Hold Our Congressmen Accountable

There is plenty we can do. For starters, you can vote for new members of congress. It is shameful that Congress has an 11% approval rating yet 90% of Americans think their Congressman is doing a fine job. Well, the truth is they are not. Incumbents are the problem.

The second thing you can do is tell your Congressman to pass a balanced budget amendment and term limits. Then eliminate 100% of all earmarks to rid Congress of special interests.

Third, let states take more responsibility for their own fiscal matters. Scale back the Federal Bureaucracy and give the power back to states. Then the states will have to compete with one another for residents. If states makes the wrong choices, they will see their people move to a neighboring state with a better system (most likely lower taxes).

Finally, people have to stop depending on the Federal Government to cover their risks. That would include aid after hurricanes, bail outs when the markets get tough, and any other program that creates morale hazard. This is not the government's money, it is tax payer's money. Unfortunately when it goes through the machine of government, it gets spit back out at 50% of it original value.