The article, "Scoppe: Government has to make choices families, business do not", was written by the associate editor Cindi Ross Scoppe and posted on South Carolina's "TheState.com." The Audience is anyone who has a stake in the choices that state legislature makes on what to do with the economy as it is. She draws parallels between national and state spending, saying that the national budget has an advantage because it can go into debt.
Her writing is quite interesting; it lays out the many options we have. I believe the main point that is attempted to be conveyed is the fact that there are no good decisions here. We have gotten to the point in debate where we have separated the rational from the irrational and the possible from the impossible. Now that we know what the possible options are for us, we can focus on the matter of choosing precisely what to do in this time of economic crisis. Which, brings me to the main point of the article, there is no good choice. We are at a fork in the road at every legislative piece, one way leading to a pro and a con while the opposing road leads to the exact same. Every choice that the state government makes from here on out will have a sacrifice. Do we gamble or play it safe? Should we stick with options that we can back out of, or get stuck in a bill that was by all means a shot at the moon? Should the working man, as a single entity, take a bullet, or should it sacrifice the weak? But, the latter is not so obvious, because it is the weak that drive the country and this would leave us with not only a bitter taste but the obvious human toll in its wake. Giving money to people who cannot afford to save it is very important, but means nothing if they are spending it all on their mortgage and debt's interest, and still going into further debt. There are no right answers, but there are certainly wrong answers; and, our country hingest on not hitting one of these 'land mines'. We have to tip toe, one unwise decision can make everything fall through. Everything is tied together, one failure will inevitably lead to more. This article is quite scary!
