Follow the money and you will find the problem

It is sad that in some ways our country is going backward. We are reverting back to the old Wild West! Much of our country’s negativity and violence is due to the political discord we see in Washington over political difference and power. This discord has put our country and on our citizens at risk of violence. Our country used to take pride in itself as an example to the world of freedom and prosperity.

In recent years, our country has spent billions of dollars on the Middle East wars to stop ISIS; this war was started over political differences. Shouldn’t we be more concerned about our own war? There are more killings in our own cities than there are in the Middle East war (something is wrong here)!

The United States also spends more money on its justice system than any other country, and yet we have more incarcerated people than any other country... follow the money. It is sad that much of this violence is being fueled by our politicians’ in-house fighting — one side trying to correct the problems and the other side wanting status quo. On top of the political discord we also have the news media adding more fuel to the fire. All of this needs to stop before we once again have another major problem like we did in the 1992: the LA riots.

As I have said before, it’s all about money, power and control. Follow the money and you will find the problem. It’s time to take our country back. Isn’t that what the last election was all about? Just a thought.

This story was originally published June 22, 2017 at 3:42 PM with the headline "Follow the money and you will find the problem."