Recession. National debt. Bankruptcy. War. World disaster.

People of America unite. We worked, played, spent and enjoyed the fruits of being employed. Recession hit, jobs were cut, unemployment compensation keeps a few of us going. Small business owners drained savings accounts and the fruit jar buried in the back yard, hoping to survive.

This is all old news, isn’t it? I feel our elected government officials in Washington, D.C., and all state elected government officials, would give this idea a try. How about you lay yourselves off. Sign up for unemployment compensation and endure the “waiting period” before benefits are paid.

When you get your first check, be sure to catch up on the bills that so graciously awaited payment, too. Then stock up on groceries at one of those grocery outlet stores. Oh, and fill the gas tank on your personal vehicles with some of that money.

Easy? No sweat? Yah, uh-huh. Be sure to help out those family members with kids who can’t make the house payment, because they opted to pay the doc, grocery store and utility company.

Analyze these numbers, get scared, lose sleep, your home, car, and then look at the money leaving the USA via your decisions.

And look at how many attorneys are elected officials. How many of those are litigators? Now … lay yourselves off, draw unemployment (until you cut it off) and use your lost salary to pay for your own mistakes. Close the borders and bring home our troops.

Use our armed forces to thin the herd of those unwilling to work. Remove the gangs from existence. Back up our law enforcement.

Put the Corps of Engineers on call for FEMA disasters. The disasters our great country has going. How in God’s name can you spend in other countries and neglect those who voted you into office?

How about you “Dance with the one who brung ya!”

– Glenn Jenkins