America turning the page on Spending?

With the election of Senator Scott Brown from Mass, and now with Dean Murray, another conservative, winning a State assemblyman seat in Long Island New York, Americans may be sending a message to our elected officials. The days of having a blank check have ended. Since both of these seats have been historically democratic seats. For the last 16 years or so we have allowed our Politicians to run up our national debt, the last President who had the courage to raise taxes was President H.W.Bush, which was the major reason he was not elected for a second term. (Yes I know President Clinton raised tax’s as well) For those who are misinformed about who balanced the budget during President Clinton’s two terms in office let me point out that the C.B.O. sited the decline in Military spending, and a record economy which collected sweeping records of tax revenue. While both parties would like to take credit, we know that it was neither President Clinton or the Republican Congress. While more credit should go to the Republicans in congress at the time, they truly do not deserve the credit anymore then President Clinton does. You can read more about that here

Sorry for the side bar, however I do hope both political parties understand this is not a party issue, this is an American issue. I don’t see the voters sticking to one party or the other, until or unless both start to act a lot more fiscally responsible. Will there always be people who vote along party lines? Sure and there is nothing that can be done about that, however more and more people are taking a hard look at the person running for office instead of the letter behind their name. Which is how it should have always been. If the voters stay informed, I see our Country returning to a more sound fiscal system, instead of just printing more money. The only way I see us not doing so, is if the elected officials keep ignoring the American people. We have to factor in the time it takes for each election cycle, and the harm they can do before being voted out of office. However the good news is We the People are starting to be heard. Lets just hope its not to late.