Reality Check!

I recently received an email from the White House (Chief of Staff - I think). Anyway, in case you aren't aware of it, the White House is attempting to organize their base (I sort of snuck in) by providing a Web site to tell us how to counter those crazy Seniors and Veterans who are concerned about what Congress and the current Administration are trying to do to Health Care Insurance and Health Care overall. You know, the Political Terrorists!

I truly cannot believe that our Government has gone completely crazy! We elected these people but yet they think they know better than the majority of Americans. OK, most of us fell asleep at the wheel - for quite some time. Now that we are starting to wake up, our Government is acting like they deserve to be in charge whether we put them there or not! They have become the "Elite", who can make no mistakes and know better what we need than we do ourselves.

Any sane person knows that when you are in debt, you readjust your lifestyle and cut expenses. What these fools are doing is spending like drunken sailors, adding new people to the Government payroll, establishing new programs that cost Billions, spending on things for themselves that they chastised private companies for spending on (new jets to carry them exclusively), sending money to their cronies, bailing out their buddies, and increasing spending on existing programs.

The "Washington state of mind" has poisoned them, if their minds weren't poisoned already. The majority of these Representatives and Senators have never had a real job. They don't understand profit and loss because to them, there is no profit and loss - only spending. Folks, it's time we got a handle on these people.

What does it cost to support the average Congressman or Senator? Do you know how many staffers your Congressman and Senator has? Do you know what your Congressman or Senator spends every year to support himself? Oh yes, I almost forgot. They also have NON-Government run health insurance that you and I are paying for. So, the next time you contact your Congressman or Senator, ask him or her how much they spend each and every year they are in office. Then ask them how they can justify spending that much of YOUR money.

These "Elites" need to be held accountable for how they spend OUR money. Private companies continually evaluate the effectiveness of how they spend their money and look at the Return on Investment (ROI). We should make the Government do the same. I don't have all the answers, but together we can force our Government to act responsibly. If your current Congressman or Senator doesn't want to act responsibly, vote him or her out and put someone in who will. We have to stop putting all these lawyers in Congress. All they do is write the rules in such a way as to favor themselves remaining there. Elect a local merchant, business owner, doctor, mechanic, or anyone EXCEPT a lawyer. Let's get some diversity in the House and Senate!