Time to Move Forward America... We have work to do!

It has been a long time since my last blog. During that time I have completed my course on Governance, and I am getting ready to wrap up two more courses by the end of November. There has been a hurricane... not in my state of Florida but in an area of the country that had no idea of what to expect AND we have had an election during which BILLIONS of dollars was spent by various parties and organizations trying to buy influence in Washington.

Ordinarily I would consider myself to be "ANTI-Political." In fact, I was brought up in a house that believed that politics, religion, and a woman's age and weight were things better left as conversations in the privacy of your own home. However, after reflecting on the last comment that my Governance teacher gave me on my final reflection... she told me, "I am not sure how politically involved you are, but when you get your own school, and I know you will soon, I hope yours will be a voice for change" and the fact that the media kept touting the obscene amounts of money being spent on the various campaigns across the country... I could not help but speak up!

Now I have no intention of bashing either candidate. You see, I believe that both candidates truly believe that the vision they were sharing with the American people COULD work, that their policies would benefit THE people, and that CHANGE was needed. My major objection with this presidential campaign, and all the races for the various senate, house, governor positions as well as all those local offices being sought throughout our nation is this... WHY would companies/ people pay MILLIONS even BILLIONS of dollars to get a candidate elected, unless they thought they were going to get something in return?

Worse... WHY would the American people continue to allow this to happen when those millions and billions of dollars could have better been spent on educating our young people and helping our seniors? It is time to quit arguing across party lines, it is time to quit putting personal agendas before public interest. I spent the last 5 weeks in a class examining the issues related to social justice and what I have seen in the last several weeks of this campaign are sickening. Our country is destined to fail if Americans can not find some common ground. It is time to move forward America and if the leaders in Washington can not move past the petty bickering and come to a consensus that is good for America, then it is time we get rid of them. We have work to do, let's get to it!