I am not one that follows politics much, but for the life of me, I am unable to figure out why our elected officials cannot put aside the "Party" and get some actual work done.  All we seem to hear today is that "the government is going to shut down", "they are decimating medicare", "social security is going to be cut".  I know that our country is having a lot of problems, there isn't one person who has not felt it to some degree, but instead of playing the blame game, lets do something to fix it.  I am curious, am I the only person who feels that we need to clean house in congress and replace the whole lot of them with people that have common sense.

Whenever I run out of money, that means that I am unable to purchase anything.  When our federal government runs out of money, they either figure out how to increase taxes or they fire up the printing presses.  I have created a budget to help me with my spending, and I have to say that it works as long as I follow what I put to paper.  The math is quite simple, income minus expense equals money remaining, if there is a negative at the end, I figure what I can cut from the expenses.  It seems to me that the legislators we have in the federal government think the only solution to the budget is to increase income and not worry about expenses.  In my humble opinion, there is a lot that can be cut from the national budget and that is what the legislators need to be doing instead of playing the games that they seem to so much love.  It all comes down to priorities.

I am hoping that all the american people will take time in the upcoming election period and make changes to get the country back upon sound footing.  We have many rights in this country as well as responsibilities; one of those responsibilties is to vote for those who represent us.  We are less than a month away for the primaries, lets get out there and make our voices heard.

Thanks for letting me rant...

Gary Nelson, A Voter