State of the Union

A pretty good speech we would have to agree, if you were basing your response on technique. But on substance, blah, blah, blah. He didn't pivot, but he sure did a "column right", to use a military term, compared to where I saw him before. However talk is cheap, for all of us for that matter. There is RHETORIC or RESULTS. The last year has been long on the former and lacking on the latter. One big disappointment for me was no mention at all about personal responsibility. The buck stops with us and we need to step up. It's easy to shout at those who are in charge about what's not working, that's easy. It's hard to offer solutions and not just point fingers. Let's come down on the solutions side. We need to decrease federal spending by putting limits on federal programs and not raising debt limits. The talk about earmarks goes on and on and on, but nothing changes. Why? Because "they" know we like to hear it but won't force them to do anything about it. It costs us billions! Let's tell them to substantially reduce it or we will find someone who will. $3.5 trillion dollars of our debt is owed to foreign countries with a whopping $800 billion to China. How does that make you sleep at night? When was the last time you wrote a letter, made a phone call or sent an email to your Congressman or Senator? Do it today!!!!