When I was in high school a classmate and I were walking in front of a line of stores. The pharmacy had a metal two sided sign hanging about eight foot above the sidewalk. He suddenly leaped up and gave it a karate chop, breaking a bone in his hand. Six weeks later he got the cast off and as we walked under that same sign he did the same thing with the same result. It was my first experience with “Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.” I think I learned that lesson from his pain but why do so many people keep doing the same stupid things? We keep electing the same candidates with the same insane goals they know can not or should not happen. Examples are former President George Bush campaigned against raising the income tax former President Bill Clinton was using to balance the budget and pay off the National Debt. He said he could cut the taxes and get more revenue. He cut taxes and the deficit took off again. Former President Donald Trump cut taxes as he promised and the deficit ballooned even more.

We elect people who say they are going to help us but they increases the debt. Getting re-elected is more important to them than doing the hard work. The social media CEOs were just in front of an “angry Senate committee.” The CEOs pledged to cut their involvement with kids; so the Senate will create another committee to look into it which means the matter will quietly die. Why? This is the second time they assembled with the same result.

I know Gary learned a painful lesson about hitting a sign but Americans keep hitting the sign when they should know the result will hurt. To reduce the National Debt, we heed people who know a substantial increase in taxes now is critical.