SICK AND TIRED

          

 On Wednesday, I received not one, but two letters from the Democratic National Party (DNCC). One wanted me to renew my membership…had I ever joined? And the other wanted me to fill out a survey so the DNCC would know what I thought about various national problems. Both missives went right into the shredder.

          These aren’t the only communications I’ve received lately. I swear there’s been one in the mailbox almost every other day for weeks. I find myself wondering just where the DNCC is getting all the funds the organization is using in order send out all these communications to folks like me. There have been so many, the earnings from those have to go some way toward supporting the United States Postal Service, which just today said they only have enough funds to last one more year.

          And it’s not as though I don’t care about what’s happening to my country because I most seriously do so. I just don’t see how contributing another $20.00 or filling out some form that probably isn’t seen by anyone of any importance can improve our country. At this point in time, I actually feel as though the only thing that’s going to improve the good old United States is a nationwide uprising of folks like me who are sick and tired of seeing tax monies wasted and the national debt growing by leaps and bounds, day by day.

          I look back to when Bill Clinton left the Presidency. Now, don’t get me wrong because I’m not sure just how great of a president he was, but when he left office, the nation had a surplus…the nation’s budget wasn’t in the red. By the time the next president left office, the budget was not only in the red, but the ink was bright and bloody.

          Again, I don’t understand how our elected politicians can do what they’ve been doing. I, and you as well, get a certain amount of money each and every month whether we have a job or are getting social security or even are on welfare. We know just how much those funds are and we know not to spend more than we get. And yes, there are those of us who have credit cards that are maxed out and the income only allows the minimum payment each month. Still, I, and you as well, make those payments and do our best to keep from having to use red ink.

          And, okay, our elected officials, whether they are serving in congress or in the local city government, have to know just how much money there is to take care of business. Even so, they don’t seem to pay the least bit of attention to just how much the income is as opposed to what has to be paid out. What is the problem there…are they all too stupid to add and subtract???

          True, I’m making this very simplistic, but the fact remains that we have people holding office who should be in jail…even executed…and absolutely nothing is being done to change anything in a serious concerted effort. The same elected officials get elected over and over and nothing changes. Why is that??? I have absolutely no idea, but admit that I’m seriously sick and tired and totally out of patience when it comes to the majority of people holding office be they Republican or Democrat.

          It felt good to shred today’s communiques as well as the ones that came before. It’s not much of a way to protest, but I have to admit the sound of the shredder did make me feel better…now if there could be some major people shredding, that would be wonderful.