Recently I heard on the radio another discussion about the impending demise of the Social Security System. You just said to yourself, “Self, so what’s new?” This time the discussion was different because it used the term “Legislative Year”.
Once I figured out what was meant by “Legislative Year” I realized that 50% may be good in baseball but, when it comes to national politics, 50% stinks. Please allow me to explain...
The Talking Head told me that a “Legislative Year” was a year in which members of Congress attempt to pass laws and address the Hard Issues. The opposite of a “Legislative Year” was an “Election Year” which is a year in which members of Congress do not do anything to rock the boat because they might not get re-elected.
Do you see the problem? There is a National Election every other year because we have … a Presidential Election Year and two years later we have a Mid-Term Election Year.
In any “Election Year” our elected U.S. Representatives and Senators are averse to taking action on any volatile issues. Social Security is a fine example of a volatile issue. I don’t have to get my calculator to figure out that half the time (every other year) our elected representative are waiting for the next year to even give the impression that they are Statesmen.
What do they do during those “Election Years”? You got it. They spend all their time trying to trick us into thinking that they deserve our vote so they might do what needs to be done … Next Year.
Would I kid u?
