Boiling The Frog

It would be easy to compare American citizens to the “frog in the pot”.

Over the past few years, the heat has been slowly cooking us.  During the Obama reign, the heat has been turned up, but not enough for all the frogs to exit the pot.  Now, with Republicans “in charge” of the house and the Senate, the heat may be turned down a bit.

All of this begs the question, “Will the Republicans turn off the heat, or just continue to boil us at a lower temperature”?

Fear of Obama and Reid gave the Senate to Republicans.  It wasn’t because America adores the GOP.  Still, they have an opportunity to defend our liberty.  While my optimism in that regard does not abound, I am hopeful… prayerful.

I agree with those who suggest we should give the newly elected majority a chance to prove themselves, despite their previous performance.  Really, what other choice do we have?  We could do as the Republican leadership did to the efforts of Senator Ted Cruz, and sabotage them before they even get started.  That doesn’t seem like the best coarse of action.  Even though they don’t seem to be off to a roaring start, let’s not rush to judgment.  Perhaps they will rise to the occasion.

We should not lose focus of the real issues as the flurry of political sound bites begin to fly.  The objectives should be to REDUCE debt, CUT spending and STOP government growth.  Things like tax cuts, eliminating regulation, repeal (without replace) ObamaCare and ending the Federal takeover of education can’t be ignored.  Republicans will… and should… be judged by how well they perform on these issues.

Republicans are in a position to re-gain the trust of American taxpayers.  This is now their game to lose.  If they are not successful in turning off the heat and restoring our liberties, there will be a lot of frogs jumping out of the pot!