COMMUNITY COMMENTARY: What we need is a third party
by Sheldon Goodine
China resident
We see the debt clock ticking away on TV and getting higher every day. We are told the interest on this debt is the largest expense in the U.S. government, and if allowed to continue the U.S. government could go into default and we could lose our country. This brings up a lot of questions, who do we owe this debt to? What is the interest rate and is there a plan to repay this debt? To me, the answer is simple. Stop spending, overspending. Stop spending more than we take in!
Just about everyone agrees the swamp in Washington needs to be drained, and spending brought under control. We agree there is a lot of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal budget, but no one can agree on how to fix it and stop this financial bleeding.
The two-party system of government in our country is not working. The problem is too many Republicans, too many Democrats and not enough Americans in Washington. When the Democrats get a couple more seats, they control the government without input from Republicans, and vice versa. The score is Democrats 100 percent and Republicans zero percent; Republicans 100 percent and Democrats zero percent; in both scenarios the American people’s score is zero percent.
It’s time to bring a third party into the mix. A party that will work for and vote for the good of America and Americans. It will be the “American Party”. Then we can reduce the number of red states, reduce the number of blue states and greatly increase the number of red, white and blue states.
Put an end forever to party-only politics, get our spending under control, reduce the size of government, stop sending our dollars all over the world, especially to countries whose motto is “Kill Americans”.
One last thought, term limits. Both parties will not vote to limit terms of their members. So, we must do it for them in the form of the ballot. Stop voting for and sending the career politicians back to Washington every election period. It’s time to start over again and get this new “American Party” up and running with the people in charge of working for the good of all Americans. A government of the people, for the people, by the people.