scottish mickey's debut blog

to quote Pink Floyd... "is there anybody out there?" As I watch the various news sources today discussing Obama appointees and and shake my head at how many of them are tax evasionsists, it made me wonder...why do we generally elect wealthy attorneys to the most important offices in government? Does the vast majority of the voting public really feel these folks have much in common with us? I mean, really, do most of us have coffee or a cold one with wealthy attorneys on a regular basis? At church or at a ball game... do we usually sit by a wealthy attorney? Not me. And this is not a shot at attorneys... as I know many and they for the most part are good people. But when it comes to voting and candidates we usually vote for people that really can't relate to our lives much at all. yet we expect them to help make our own individual lives better? What is wrong with this picture? From state representatives, to Governors, to congresspeople, to the President... thay all have big staffs that are paid with our hard earned tax dollars. These staff memebers should be the smart attorneys...not the chadidates themself. let's face it... usually, for most Americans, the only time we would talk to wealthy attorneys is if we are in trouble or if we had experienced something extraordinary. Have we gotten to the point that we are now prisoners of the 2 party system and have been beaten down to the point where a good common person isn't worthy to hold elected office? I mean take Joe the Plumber... now we know he isn't even a true plumber and his name isn't Joe... but the myth of Joe the Plumber struck a chord in America. And what happened to Joe the Plumber? The media and the left political machine could not wait to tear him down. and why? he owed some taxes? Is it logical that we swear in cabinet member to run the IRS who owed $34,000 in back taxes? Is it logical that our new president wanted to name Tom Daschle to run health care in America though he owed over $100,000 in taxes? But ... Joe the Plumber became public enemy #1 because he owed under $2,000 in taxes? If you are a wealthy attorney it is OK and easily forgivable to be a tax evasionist ... yet if you are Joe the Plumber you get crucified in the media? I , personally think we need some Plumbers in washington. What is a plumber's job? To make sure the crap goes away and to get the crap out of the way. Seems to me we have a lot of crap in state houses and Washington and perhaps some good plumbers should replace some wealthy attorneys in elected office and our country would smell a lot better!