Choice America Editorial

 

Has America given away all sense of "government of the people, by the people, for the people" in order to sell it to the highest bidder? 

 

Jack Abramoff, a lobbyist guilty of buying members of Congress, seems to be trying just that along with the members of Congress who are willing to sell it to him.  The sorry thing about this is that members of both the Democratic and Republican parties have taken money from him and the agencies he represented, and yet both parties continue to point the finger at the other, implying that it must be the "other side" that is doing something criminal. 

 

The people who are supposed to be represented by these members of Congress are not getting the service they deserve from their elected representatives, or are they? 

 

We as American citizens, are so caught up in getting more, more and yet more, that we turn a blind eye to the illegal actions of these people.  We act indignant about such an outrageous attack on our constitutional laws and representative government for a minute, then we turn on MTV or Maury Povich, and forget about what is actually going on around us. 

 

Americans are going to have to start doing their share by educating themselves with regard to the rights given to us by the Constitution, and then to act responsibly applying those rights.   It is long overdue for Americans to stop expecting our elected representatives to wave a magic wand and give us everything we want.  We must become willing to give a little more of our own efforts to get those things.  We are also going to have to stop expecting our representatives to be able to perform miracles for us. 

 

 We have the option to make life in this country the best in the world, but we are going to have to expend some effort to make it so, and we, as citizens of this country, are going to have to stop putting such an unrealistic burden on our government. 

 

The Constitution sets specific parameters for each section of our government and it sets specific rights to citizens.  EVERYONE is going to have to contribute if we are to expect our country and its government to operate properly. 

 

With our freedoms comes a great responsibility.  Are we ready to accept it?