Where Did All the Common Sense Go?

Whatever happened to common sense? I suppose it's always been there, lurking around the corner, in the halls of the U.S. Capitol Building or the White House. It just seems our elected officials chose to ignore it at some point. They put it on a shelf and said, "We have better ways of doing things now." Are politicians in Washington, D.C. somehow smarter than the rest of us? Granted, they may have their fancy degrees from Yale and Harvard, but does that mean they really know how to run a country? They seem to be running the country into the ground, that's for sure. No disrespect to those Ivy League institutions, but can one of their alums effectively relate to an average American who's trying to make an honest living and feed a family? I mean really. Many members of Congress have never run so much as a business. Here in the Ozarks, we may not have the highest percentage of Ph.D. graduates. Yet, we have some of the hardest-working individuals you will find anywhere. The seventh congressional district of Missouri is among the most conservative areas in the United States. Ironically, we still have one of the healthiest economies in the entire country as well. We are weathering the bursting of the housing bubble, the rise in unemployment, and the downturn in retail sales, all with a lower tax burden than most other locales in the country. This just proves that hard work, determination, and perseverance trumps government bailouts anytime. Why can't our elected officials in Washington understand that? It's time to dust off the common sense that politicians put on the shelf too long ago. Give our country and the government back to the people. Take less from them, give them incentives to produce and spend, and the recession is over...plain and simple. It shouldn't take a law degree to understand that, or even a lobbyist to explain it. Politicians see only common "cents" these days, not common sense. We need more bold conservative voices in Congress. I'm ready to do my part! Wisdom for Congress...because Congress needs Wisdom!!