Back when I was a grade schooler, (and yes, I can remember back that far) when we felt that we had been treated unfairly in an athletic contest, it was permitted to request a “Do-Over”.  While it might not be granted by your opponent, it usually was, and hard feelings or worse were avoided.  Well now, seeing the direction this country is headed, I think it’s time for a massive do-over.  We have allowed things to happen which never should have, and we are now seeing the results of our inattention. 

First and foremost of these actions is when we allowed the United States Congress to exempt themselves from the measures they imposed on the rest of us.  From retirement plans to medical care, they are completely insulated from whatever happens to Social Security or Medicare, programs in which their constituents are forced to belong.  Then, the so-called “Civil Servants” (an oxymoron if there ever was one) were allowed to unionize and they too exempted themselves through their union contracts from having to belong to those “onerous” programs as well.

Then there is the matter of compensation and benefits.  The average civil servant is far better paid than his “civilian” counterpart for comparable tasks.  They can’t be arbitrarily disciplined or fired, either.  In fact it is almost impossible to get rid of a unionized civil servant.  Many teachers, for example, spend their entire work week reading, doing crossword puzzles, or watching television in lounges because they have been judged incompetent to do the job they were hired for, but can’t be fired.

More disgraceful is the fact that a low level paper pusher in Washington, DC makes vastly more money than a person serving in our military, whose families frequently qualify for food assistance due to their level of income.  Is this fair?  Ask the families of the thirteen individuals who just made the ultimate sacrifice on the front lines in Kabul.  It’s a disgrace.

So, maybe the results of the upcoming second (or third if you count the Civil War in the mix) American Revolution should include making all Americans equal, with the:                                     

“Unalienable Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”.

Every elected or appointed official, and every government worker should be subject to the same rules and programs that are inflicted on the average American Citizen.  If that were the case, perhaps politicians would be more careful about how they spent the nations money, and Civil Servants would be more courteous to those who help pay their salary.

Before this country goes any further down the rathole the politicians on both sides of the aisle have placed it in, it’s definitely time for a massive “Do-Over”.  Only those who benefit from the present system will disagree with that concept, and there are more of US than there are of them.