Time for Take Out
By Senator Pamela Gorman
I love to experiment with new recipes and improvised combinations of ingredients when I cook. But, one of the important rules I follow is that if it tastes bad, I order take out quickly and without hesitation.
In the last couple of elections, Americans wanted to try something new, too. So, they voted for a bunch of new congressmen and a new president. Fair enough. After eight years with W, a Republican-held Congress that didn’t honor their “Contract with America,” and a constant daily beating on both by the press, who could blame them for believing they needed to try something new?
But, I think it is time for any thinking American to acknowledge that this new “recipe” is a complete and utter failure. Let’s see, where should we start on examples of how the new federal government offends our senses? For starters, there’s the lining of corporate pockets through the bank bailouts (fail) and the Cash-for-Clunkers program (fail). Then there’s the stimulus plan which forced us deeper into debt with foreign entities but produced no real measurable new jobs, left our economy decidedly un-stimulated, and acted to further hamstring state governments through an avalanche of new mandates (fail). Add to this the crushing Cap and Trade policy (fail), Healthcare policy (fail), and preferential treatment of terrorists (fail), and we have a new America that quite frankly leaves a nasty taste in the mouths of many.
This is not to slam the Americans who voted in this new group of federal politicians. But, I think it is time to recognize that this little test has failed. It is now time for a big order of take out.
