Hopefully Americans will wake up

Unfortunately, therein lies the problem with Cain’s logic.

Is the American politic system broke? You bet. Does it need a major overhaul? Absolutely. Are Democrats partially to blame. You bet they are.

However, Cain is only seeing half the picture. Of course, when you wear rose-colored Republican glasses, what more can you expect?

The Republicans are equally to blame for the current economic mess we are in. You could easily make a case they are more responsible. I don’t care what yackers like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and the like preach to their blind followers on a daily basis. They have their Kool-Aid drinking base, but if we are ever going to change the way things are done politically in this country then we have to go outside the Democrat-Republican two-party box which has trapped politics as we know it.

The obvious choice is the Libertarian Party which has long advocated tax reform, both at the local and national levels, long before it became the popular cause for talk show hosts to take up. Libertarians have been preaching about tax reform for years, decades even, but who has been listening?

What’s amusing — and a little pathetic when you boil it down —is to hear Republicans across the country try and take the lead for tax reform. How long have they had to institute change? How much longer do they deserve to bring about change?

I say their time has run out. The same goes for Democrats who have never been accused of being the taxpayers’ best friends. Enough is enough. When will voters stop sending the same candidates from the same parties back local, state and national seats?

With an open governor’s race in Georgia next year, voters in the Peachstate have a great chance to send a message about politics as usual. John Monds is campaigning as a Libertarian and would shake up the state and nation if he were sent to Atlanta.

I won’t go into all the details of his platform — you can see that on his website— but rest assured if you are concerned about your tax dollars being wasted, Monds if your candidate. If you are concerned about individual freedom, Monds is without a doubt the best candidate.

Georgians have a chance to let politicians know that citizens in this state are no longer going to take just whatever crumbs are handed to them. It would be the first step in a true voter revolution and one that is so desperately needed in our state and country.

Electing Monds as governor of Georgia would do so much for the hard-working taxpayers who rightfully have been pushed too far. It would send a message louder and stronger than any number of Teaparties would.

Yet, if you continue to vote for candidates belonging to parties who only talk about change, then you will get what you deserve. The choice is yours. It’s time to start doing your homework for the 2010 election. It’s too important not to.

Chris Bridges is an editor with Mainstreet Newspapers. E-mail comments about this column to chris@mainstreetnews.com.