Feeling Frustrated

Two years ago, we voted for Change. Change to the system, change of the current government system and a change to the ideals that the government in power was supposedly standing for.  What have we seen?

Health Care Reform that not many people supported. I do believe that President Obama believed that solving the Health Care Crisis would do much to alleviate the Economic woes in this country and I don't doubt that our soaring Health Care Costs and increasing number of un- and under-insured are a part of the reason our economy is in the mess it is in. Most Americans are very weary of this plan and are unsure how this will affect them. Will my taxes go up? Will my coverage go down?  I don't know and I haven't been able to find a good source of information about how this new program will affect my family.

An over $600 billion stimulus package that most Americans do not feel the benefits of. We see the construction signs on the side of the road, but few of us actually have anything to show for it; especially in our pocketbooks.  Instead, we continue to see a shrinking of the middle class and a widening gap between the "haves" and the "have nots."

It is very frustrating to me, as a life-long social liberal, fiscally central-liberal to watch this all play out. I am concerned by the lack of progress we have seen over the last 20 months.  Yet, I am also concerned about the so-called "Tea Party." This group claims to have no social agenda, yet many of their candidates when questioned support an extreme social agenda.  This does not seem to be a viable alternative to me.

My husband can close his social side and vote for what he considers more "fiscally responsible" candidates. I however; cannot. I cannot vote for someone who is pro-life, anti-gay marriage, and wants to remove evolution from school curriculum. I also cannot vote for someone who wants to continue to spend our hard-earned tax money on programs that just do not seem to be working.

So, here I sit 6 weeks from election day unsure where my loyalties lie. It is very frustrating.