2013
As we peer into society’s future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without asking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.
Sometimes, in fact many times, we can learn from the past. More often than not we ignore that advantage. The most guilty of this are politicians who find that promises equal votes and despite their protests to the contrary, nothing, not even placing our very future at risk matters more than votes. But politicians are not the real guilty party. It is we the people who choose to ignore the consequences of false promises and who vote based only on our special interests or short-term goals.
Who said the above words over fifty words ago? Keep reading and recall that today we are spending $5 for every $4 in federal taxes collected. We have accumulated massive debt, the U.S. standing in the world has declined and our politicians are focused only on the best interests of their party, not America and certainly not you.
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation
January 17, 1961
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