The Table of Common Sense

2-18-2025

The Table of Common Sense

All of this political infighting is ignoring the obvious. In our country we have a tidal wave of ideas and positions on just about everything and it is up to us to bring to the table those common sense solutions that benefit the nation as a whole.

It doesn’t matter whether you are political active or swing to the left or to the right. What does matter is that you hear all sides to every argument and consider what is best. If you get your information from social media be aware of the social media influencers. If it’s main stream media that has your attention consider that not all sources are credible. And if it’s talk radio it’s anybody’s guess?

Politicians tend to demonize their political opponents in order to sway voters, yet it is up to individual voters to educate themselves on the issues of the day as well as on the stand held by politicians. Pay particular attention to the promises made during campaigns and measure them against the promises kept after being elected. Politicians must hold themselves accountable to their constituents and never forget that they represent the entire citizenry of their city, state or country Irregardless of political affiliation. Let me say here that “those who can – do” and “those who can’t – use insults and name calling” in particular when they bring nothing to the Table of Common Sense.

Our nation has been on life support for the past fourteen years, if not longer. It’s normal for politicians to battle it out on the floors of congress and in the oval office, and then go hangout together over wine, women and song. So what has changed?

The invention of the internet, social media and main stream media taking sides politically the line between truth and fiction has been blurred by insinuations and outright lies, so much so that it is hard for the average person to know when lines have been crossed.

One of President Trump’s very first campaign promises in 2015 “I will drain the swamp in D.C.” is now happening right before our very eyes. A bloated government, full of massive waste and abuse, coupled with congressional outlandish and seemingly unlimited spending is placing our nation on the verge of bankruptcy. We’ve always known it was there and every president since John F. Kennedy has tried unsuccessfully to bring it under control because they were not successful businessmen with a vision for American greatness.

When President Trump announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) everyone laughed and mocked him. But now that the DOGE team under the leadership of Elon Musk, (creator of PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla) is being vehemently protested and opposed as fraud, waste, abuse and even theft are being uncovered in almost every government sector still everyone is not on board with DOGE which is basically a presidentially commissioned audit of the Executive Branch. DOGE working under the direction of the president, and with congressional oversight very rock and stone is uncovered, looking into the deep crevices behind these government institutions which to date has never been done.

Trump’s goal is to shrink the size of government, turn each agency into a more efficient one and stop this unnecessary and often un-American wasteful spending meant to disrupt other nations at US taxpayer expense.

Members of congress have to make individual and collective choices to join the effort to reform government spending or to resist. The implications of resisting DOGE indicate possible complicit by knowingly allowing or active involvement in systematically robbing the US treasury.

To avoid even the implications of wrongdoing why are elected members of congress not joining in this effort to root it out? Stepping up to the Table of Common Sense and barnstorming alongside other members of congress and the presidential audit team (DOGE) is a better way to insure that the interests of American citizens are best served.

Americans must understand that the findings of DOGE when presented to President Trump must be codified by congress and then signed into law by the president. Entire agencies can and must be closed up and shuttered when their functions duplicate other agencies functions or have become obsolete.

Legislators who rail against DOGE and/or President Trump without having given their best effort in the interests of the citizens they represent do those citizens a disservice. They claim to have a better way, but fail to present their case meaningfully.

In example, “President Trump is trying to shut down government by using DOGE” and “We will not sign Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, which will then shut down government”, as expressed by the spokesperson for congressional democrats in congress, makes absolutely no sense, does it?

What makes sense is for Americans to see the transparency of the results of DOGE’s actions, $B of wasteful spending on un-American programs or ideas that do not represent American ideas to help other people should be encouraged by every taxpaying American citizen, whether in the public or private sector, instead of being met with nonsense protest rallies.

You may be the problem if you are not the solution and you cannot be the solution unless you step up to the Table of Common Sense. – RTM