Attack The Disease, Not the Symptom

How many times in history have our elected officials passed a piece of legistlation that actually attacked the root of the problem instead of just chopping off a branch? Really!? This is a rare occurrence! FDR's New Deal! Reagonomics! Clinton/GOP Welfare Reform! These policies brought about true change. It wasn't the end-all-be-all, but it was the right start. With so many problems in American society, policies that only address symptoms will not bring about the true change America needs!

I am no economist, I would never claim to be, but I am a working, tax-paying American citizen. I pay taxes on my income and almost every item I purchase. I go to the gas pump every two or three days and buy groceries weekly.  I dont need a Masters of Business to see the decline in income and the increase in prices. I dont need a Criminal Justice degree to see that crime is increasing and the streets are not safer. I dont need a Bachelors of Education to notice the decline in the reading, science and math comprehension levels and increase in dropout rates. Or the increase in college tuition. You dont either! There are many more problems, but these are some of the major issues. What needs to be done to correct these problems? Who has the power to fix the real issues America is facing? Is it the 45th President? Is it the 113th Congress? Is it the local elected offiicials? Or is it the American citizens? I say its all of us!

Everyone has to play their part, but leadership is needed for a concentrated effort that will end in results. That leadership comes from the President, Congress, and local elected officials. They have to get the ball rolling. Then the citizens can follow suit. But the question has to be asked: Do those in power possess the character, intellect and resources to institute such a change? I really dont know! I want to believe so. I do! But I haven't seen that type of leadership in my lifetime. True leadership is not partisan. True leadership doesn't pander to the masses or corporate America. True leadership doesn't quit. True leadership is unmistakable. You know it when you see it. I just haven't seen it in my 25 years on this earth!

I will tell you this, if we, American citizens, conitinue to elect leaders who dont produce and neglect to hold them accountable we are as corrupt and responsible for our downfall as those with the title of leaders. If one doesn't wake up to this alarm and become a part of the solution, I dont know what is to be said of them. America needs everyone to particpate. Let's display the character that belong to this great country called America. Let's, in this most trying epoch, become more than our differences. Let's become more than our selfish pride. Let's become more than our political affiliation. Let's become American.


Young America is our FUTURE!