We Want Citizen Legislators!

I was watching MSNBC this morning and they were talking about a study being done by a magazine about how to realistically reduce the debt. Some good points were made. You know how I know they made some really good points? How they were on to something important? Because almost nobody will be happy with their recommendations. On the one hand, they say that it will be impossible to balance the budget and eliminate our debt without raising some taxes. Maybe even more then some. On the other hand, they claim that some cutting of entitlements, including Medicare and Social Security will need to be made. Yep, even the defense budget. The only thing that most people will agree with is a cut to foreign aid. Which is about one percent of the budget. So, what're the chances that something like this can be done? Well, with our current crop of politicians, there's almost no chance. And don't start thinking that folks like the Tea-partiers could do it. There would be even less chance with them in charge. Why am I so hard on the Tea-party set? Because they're unable to see past lower taxes. That and smaller government, or no government, which is absurd. No, it would take a group of citizen legislators to make it happen. You think our current legislators are citizens? Well they are, but I'm talking about people with no chance of being reelected. Term limits. Our folks in Washington are professional legislators. We need some volunteers to go to Washington with one goal. To put things right. One four or six year term and out. They wouldn't need to spend time raising money or campaigning. Just do the job. Even then it wouldn't be easy.