One of the most ridiculous themes that come from the political parties today is that if we just do it their way everything will come up roses. Republicans will tell you that strategic spending cuts can balance the budget, but it won't. Democrats will tell you that repealing specific tax cuts will close the deficit and balance the budget, but that isn't enough either.
It is readily apparent that everyone is positioning themselves for the next election (as they always do) instead of attempting to fix the crisis that faces us all. But, what faces America, and South Carolina, now doesn't fit into the soundbites or the political ideologies we've been accustomed to and have become comfortable with in the past.
We are in a place where what government spends (your programs) and the revenue it generates (your taxes) must be fundamentally and systematically revised. Both are required to fix this problem. Any leader who proposes a solution to our problems that doesn't incorporate both isn't going to fix anything at all.
The folks in the most high-profile positions just aren't ready to be honest with the people in the middle about what shared sacrifice, and shared success will mean to our state and nation in the future.
David Brooks had a great article this week called "Make Everybody Hurt" - read it HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment