What Might Have Been

Just think what might have been had President Bush followed President Clinton's lead with sound fiscal policies.  The national debt would have been paid off, budget surpluses would have continued and our nation would be in a better position to face any problem that came along.

 

For the past eight years an opportunity was missed big time to have the means to do necessary things with out creating more new debt but just the opposite happened.  And now we are told because of the current economic problems we are looking at more deficits and more debt for future generations that could have been avoided.

 

If President Obama is really serious about going back to balanced budgets, it can be accomplished with less pain than predicted.  It can also be accomplished in a reasonable time frame.  We know the republicans in congress would like to see the President fail in this regard because they have no record themselves of balancing the federal budget.

 

One of the first thing members of congress should do is show lobbyist and special interest groups the door.  The lobby system can be broken by refusing to meet with them.  Meet only with businesses employers and only on the same basis as they meet with the average Joe.  If its good for the average Joe, it should be good enough for business.  All it takes is the political will and courage to do it.

 

Reexamine our foreign policy that has thousands of American troops still stationed in Europe, South Korea and around the globe and bring most of them home.  It can be done without harming our national security.  The savings would be tremendous in dollars.  I will have more to say why this can be accomplished in a future post.