AMERICA NEEDS A REAL NEW POLITICAL PARTY

I have watched elections come and go. I have heard promises made and few promises kept. Every campaign, both Democrats and Republicans promise change is coming to Washington, but nothing ever changes. Charlie Reese, former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel has addressed this as follows:

'Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both Democrats and Republicans are against deficits, why do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, why do we have inflation and high taxes. You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations, the House of Representatives does." Reese goes on to say that one hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. His final statement is: "We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess."

I am convinced that neither of the present two political parties in the United States will ever do anything about our problems. Time has proved that and change of power has done nothing to change these problems. In fact, they just make it worse. We began to have energy problems in the Carter administration. Since that time Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 have had 28 years to do something, and nothing has been done to free us from foreign oil.

I am proposing a new political party called "The Serving Party." People in this party will serve the people of the United States. No one becomes a member of the party without being a servant. I want a president who serves our people. I want two senators from each state who serve the people of their state. I want representatives who represent us. The election that is upon us will once again prove that nothing will change. Being an elected official is not a license to do what is necessary to make sure his/her pockets will be filled for retirement. Being an elected official is for one purpose TO SERVE. Frankly, I am tired of Democrats and Republicans. President Truman called the 80th Congress a "do nothing Congress." That was true then and it is true of Congress now.

If you think this a good idea or a stupid idea, let me know.