Ashamed to be an American.

It’s unacceptable that we accept high unemployment. But still, as a nation, that’s what we do. Accept it. As if we can’t do anything about it. Fact is, we can. But there’s no driving desire. Especially from Republicans. Because it’s gonna take money. Higher taxes. A redistribution of the nation’s wealth. But in the long run, a sharp reduction in unemployment would be a huge boost for the economy. And it would be the decent thing to do. Putting people back to work. If we took the money being spent on wars in Afghanistan and Libya. If we took even a small fraction of the defense budget. That’s all it would take. That would be enough to put every able-bodied American back to work. Even the not-so-able-bodied. We Americans have our priorities out of whack. Apparently we’d rather wage immoral and obscene war than do the decent thing. Makes me ashamed to be an American. –Jim Broede