Capitol Hill in a Bubble

I remember when I was a little girl that Bill the Vegetable Man would drive through our neighborhood twice a week in his beat-up pickup truck. The back would be piled high with all types of vegetables-from luscious tomatoes to (ugh) turnips- that he had grown on his small farm. He would drive slowly through the streets, honking his horn, and the housewives would come out to see what looked especially appetizing that day. My feeling is that the Bill’s of that time don’t exist much in this time. When I go to the store I rarely see local produce; much of it comes from another country. We have become a nation where we depend on others outside of our borders for much of what we need. Tom DeWeese, of the American Policy Center (americanpolicy.org) and Chuck Harder from TalkStarRadio discuss this very thing. What they say is that we no longer have a value-added economy. And DeWeese also says that we either move toward self-sufficiency in this country or we will continue to move in a downward spiral. Click here to listen to this podcast. Oh, he also adds this tidbit: The people in Washington react to sound bytes and polls- not to the facts. Really?!?

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