Blame whoever you want for the situation we're in: Bush, Democrats, Republicans, whoever. The truth is we are all to blame. We, a consumer driven society, only care because we can longer buy things in the same "charge it, charge it, charge it!" manner we'd grown accustomed to. Now, suddenly the nation is a voice of anger and frustration. And we are watching Congress and how they work up close.
So many people are incensed at what they see. Little do they realize this is nothing new. The government has grown more corrupt with each passing generation and now that corruption is so entrenched that it would take nothing short of revolution to rid it from our hallowed halls in Washington.
Now wait a minute, I am not advocating taking up arms. Though our founding fathers placed that weighty responsibility on our shoulders, it is not too late to save our great nation peacefully. This is a nation of people of all walks of life, of all nationalities, of all hopes and dreams and aspirations. We are a nation slowly dividing for so many years suddenly finding ourselves splitting along different lines: the rich and the poor.
Avarice is a detrimental trait and George Bancroft once wrote, "Avarice is the vice of declining years." Avarice is greed beyond excess. This nation has been in decline, then, for quite some time. It needs to stop. But this does not mean we must submit to socialism. No, capitalism is still the best system.
Financial systems don't need government interference. Nor does the auto industry. The weak, no matter how big, will fail. Smaller, more sound institutions will fill the void. If anybody honestly thinks that there aren't American businesses ready to step into GM or Chrysler's shoes, then open your eyes. Tesla Motors is just one. Yes, it would be a slow transition, but it would happen.
The world is changing and we need to change with it, not try to force its change. We must start first by demanding our leaders change the way they practice politics and business. There are some very simple things that can be done do achieve the beginning of viable change. Our next president preached change but I didn't buy into it and I still don't. There is no plan.
I have a plan. And it's simple.
More on that in the next post. Until then ...
