I recently received this and it fit my feelings so well, I thought I'd repeat it. Tom Schmidt, your words are prophetic!

To our Congress:

• The United states Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.
• Social Security was established in 1934. You have had 74 years to get it right; it is broken.
• Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.
• The War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 345 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor"; you have had 45 years to get it right and now our entire country is broke.
• Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1945. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
• Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
• Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs failed TARP, the Stimulus, the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009...none show any signs of working, but ACORN is happy.
• And finally, in 2009 Cash for Clunkers was established and went broke in 2009.

So, with a 100% failure rate and a record that proves that "services" you shove down the American taxpayers' throats are failing faster and faster, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a Government-run health care system? At a cost that is 20% of our economy? With all due respect, are you crazy?

Culture of Corruption

I just read another example of the shenanigans of this Presidency. It seems Obama is lending millions of dollars to Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company (in which George Soros owns major shares). Now let's get this straight....we can't expand drilling in the U.S. or its coastal waters, but we can lend money to a company in which Obama's friend is a major share holder. Hmmmmm! http://online.wsj.com/article/sb1000424052970203863204574346610120524166.html

New at This

After 30 plus years of government service, I retired in 2004. Now I'm watching as that government continues to slide away from what I learned our Founding Fathers intended for this great nation. I've watched (from both inside and outside the government) waste, inefficiency, hopeless bureaucracy, power plays, representation that doesn't really work, and expansion of government into areas that I do not believe were ever intended by the Founding Fathers. I hope to provide a place for people to discuss what is wrong (and hopefully what is right) with our government, as well as trends that bear scrutiny.