Like most people I've been thinking on politics. Not going to a debate on who is right or wrong but instead I'm wondering if any thing will change substantively.
Let me explain.
In the last two years we have seen unprecedented changes in the small business, and nonprofit, communities. The economy is in rough shape though it is slowly improving, but during all this the efforts to improve small business have failed. Why? Simple, even though there have been quite a few positive actions from the previous congress (and some real stinkers), small businesses are still hobbled. Not by government or any immediate actions by either party but instead the whole thing is held back by the banks. Yep, it's well documented that the same banks that our government helped out by dumping money into in the vain hope they would lend it back to the public instead have decided that it's makes more sense to simply hold on to it and use it to make more money abroad.
It is a shame really. We have seen that people are really PO'ed that there are no jobs. But maybe they should really look around. Stop being tools. Start really thinking for themselves and see that regardless of the rhetoric it's not one party or the other that is the problem but instead it is those that have the power AND the money and prefer to pad their own bottom line instead of doing what was expected of them.
In the mean time we look forward to total gridlock in Washington as the Republicans seemingly don't get why they were elected (i.e get jobs not revenge, oh and making sure a kid can go see a doctor is actually a good thing) and the Democrats are totally lost. I fear the next two years will be nothing but one party trying desperately to kill off the other. Compromise? Not likely from either side and it has been stated as an absolute "NO" from at least one. Wonderful.
Ah well enough non tech ranting. I'm back and I'll be posting more soon.
Peace.
