Questions to ponder

Democracy functions best when it's citizens are informed. But if we distrust the government, who knows what is correct information. How can we feel informed if everyone we speak to has a different take/spin on the issue.

Word of the day: anarchy

• What happens when a state goes Bankrupt?
• Will all the private businesses be required to support the state?
• Are police and fire protection services stopped?
• Will the police and firemen work for nothing?
• What happens to all the people on welfare?
• Are they now forced to support themselves?
• Is there anarchy?
• What happens when a country goes bankrupt?
• Will politicians continue to get a paycheck?
• Will banks have to close?
• Will our military work for free?
• Is there anarchy?
• Do the countries next to it absorb it?
• What if we are forced to default on our loans with China?
• Will we become a Chinese colony?
• Is there a fight for the ground?
• Will printing more money solve the problem?

I have no answers for these burning questions of mine, but is Health Care Reform really what is most important in preserving the United States as we know it? Might financial stability be more pressing an issue?

SoOoOooo many questions with such illusive solutions. Too many people unwilling to take the time to learn about issues that benefit them, or not.

When the citizens/subjects are uneducated, uninformed or apathetic about what is going on politically, the circle of "decision makers" gets smaller and smaller. This came from my ANG (American National Government) class and it really hit home for me. We really need to be informed.

"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."

Winston Churchill