Time is Running Out.

With each passing day it becomes more apparent to me that having faith in our government to find real solutions to the significant challenges we face in this country is misplaced at best, dangerous at worst. The poiticians of our two party system definitely seem to be more interested in how the party will be perceived at the next election than they are about helping fix the mess we are in. W need  pragmatic solutions not political ones. We can't count on the political apparatus in Washington to harm their chances of reelection by making real hard choices. And, unfortunately to many of our "think tanks" seem to have chosen sides and can not be counted on to stand above politics and advance well researched solutions that can work for the good of the country and its citizens.  While I am not a policy wonk I have spent a number of years working in the public policy arena. Good solutions are never simple or easy. Someone's ox is always gored at least a little.
Would like to use this space as a place where pragmatic solutions to domestic problems can be explored in an apolitical way. What do we do about the budget mess? What about health care costs? What about Education? Bankrupt states? How do you get anyone in Washington to listen?