It is far past time for us to recognize that our entire US government is corrupt, both Democrats and Republicans. Over 50% of tax dollars go to the military whom both Republican and Democratic presidents have now misused in a war of aggression on two nations that had little to nothing to do with 9/11. When a nation goes to war to support the Military Industrial Complex, war profiteering and the far reaching interests of multinational corporations…there is no way to fix the budget crisis without looking at the whole picture. The money wasted and outright stolen by war profiteering companies like Halliburton has never been examined much less anyone held accountable. This theft unexamined continues today. We cannot talk about government spending without discussing this huge waste.
The recent looting of the nation for the benefit of bankers was brought about with the support of both Bush and Obama. Obama has hired more Goldman Sachs employees than they have left at the company. They just robbed the US treasury with everyone watching, leaving our children to pay the price, and yet US citizens have still done nothing.
Mayor Carey seems like one of the good ones, and as we see these changes locally, we must begin to demand action nationally. And I don’t mean shutting down any spending on universal health care(not that I agree with with current legislation considering the inclusion of mandatory insurance) but rather talking a hard look at the real $$ being wasted handing out trillions to bankers and war profiteers.