Politicians Are Too Happy with the Way Things Are
Mar 16, 2017 5:46:26 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Mar 16, 2017 5:46:26 GMT -5
Charlie Daniels: Politicians Are Too Happy with the Way Things Are
By Charlie Daniels, March 15, 2017 10:02 AM EDT
If you asked one hundred people what is wrong with America, what caused it and what steps should be taken to repair the damage, you could well get one hundred different answers.
I'm sure the preponderance of the replies would deal with politics in one way or another; don't spend enough, spend too much, too conservative, too liberal, wrong priorities, bunch of crooks, don't know, don't care, do nothing bunch of dolts who personally prosper by spending our money.
And so much of the above, on both sides of the ledger, are the absolute truth. If the scales were balanced today, the State of Texas probably couldn't hold the transgressors, past and present.
But this being a republic, our politicians don't just walk into office and start plying their dubious trade. They are duly elected by we the people and we the people continue to send the same old reprobates, party hacks and powerbrokers back again and again, expecting a groundswell of change, and all we get is a "Wham bam, thank you, ma’am. I'll see you next election.”
These people are not going to affect change. They're too happy with things the way they are.
Every day on Capitol Hill, the lobbyists make their endless rounds, passing out tickets to sporting events, invitations to prestigious dinners and "goy to be seen" shows at the Kennedy Center.
And that's only what’s swimming on top of the water. Wonder what’s going on down where the sharks live?
www.cnsnews.com/commentary/charlie-daniels/charlie-daniels-politicians-are-too-happy-way-things-are
By Charlie Daniels, March 15, 2017 10:02 AM EDT
If you asked one hundred people what is wrong with America, what caused it and what steps should be taken to repair the damage, you could well get one hundred different answers.
I'm sure the preponderance of the replies would deal with politics in one way or another; don't spend enough, spend too much, too conservative, too liberal, wrong priorities, bunch of crooks, don't know, don't care, do nothing bunch of dolts who personally prosper by spending our money.
And so much of the above, on both sides of the ledger, are the absolute truth. If the scales were balanced today, the State of Texas probably couldn't hold the transgressors, past and present.
But this being a republic, our politicians don't just walk into office and start plying their dubious trade. They are duly elected by we the people and we the people continue to send the same old reprobates, party hacks and powerbrokers back again and again, expecting a groundswell of change, and all we get is a "Wham bam, thank you, ma’am. I'll see you next election.”
These people are not going to affect change. They're too happy with things the way they are.
Every day on Capitol Hill, the lobbyists make their endless rounds, passing out tickets to sporting events, invitations to prestigious dinners and "goy to be seen" shows at the Kennedy Center.
And that's only what’s swimming on top of the water. Wonder what’s going on down where the sharks live?
www.cnsnews.com/commentary/charlie-daniels/charlie-daniels-politicians-are-too-happy-way-things-are
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Feds Hit Debt Limit—Again; Debt Now Exceeds Limit Set in 2008 by $8,550,505,000,000
By Terence P. Jeffrey,| March 15, 2017 6:48 PM EDT
(CNSNews.com) - With the close of business today, the period in which Congress suspended any legal limit on the federal debt expires and as of tomorrow the limit on the federal debt will be set at whatever the level of debt happens to be.
Since President Barack Obama signed the “Bipartisan Budget Act” on Nov. 2, 2015 there had been no legal limit on the amount of money the federal government could borrow until now. That law included a section entitled “Temporary Extension of Public Debt Limit.” It said that the law imposing a limit on the federal debt “shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on March 15, 2017.”
As of Nov. 2, 2015, the federal debt subject to the legal limit stood at $18,452,108,000,000. As of the close of business on Tuesday, the latest day reported, it stood at $19,865,505,000,000
www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/feds-hit-debt-limit-again-debt-now-exceeds-legal-limit-set-2008
By Terence P. Jeffrey,| March 15, 2017 6:48 PM EDT
(CNSNews.com) - With the close of business today, the period in which Congress suspended any legal limit on the federal debt expires and as of tomorrow the limit on the federal debt will be set at whatever the level of debt happens to be.
Since President Barack Obama signed the “Bipartisan Budget Act” on Nov. 2, 2015 there had been no legal limit on the amount of money the federal government could borrow until now. That law included a section entitled “Temporary Extension of Public Debt Limit.” It said that the law imposing a limit on the federal debt “shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on March 15, 2017.”
As of Nov. 2, 2015, the federal debt subject to the legal limit stood at $18,452,108,000,000. As of the close of business on Tuesday, the latest day reported, it stood at $19,865,505,000,000
www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/feds-hit-debt-limit-again-debt-now-exceeds-legal-limit-set-2008