[Mr. 16 gauge]

I agree that things are bad, and I don't see them getting any better any time soon.
I also feel that the current president is more concerned about his "legacy" than what would be best for the American people. And currently, the 'two party system' ain't working because the current party in power has all the vote in both houses....they know that they can pretty much 'do what they want' and are doing so.
....but I also feel that there is plenty of 'blame' to go around...to both parties! Republicans were in power when the current policies were enacted that bankrupted the banking system....where the hell were they?
And all the hulabaloo about health care reform? Where was the republicans answer to Obama's plan? More 'partisan' politics!
....and being in the medical field, why was neither party willing to support tort reform when it comes to such crap as awards for 'pain and suffering" with re: to health care? That would go a long way to decreasing health care costs, but nobody in congress wants to do it because a huge majority of those individuals are lawyers, and they want to protect their shyster friends!

I saw some 'expert' on TV the other day spouting about all the 'unnecessary tests & procedures' that physicians do. He was making it sound like they were being done to pad someone's pocket. Know why these 'unnecessary' tests are done? So that when some whimsical law suit comes down the pike, he or she can show that yes, indeed he did such and such a test and it was negative for whatever bizarre disease said shyster is trying to claim 'pain and suffering' for. We need tort reform NOW!!!

The only way to get a handle on this problem is to do away with welfare as we know it....no more 'hand out' programs. I have no problem with helping someone out with unemployment payments (I hate calling them benefits....sounds like a reward for being unemployed to me), but I would expect that when you get back on your feet that some of it get's paid back to help the next poor person who looses his/her job. We are now on our 4th generation of welfare 'recipients' (i.e. parasites) that have no job and have no intention of getting a job, and as long as these leeches continue to suck the money out of the system and give nothing back, then we are doomed.

My biggest fear now is that with all this commotion in MI re: the Hutaree that a big push will again be made against private firearm ownership.....it's just the 'jumping off' point that people like Holder & Pelosi need.