The State of the Union

I am tired of this great country having partisan middle school mindset about its politics and actions, name calling, exaggerated hyperbole, divisiveness, and intentional misinformation produced by the puerile consciousness of mainly one man.

Hopefully the past election will change the make-up and nature of present past politics. This country needs professional statesmanship, common sense, and humanitarian governance. Myopic national office holders should be a way of the past. The United States of America needs real dedicated patriotic, informed leadership.

It should not matter if one is a Republican, Democrat or Independent. Democratic governance in a Republic should be a cooperative dialectic process. A process where the people have a non-gerrymandered choice of their elected representatives in Congress. And Congress can work cooperatively among themselves and with an Executive Branch on behalf of all the people.
Congress should be as intended in the US Constitution a law making body that finds the better solution to social, economical, financial, health care and environmental issues.

During the Clinton Administration our country has run askew of these principles. Political party bickering has cost this country global respect, caused a recession in 2008, blocked budget confirmations, and much more. The Clinton administration left this country in the black, financially solid. Several Middle East wars later, and poor economic policy drowned the US in debt. Poor regulatory money management in an impending economic crises caused a recession. Fortunately, good economic policy under Obama led to a recovery.

However, once again, poor, myopic economic policy is starting to drain the fiscal life blood out this once great country. China own our debt, international trade, health care costs, and financial stress, are causing citizens to suffer. Our lives may be currently acceptable, but I fear, rising costs, increased poverty among millennials, retired middle class and home bound veterans. Inflation is coming.