When our founding fathers developed the three branches of government, I’m sure it was meant to be a system of checks and balances to insure the safety and freedom of the people of the new republic of America. The legislative branch has, instead, evolved into a self-serving  entity unable or unwilling to protect the people; choosing to perpetuate the lifestyle of the rich and famous to which they have become accustomed. The laws they enact are mandated for the people while they exempt themselves from their own excremental dictates. When presenting new legislation, they parse their words to make it seem as if they care when the reality is that the only thing they care about is making sure they are re-elected to the post that requires less than a full work week and has so many perks that there is little they have to pay out of pocket. And STILL they cannot cooperate for the benefit of the American people who pay their salary plus expenses!!!

When I was young, I attended a small elementary school which taught grades K – 8. At recess time, all of the grades were released into the playground. The understanding was that the older children would look after the younger ones to insure fair play. It was, back then, a privilege to be considered one of the responsible ones. Congress has changed their responsibility into privilege; as in, I am better than you and therefore I do not have to abide by the rules. They have become a playground of irascible individuals unable to think what is best for the people. If you want to play ball, you have to give me your lunch or whatever else I want or I won’t let you play. Bully mentality! If this were to happen on a playground, in my day, a brave student would tell a teacher. Unfortunately, there is no teacher to tell, just the president, I mean principal. Go to the president, I mean principal, with your concern and he will say that he will take care of the matter. After you leave, he ridicules your concern sometimes behind your back but sometimes right in your face. None of this benefits our country. The executive branch is not a monarchy. It is not a dictatorship. There is such a thing as “abuse of power”.

Finally, I had a piggy bank when I was little. It had a slot to deposit coins but no way to remove the coins once they were deposited. I found that I could get a few coins out by turning the bank upside down and inserting a butter knife into the slot so the coins could slide out. This always made me feel like I had somehow cheated and so I made an effort to return the coins whenever I earned more. Congress has been sliding coins out of various lockboxes like the social security lockbox, and using the coins at their pleasure and with no intent to return them. This “rob Peter to pay Paul” attitude never works. There is never a payback but there is always a new piggy bank to  raid. Always on the backs of hard working American people but never at the expense of the political parasites who envision themselves above the fray. Try getting a real job you worthless incompetents.