Cindi Ross Scoppe is an associate editor at The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina. She wrote an article in the Opinion section of this paper on January 22, 2009 entitled Scoppe: Government has to make choices families and businesses don't. The article was written to to make the average citizen aware even though comparisons have been made between the government and families or businesses in this day and age it is no longer a correct comparison.
Families only have to worry about and provide for a few. The government has to provide for a nation or the state in which it represents. The government has to raise funds to run the country or state and in this time of need it is extremely important to figure out where these funds should come from without hurting families and businesses.
In my opinion the government needs to stop wasting money! There needs to be accountability for all these companies who have been bailed out by the government. Jobs, education, and health care should be the number one priority. The government needs to stop business as usual and put it's citizens first. I'm not sure how it will happen but it has to.
