The week started off with the Massachusetts Senate election where voters sent a message they are not happy with the ways of Washington. We have recently had three State elections (Virginia and New Jersey Governor races) where the voters have elected the challenger, not the incumbent.  This is sending a clear message We The People are not happy campers.

Next comes President Obama taking a strong position with the banks calling for Banking Reforms. We believe this action is needed. There must be accountability when large financial institutions make high risk financial moves with the money in retirement funds and the deposits of We The People that is being insured by government - in reality our tax dollars. The gamble they made and lost has put a scar on this Country that will not heal for some time.

Then we have the Supreme Court’s controversial decision, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, to view corporations in the same light as individuals in the context of financial support for candidates running for political offices. We have Congress scrambling to draft legislation in an attempt to water down the potential effects of increased campaign spending by corporations, lobbyists and special interests. Once again We the People are being put in the position of not being represented the way our founding fathers envisioned.

Yesterday the Speaker of the House comes out and says the House does not have the votes to pass the Senate version of the Health Care Bill, which in our view does little to solve the Health care issue. Apparently, a lot of other folks in Congress agree with us as we now have Congressional gridlock with the Health Care Reform issue. We The People once again are the recipients of either not having access to quality health care, increasing costs, limiting coverages or all of the aforementioned.

We have got to find a way to get Washington to be responsible to the people of this country - we are running real low on confidence and thin with our patience!