End Selfishness

It’s no surprise that the Baby-Boomers elected Reagan, Bush, and Bush, and now Trump. It reflects a selfishness, that is no different than when they were kids. Always out for themselves and their good time.

Well, they have had their good time and their free lunch government. Unfortunately, they have also left future America’s government broke.

I don’t know what kind of government young people want, or if they even expect anything from their government. They will find out, that they DO need government to get things done, no matter what they hear from the conservatives of the country who would prefer to destroy government as we know it, and as it has produced the greatest country in the World.

Politics is a messy, ugly business and always has been. Promises by a politician, or expectations of a politician are false and always have been. There is no such thing as a political messiah. The young are idealistic and naive. Political hopes are always dashed in some way, or another. In my day, political hopes were dashed by murder and assassinations. Today, political hopes have been dashed by the weak leadership of their candidate.

What we all need (not just the young) is more sales resistance when listening to politicians. We all need to be better citizens. We need to look beyond our own selfish interests and think of what’s best for all Americans, especially future Americans. We need to regain the common sense and true compassion Americans were once known for. We cannot simply walk away from the centuries of progress blood and sweat has achieved and just say, we have to stop now, this has all gotten out of hand.

If you think one side, or one person has all the answers to our problems, think again. If you think it’s not important to balance (pay as we go) our government budgets, think again. If you think our government should not help, or care about its citizens, think again. If you think all people of the World should live under our kind of government (even if that is not compatible to their culture and society) think again. If you think America is easy, think again.