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(The following needs to be read as satire, otherwise no one will get it)
Skeet Carney, a main real character in A Rainbow in the Dark, always asked three questions of people he had mentored. I can just imagine Skeet doing his nervous tic of pulling at his slack pants with his elbows and swiping a finger along his lip, and asking:
1. Are you saving money?
2. Are you going to church?
3. Do you have insurance?
Our country is in a world of hurt. The only person not worried about the $16,000,000,000,000
of debt is the white fat guy on Fox News at 5 PM EST. Otherwise, the rest of us are a bit concerned.
And what's even scarier than the number is the fact that no one with the right resume is willing to be POTUS (president of the United States) in the next four years. I submit that the current and at least the last three presidents are largely responsible for the huge debt the U.S. now carries. One guy thought we didn't know if his lips were moving for us to read he was lying, the next fella needed a new belt because he had trouble keeping his pants up, the "decider" couldn't decide to quit starting wars, the present gent doesn't know that you can't sling a dead sea turtle without hitting a pipeline across the fruited plains so one more big pipe is going to harm nothing. And no one in congress is innocent in this mess either.
Let's boil this down. If you were making $40,000 a year and it cost you $38,000 a year to support your family of five, how are you going to get out of a $100,000 debt ? You likely cannot cut enough spending to get the money to pay off the debt. You need to make more money. Back to the government. How does DC get out of debt? The simple answer is live on less than you make-- Skeet's question, are you saving money ? But how does DC make money ? This is accomplished by cutting spending and increasing revenue. It is doubtful the debt will be handled by cutting spending alone. So we need more money. Do we raise taxes? Or do we lower taxes allowing businesses to make more money therefore stimulate the economy and more dollars find their way to DC. What is the answer? I DO NOT KNOW!! I say let's lock 10 of the smartest people we have in a room without any influence of politics. They don't get to come out until they have solved this problem.
Back to my concern. All of the GOP men have a problems. I will not insult the character or intelligence of any of them. I will not insult the readers of this blog by blasting any of them. But, in my opinion, none are qualified for the job. There were three great presidents: Washington, Lincoln, and William Henry Harrison. Harrison makes my list because he didn't live long enough to mess anything up. He served 30 days, 12 hours, and 30 minutes. He died of pneumonia. He was too stupid to not give a long speech in the freezing rain the day he was sworn in!
So, we need two things. The first is to amend the constitution to force congress members to serve one term and then go home and get a real job. If they are found within fifty miles of the Capitol, they get arrested. And in this amendment, we move the U.S. Capitol to Liberal Kansas to make being in congress a service rather than a perky opportunity. Why Liberal you ask? Have you ever been to Liberal? Enough said. The second thing is to find a Skeet Carney to be president. His three simple natural laws of life would likely be the answer to all that ails us. NO ONE in my opinion running for president should be president. We need someone who understands how to lead us with a foundation based on truth, living on less than we make, and preparing for the worst case senecio. I therefore ask, WHERE ARE THE SKEET CARNEYS of our day. Maybe they are all gone. But God help us find him or her. If you want to know more about who Skeet Carney is you need to read A Rainbow in the Dark. (this has been a shameless plug from a scared citizen.)
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