Social Security and Big Business

I do not think that anyone is very happy that the Social Security Administration spent some $700,000 on an Arizona get-away, in their words, a motivational management conference.

To me, this type of mindless expenditure for a bankrupt section of the US Government only makes me want to know MORE about other areas of our public arena and their “costs” of doing business in the best interest of Main Street USA.

The Executive Branch has definitely been spending more money than any other administration for being so young. I think that President Obama has appointed more new positions, more new envoys, more new advisors, more new czars than any of his predecessors. (I may be wrong, and, if so, please let me know.)

Along with each of these new positions are attached “budgets” so that they may be able to operate. That would include offices, staff, travel, etc., etc.

Now, more than ever, I want to see Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, make good on her expense transparency statement and allow Main Street USA see how each and every member of the House spends what they are allocated.

The US Senate must do likewise.

Our United States Government is, indeed, becoming much much bigger.

And the proposed health reform will only multiply that, considerably.

One of the most pressing problems facing this monstrous growth is oversight.

Thus, more than just being able to view and dissect these expenses, I believe that our officials need to be fully accountable to the American people for what they spend.

If an expense is deemed elaborate or frivolous or, shall I say, not in the best interests of Main Street USA, the person responsible should be required to pay back every cent of the expense.

And any repeat offenders should be booted from the Hill and lose their precious pension, be they Democrat, Republican or Independent.

If the US Government can and does demand such from the private sector, then the opposite must be true, for Abraham Lincoln summed it up best by declaring that this is a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

And that means in the best interests of Main Street USA, not the elected/appointed officials on Capitol Hill.

I can only hope that President Barack Obama holds his chiefs accountable “to the people” for what many consider lavish spending in these uncertain times. And he should be starting with the Social Security Commissioner.

Over for Now,

Main Street One