Political Rant?

 

This country has been good to me. I haven't achieved fame or fortune but I have enough to eat, a warm place to sleep and a vehicle that runs. To my thinking that's substantially more than a lot of people have. I am proud that I'm from the US and proud of my country. That doesn't mean that my country, like myself has no faults, has committed no sins but all in all I'd rather live here than anywhere else. That being said, I am sick of the political process. Like a bad divorce where you figure if even a fraction of what the two combatants say about each other is true, neither of them should get custody of the kids. I'm thinking if a fraction of what is being said by both major party candidates is true then neither of them should be president. I did vote because a lot of women went through hell to get me that right but I'm not sure I even like who I voted for. I know I have little confidence that either party can lead this country to a better future. Are we doomed? I don't know, sometimes I feel like we are but there's still that glimmer...I know what we as a people are capable of when we are at our best. Wouldn't it be great if right now, when so many in the northeast are hurting we were all "at our best". They could sure use it and it feels good go above and beyond for someone who really needs it. Maybe we need to limit our president to one term. He'd have no need to worry about who he ticked off by doing the right thing. Maybe that would work for congress too. One term and then out so instead of messing around and not showing up for votes they'd actually be there trying to get something done. Just a side note...I've never been offered a pension for a job that I only held for a few years. I've worked most of my life and in that time only one employer even offered a retirement plan (the employer put in the initial payment, the rest was employee funded). We have men and women who got shot at serving their country who left the military without "retiring" and they don't get a pension. I also pay my own health insurance on a lot less income than a member of congress makes. It's a part time job, it shouldn't include benefits.