The press seems a bit over-eager these days to fill the absence of political scandal left now that the Bush administration is out of office. Already there are complaints that President Obama STILL hasn't fixed the economy. He still hasn't solved our problems in Iraq or Afghanistan. He didn't stop AIG from handing out ridiculous bonuses to executives who drove the company into the ground.
Time for a bit of a reality check people. Outrage and hysteria are all well and good, but take a moment for rational thought to invade, and consider who put us in our present position and how long it took for things to get to this point.
It takes a LOT longer to fix a mess than it does to create one. Start today and put yourself as deeply in debt as you possibly can. Without much effort, you should be able to do it in much less than the eight years it took the previous administration to get our country this heavily indebted. Most people wouldn't be able to get out from under that kind of debt in two years, much less two months, and the kind of numbers the Federal Government is dealing with are significantly larger than anything any private citizen will ever have to deal with.
He has presented a plan to deal with it, now it needs time to take effect. Much like trying to lose weight, if you expect a quick fix and change diets every month or so because this one "isn't working," it never will.
One of the most outrageous things I have heard since the change of administration is Rush Limbaugh's hope that the President fails. Wow. This is from the same political party that screamed "unpatriotic!" whenever anyone questioned the wisdom of invading Iraq after 911?
How is it possibly President Obama's fault that AIG gave bonuses to it's executives? For years, that has been the status quo and they have been allowed to get away with it. Of course they are going to try to continue doing it. A spoiled child doesn't suddenly start behaving because you get a new babysitter.
Very minimalist.
ReplyDeleteI really like your "diet" analogy. It puts it into a theme that most people should understand.
ReplyDeletevery witty and well written..i also liked the analogies you gave
ReplyDeleteIf you are blaming Bush for the economy, you need your own reality check. The policies which have led to our current state started before even Clinton. And the ways of doing business associate with it also are to blame. It's a societal issue. And much deeper than just one more lob at Bush. I think you're capable of deeper thought than this.
ReplyDeletehonestly, i'm worried about homeland security. there is so much focus on the economy and to be quite frank, i'm sick of it. i feel like we're not as safe as everyone thinks and the media is too busy distracting us with stories that make us feel good.
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