Sir;... Recreating the past is no way to secure the future... My bet is on Mr. Obama playing his own hand with the cards he has been dealt... No one ever gets to be great acting like some one who was great... Everyone who would be great has to be great, -think big, think clearly, achieve what is possible, ride public opinion one day, and guide it the next; and if Mr. Obama can do that, and avoid being killed by the nuts, then he will fit well in a history book... One thing is clear... He understands how near this society is to a meltdown...He understands a lot of the long term, under lying frustration of this people... Put these two facts together and you have a powder keg and a burning fuse... Those republicans who want more of the problem, -of the rich getting richer, of more same old same old are tying knots in the fire hose... The question is not what Mr. Obama will be or can be...The true question before us is whether this whole government has the power to reform itself under the stress of patent failure, or whether it is doomed by its inability to deliver the goods as promised in the constitution... If it can do what it set out to do, this country is saved...The people have the right to expect that their government will act on their behalf, and protect them from pain, from stupidity, from exploitation, from excess, and from enemies domestic -with equal alacrity as it would defend them from enemies abroad.. The government is dead...It can take, but not deliver.. It does not, -and can only in the barest terms, be said to function... We have seen the inability of the govenment to respond to national disasters .. We have seen the inability of the congress to prevent mindless adventurism abroad.. We have seen the government make countless enemies in the face of limited resources.. And we have seen the government invite and allow a national and international financial meltdown that any clown could see coming.. What ever Mr. Obama can do, and what ever the democrats can do, they must certainly do better than the past government has done... Will it be enough... Will it be too late... And is it worth the effort when reformation might serve us all better???....Thanks...Sweeney

“Make it lean and mean”! Many cuts must take place,
immediately, in order for America to get out and stay out of debt! Taxpayers know
Government must run like a business, if not, our children and grandchildren have
no future!

Never has America witnessed such dire, financial times starting with trillions of
dollars, and counting, due foreign countries, borrowed by politicians without
getting approval from honest, hard-working Taxpayers they're trying to stick the
bill to! What happens to America when interest isn't paid?

While Beverly Perdue, like others, flies to Washington, or anywhere these
politicians want to go to ‘chase federal money', instead of trying to cut programs
and spending from all budgets, I'm sure doesn't care about spending; after all,
they've been handed blank checks with no accountibility, right? Shouldn't this be
grounds for padlocking, these ‘public servants' office doors everywhere?

Fair Tax, to include property taxes, stopping Bailouts, handouts, social and
welfare programs should be top priorities! Everyone should contribute to living in
America! Government's out of control, spending billions for infrastructures,
which we don't have, is only creating bigger government. Until we bring textile
and manufacturing jobs back to America, there's no need for infrastructures!

Cutting local, state and federal politicians' salaries and retirements to $12,000.00
yearly is an absolute must. Even with government cuts, it'll be year 2025 before
America begins to dig out from under some of the financial disasters created by
politicians and their greed!

When Taxpayers think of all the Committees being used by politicians on local,
state, and federal levels, several comes to mind! ‘Ways and Means,
Appropriations, Government Reform, Economics, Financial Services, Pensions,
Ethics, Rules, Finance, Education', and I think you're getting the message! For
the past five decades, wouldn't you think that with all these committees someone
honest with intregrity would have stepped up to the plate and put an end to ‘tax &
spend'! Want to know why? This is how the politicians are enlarging the
government payrolls, and taking Taxpayers money and jobs away! This is why
Ronald Reagan made his proven fact statement and I'm quoting “Government is
not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem!”

While I'm on a roll, Inaugurations are like huge, glamourous, Hollywood parties!
Politicians, not being Royalty, should foot their own parties, bills and causes?
After all, it is what it is ‘A HUGE HOLLYWOOD PARTY'!