The EXEGETIST: A Library Of Independent Political Thought. By: Jack H. Dawsey

Modern American Politics: Is It Extreme?

By: Jack Dawsey

Does it seem or appear to you that today’s American politics have gotten too ruckus, extreme and negative?  I think so.

In 2004 when I resigned my post as a republican county commissioner, (Carteret County, NC), I renounced the beloved party of whom I had been member 42-years and published an article.   In the article, I established –to my satisfaction- the issue that my Republican Party (both national and state) had been hijacked by extremists and radicals much like the Democratic Party was in the 1960’s.

It’s been 6-years since that publication, and I’m more convinced now than ever of my arguments.

Today; as an Independent, (and in jest), I poke fun at my Republican and Democrat friends.  I tell them that my original birth certificate DISQUALIFIES me from being a member of either the Republican or Democrat Party.  They ask, “How so?”  And I say “Because my birth certificate has my real daddy’s name recorded on it.”

I could cite a ream of paper showing the rank hypocrisy in today’s politics, but for this editorial consider this:

For example, there are some very radical Republicans that claim their party is the best party because it believes in a smaller government and fewer taxes. According to them, their party is not only more frugal, but it is against government deficit spending.  In this writer’s opinion, their actions belie their words.  They seem to have this habitual habit to increase budget deficits by providing tax cuts to the richest corporations, while growing the Military Industrial Complex and expanding the scope government.

They say, “Cut government programs…” but refuse to identify the programs to cut, i.e., Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and the Military Industrial Complex; that together, make up the preponderance of the federal budget. Besides, when republicans had the opportunity to reduce the federal budget, 1994-2006, they didn’t. Instead, they increased the deficit by starting new programs like Medicare Part D, and engaging a war without paying for it.

Their philosophy is much like the metaphor of trying to pack 10-lbs of horse manure into a 5-lb bag.  They like to argue that government doesn’t work.  And sure enough, when they’re elected they prove it.

Now on the other hand, the Democratic Party is a case too for sore-eyes.   Democrats are the author of the corrupt put and take system of our government.  “You put the money in it, and they take it out.”   

Their form of corruption is much like the ole country boy and the slick political banker.  Have you heard that story? 

If a country boy stiffs a political banker of $250,000, the country boy gets 15-years in state prison. But when the political banker steals $250,000 from the country boy, the bank merges with a larger bank and the governor promotes the politician to head up the state banking commission.  

Given the current mess that we are in, isn’t it about time to ask some pointed questions to both political parties? 

For example, since Republicans claim to believe in a smaller or non-intrusive government, ask them if they will agree to privately fund the nation’s interstate highway system, or the nation’s bridges, tunnels, railroads, and our public school system?

And since they rant and rave against socialism, (even draw you into a “fist-a-cuff” over the use of the word, socialism), shouldn’t they return their Social Security and unemployment compensation checks to the government?  Moreover, if they have an aging mother or grandmother, receiving Medicaid or Medicare, or Hospice, shouldn’t they demand for their beloved to be disconnected from that “socialist” government program too?

And by the way, since Republicans claim they hold a monopoly on the virtues of capitalism and the free market economy, shouldn’t they be more responsible in Congress and demand an end to the nation’s trade imbalance from the slave economies of the world, like China?

But no!  Republicans want their cake (and yours too) to do as they please with it, while condemning the baker that cooked it.

And finally, my advice to the “put and take” democrats is: “write the state institution from where you received your political science degree and demand a CASH REBATE on your education.  You got gypped!    

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