We don't deserve our democracy.

The only way America is gonna get out of debt is to pay its way out. That means you and I. Every citizen. The rich and the poor. We're all gonna have to pitch in and make sacrifices. And those who can afford to pay higher taxes ought to be paying higher taxes. Mostly the rich. The millionaires. And the billionaires. And it wouldn't even surprise me if we have a trillionaire or two in the mix. Yes, the filty rich. People who don't have any business being that rich. Because it's a sin. And remember, folks, we're in deep and horrendous debt primarily because of a Republican administration and a Republican congress. George Bush came in with a budget surplus. And he left with the biggest deficit in our nation's history. And a major reason for the deficiti is not only big spending, but enormous tax cuts for our richest citizens. And now that we've had a Democratic administration for two years, we have Republicans complaining that we aren't getting out of debt fast enough. That takes chutzpah. Republicans even have the gall to suggest that they should be returned to a majority this November in order to right the ship. Yes, the same Republicans that got us into this mess in the first place. Pardon the cliche. But that's like putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop. Unfortuantely, there are far too many Americans that are gullible enough to buy the Republican bullshit. The Republicans are running on a platform of retaining the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Imagine that. That alone is expected to add something like $700 billion to the debt, right off the bat. If this happens, what does it say for the American democracy? I'll tell you. That we Americans are the dumbest, most stupid people in the universe. We don't deserve our democracy. --Jim Broede