I've been following the debt-deal "talks" in Congress and between Congress and the White House for a while now, and each time I tune into the news, I become displeased (like most who hear about it) that our representatives and senators whom the American people elected for the sole purpose of running our government smoothly and effectively seem WHOLLY incapable of doing just that.
*For starts we are in something like three wars right now: Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya (yes I include Libya. Just because we don't have "troops on the ground" doesn't meant we aren't spending enough money on Libya to make up for that. The majority of NATO's military finance and finesse come from the United States. Unfortunately, these wars seem to also be out of sight, out of mind events for the majority of the American population, so I won't go much into them right now.
*Then there is this whole debt thing...During the Clinton administration we had a SURPLUS, something that was lost quite rapidly during Bush Jr.'s terms as president and of course is currently being exacerbated during Obama's administration by the amount of wars going on, by misused and inefficiently used funds in entitlement programs, and of course by ridiculous tax breaks for the wealthiest people in the US (politely renamed 'job creators' by those Congressman favoring the Bush [Jr.] era tax cuts).
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/mon-july-18-2011-daniel-radcliffe
^^^^don't believe me? Click this link and watch between 6:35-7:30 for a lovely reel of clips showing senators calling the richest of the rich 'job creators'.
Anyways, my purpose here isn't to bash politicians because of the choices both they and the American public made which contributed to our current financial problems...my purpose is too bash them because of their political antics at this moment, and their utter refusal to come up with some sort of compromise between themselves.
They had ...literally months to begin planning. And I can understand them not taking that time, because I know that they have a lot on their plate..they are a federal institution after all, and one of the highest.
HOWEVER. Now they have less than two weeks to strike a deal, and they are still being stubborn as mules. What is the American public supposed to think when all they see inside Congress is a lot of 'monkey business' if you will on the one hand, and people like President Obama and Treasure Secretary Timothy Geithner telling us that they are 'close' to a deal on the other hand?
Dispute Threatens Debt Limit Negotiations
Now don't get me wrong, I am sure that they will get a deal (though if they don't it won't be much of a surprise either >.>) but what truly frustrates me, is the amount of political grandstanding going on. After all, how many of the Congressmen and -women are up for re-election next year? Exactly.
And this all disturbs me but...what really disturbs me is...
A lot of my peers just...don't care. I have heard many in my generation (I just turned 18, but am a Sophomore in college), a lot of college-going young adults always give me excuses like "I am too stressed out to pay attention," or "It doesn't concern me," or...my favorite..."I don't like politics and don't approve of what the government is doing...so I stopped paying attention."
I just...truly don't get it. We are on the brink of a financial collapse akin to that of Greece...and yet people just seem to think that this in no way affects them?
But then again..given how out of touch people are with the goings on of their government domestically...what care would they have for the rest of the world and its troubles either? v_v
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Girl, I know exactly what you are talking about. I am guilty of using some of those exact excuses as to why Im not involved in politics as well. and its truly been an issue for some time now. If you think your generation is lost, consider my generation of folks who are 28yrs and counting. I may have one friend who is an active voter but thats it. Many are to busy struggling with debt themselves. So how can they even get beyond that to see the greater problem with our country. Lately, I have been trusting God Almighty with everything including finances. And I must say I have witnessed tremendous growth, some of my key points to survival is just to stay spiritually connected and to believe in sacrifice for better results. but dont worry babe.. keep voicing your opinion and staying active in politics. There are some organizations out there that do get us involved in making a difference.. Remain hopeful. Great Blog by the way!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's true though...and I suppose it is harsh of me to come down so hard on people, because I know everyone's got their own struggles they have to deal with. It just frustrates me that MOST of the people I speak with, whether their struggles are great or small...seem to be really yielding and..honestly, uncaring about what is going on with the government.
ReplyDeleteSo I suppose the question now is..how do we change the government and our lifestyles so that they COMPLIMENT instead of seek power and control over each other? And how can we help those struggling right now in such a way that some of their stresses might be alleviated?
There's got to be a way :/
ha i read one of your things yes i know using my words :D anywho nice was interesting to read could use some work though lol just kidding! oh yeah i think that physics majors do need to know english and also how to spell. what would the world be without words? i don't know oh yeah i'm getting off topic what was i talking about oh yeah nice blog
ReplyDeletealleshia the coolest person you will ever know :D
the government in general is in shambles. This debt has been a problem for several years and people just don't care, so we leave it all to the politicians who barely care themselves, who only to care for their asses and the people who support their asses with money.
ReplyDeleteWe're all too busy with our own lives that we're blind to the bigger picture.
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I agree 'milk tea'.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even sure where to go with helping people to start caring about the 'big picture', but it's difficult...
If even people my age, who are only in college and JUST starting out in life, and really for the most part only have themselves to fend for...don't give a crap, how in the world are we supposed to expect others to? >.>
This is something that in my view must change...but where to start?