June 24th, 2014

Trust

[truhst] 

noun

1. Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.

2.

Confident expectation of something; hope.

3.

Confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.

4.

A person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.

5.

The condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.

The first thing I’d like to do is to define how an average person would begin to develop trust in someone or something?  Is it through actions, words, behavior over a period of time?  If that is the case than certainly anyone should be able to see how the administration in Washington has lost the trust of the very people they are elected to represent.  You must first understand that OUR representatives have been first campaigning to gain our trust through their words and certain behaviors.  But what happens next is where the issues lie.  The above mentioned politician (regardless of party) then begins to believe his own words.  He becomes a victim of himself.

 I believe it would be a correct assumption on my part to believe the average American citizen does more research when buying a refrigerator or car than they do in selecting a politician to support i.e. vote for.  The politician now so ingrained in himself continues to speak out about anything that will hit the headlines, many times or most times on subjects that Congress can or won’t do anything about.  What happens next you ask?  The person gets elected, enjoys extremely lavish tax payer amenities in Washington and has begun the process of looking out for his reelection.  Now anything they say is recorded, taped, copied somewhere and they must still repeat their campaign lines about changing the world and righting all of those wrongs.  Now he knows for sure he cannot fulfill any of his campaign promises because all of the other politicians are in the same boat.  From day one in office make no mistake they are only interested in getting elected once again.

Now what happens to the “trust” that “we the people” have instilled in that person?  It begins to become irrelevant and pushed aside for personal gain and aspirations.  Such is the case now with all 535 members of Congress and the President of OUR United States.  The trust in their actions, words, and behaviors has deteriorated to such point as we now have 2 sides against each other. 

Like I said earlier this is regardless of political affiliation.  They are at the point where what they say are lies and the longer and louder they say it they are sure the American people will believe it.  Both sides are guilty.  So what is the answer?  The answer is for all Americans to hold their respective elected officials accountable for their actions, words and behaviors.  The amount of resources available to us has grown tenfold from the old encyclopedia days in the library.  Take a stand, do your research, but above all, make sure the person name you are selecting on the ballot is worthy of YOUR trust!

That’s all I have to say about that.