rate.
     Now, Obama wants to introduce a $450 Billion package that will, in all reality, as one economist, Mark Zandi states, may only reduce that rate by a mere one percentage point. One percentage point! Is it enough? Hardly when you see the actual numbers, you realize that the government does not have any clue as to go about reducing the monster they have created. Jobs go overseas to lower wage paying and tax markets and we have simply let them go. Industry in the U.S has faded to a point that it is surreal how we no longer care to keep our tax paying businesses from leaving because we want only the wealthiest jobs for our own gluttony. It is within this gluttony that we are heading towards only two levels of citizens, the wealthy and the poor. No more can our middle class survive as it once used to decades ago.
    Two or more incomes per family is required to live in most high-priced areas, whereas fifty years ago you could get away with a one income family and have a stay at home parent to raise your children. Those days ae numbered and as a result, our children and their education has suffered as well, which is indicative of being ranked 23rd amongst countries in education. How then are we supposed to grow so that our children are able to thrive in America as they get older and take over? Obama, for his remaining term and anyone who takes over after him needs to seriously contemplate where this country needs to be headed. In the meanwhile, we, as voters need to become more educated from the local up to the federal levels at the polls. We need to take control and give our leaders the boot if they can not be held fiscally responsible.

Unintelligent Politicians or Public?

There are too many debates as the election of 2012 looms closer about the state of politics in this supposely great country. The field of Republicans that is slowly narrowing down to challenge for the presidency may be the worst that we, as voters, have seen in many elections. Some question the actual intelligence of the group that will be challenging President Obama and the Democrats, ex. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/bruni-pass-fail-and-politics.html? It really is not fair to call any challenger unintelligent, or a moron, or simply unaware of the needs of this country. In fact, it clearly is not the pool of politicians that are unintelligent...I leave that title to the American public. For so long, the plight of the presidency has dwindled because of the growing agendas in the House and the Senate. Anyone can and should clearly see that it is not the president that is in control anymore, but those that actually make the laws and battle with the president to pass or fail those laws and "allow" the President to look good or bad for the public.
    Clearly, how we vote on the rest of the ballot is more important than the president because most Americans do not take the time to find out the particulars of who is running for the House and the Senate, what their morals and theories are on the functions of government, and if there are any behind the scenes motives or agendas that will hinder them fro doing what they need to do for the country. If we, as an intelligent public learned to put as much energy into evaluating all those running for office from local, to state, to federal, then the system will be more in sync with what we need as a country. Until then, all we can do is blame ourselves for not taking the initiative to change the sysytem and those in control. How can anyone legitimately contest the intelligence of anyone running for office of any level when we, as voters clearly do not care enough to actually learn ourselves. So take this heeding America: Sharpen your own mind and vote with wisdom, not blindness...it is the only way to take the country back for the people!