We are on the Wrong Track

A CBS News/New York Times poll shows 63 % of Americans oppose raising the debt limit.

Also unpopular with the American people according to the same poll is Congress. Only 16% approve of the job Congress is doing. Of those polled 75% disapprove of the job Congress is dong.

The President did not fair too well either when it comes to the issues, Mr. Obama has a 39% approval rating on his handling of foreign policy, a 38% percent approval on handling the economy and a 33% percent approval rating on handling the budget deficit.

The poll showed 75% of Americans say the country is on the wrong track.

Despite all this the Democratic Party, which seems to be under the influence of socialists and Chicago politics, seems to think they know better than the majority of Americans when it comes to how this Country should be governed.

The American People are calling for limited government and fiscal responsibility from our Federal Government. Several members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat have said that Washington cannot continue to spend at the levels it is currently doing. To continue on this path that the President and members of his party have put us on will bankrupt the nation.

The same can be said of our state government. The same Chicago/Cook County politics that have driven our nation to the edge of bankruptcy is alive and well in Illinois. We need to contact all our representatives in government, at all levels and remind them that they represent the people and not big government or big corporations. Enough of the bailouts and handouts, we should all be equal to either fail or succeed in life.

Tell Them We Care!

In the latest election less than 20% of voters in Lake County bothered to cast their votes. This was an election that elected people to local library, park, and school boards which in turn sets the local property tax rates. People complain about taxes but fail to show up to vote their concerns about taxes. Complacency like that is part of how we got into this mess of government over spending and over taxing.

Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and our Congressman Joe Walsh this Sunday on different national television networks expressed the concerns of the Conservative Republican movement when it comes to our National Debt. The Country is going broke on the current path of tax & spend big government. If nothing is done to Social Security and Medicare both systems will be broke and unable to help our senior citizens. Congressman Ryan has a plan that will not change anything for those 55 and older. His plan will make changes for those younger, which will ensure that there will be Social Security & Medicare in the near future and for many years to come. He wants to get rid of the tax loop holes that some big corporations currently use to not pay any taxes at all. Even if we could tax the top 2% of the tax bracket to 100%, that would not be enough money to pay for all the programs our President wants to keep funded.

The Country is going broke, our national credit card is almost maxed out. Other countries have gone broke but have been bailed out by us and their neighboring countries. No one will come to our rescue and bail out the United States when we cannot pay the bills when they come due. We need to keep the pressure up on all our elected officials that they cannot continue to spend our money and plunge our Country and children into debt. We must not let our members in Congress think that we do not care about our financial future.