Politicians cause country’s ills

Our country has been heading in the wrong direction for many years. This direction will no doubt bury us all in a hole we will never be able to crawl out of. Who’s to blame?

Everyone of us is to blame. Why? We elected the political officials who have drained this once great country to its lowest level.

This last debacle on Hillary Clinton is the biggest joke this country has ever seen, at least in my seven decades. Why would our FBI, which used to be the most respected government department, spend 1,500 man hours (taxpayer dollars!) investigating emails that were run through a computer in Hillary Clinton’s basement with hundreds classified top secret or secret and come up with “Harmless?” Political corruption! Lies! Lies! Lies!

Her hands are slapped by the director of the FBI and she walks away grinning and begins telling lies two days later. Is lying a prerequisite for becoming an elected official?

Chicago has had over 2,000 blacks killed, killed by blacks, so far this year. (Drug-related billion dollar per year business, just in Chicago.) You seldom hear one word on TV, in the newspaper, on talk radio or from our president on this horrific loss of life. Most of these deaths are people under age 25.

If Black Lives Matter, then let’s stop the murders in Chicago. If Martin Luther King were alive today, Chicago wouldn’t be a war zone and all marches would be peaceful. Who is going to step up to the plate and stop this hate?

Solutions are easy. Term limits on all political positions — state and federal. If any elected official is caught lying before a judge or jury, automatic 10 years in prison. All students stay in school until they get a high school diploma, regardless of age. Stop free programs now!

Bring jobs back to America so these graduates can go to work. Those who choose not to work will face one choice, prison.

This story was originally published July 15, 2016 at 4:25 PM with the headline "Politicians cause country’s ills."