I was never big on "formal" education as being a factor in anyone's real success, unless particular types of training were required in their chosen career, such as medicine, dentistry, engineering, the law, etc. and things like that. I've always believed that folks really learn on the job, and the real world's by far the best teacher.
So, in that regard, at the moment the public's learning about governance, politics, economics, debt and business management, taxes, finance, charity, social studies, and a host of other subjects as the tax break extension bounces of all the walls in Washington, DC, and of course, is exposed in the media.
Now, these kinds of situations have been going on in Congress for two hundred years, as members of varying political parties vie with each other due to differences in beliefs and opinions. But, as I've been writing more and more often lately, this time around it's different as far as the public's concerned because of the instant access to information.
And one thing's becoming more crystally clear to more and more voters as every day goes by. At the moment our country's being run around the block by an incredibly incompetent bunch of self-important stooges. But, worse than that, these politicos have not an iota of guilt about losing taxpayers hard-earned money hand over fist.
I was going to include a bunch of quotes to support my opinion, but as I sit here and type I don't think that's really necessary because I think most of the part of the public that cares is already painfully aware of how disastrous these politicos have let this situation get.
But what really insults my intelligence and reflects how little regard politicos have for the public is something like what Chuck Schumer of New York said. He accused Republicans of siding with "millionaires and billionaires" with their rejection of proposals that would let tax cuts passed during George W. Bush's presidency lapse on seven-figure incomes.
And that makes me wonder why a man in his position isn't aware that half of those folks are the ones running the small businesses that help drive what's left of this failing economy, and the other half puts their money back in in other ways that help stimulate growth. But, aside from that, I also think somebody ought to tell Chucky that $250,000, which is where the tax cut-off starts, only has SIX figures so loads of these folks are actually "thousandaires." In all, I'd say that this guy is dumber than a brick, but that would be insulting to bricks.
That's it for today folks.
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