TRANSPARENCY, HONESTY AND TRUST

I am sick and tired of hearing how it is our, the working people’s, obligation to pay for insurance for people who do not work, who do not want to work, and people who have absolutely no desire to go to work, and it is yet to be determined if they are even United States citizens. I am a senior citizen who has worked all of my life, paid into Social Security and Medicare along with millions of other hard working people in America. Now Social Security and Medicare are supposedly broke. Why are they broke? These funds were supposed to be put in a special trust (not run by the government), but our leaders decided that it should be run by the government (huge mistake) and look at where we are today. Let’s face it – the government couldn’t run a lemonade stand without screwing it up. 38% of all Medicare claims are reported to be fraudulent. That means that some people are stealing our insurance money – I think that needs to be fixed, don’t you? Or is this another case of the honest population needing to take care of people who have no desire to take care of themselves? Where else have our Social Security and Medicare funds been used or diverted to? SSI and Medicaid?
I find the ethics and hints of corruption in the Obama administration to be quite disturbing. I also find the governments strong arm tactics unethical and unacceptable. You know what, the government works for us, WE do not work for them.
Transparency – Where is it? They are always sneaking around behind our backs, signing bills they have not read and signing it before we, the people, have a had chance to read it. That is real transparency – NOT!
Honesty – Where is it? With people like Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Charles Rangel, etc., I don’t think you will be seeing much honesty in this administration – I do not think they know how to be honest. We have Pelosi calling the CIA liars, we have Charles Rangel who is being investigated for ethics violations for not paying his income taxes and he writes the tax code. The Cabinet presents its own set problems starting with Tim Geithner who also has had tax problems, and now he is in charge of collecting taxes for the Internal Revenue Service. That’s like putting a fox in the henhouse. David Axelrod has conflict of interest issues looming at the present time. Then most of Obama and his political buddies come right out of the Chicago Machine. That is really not a very good recommendation in my personal opinion for the Democratic party.
Trust – Where is it? I don’t see one single reason to trust the Obama administration. Obama can look you square in the eye and lie to you and keep a straight face. He is a master at it. He has done it since he was campaigning and he has not corrected his habits since becoming President. Then if you have an opposing viewpoint, he tries to destroy you or your credibility or both!