Elected Representatives Mismanagement

We believe, few may argue that Elected Representatives have grossly mismanaged U.S. finances. For decades, many have known they have been taxing too little and spending more of your money than they have collected.  And they have been making more promises that you will receive benefits in the future without any money at aside to pay for it.  Managing finances is basic math.  They have failed basic math!

Social Security Trust Fund

Elected Representatives have mismanaged matching contributions made by Taxpayers with benefits to be paid to recipients.

They were grossly negligent since it was not a secret that a large percentage of the U.S. population was rapidly getting older, people were living longer, and there were smaller numbers of workers to contribute to the system. And, these aging people had been told they could rely Social Security

Medicare

Similar to Social Security, Elected Representatives have known that a large percentage of the population was aging, that technology was helping them to live longer, and that the cost of medical treatment was skyrocketing. Yet, knowing this, Elected Representatives were grossly negligent in their management of the fund to cover these costs.

Wars

Elected Representatives got our country into multiple wars; ones we never should have been in. Actually, the longest and most costly in U.S. history. They made the situation worse and didn’t have an honorable way out—without just leaving! They had no plan or way to pay for these wars other than borrowing the money.

Tax Code

They structured the US tax code to so that it is extremely complicated and difficult for taxpayers to understand.

Elected Representatives knowingly put the U.S. in an astronomical national debt situation – $358,000 per taxpayer of current national debt, and growing, for which no money has been set aside. 99% of Taxpayers cannot afford to pay this Debt. Elected Representatives, at best, mismanaged U.S. finances.  At worst, they were grossly negligent.

Following, in no particular order, are some of the reasons Elected Representatives did this.

They did this because:

• Their loyalties are to themselves, their party, lobbyists, their special interest donors, their base, their constituents and when no one else is left – finally, the country
• They needed to pay back special interests for their contributions that funded their campaign,
• The day an Elected Politician gets elected he or she starts to raise money for their re-election campaign, often by making commitments to their special interests, that you will pay
• You were busy earning a living and taking care of your family and yourself and not closely watching their every move and backroom deal they cut
• They sound honest and told you it’s complicated and to trust them as they will watch out for your best interest, and unfortunately you did
• They write the laws and have significance influence over every federal agency and its budget
• They control the “bully pulpit” and  other resources and will overtly and subverted attack anyone who challenges them
• They can blame the other party for causing the harm and take no personal responsibility for the damage they cause U.S.
• Finally, they did it because they could, and that’s the way the system works for too many Elected Repreentatives!

This system serves Elected Representatives, their party and donors. It is broken and must be fixed to serve all of US!