Fellow Oregonians,
I have never been a politician, nor been someone interested in being a politician. I have never been very skilled at speaking out both sides of my mouth, or saying one thing and doing something totally opposite. Those traits don’t get you very far when you are self employed or a business owner. However, I have been increasingly dismayed at government policies at all levels over the last few years, and in particular in the last 12 months. I don’t understand why those we elect to represent us can’t use a little common sense on our behalf.
Does it make sense to:
-spend more than you make year after year
-make a tax code so complex nobody can follow it
-have legislators vote on 1000+ page bills without time for a basic review
-take over health care without free market solutions included
-buy oil from some countries that don’t like us, and not drill here
-Declare the gas that we breath out with every breath to be a harmful pollutant
Our Founding Fathers believed that a person elected to public office should go and represent their cities and states for a term or two, then return to their lives as teachers, doctors, coaches, or businessmen. Today many of our politicians have been insulated from the people they represent for decades and more than 50% of the Senators are lawyers. This might possibly explain why it takes 2400+ pages to write a health care bill.
MORE TO COME