For the past few weeks we have been hearing a great deal about the looming effects of sequestration. It was such a serious issue that Congress had to recess for a week prior to it happening and the president felt the need to go play golf with Tiger Woods.
Now we have various and assorted members of the president’s cabinet going on TV with dire warnings of no or reduced border patrol agents, kids not being able to attend Head Start, longer lines at airports because of a lack of TSA agents and the latest I heard was that the Homeland Security department was going to be forced to let illegal aliens who were presently in jail, go free. It sounds like some really drastic changes all because of a less than 3 percent cut in the federal budget. In the past year I had my heath insurance go up 700 percent, our food costs are up about 25 percent, and just a few weeks ago, the moorage on my boat went up $4 a foot. All of these things have had an impact on me, but I don’t over react and burn down my house because I can’t afford the electricity any more. I’ve made adjustments, as most working class Americans have to do.
These actions on the part of the president’s chosen cabinet members are extreme and apparently meant to get our attention. What I would like to know is, whatever happened to a government of the people, by the people and for the people? I don’t want to be governed by people who seem to be willing to hurt me for whatever political gain they may obtain. If the president has such an incompetent bunch of buffoons running his cabinet posts, perhaps it’s time to replace them with people who are qualified and who are willing to look out for the well being of the American public.
Tom Botts
Hoonah
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DC has become an elitist club and it seems to use the poor and middle class as pawns to advance their power and status at any cost.
Right wrong or indifferent....
There are those for and those against sequestration, it no longer makes any difference what we think. Congress remains unresponsive and out of control. These clowns are supposed to be the the cream of the crop, yea right. Sooner than later people better WTF up and vote out all incumbents. This body has become way too powerful and no longer represents the interests of the people or the Republic.
Grandma once told me that you cannot spend more than what you have in the bank. Looking back, that was pretty simple advice. I only wish she was still alive because she would not be afraid to tell Congress the same thing, face to face.
look at more than talking point politics
every time I read one of these posting that begins with Obama did this or Obama did that I know the list of talking points will follow. The problem is talking points and f the full views on the issue are never the same.
I can toss out talking points as well as anyone. However talking points and a full and complete presentation are far different in what they disclose. The longer we continue to allow talking points to rule the conversation the longer it will be before any solutions are arrived at.