THE INDECISION THAT BOTHERS ME

The aforementioned Eisenhower Foundation article on American's lack of economic justice in recent decades, by the way, began like this:

Just as American foreign policy seeks to preemptively impose the American estab­lishment's will on other, poorer countries, so American economic policy is based on class warfare instigated by the rich and ruling class in the United States against the middle class, the working class, and the poor.

As a result, excluding the rich, most Americans are worse off economically to­day than in 2001. Middle-class baby boomers, who are just beginning to retire, can expect their economic position to further deteriorate. The radical right's long-term objective is to continue tax cuts for the rich and massively increase military spend­ing. This will increase the national debt still more and result in greatly diminished education, employment, and health care investments for the middle class, working class, and poor.

But will the middle class make the sacrifices that conservatives expect of them and their children? The middle class rebelled in the case of Vietnam. The need to reverse course today is all the greater because the United States cannot continue in its role as international debtor, with competitors like the dictatorship in communist China holding large portions of our international debt. 

The indecision of America's population at unequivocally demanding the clearing of most all 3 houses (White House, Senate, and House of Representatives) in Washington D.C. does bother me.  

TIME FOR A NATIONAL COVENANT

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