Priorities

There seems to be a lack of priorities in Washington these days. Congress and the President are busy hyping their Health Care Plan. Is that where the government's priority should be at this point in time? I hardly think so. The first priority should be the economy. Putting people back to work. We hear much of the Government's stimulus plan, but where are the results? The government reports jobs created or saved, but who can count them? The unemployment rate continues to increase. The government seems to think that the only to solve a problem is to throw money at it. Money, I might add, it doesn't have. When the government creates a job, it is another job on the government payroll. Jobs without a profit incentive are inherently inefficient. The kind of jobs that are needed produce goods and services. Private sector jobs do this, government jobs do not. The new health care plan if passed is to be a private company owned and operated by the government. The government has proven that it cannot operate a business. Just look at the example of the United States Postal Service and Amtrack. The continuous increase in unemployment benefits will continue to fuel unemployment rate to some degree. I assure you that currently there are people being coached on how to receive the maximum amount of benefits with the minimum amount of effort. Lifestyles are being downsized to live on this additional government "benefit" not only for the short term but forever. The government reason for not addressing this problem must be that the problem is either too difficult to solve or that unpopular measures are needed to solve the problem. By concentrating on health care, real problems such as the economy are not addressed. Indeed, where should the priorities be?