I used to enjoy political conventions. Hearing all the speakers. Getting excited to hear about change in bad times or planning for our children’s future in good times. 

As I get older I realize it is the same talk over and over again. No real lasting change once they get into office. Plenty of acknowledging the present but no planning for the future. All of them will lower our taxes and increase our benefits (basic Third Grade math will tell you that is not possible).  

Don’t get me wrong, I still have hope. I still hope that one day someone will step up and say… 

“I know it is tough right now. America is not competitive in the world marketplace. People who came to this country for jobs and opportunity now stay in their own county as the jobs have been exported there.  We need those jobs and the people back. We must learn to build our country…no, rebuild our country to compete in the world marketplace. Not as enforcers of peace, but ambassadors of a free market society.

We must re-learn self-sufficiency. Not rely on other countries for our basic needs such as food and fuel. Free Trade? Of course.  But never rely on other countries for our basic needs and livelihood. Furthermore, free trade works both ways. And never at the expense of our people and our workers. We will not trade with countries that do not accept our goods or so heavily tax them thereby reducing the balance of trade. 

Lastly, we must make sure that this does not ever happen again. We must place a priority on education and our children’s future. Cutting educational programs is not saving money; it is costing us a thousand times more in the future. Our future inventors, political figures, and entrepreneurs all go through the school system that has grossly failed them in recent years. Education needs to be a right…not an option.” 

The next few years are going to be tough. I am not going to tell you I am going to lower taxes, because I am not. I am going to tell you that every American, every American, is going to feel the crunch over the next few years as we right this ship and set us back on a course that leads to self sufficiency and economic stability. We are all in this together and we all must correct it. The good news is when we are done we will be stronger than we have ever been – that is the country we will hand our kids.” 

Of course, this fictional person would never get voted in. Matter of fact, they would never make it to the convention.

Too bad. I would vote for them.