I don’t know about you? I’m sick and tired of our elected officials in Congress wasting our time and money on grandstanding. Calling press conferences and all night meetings that they know it will go nowhere.

I’m not sure if it is President Bush or the Congress that is out of touch with the American people and what their jobs are. We have the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi flying all over the world in her government own jet, acting like she is the new President of the United States. When she needs to be running the day to day business of the House. There are Officials on both sides of the isle that are behaving like two year olds that need a good old fashion spanking.

We the American people did not vote out the last Congress because of the war; it was for the wasteful spending of the taxpayer money and then not dealing with any of the hard issues. Taking more time off than an actor going though rehab, raising their pay and not caring about making sure the tax cuts stay for the working middle class. Taking their junkets on our dimes to countries around the world as we here at home find ways to save money for gas.

The approval rating for the Congress is under the President’s rating and the news over looks it. The time has come for us to make a stand as American citizens. Most of us reading or hearing this would like a smaller government and one where the people have more control over it.

Here is what I think we should do.

First, shrink the Congress down to one Senator and Two Representatives per each State. This would save more then 84 million dollars in payroll. This does not include their staff, security, and bills and set up term limits for the congress.

Second, let the American people vote in Government officials pay raise. I know of no other job that lets you set your own rate.

Third, Let each state pay for their own Federal Congressman.

Fourth, If they can’t come up with a new way to fund Social Security, then they should be taken off their plan and put on Social Security. I beat they would come up with a fix in two hours if that would happen.

Fifth, let the President have line item veto and all the earmarks that are put into a bill marked with whom wrote it. So the voters can see what their elected Officials are doing on the hill.

Sixth, if we really want to be radical and change the Union, just as a business would if it was losing money, consolidate the company. How could we do this, you ask? Start with taking West Virginia and moving it back to Virginia. Then merge the Carolinas and the Dakotas into one state. If this plan worked, we could look at taking Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut and form it into a new state call New England.

I know that this is to radical for most, just thinking about it. If a business was in debt and was not trying to fix it, the government would run them up to the hill and ask why. Who is asking the government why they are not fixing American’s debt?