By: Paul Vann
I do not know about you, but there is one theme that continues to rear its ugly head and its the poor treatment of the American people. Case in point, the current economy we are living in has resulted in record home mortgage foreclosures, record job losses and inflation in the price of goods and services throughout the United States.
What we are experiencing is an erosion of our privacy and too much government control of our lifestyle. The bottom line is, over the course of the past five years, we the American people have taken a beating. This beating has come through the passage of laws that encouraged sub prime lending, offshore jobs and manipulation of gas prices at the pump and utilities as well.
I cannot make it any plainer than I have, we the American people have been knocked down and the fact we can look up, we have to get up and fight for our rights, freedom and way of life. Why is it that the leadership in America is passionate about rescuing Wall Street but is against Main Street, hard working men and women?
The answer lies squarely on the amount of campaign contributions that fill the coffers of politicians through lobbyist for the banking, insurance and medical industries. Some of the politicians will address campaign contribution problems, but not many. The American people are left holding the proverbial tax bag, in that we bailed out Wall Street and big banks, however if you were to go to a bank for a loan or a loan modification for that matter, you will encounter rejection.
The leadership of America should not have bailed out Wall Street and left the hard working American people to struggle. If a man or woman cannot get a job, government and private industry should be creating them. All of the big tax cuts enacted by the previous administration have caused a huge vacuum in our economy because there is not as much revenue to draw upon, resulting in municipalities curtailing services such as police protection, furloughing city and county government staff and slashing school funding for our children.
Citizens of America if you want to get a job, go off shore and take little to nothing in pay to get the job you lost, after all it was outsourced to countries with sweat shop operations. Where have all the leaders gone in America, it seems as though the only important people are the politicians, big government and big corporations?
Its time for the beatings to end, its time for the American people to vote the nonperforming politicians out of office and to create jobs in America, while at the same time take your money out of the banks that acted a fool during the height of the economic crisis.
We love America, however we do not like the direction our leadership is taking us. The American people seem to be forgotten, when the next election rolls around, remind the incumbents who really matter.
Paul Lawrence Vann is an inspirational speaker who motivates people to maximize their human potential and improve their bottom line. He is author of Living on Higher Ground and is a leadership and workplace diversity expert who assist people to achieve their greatest potential. Paul has an uncanny ability to resonate with audiences, thus adding tremendous value through the experience. http://www.paullawrencevann.com
