The American dream

I had a dream the other night that we had just one political party – the American Party. It was a party ignored special interest influence peddling, balanced a budget, believed in reduced taxes, less government, free enterprise and was free of corruption, but I was only dreaming.

Instead, we have two principle parties who have allowed high taxes, uncontrolled spending, massive deficits, mounting foreign debt, a deflated dollar and are intent on controlling sectors of our economy rather than allowing market forces to have their way, based on sound financial policy. Both Democrats and Republicans have given us the housing bubble which was created by unsound policy stemming from the Community Reinvestment Act and further promoted by ACORN. The bubble and injudicious policy brought down the mortgage industry, financial institutions, the housing industry and created the credit crunch preventing business from funding expansion and absorbing the resulting unemployed. Environmental regulations have left our industrial sector operating at two thirds capacity and limited new energy exploration off our shores and on public lands. This will eventually lead to a nationwide energy shortage as it has in England, who followed the same misguided environmental policies.

Government’s hunger to fund more entitlements like national health care and unwillingness to start paying down our national debt has left us with few foreign lenders who no longer consider the dollar as a sound investment. The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy of printing more money to satisfy congressional hunger for spending will soon send us into hyperinflation and further impede our recovery. Our politicians are responsible for this fix.

The problem is pervasive throughout government, from our chief executives – the president and state governors – to our congressional representatives. Few in office seem willing to consider, “Is it good for America?” Increasing our debt to provide health insurance – not health care – to a small fraction of Americans is not good for America. Further stifling industry with oppressive carbon tax regulations is costly to the consumer and will further gut our industrial capacity, send jobs overseas and increase our trade deficit. This is not good for America. Not investigating congressional representatives for income-tax evasion and other violations is a self-serving, protectionist policy that destroys our confidence in those we send to govern us. Allowing organizations like ACORN to continue to operate within our communities and receive funds either directly or indirectly is not good for America.

Is there any wonder the Tea Party movement has become so successful? American’s are fed-up with political shenanigans. Mainline media and politicians may ignore the masses of Americans who are presently in the street, demonstrating against government, but if they continue to do so, it will mean an expanding voter revolution and their unseating.

Americans want a representative government, a new Congress who will attend to the people’s business and not embrace a pervasively progressive ideology which is intent on establishing power with the government and not the people. I am finished with politicians who do not understand they are public servants, sent to work for our will and not become party pawns. I want to elect politicians who believe in reducing debt, shrinking government, enacting ethics reform and destroying the fiefdoms that have been created in our state and federal governments. I am no longer voting for representatives who do not read legislation or allow it to be written in an unclear form or for those who conduct the public’s business in private. I even want a balanced budget. Am I dreaming again?

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