A solar-panel manufacturing company – Solyndra, now in bankruptcy is about to be yet-another political issue between the Republicans and Democrats. So we can anticipate a plethora of diatribes explaining why it was another failed governmental effort that illustrates why the government should not try and create jobs or why it was the right thing to do but unfortunately did not succeed. The political ping-pong ball will be batted back and forth and here and there across the media misinformation networks until something more irrelevant and titillating surfaces to distract the attention span deficient professionals. But what won’t surface or even be recognized is the true failure. Neither the Republican nor Democratic political leaders, think-tanks (an oxymoron if there ever was one), or either parties core constituents have noticed the governmental failure that occurred or would occur from the policies and theories that each advocates.
It’s not hard to understand why the Republicans and Democrats don’t see the real problem; first they are focused on their own interests (but not the country’s), and second they don’t understand that they don’t understand. The first problem is just unfortunate but expected given the voters elected them without any expectation that they would serve the overall needs and interests of the country. The second problem is that they are willing to delude themselves and anyone who supports them that they are capable of dealing with problems confronting the nation.
So rather than recognizing this as an opportunity to begin fixing the problem and for seizing the moment to help move America forward towards a more successful economic and vital nation, these politicians will squander another chance to make a difference for the good of America. Instead our political leaders will make another choice that suits the tastes of the ill-informed and follows the direction of the random winds of chaos.
Where is the Republican or Democrat that is ready and able to stand up and present to the American people the light that will illuminate the path forward? Is there no political leader anywhere that can place before the public a clear and understandable approach for what America should do to address the issue exemplified by the Solyndar situation? And remember, the answer doesn’t even require you to be any smarter than the average person. Oh, would you vote for someone who you didn’t think was smarter than you? Really! That’s a very disturbing question isn’t it?
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