Honesty in the Government

In my last post about our government I discussed the efficiency of the U.S. systems, but in light of my last post about honesty in the government, I thought I would take a second to talk about dishonesty in the government as well. Honestly, regardless of which side of the political line you're on, there's a huge amount of dishonesty. Republicans, Libertarians, or Democrats alike, they're almost always dishonest about something.

During the recent election, many lies were thrown across the board by both sides, here's just a few examples of some of the lies:

The American automobile industry has come roaring back…So now I want to say what we did with the auto industry, we can do it in manufacturing across America. Let’s make sure advanced, high-tech manufacturing jobs take root here, not in China. And that means supporting investment here. Governor Romney … invested in companies that were called ‘pioneers’ of outsourcing. I don’t want to outsource. I want to insource. - Barack Obama

He just throws out this statement with no backing. Whether or not Romney invested in these companies, doesn't mean he did it knowing they were trying to ship jobs over-seas. Men like Mitt Romney are more than likely to have someone who recommends these financial decisions to him. Especially in the midst of trying to win an election, he most likely had no time for doing research in to these companies.

On the other side there's lies coming from Romney that were quickly debunked.

Romney had said that Jeep was moving its production to China in an attempt to make them look bad, in which they quickly rebutted saying he was completely wrong. This just proves hat from both sides of the fight, there are lies.

It's just despicable to me that they just lie like that. I think that as our political leaders, it is their duty to speak the truth, and if not, they should face some sort of punishment. Maybe not jail time, or something harsh like that, but maybe a fine or suspension for dishonest acts. If our president can be held responsible for his actions, why shouldn't all of our government officials be held responsible?