What a surprise! Our not-so-beloved President (35% approval rating) has officially announced his re-election wishes. He kicked it off with a trip to, where else, LA. That's where most of his support is and almost all the money. It is believed that he will raise, or NEED to raise, one billion dollars. If he spent that kind of time and effort actually governing instead of raising money for a job that pays 1/2 a million dollars we just might be able to get ourselves out of the debt he's put us into. Instead, he treats a proposal by his political opposition as a mere exercise in junior high essay writing and he is reviewing it as a college professor. In his "speech" (it was not a policy presentation as he, his administration and party have no solutions) he was snarky (look it up!), condescending and downright mean
His usual, predictable statements were offered; tax the "rich", give more to those getting government money, blah, blah, blah. According to the IRS, if every income producer earning $100,000 or more next year gave every penny they made to the federal government, that amount would not pay off the debt our government has subjected us to for next year! That doesn't even begin to address the future economic problems.
We have people in power in this country who love the power, but cannot lead. I hope for real change come 2012.
Similarly, wealthy people have gone on television and demanded that the government raise their taxes. These are the people who have hedge funds, offshore accounts and trust funds hiding their money. I guess they are unaware that the United States Treasury accepts overpayments and/or extra payments with no questions asked. If they used this option the rest of us can live our measly little lives without worry of more usury. However, given the statistic above, it wouldn't really matter, but maybe they would feel better. After all, isn't that more important than anything else?
