Letter: A country gone mad — that's what our fiscal policy reflects

Gary Morris, Port St. Lucie


I love this country. From pretzels to muscle cars to being able to buy a tin of beans and a gun in the same store, I just love it.

With the election over the country has spoken and the president gets another four years, but all I see is business as usual from all of our politicians.

With a supposed "fiscal cliff" looming, the best that our elected officials can come up with is $6 trillion more debt from the Republicans or $10 trillion more debt from the Democrats. Talk about dumb and dumber.

In less than six years with either of these "plans," our country will not even be able to make the interest payment on that loan.

The people we elected as our voice have turned their collective backs on us. There has not been a budget in four years. We continue to print and borrow money that we have no chance in repaying.

The government has to draw up a budget that makes across-the-board cuts in all federal departments, including defense and welfare spending, close tax loopholes and get out of our way.

It has been said before, but here goes again. If your household brings in $3,000 a month but your mortgage/rent, groceries, car payment, clothing, etc., come to $4,000 a month, you will make cuts to live within your budget.If that means moving to a smaller house, or getting a different car, not going out to eat, buying beer instead of champagne, then that's what we do. So WHY won't we elect politicians who understand this basic concept and work for us?

We are a country gone mad, and that's just too bad for the educated among us.