Eyes shut and ears plugged

     Common sense seems to have left our country, negotiations are on going to address our future and we the people are sitting with our eyes closed and hands over our ears. George H W Bush raised Taxes while in office to help rescue our country from a huge deficit left by the Reagan administration Then Bill Clinton again raised Taxes and the Country took off finely generating a surplus for the first time in untold years There have been cryings that this was done on the backs of the rich and the welfare, the well being of our nation should not rely on Taxes from the upper one percent to help carry that load. Our upper one percent  decided to take their business interest to other play grounds (Over Seas) so using any excuse they started flipping off the USA (the American people). Then George W Bush   with the approval of The Congress and Senate removed the basis, revenue,  for the our prosperity buying us off  for a few hundred dollars each, ( remember the checks ) using the notion that we as a nation could borrow what ever money we needed. Now we as a nation are broke and refuse to watch the further dismantling of our nation with our eyes shut and ears plugged...