From The Pilot

Out-of-control spending by our government is threatening our ­economic security. Printing our currency nonstop without gold backing is sure to set us on a path of double-digit inflation.

World nations are scoffing at the United States about the weak dollar, which is currently the world standard. Our nation, for the first time ever, might be losing its triple A credit rating due to huge deficit spending. The U.S. cannot continue on this pathway of economic destruction.

Special interest groups are becoming a larger influence on our politicians than their own constituents. Unions are given special consideration over the private ­sector. Lobbyists are hired by ­companies to go to Congress and arrange special deals for their employers. These back-room deals are on the taxpayers’ dollar.

The halls of Congress are turning into the small rooms of Congress. On a regular basis, corruption in politics at all levels is brought ­forward by the media. There have been multiple convictions and prison time given to politicians. Being a public servant has changed some lawmakers into a power-grab game job. Term limits would be a powerful deterrent against this type of behavior. The era of career politicians has to be stopped.

My voice will not be silenced, but I have to change my outrage into a reasonable course of action. Americans should peacefully reel back in politicians who have lost sense of what is important to U.S. citizens. Politicians should listen to their constituents, not to corrupt insiders.

Americans demand immediate action no matter which party they are affiliated with. After all, it is “We the people.”

Tony Boles

Carthage