THE USEFULNESS OF POLITICIANS

So here I sit, in the Cyber Cafe' at scenic North Georgia College and State University, where, on matter where you are no campus, everything is uphill from you, discussing random things such as class schedules, politics, and previously posted blogs, when Carl and I delve into the realm known as:

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THE USEFULNESS OF POLITICIANS
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SOCIAL SECURITY
The federal government has done a spectacular job at making the masses believe in Social Security as the be-all-end-all gift that keeps on giving fun for the whole family russian doll money tree bottomless piggy bank like Scrooge McDuck's money vault from Duck Tales.
There are actually people in my age group (18-35) who believe in Social Security as a force for good and that they will actually get something in return, when, of course, our only return will be in the form of a US Issue Government IOU.
After Social Security stops vomiting our hard-earned dollars up to senior citizens, it will become readily apparent to most that Social Security is a problem. The government answer to this problem should be to allow people a way out of Social Security and into their own private retirment funds. The real answer is to merely raise the retirment age, thus forcing you to put more money over a longer period of time into the system.

PUBLIC SCHOOL
The rallying point of both sides of the aisle. Public schools are failing nation wide. Kennedy and his ilk say that paying teachers a higher salary would improve the problem (which, in and of itself, shows you the problem with the teachers union ("If we don't get paid higher, we'll stop teaching your kids and giving them a proper education")) Public Schools are the government money pit. They throw more and more money at a problem that continues to get worse. So the government answer: Let's not raise standards for teachers, let's lower standards for the students. Remember, the path of least resistance. It's easier to bring the top down to meet the bottom than to raise the bottom to meet the top.

Those are just a few points. I'll readily admit that I'm highly critical of the liberal mindset, especially in the commercial sense of liberalism, or the Clintonian model, which is actually borderline socialism.

Keep your eyes open and your mind open, because both sides of the aisle will suck you into the black hole of modern politics, where it's more important to stay in power, than to actually accomplish anything with your power.