Politics And Fiscal
Crisis
A drop in voter turnout certainly was not a good sign that
came out of last Tuesday's elections and one would start to get the feeling that
voters are losing interest in the political mess that confronts all of
us.
Preliminary figures show fewer people voted this year than
four years ago when voters shattered turnout records. There are figures that
show some could not make it to the polls as a result of Superstorm
Sandy.
Dirty politics just doesn't sit well with the majority of
the folks who do their job and get to the polls.
Even after the elections were over nasty remarks by a
facebook contributor wrote, "Hey Tea Party, how does it feel to be legitimately
raped," when in all reality this does not help in what many feel is the need for
bipartisan solutions since the Democrats control the White House and Senate
while the Republicans reign supreme in the House of
Representatives.
Faced with a divided legislative branch Washington must
display true bipartisan efforts to win back the support of American voters who
have recorded low popularity status for Congress and their
dealings.
With the elections results there is no doubt we could
continue to see trench warfare and no solutions to the looming fiscal crisis
and economic problems facing this country.
Regarding the topic of economic problems it was interesting
to note that on Wednesday of last week Vice President Biden said that he and
President Barack Obama are anxious to move forward on a bipartisan solution to
the looming "fiscal cliff" that could force tax increases and across-the-board
spending cuts next year.
Cooperation between the Republicans and Democrats must take
place to pay down our $16 trillion debt, to find a centrist immigration reform
solution and to reform the tax code.
The political "elect me" BS is now like water over the dam
and all politicians must do some real soul-searching to dislodge the gridlocked
process and allow deals to be made.
Compromise, work together and solve the problems facing our
country or their popularity will continue to go down the drain.
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