The Monkey Wrench in the Works

Neal Boortz hits on what I think is the biggest problem this country faces in trying to bring America back from the brink: here.

Union members, government workers and Democrats are also aided by one other group of people. These are the people who will tell you very loudly that the government needs to cut spending, but who will raise unholy hell if the government tries to cut spending on the program or an issue that is personally important to them. There are a lot of corn farmers in Iowa who will tell you that absolutely the government needs to cut spending, but who will work very hard to defeat any candidate who ever proposes cutting up one penny from the asinine ethanol subsidy program. The attitude of the typical American is clearly that the government should cut spending, but that the government shouldn't even think about cutting spending on any program that is in any way important to them. It is always somebody else's government spending program that needs to be cut.

How do you reach them? It's the age old problem - let go, and blessings come to you. Hold tight and lose it all. It goes against the grain of human nature.