The Chief's blog: "Musings of your Not So typical Navy Chief"

You know, if our elected leaders in Washington spent just HALF as much time actually working towards a solution to our current debt crisis as they do in pointing the finger at someone else whiel playign the "Blame Game", we might just not be in such a horrible financial spot.

However, it's not just our political leaders.  Is's the average American citizen.  We seem to live in an "entitlement" based society these days, and there are SO many people standing around with their hands out, expecting the Government.....meaning the American Tax Payer, to pay their way when times get tough.  We, as a Nation, just can;t afford it any more.

If we're going to dig ourselves out of this mess, we're ALL going to have to buckle down and face this thing head on.  This means HIGHER TAXES, CUTS IN SOCIAL SERVICES, Higher Interest rates, and a whole slew of other changes that we don't want to actually deal with.  Too bad!!  We no longer have time to play the blame game in Washington....or in our own homes or around the table at the local diner.  We need to pull together as a Nation and actually do more than just TALK.  We need to DO!!  We need to make the TOUGH choices to save our way of life.  This means we're going to have to actually live within our means.  This means we're going to have to STOP the craziness of Government Handouts.  This means that we're going to have to focus on the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA instead of international opinion.

I mean, lets look at this from a "Global Economy" standpoint.  If the US defaults on it's debts, who will this effect?  The American citizen, most certainly.  But....if WE default on our debt, we're going to take a great deal of the world economy with us when we fall.  That could be devistating.  You think things are bad now?  If we default......it's going to get a LOT worse.

This will be no easy fix, to be sure.  but we have to be willing to make the sacrifices required to get this under control or we will find ourselves in ruin.

This is NOT a Navy Chief talking.....this is a concerned citizen.

Thanks.