Taxes and Solutions

Taxes, taxes, taxes.

Obama seems to be enduring some heat from the Republican party these days. If you haven't been hearing about budgets and deficits, government spending and taxes, then you must live under a rock.

As part of the future generation to lead our country, I feel it is incredibly important for those in power to do something about the debt that has been acquired throughout this financially devastating time for our country. I imagine telling my children years down the road about what it was like to live through the "Great Recession." What I don't want is to still be worrying about job security or living with the fear of continuous tax increases or our nation's debt.

While Republicans continue to fight the idea of more government as a solution to our financial crisis, Democrats defend themselves by stating that it's not more government, but government fulfilling it's role in securing our nation's financial security in the future. Word from the White House is that we shouldn't expect much in terms of plans for improving the deficit. But the fact is: Obama is the only person in the position to do something about this crisis. And something HAS to be done. The Democrats would rather leave debts and deficits up to the Republicans, but why can't we just agree on the small changes that could make the difference between progress and "kicking the can down the road" and leaving this problem up to future generations?