I’ve been giving things a lot of thought lately, and I have finally come to a realization, of sorts. The question for which I was seeking an answer for was this, "When it comes to identifying who it is, exactly, that is responsible for the current fiscal mess in which we now find ourselves, where is it that the we are justified in placing the blame?" I pondered, does the fault lie with our politicians who are, after all, only doing what politicians do, or, does it instead lie with the morons who continue to vote for the same ones over and over not wanting to change the outcome because of some ulterior motive? It is obvious that a politician’s qualifications or questionable behavior matters very little to these people, it’s only the end result that matters, the fact that either they will or will not continue the steady stream of costly government entitlement programs, many of which that were designed for this specific group. Therefore, I would argue that the blame for this ongoing fiscal nightmare can be and should be placed directly on a specific group of voters who have lost any semblance of personal pride, of personal responsibility, as well as any sense of patriotism or a faith in oneself. Taking it one step further, the truth of the matter is this, the state of our current fiscal mess can be laid at the feet of that specific group. Why? Because it is they who consistently vote, and in rather substantial numbers, for the very politicians who not only created this mess, but who are still very busy working very hard to maintain it, that’s why. Their blatant ignorance is surpassed only by their eagerness to get as much as they possibly can by expending the least amount of energy. Let’s face it, they need to do nothing more than to work up just enough energy to get to the polls, pull the right lever or check the right block and they are then set until the next time they’re called upon to get themselves to the polls. This country is in the crapper for one reason, the incomprehensible voting habits of one specific group of people. That would be the I’m too lazy to work so I need the government to subsidize my ability to do drugs, get drunk and make babies who don’t know who their dads are, crowd. The sense of entitlement possessed by these people is amazing and has become so ingrained in them that they have now gotten to the point where, for generations past, present and future, their aspirations go no further than the ensuring that they remain, at all costs, on the receiving end of income redistribution.

Not wanting to get any more specific here, because I don’t thinks it’s necessary, and I do want to leave a little to the imagination, it’s obvious that there is present in America today, and has been for some time, a substantial number of people, a voting block if you will, who literally care about nothing more than the creating of a culture of complete government dependency. When looking at this group of people it would be difficult, if not impossible, to argue against the fact that, for the most part, they at least appear to be, slightly less intelligent than your average American. Now this premise is nothing new because this very same group has continually been putting their ignorance on display, especially at the polls, for decades, a fact I might add, they seem to be very proud of. That these people can continue to allow themselves to quite literally be made fools of reveals just how determined they are in the maintaining of their endless supply of government handouts. They are willing to let nothing stand in the way of them getting their next government check, and if they have to allow themselves to made to look like morons every 2 years so be it, and they’re willing to play the part to the hilt. Culminating in the 2008 presidential election, where had they not played their part so well by voting nearly to a person for a blatant socialist, we would not now be saddled with a man in the White House who appears to be on a mission to destroy our country. And the remarkable thing is that when the few who do actually see what’s going on and try to sound the alarm bells, they are quickly shouted down and ridiculed because they have had the nerve to wander off the plantation.

And it is not simply the poorer members of this substantial cadre of losers who work so hard to maintain the status quo. It’s also the ones who truly should know better, and the very ones to whom many look to for some much needed leadership. Unfortunately, these "leaders" are blatantly corrupt and self-serving and are thus willing to lead their people, and thus the rest of the country in a twisted kind of way, right over a cliff. It is these people who claim to represent this section of our population whose primary function in life seems to be to get their face somewhere in our 24/7 news cycle as often as possible. Therefore the vast majority of those, who quite simply, just don’t know any better, allow those who do, or at least should, to make a mockery of their plight in the effort to increase their own political standing. But in the end all that is truly accomplished is that the group, at least those at the bottom, continues to make no forward progress other than possibly getting in increase in their government check. The lives of those near the bottom of the group’s food chain are essentially no better than before, and they are made to feel as if the only way they can ever get ahead is at the expense of someone else. As pathetic as it may sound these people have so little confidence in their own abilities that they remain easily manipulated into voting for those who promise to work toward their receiving an unfair advantage in all matters from education to job selection and even job advancement. They habitually buy into the liberal rhetoric that states in order for them to succeed someone else must fail, preferably not a member of their own group because that would defeat the whole purpose. Hence, they vote for those who promise not only to execute that scenario, but also those who guarantee that it continues. They must retain their ability to get that preferential treatment currently enjoyed by the group, because above all, they feel it’s only fair that they be provided with a suitable advantage, seeing it as a form of compensation, if for no other reason than because of the wrongs that were perpetrated against their ancestors hundreds of years ago. And so it is that those nearer the bottom continue to do all they are told at election time as they march off to the polls filled to overflowing with deceitful propaganda and hypocritical rhetoric having no clue whatsoever regarding the true nature, or cause, of their condition or who it is that can best improve their chances of achieving the American Dream.