Originally Posted by
lijk604
Because the politicians were not involved in the NHL labor dispute. This whole sequester BS is all political. Neither side likes the other, so they wont work with each other.
In the end it doesn't affect them, so they DO NOT GIVE A $H!T about the US Citizens. All they care about is how they look in the press. This country is tumbling towards disaster and they are all showing a blind eye, because:
1) "They are in charge, so what could be going wrong?"
2) They are getting paid, so what do the taxpayers of this great nation have to complain about?
3) In the end "Our side has to look better than their side" no matter what. The people will re-elect us next time, all we have to do is attack our opponents character.
I've lost a lot of faith in the country over the last decade. I honestly think it's time to get rid of the political party system. Everyone registered voter in this country is an American. We should be fighting for our survival as Americans. Create real sustainable jobs, end the "stop-gap" job. "We created "X" number of jobs repairing the roads in X state" - okay, when the road work is complete, they are unemployed again.
STOP giving money overseas, when we are in a sequester! $60mil to Syria, $250mil to Egypt....really? Why? To keep good relations? Look inside your own borders...people are struggling, look at the NJ shore, Staten Island, The Rockaways, Long Beach. These are people who were devastated by a natural disaster, and they have to jump through hoops to get a fraction of the money they need to rebuild. Yet, we want to help Syrian dissidents overthrow their government. It's sickening.
Sorry for the off-topic rant. I'm just fed-up.