More Change Poem by my Words my song

Obama’s campaign slogan.

Well change is slow in coming in the political arena, and may never happen for the so called middle class and lower either. Not significant measurable change, like what needs to happen during these still recessed days of this nation. We bail out numerous corporations whom have seemingly gone back to their squandering ways, there are new credit card scams cropping up with pay vendors whom are linked with banks, and the list goes on. So my question is why does Washington still waste so much money on things like pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving?

Some ridiculous tradition of picking some turkey from some other state, mind you; flying it to Washington, bedding it in a five star hotel overnight and for what? Just to be ‘pardoned’ the next day as the nation’s way of recognizing Thanksgiving! Stop wasting money on that foolishness. Then you have the christmas tree being flown in from some other state to serve as the nation’s recognization of Christmas. All these silly, costly traditions at the expense of the taxpayers whom simply can’t afford extravaganze for the sake of show.

I thought this presidential administration in this country of America was about real change. Well, in my opinion ‘real’ change starts with the fundamental dismantling of unnecessary costly traditions performed by this nation. The argument may be of sentimental value for a lot of folks to continue these muldane practices, but who really benefits from it? Certainly not the taxpayer who has to work everyday, and therefore will probably miss one of these ceremonial blips anyway. If we are in such financial straits why is Washington still wasting money? Why is it that it seems to be so much energy put towards so much that has so little to do with so many? We had all better wake up before this government bankrupts us all. I’m not just talking about the current administration i’m talking about this style of goverment period. People that are already poor don’t have much to lose.