Giant Elephant

One of the things that bugs me about politics is that no matter what, when you are on a certain team...you ignore any honest conversation that may challenge your own outlook.  Now I know that both sides do it, so I will totally not even deny that...but yesterday and this morning something I've noticed really began to bug me.

First, call me a bleeding heart, a humanitarian, whatever...but when people are hungry, they should get food, when they dont have a home, there should be somewhere they can sleep, when they work and cannot make the bills, there should be some sort of service that helps them make it and when someone is sick...they should not have to worry if they have enough money in the bank to cover it....

That is how I look at things, poor people are not lazy, old and infirm are not lazy, and they do care about their lives...not everyone has the same situation and so if we begin to just neglect the least of our society, in reflects on us.... 


Second,
If we want to have less poor, if we want to have more opportunity and innovation, we need a good foundation in education so people as they grow learn and possess the skills to make it in an ever growing competitive world.  A solid education system is key and not meant to just occupy kids for half the day every season but the summer.... its not a holding place, its a place for learning and it has a purpose...an important one.

So...
Why is it that whenever we discuss cutting our inflated budget....help for the poor, "entitlements," and education are FIRST on the list...while tax cuts for the extremely wealthy and cuts to the military budget are never mentioned?


I don't know to be honest, but it frustrates me.