I think that ‘Common Sense’ has abandoned our governments. One example was announced yesterday when five major multi-billion dollar banks reached an agreement with 49 States to compensate people who lost houses during the foreclosure caused by the banks and other mortgage businesses. It was a good deal for the banks who the government saved from failing and who now are back to raking in billions of dollars of profits. Critics of the agreement say the deal was small change to pay for the profits they are making on consumers. Supporters of the deal say it will provide some small relief for the many who suffer lost of homes or are facing foreclosure now.

That was yesterday. Today the Governor announced that a good portion of the money to Wisconsin will not go to victims of the housing crisis but to the State to help balance the budget from an unexpected deficit. The deficit is due to lack of taxes collected.

Now about a year ago the Governor with the legislators gave major tax breaks to rich and big businesses. Although they raised some taxes on the poor, it was not nearly enough to cover the tax breaks. So now he are taking money that should go to the poor, working and middle class that suffered the most in the housing crisis and giving it to the State who will be using it to balance the money lost with the tax cuts for rich. This might be called ‘social engineering’ but certainly it is not Common Sense.

Democrats and Republican are responsible for the same lack of common sense. The new health system, like the old health system, is still based on what is profitable for health and insurances business not on the health of the nation.

Examples of lack of Common Sense abound. Sometimes we hear and see so much that makes no Common Sense we start to believe it. Where did Common Sense go?

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