Thursday, July 12, 2012

WE ARE LOSING OUR COUNTRY SLOWLY BUT SURELY

Thousands of people write me monthly after reading the plain, simple truth that I provide week in and week out, year in and year out as to our beloved country—The United States of America.

With our entire U.S. Congress garnering a 9 percent approval rating and our president running 54 percent disapproval—it doesn’t take a New York lawyer to figure out that most Americans are not happy with “hope and change” promised nearly four years ago. Congress remains hopelessly gridlocked and our president resembles a six foot tall man who can’t swim, but jumped into a 12 foot swimming pool with no lifeguards. Result: our country is drowning.

After nearly four years, we still run 14 million unemployed Americans and another 7 million underemployed. Our school systems suffer 7,000 high school drop outs every single day of the nine month school year. We suffer an ongoing death and financial spiral in Afghanistan with no end in sight. We run a $15 trillion national debt while the average credit card carries a $9,644.00 balance (debt) according to NBC anchor Brian Williams. The litany of ills grows daily.

“I am an 81 year old grandmother with an 80 year old husband who is still working 12 hours a day to take care of us. We have 10 and 14 year old grandsons. Surely if I can read the hand writing on the wall, those that are half my age should at least be able to do the same. God bless you for the truths you speak. Don’t ask me how, but God will find a way top honor you for your work.” Grandmother in Texas

This week, CBS’s anchor Scott Pelley reported on Scranton, Pennsylvania being flat broke. The town now pays its city workers, fire and police minimum wage of $7.25 an hour because the city is $16 million in debt. Scranton represents one of dozens of municipalities in financial hot water. Yet, Congress gives billions to other countries in foreign aid.

Los Angeles schools dismissed 4,000 teachers this year. Their classrooms skyrocketed from 28 kids to over 40 students per teacher. Educational chaos reigns. They run a $16 billion state deficit in California. Within 20 years, California schools dropped from the highest class system in America to the bottom five states in the nation.

Chicago schools, according to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, cut school days to five hours because they lack enough money to pay for teachers and staff. Last week, several little girls were shot and one died on the streets of Chicago as they sold lemonade. Street gangs rule! Emanuel said, “We can’t count on Washington DC because it is dysfunctional.”

Read more: http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_32021.php

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