The President of the United States gave school children a speech today about staying in school. Great! Positive message. Where was this man when I was rebelling against my parents? It would have taken more than this man to keep me in school. I was smart, 19 and I knew more than anyone. Why do both parties sound like rebellious teenagers to me? They are smarter than anyone and no one can tell them otherwise. They have the American people at their fingertips. No one wants to listen to these little children that they are "babysitting". "They don't know any better, we must do it for them. If you're not with us, you're against us!!!"
Where do these politicians get off telling us to be quiet, or that we don't know what we are talking about? We put them in office. So, they say their quick thanks and move along to Washington DC. Then, they proceed to tell us what we want and need.
When we tell them to stop (either side), a lot of the time, they don't listen. There are a few that even change parties so that maybe they will be voted in again. (sneaky, sneaky!)
Frankly, neither side is innocent. So for one to blame the other is pure hypocrisy.
What makes the Republicans so much better than the Democrats and vice versa?
Absolutely nothing! The Democrats of today are not the same as they were during JFK's period. The Republicans are not the same as they were from the same time period.
I am independent. I claim no one and I have no twinge of guilt when I throw away a solicitation for campaign money or a national convention. Yet, I still feel because I am more conservative, that I am still being lumped into the Republican category. Why? The Republicans have been described (by a few) as crazy religious zealots. Or "assholes" (Whichever term tickles your fancy). Yet, I feel if you are gay and you want to get married, get friggin' married! There are better things that my tax money can pay for than this bickering. How about not bailing ANYONE out, Mr. Bush and Mr. Obama? During the Great Depression, there were no bailouts. We came through that stronger than before. Credit Cards were not introduced until the 1950s. How about, suck it up and save for what you want? Mr. Presidents...I made some poor financial decisions in my youth, where is my bail out?
Why should I be forced to pay for someone else's healthcare? Why should I be forced to pay for an illegal immigrant's health care? Car insurance is a requirement by the government (unless you live in New Hampshire, but if you leave the state and go to Maine for a vacation, you'd better have it!), I don't pay for my neighbor's car insurance. If they don't have it, they shouldn't be driving and if they are caught driving without it, they get a fine! If they get into an accident, they get a huge bill! To say that we are paying for those bills that have been skipped out on , so we may as well lump them all into one single payer health insurance and we are going to be paying for it through high taxes is absurd. That is a poor excuse. When did the American people become so lazy? Where did your pride go?
I have seen all of the facebook status updates that say:
"No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day."
You go to the hospital and you are still going to get care because of the oath that Doctors take. Getting sick is a fact of life. It is not someone else's responsibility to make sure that your bills are paid. The government runs medicare, medicaid, social security, post office...how well are these programs doing?
