Two recent e-mails I received say a lot about our current political situation:
“We are in a historical moment when the most powerful people in the two political parties are at the extreme ends of their party. We have deadlock right now. We have gridlock right now. When they do come together to find some compromise it’s the Democrats saying, ‘let’s spend $500 billion we don’t have, and the Republicans saying, ‘no, no that’s ridiculous. Let’s spend $300 billion we don’t have.’ So they end up compromising and spend $400 billion we don’t have.” Senate nominee from Indiana, Richard Mourdock
Mr. Mourdock beat Dick Lugar in the May primary in Indiana. Lugar, who is a great believer in compromise, was so out of touch with voters he hasn't even had a residence in Indiana for more than forty years. He's been called Obama's favorite Republican. That should have been enough to unseat him from his lifetime political job. He is one of the Beltway bunch that are responsible for the mess we're in and should have retired or been ousted years ago.
And here's one from a water restoration contractor that everyone can understand:
"To understand the deficit and the discussion about raising the debt ceiling, I explain it this way. Imagine you come home to find your basement flooded with sewage. What would you do, call a construction company to raise the basement ceiling or call me, a water restoration firm, to pump out the sewage? Pump out time is November 6, 2012. Vote!
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
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