The California Board of Equalization voted to raise the gas
tax, yet the Daily Breeze raises a ruckus about the “sequester”, a media-hyped
drama which does nothing to tackle our states’, cities’, and a growing number
of citizens’ dependence on federal tax dollars. Congress cannot cut spending,
and public opinion despises Congress, the President, and the whole Beltway
culture in Washington D.C. for the feckless lack of resolve. The slim majority
of Americans reelected the divided government which has stalled from one bill
after another, which has lurched from one crisis to the next. The fault, dear
voters, is not in your government, but in yourselves. The American people,
along with the corporations and the special interests, must acknowledge that
they cannot have their welfare state and federal handouts without paying for them. Perhaps Americans’ disillusion with
government may foster a retreat from dependence and restore individual efficacy
and responsibility.
tax, yet the Daily Breeze raises a ruckus about the “sequester”, a media-hyped
drama which does nothing to tackle our states’, cities’, and a growing number
of citizens’ dependence on federal tax dollars. Congress cannot cut spending,
and public opinion despises Congress, the President, and the whole Beltway
culture in Washington D.C. for the feckless lack of resolve. The slim majority
of Americans reelected the divided government which has stalled from one bill
after another, which has lurched from one crisis to the next. The fault, dear
voters, is not in your government, but in yourselves. The American people,
along with the corporations and the special interests, must acknowledge that
they cannot have their welfare state and federal handouts without paying for them. Perhaps Americans’ disillusion with
government may foster a retreat from dependence and restore individual efficacy
and responsibility.