Perhaps the title of this piece should be “Land of the Free, Home of the Politician.” The United States is in a manner of speaking killing The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg. Our problem is that too many people want to kill the goose. The moral of the story is Too much greed results in nothing.
Today all Republican members of the Senate have signed a letter saying they will block virtually all legislation until expiring tax cuts are extended and a bill is passed to fund the federal government. Essentially they have decided to shut down the legislative branch of government.
Our problem is a large portion of the elected officials want to destroy the system that was created in 1789 because politics are more important than success of the nation.
A deficit commission has prescribed the medicine that we must feed the goose. The greedy, and they are in both political parties, have lost sight of protecting this nation.
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