We all heard the expression “Too Big To Fail” used when explaining why the government felt the need to rob we the people in order to bail out wall street and major corporations rather than granting tax relief and offering incentives to “productive” business and other commercial enterprises that would create jobs, increase industry and actually improve the economy. But who is going to bail out the government with these trillions of dollars in new debts and an increasingly weak dollar and economic outlook?

The truth is that once again, the government is turning to the productive portion of society to pay for the vast majority of this fiasco. It may do you well to remember that the productive members of society are often called the working class … we the people … those of us who work and take care of our own needs and our own families. We are the ones who are asked to pay for this debacle … we who so many in the government claim they are trying to help.

I CALL BS!

Common Ground, Common Courtesy and Common Sense

It seems that all three of the themes expressed in the title of this article have been overlooked the last few decades and now that the problem is becoming so rampant, perhaps it is a time to look for some common ground, exchange some common courtesy and work out our differences with a healthy dose of common sense.

Common Ground

If you allow someone to drag you into an argument, you have already lost.

Still, if we can find no common ground, how do we form any basis for the beginning of a conversation?

Show me a man who agrees with everything and I will show you a man who believes in nothing.