Responce to: The debt deal: Disaster averted, decline straight ahead

An open letter to Matt Miller of the Washington Post concerning his piece The debt deal:  Disaster averted, decline straight ahead: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-debt-deal-disaster-averted-decline-straight-ahead/2011/07/31/gIQAWPaCmI_story.html

Dear Mr. Miller,

Thank you for pointing out the obvious (not too mention the total hypocrisy of the two parties that rule) to the American people:

Yes – “the Paul Ryan budget plan (that Republicans overwhelmingly supported) would add $5 trillion in red ink over the next decade”

Yes – “Washington will do nothing more to boost jobs and growth”

Yes – this supposed “deal” would trim “less than 6 percent from federal spending that is already slated to increase (by 63%) from $3.6 trillion to $5.7 trillion by 2021”

Yes – the “deal” will “allow $7 trillion to be added to the deficit over the next decade”

Yes – the “deal” allows congress to “disapprove” future hikes but still allows those hikes to occur

Yes – the “deal” leaves entitlements alone which means our problems will continue to grow

Yes – you are so correct that this is simply “perfect blend of policy punt and political ploy” that “averted disaster only to double down on decline”

And finally, yes, as you say the “only sane agenda (is) — more tax cuts and spending stimulus in the near term, coupled with much more deficit reduction in the long term”

However, Mr. Miller, where you are 100% wrong is when you say “If you’re convinced people have more appetite for these truths than our “leaders” believe, now would be a good time to sign up for Americans Elect’s online nominating convention to put an independent ticket on the ballot that offers an alternative to these continuing charades.”

As you should know this is nothing more than another farce brought to you by the same people who created Unity08. They are NOT a political Party and therefore can NOT offer a true alternative to our two party system. They are a fraud. How can some group who claims to take a member of one bad party mixed with another from the opposite also bad party, create something good? If I scramble one rotted egg with another rotted egg, you still will get sick and die from Salmonella!

The ONLY real alternative is America’s third largest political party - the Libertarian Party (http://www.lp.org/) - which has been around for almost 40 years successfully electing people to office. This is the only party that truly stands for less government and more freedom!