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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
The are selling a lie.
It's a lie that they, and most people believe.
The lie isn't that they will solve problems.
The lie isn't even that government can't solve most problems.
The lie is: problems can be solved.
Most problems can't be solved.
They can only be traded for different problems.
Politicians won't say that because they want to sell "free" solutions.
All solutions require some sort of sacrifice.
Politicians don't speak this truth because the people don't want to hear it.
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A prioritization of critical and solvable (ok manageable) problems can and should be addressed by our duly elected political elite. For example, we do not have a revenue problem...we have a spending problem. That spending problem is correctable with sound leadership. With a sound and stable budget/economy we as a nation still have the ability to attack other real problems. The subversives know this and misdirection and overtaxing the system is the rule of the day.
Simply stated, voters and taxpayers in this Constitutional republic have consented to voluntarily giving up some things in exchange for other things. However, the elected elite merely create more bread and circuses, more big problems being talked to death and going unaddressed - with obvious non-agenda driven actions for the good of the nation being ignored - hence you have discussions like this thread.
To borrow the “good shepherd” analogy from Box...good shepherds can, do and should tell the truth. We need more truth, more sacrifice, more courage and more action by our elected elite or the deterioration will continue and the writing is on the wall. Unless and until we get our collective poop in a group we get Crazy Nancy and the next flavor of the month distraction...more bread and circuses...and the descent continues.