Don’t You Dare Do Nothing

          The 113^th Congress has been worse than a do nothing Congress with its sad record of bull-headed incompetence. Both the 112^th and 113^th have been “Do Damage” Congresses. By refusing to resolve in a positive way the issues that create fairness for ordinary Americans, they have damaged our economy, our world standing, and our future.

           No climate change action, no gun background checks, no immigration reform, no meaningful job or street-level economic recovery actions, no minimum wage action, no action to overturn “citizens united,” no revision of trade agreements or deliberative action thereupon, no tax reform, no elimination of “too big to fail,” and no counteraction on voting rights and other Constitutional infringements, are all among their abject failures.

Congress has cheated America out of seven years of prosperity, and generations of Americans out of enduring improvements. Perhaps because they misunderstood what was going on, or they didn’t want average Americans to succeed in the present political situation. Perhaps because those who own their genuine allegiance thrive when the young, the poor, and the dwindling middle class are broke, hungry and scared.

           Elections are coming soon. If the young, the poor, and the middle class don’t remember, and turn out and vote to replace these do damage demagogues with representatives who are worthy of the office, then they (we) deserve the sorry result—the hostage-taking-Hell-with-America obstruction.

Around here we think we owe it to America to suit up, show up, and vote. Doing nothing is too “last century.”