The Apathetic Dimwit

From time to time I have people tell me that they like my ideas and that I should go into politics. Even if I felt that those people formed enough of a majority to get me elected, I still balk at the idea. I look at the results of current and previous legislators and wonder why no one did anything to stop the massive spending and debt our federal government continues to commit and accumulate. Certainly there were those who entered upon their careers with the intent to put a stop to it. Certainly there were those who were hell-bent to do what was right.

What happened then?

I wonder. Is it like one of those movies where a hapless outsider becomes involved with a Mafia family and is now "in" and cannot get out? Are there payoffs and quids pro quo that, once accepted, there is no turning back? Are there blackmails, menacing and death threats to stifle even the most stalwart of crusaders?

There must be. There just has to be. How else can it be explained that newly elected representatives head off to DC to put a stop to the train wreck everyone knows is coming, but then the same old "full steam ahead" legislation comes off the assembly line?

This does not bode well for the USA. Either our government is controlled by nefarious powers that, for whatever reasons, seem to be running us off the fiscal cliff on purpose. Or, the majority of the people we are electing are too dimwitted to see disaster staring them in the face. What a choice. How would you choose? Mafia or dimwits? Either choice is daunting. Or what if it's both?

I am afraid that if I ran and was elected that the death threats on my family would be too much to bear and I would resign. Alternatively, I am afraid that after half a term I would realize that I am as dimwitted as the person in the next seat over. I'd resign then, too.

Maybe its my age. It's not that I have surrendered to apathy yet, but I tire of watching the conflict and getting the feeling that none of it matters. There is no stopping it now. So as a passenger on this train to collapse, I guess all I can do is buckle in and prepare. Currency will probably mean very little after another "Black Monday", or whatever it will be called. Virtual numbers on your bank's website will probably evaporate or be confiscated à la Cyprus. (And for those of you who do not know what inflation is, look it up. Your money is being confiscated right now by devaluing it with "Quantitative Easing".) Barter will be the way to go. What do you have that you can trade? Better stock up. And you should also consider that there will be those who will want to take your stored up goods. Better stock up on some sort of home defense. A "war is not the answer" sign in your yard won't cut it.

Sigh. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe we wont hit $17 trillion in debt. Maybe those dimwits we sent to congress will turn it around and save the country. Pfft.. Right. What was it that Mike Myers' Wayne Campbell used to say about monkeys flying out of some rear orifice?