How to fix it.

It seems that many people are arguing back and forth right now on how to fix... well, everything. People are arguing over budget cuts on both state and federal levels. Bickering back and forth about how entitlements need to be cut and the rich need to be taxed while leaving the poor alone. The truth is, we all need to give on some things.

You cannot fix the economic crisis by strictly cutting programs that support the less fortunate. You cannot fix the economic crisis by just taxing the rich. We have to bring in money from people that can afford it as well as cut spending wherever you can. It's no different than running your household, just on a larger scale.

If you don't have the money coming in, you do your best not to spend more than you have. However, when things get tough, you also don't pull money from the budget which is used to feed your child, who cannot feed themselves, in order to go out and buy a gun. So how do we fix this?

I would like to bring this point to anyone that is willing to listen. Back during WWII, what did we do when we ended up in a war and were on the brink of being broke?

We, first of all, banded together and united as a country. Factories and other resources almost immediately converted to manufacture whatever items were necessary to help with the war effort. People started donating scrap and buying war bonds if they could. Everyone took some losses where they had to and stepped up to fill in the gaps here at home, by giving more, either of themselves or what they could afford monetarily.

So what's the point of all this? The point is this, while the government made some changes and put into place some rules and regulations, people did what they had to do. People, as a whole, didn't need to be forced into doing these things with years of arguments. Like it or not everyone knew what had to be done and did what they could to get through it. We focused strictly on the problem (WWII) and directed all our resources and energy into fixing it. We worked together, made some changes and got through it as a country, not a political party who had the "right answer". While we can't just turn our backs on everything else going on in the world, we could use that type of effort to get passed our economic issues.

We can make some reductions in the entitlements and defense budgets to help get this country back on track. That does mean we will need to do things like, help the families that are in trouble now, spend some money to rebuild our country and create jobs, get our corporations to pay taxes and follow regulations, because it's in the best interest of everyone, not just Democrats or the poor. No one is going to be left out of the "fix". We are all going to give up a little something and hopefully gain a little something. Sacrifice will not be completely endured by one party or the other.

We need to look to our past and learn from our ancestors. They made it through some of the toughest times, without the tools, technology and nationwide unity (or communication) we have today. There is no reason we cannot get through some of these things, even easier than past generations have, if we could just stop fighting and start working together. I'll give up some things, if you will.