Ronald Reagan once said that “Government is not the solution to the problem, Government is the problem.” For the last eight years Ronald Regan was absolutely correct. Government was the problem. The Republican party duped the American population into thinking that no one loves them more than they do.
The Republicans never before feined so much interest in the economic well being of it’s citizens. Deregulating the economy so that the new buzz phrase in economic history will be “credit default swaps.” Ushering in under the blanket of tragedy a ownership society that has left most Americans pennyless and in debt. Credit agencies have become the new drug dealers, and it’s users are overdosing on ill advised credit risks.
Told by the administration that we’re being shielded from terrorists as our civil liberties were stripped away. The mantra became “we won’t let them win,” as we installed surveillance on our streets, and tapped our citizens phones. The Bush administration telling us to forget those alleged violations of civil rights, we all know they wouldn’t have been punished if they hadn’t been doing somethin wrong right?
Tent cities during the Great Depression
Our environmental well being became a thing of the past. Global warming doesn’t exist, too many possible causes we were told. We consumed en mass, but not of our own fruits. During the war industrial manufacturing in this country was at a all time low. That’s okay though, who needs those narrow minded labor unions dictating equal pay for an equal day’s work? Too big a burden on that payroll, too many mouths to feed, and bodies to insure.
We shipped it over seas, because the Bush administration always knows of some other war torn country who exploits it’s children to take care our labor needs. When there was an outcry, we were told we were not patriotic and were “lazy,” for losing our jobs to foreign competitors. Maybe if you didn’t unionize your jobs would still be there, the administration all but told us.
How silly for us to rely on government, don’t you know they screw things up, the Republicans like Bobby Jindal tell us. I say no, that it’s not the Government that’s the problem, it’s the Republicans that are the problem. Consensus is not a fact base exercise, just because you all believe something to be true, doesn’t mean the rest of us buy into your rehetoric.
You cling to your faith, and pray for problems to fix themselves, while you deregulate the markets and wage war. You’re corruption and illusions of grander are now blatantly transparent. There is no sympathy for the plight of the Wall Street broker and his well to do family, as AIG receives death threats. New York once again has transfered into the city of old, where classware and gang violence put a city into chaos. Your golden cow has been melted down by taxes. No longer will the American people tolerate such disgraceful behavior.
Once every eight or so years when the Democrats take the executive branch back there is scientific progress, exploration into vast new wealths of information, and fiscal responsibility. Rosevelt offered the New Deal, Kennedy promised the moon, and made good on it, and Clinton lowered the national debt, leaving the country with a three trillion dollar surplus
There is a new authority in town, one of intellect and courage. Taking on new tasks and paving new roads in not just infrastructure, but green energy, education, and fiscal discipline. Have patience America. Do not jump on the band wagon of the Republican cabal. Do not listen to the naysayers and soothsayers who corrupted the nation for eight years.
Stay true to the hope and change we managed throughout the long campaign. Stand tall as we walk towards the new technologies and policies of this President. Embrace the “yes we can,” and throw out the “party of no.” Together, we can achieve liberty and justice for all.
