{"id":95,"date":"2012-12-31T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T19:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavesrollinmythoughts.com\/\/?p=95"},"modified":"2020-10-24T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T15:31:50","slug":"cliff-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavesrollinmythoughts.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Cliff Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I type this as I give my hands a brief respite from hanging onto my desk for dear life as our nation marches towards the fiscal cliff and all of the problems that accompany it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this fiasco does not compel a call for one-term-limits, nothing will. \u00a0It is painfully obvious that most of the kooks in the District care about one thing only: their chances at re-election. \u00a0Doing what is best for the country takes a backseat to political aspirations. \u00a0So, taxes on everyone will increase. \u00a0Draconian cuts in military spending will go into effect. \u00a0Gladly, Rep. Goober from Kentucky need not worry that Grover Norquist and the &#8216;bags at Americans for Tax Reform will primary the freshman Congressman.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t earn enough money for the tax hike to truly matter. \u00a0The argument for increased revenue vs. decreased spending is left for another time. \u00a0However, it is laughable and pathetic that a compromise was not achieved weeks or months ago. \u00a0The Chinese, the Japanese, and every other country with whom the U.S. competes are laughing. \u00a0Our government is broken. \u00a0Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and the other great Presidents are spinning in their graves over what the United States has become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I type this as I give my hands a brief respite from hanging onto my desk for dear life as our nation marches towards the fiscal cliff and all of the problems that accompany it. 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