A New Year, The Same Problems

The President gave a good State of the Union speech last night. It covered the gamut of problems facing the country. He strove to set forth the vision and goals that the country needs to pursue in overcoming its present troubles and regain the strength and robustness that America has attained before by the achievements of its citizenry. The problems facing the President and the country are not unusual ones, they are simply isomorphs of the same problems that America has faced before. That doesn’t mean that most of us alive today have experienced or dealt with the preceding instances of these problems, but these problems are not so new and unique that they would not be solved by remembering what it took to address them before. One of the most essential activities that is part of the solution is sacrifice. The reason that sacrifice is required to deal with our national problems is that at the root of these problems is our own foolish wasteful dissipation.

So given this problem of our own making, it cannot be a surprise that the only way out is going to be to take our punishment, pay our debts and start thinking about what the hell we are doing in and with our society.

Now we can look to our leaders to help us find our path, our resolve, and our courage to undertake this journey. And there is the biggest problem of all. Our leaders! These politicians that have done such a bang-up job to date to actually play a critical role in the creation of our problems. So we can surely expect that these fine men and women will work together effectively to provide the Governmental force to drive us forward.

Don’t hold your breath.