Pay Attention

                        If you are paying attention, as I am, you have noticed that the government, as always, is doing what is better for the government rather than for the people as a whole. As with the economic challenges in which we face at this time, and for most, have been facing, the governments are serving self-interests. Once again, as many times in the past, our leaders are rushing to help many companies and institutions, and not the people. It has become apparent to most that the reasons behind these actions are that, these same companies and institutions are having an adverse effect on our leaders and their friends. At the same time, our leaders are purchasing other companies and institutions and are trying to make us believe that the American people are now owners, but in fact, the American people will not see, or receive, any benefits or dividends from them. The government will have control of them and as always, will be absorbed into, what is and has been, the vastness of what we call our government. They do these things in the name of economic recovery. It is time for all Americans to say, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”.
                      Our leaders have received many letters from the American people who are concerned about the decisions and actions of the government, which claims to be doing all they can to correct what has gone wrong and that the American people need to do what they can to help by spending. Well, we cannot spend what we do not have, right? The government can pour money into financial institutions to free up credit so that the people will be able to borrow money, but because of the elevated prices of everything, we had to choose what we could and what we could not pay which has left many Americans with credit issues that will not allow them to borrow money for anything.  We The People are caught in a catch-22, because only a few will be able to take advantage of what is being done. If our leaders can rescue their friends and themselves, then why can’t they rescue us, the people? We need to remember that they work for us, not us for them. They seem to think that they can do whatever they want and we will pay the bills, what is wrong with this?  We now have the opportunity to set an example to the rest of the world by putting faith in the people and not in the governments to fix the things that have gone wrong. The only things we need from the governments are the tools in which we can repair what needs to be fixed. The economy depends mostly on what the people spend, well, give us what we need. Out of the money they have appropriated to be soaked up by the sponges in the corporations and financial institutions,(and the governments), they can re-appropriate enough to help us. Since we are having to pay for all of this, why not? If we are rescued as well, then we would not mind as much when it comes time to pay the bill.
        It is time to allow us to be able to start taking part in what is going on in the decisions that affect us all.
           I would appreciate hearing from everyone on how you think we can do what needs to be done.
            Thank you, America. We are all in this together, so let us fix it together.
                                      Eugene Weatherford           11/15/2008