Politics October 31, 2017

What Happened To Leadership?

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (L) speaks as Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (3rd L), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (2nd L) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) (R) listen during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, Republican leaders proposed cutting tax rates for the middle class, wealthy and businesses. Key questions remain on how they plan to offset the trillions of dollars in lost tax revenue.

Calling America’s political leaders cowards is becoming commonplace. How about disgraceful? Stronger words could easily be used, especially after yesterday when our congressional “leaders” stood silently on the sidelines, hands in pockets. And to what end? What agenda is more important than our country? Their silence gave us the answer. Congress was designed as a check on power. Not as a bunch of sycophantic suck-ups. Is this the subservient body the founding fathers intended? Ezra Klein at Vox says NO.