JoeB131
Diamond Member
The gop and democrats have both gone off the rails and if we don't find some true leadership from somewhere soon we are all fucked. That will be difficult because too many good people aren't stepping up with all the special interests that need their egos stroked and a media that is unrelenting.
Get your local shit together because that is all we'll have when the shit hits the fan, and it is going to eventually. It's unavoidable when we are on the path we are.
Has it occurred to you that candor isn't a virtue that we the people reward in a politician?
The last "honest" politician in my opinion was Walter Mondale. He straight up told us that taxes had to go up in 1984. And he went on to lose 49 states.
Then Reagan went ahead and raised taxes under the guise of "Tax Reform", which really meant eliminating a lot of those middle class deductions to the Rich could keep their tax breaks. Then Bush-41 raised taxes to save the S&L industry after he said "Read my lips". Then Clinton raised taxes on the wealthy, which is actually the smart way to do it.
We are getting what we vote for, like it or not.