Change in America is about

The change is mostly the financial fear and probable impact of a coming depression that will hurt most of us and the world in so many ways. Aggravating all this are the international wacko types who think they are number one in the world; the puppet president of Iran being the latest example. If and when he and his leaders start a war in their region, things will get out of hand, as in what we think in the USA may make us bit players. Talk about piling on when we are down.

The political change improving things in the USA is optimistic. All the last many decades of our political leaders and parties are about to be replaced by future leaders who better represent our fears to survive for our kids sake. The times are not 1929 with all the causes then. Mostly today it is about having jobs, and not taxing and borrowing our way into some politician’s idealistic view of their future based on their upbringing. Even better, the old ideas of taking advantage of our largesse is being supplanted by those living in the real world. The idea of pay as you go supplanting pandering, and Americans knowing this, is much about the change in America.

Even free trade and globalization is an indictment on our federal government agencies (mostly state department when it used to represent us) when treaties are not enforced, like in environmental and sweat-shop standards. This is not a subtle subject in the rural area where I live and so many low paying jobs are going overseas. People resent being messed over by those who take advantage of the treaties our fellow Americans negotiated. Most prefer the dignity of work over welfare.

What a shame it came to this, but let it roll, never-the-less. And so let us elect new leaders and politicians, probably from a new national party yet to be named that does better than the old republicans and democrats. Suddenly, the elections of 2010 and 2012 are more important to our future. Yes, choices matter. And the politicians are not the only choosers.