We Americans are a quixotically fearful lot. We clamor for change, but when real change is offered the fear-factor sends us back to that comfortable couch where status quo awaits us with open arms. We carp about taxes, the rising cost of living, loss of jobs, the number of bankruptcies and home foreclosures, the influence of money in politics ... yet here we are, sitting at a fork in the road, twiddling our thumbs in angst ... as we argue over which fork will lead us to the least perilous socioeconomic cliff.
Wake up, people!
The two candidates—over which the vast majority of us scratch and claw—were borne from the same strain of plagued-infested DNA -- big government. They don’t fix things; they break things.
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Get this: the 2008 winner of the race for the presidency received his largest donations from Goldman Sachs; this years challenger has received his largest donations from, you guessed it, Goldman Sachs. Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t the last four Secretary(s) of the Treasury come from Goldman Sachs?
Wake up people!
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As we walk the perils of this seemingly endless desert, surrounded by mountains of debt, the very trait we most need at this critical moment in our nations history ... is that which their nefarious deeds have most damaged: America’s can-do spirit.
We were a nation of doers. Doing productive things elevates the human spirit ... makes one’s life both fulfilling and justified. Today we are a nation of consumers; but regardless how big our house, how fancy our cars, how grandiose our vacations may be, we are neither a happy people, at peace with ourselves or, for that matter, with much of the world either.
The feelings of angst and anger that seem to permeate our every environ are almost palpable. It’s not something you can touch or see, but you know it’s there; an omnipresent weight upon the psyche of a nation; draining our strength and throwing us into a whirlwind of confusion.
The good news: We can do it; yes, we, the people can grab our bootstraps and pull ourselves up from the depths of despair.
The bad news: I won’t happen overnight. It will take years to undue the worst facets of a system that has taken decades to create. It will require a great deal of patience and an undying commitment. But it can be done.
A great place to start would be here:
An even greater place to finish would be here.
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