GOVERNMENT DYSFUNCTIONALITY
by Kermit C. Moss
Mercy me, sakes alive, and
carrot coffee!
Has the United States government reached
such a state of gridlock that we can no longer govern ourselves, unless we
make some major changes? I think that the answer to that question is yes!
A recent Rasmussen poll showed the United States as having 34.7% democrats
and 34.3% republicans. That leaves 3l.0% of others, generally called
independents. They are not a political party and thus have no platform, but
they usually vote against the party that is in power, then repeat the
process 2 years later. So we are getting nowhere! In the recent infamous
and manufactured debt debates we came within an inch of letting the richest
country and greatest democracy in the world default on its debts! As a
result the S & P Rating Agency downgraded the USA from a rating of AAA to an
AA+, which is sure to have a negative effect on most of us, over time!
In the course of the debates, most of it
along party lines, there was very little willingness to negotiate, and no
mention of the fact that 90% of the wealth in the country is now owned by
10% of the people, and 23% is owned by the
top l% of the people. Jobs are created by consumption and this unwise
concentration of ownership leaves insufficient funds in the hands of
consumers for the consumption needed to create jobs!
What to do? For one thing, we need to
either re-write our constitution or to amend it such that some elected
official will always have the authority to settle such issues as were
involved in the recent debt debate. It seems logical here that the
President of the United States, our top elected administrative official
ought to have that authority!
Kermit C. Moss
PO Box 1136
Monticello, AR 71657
PH 870-367-2486- office
870-367-7034 - home
August 7th, 2011
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