Acting Like Adults

It seems like a time of great unrest in the world and uneasiness here at home. With fiscal challenges at home and so many abroad I find it very disconcerting that our leaders speak in terms of "acting like adults." The President of the United States of America, who holds the most important office in the world, speaks of acting like adults. The Speaker of The House of Representatives of the United States Congress of The United States of America, is third in line to the Office of the Presidency. The Speaker also talks in terms of, "acting like adults." This is shocking to me.

At a time when they have engaged us in three foreign wars, when our private economy cannot sustain employment rates to absorb new workers, let alone those of us who are without employment now, when our nation debt to gross domestic product ratio is approaching one hundred percent and our annual deficit is forty percent of our expenditures, they want to talk like grown-ups.

The president says he is open for serious discussions but then we find out there has been no direct contact or attempt to contact the House of Representatives Majority Leader. These our most powerful office holders at this most perilous times in our lifetime have not had one on one conversations about the most urgent and pressing issues of the day.

Our leaders stand before the microphones addressing us and the rest of the world telling us that it is time to get down to business and do right by the American People. What do the people of the rest of the world think when they hear such words at this time? Our power is spread across the planet effecting every ones life and now like proud, suddenly self aware, our leaders are ready to act responsibly.

They say we are broke and there is no hope but drastic measures. Always talking about how we are falling behind and loosing ground. China has recently passed Japan as the second largest economy and we must think of them as more of a challenger to our overall well being. Every one knows we are homaging manufacturing jobs. We speak in terms of others "stealing our jobs." I say where have our leaders been and what have they been doing to address these concerns. Now they are ready to act like big boys and girls, now?

Six months ago now Speaker Boewner said the number one thing on every ones agenda should be jobs, jobs jobs.. I have yet to see a jobs bill. The first three bills have been about social issues having nothing to do with the economy or jobs. He tauts the continuing resolution' amendments as saving 38 billion dollars this fiscal year and the Congressional Budget Office scores the bill at 350 million for this fiscal year.