“Kick It” is only half of the phrase “Kick it down the road.”   I remember hearing a statement that some people look at a difficult situation as a problem.  Others view it as an opportunity.  Perhaps the people who view each every roadblock as a problem are the ones who invented the practice of “kicking it down the road.”  They either hope it will go away or that someone else will deal with it.  The Bible says that man is born to trouble as sparks fly upward.  So, basically, trouble happens.  I like to deal with trouble as soon as it appears instead of waiting until I have five other things to worry about also.  My first challenge is solved before the next one arrives.  I prefer to “kick it up a notch.”

This brings me to our federal government.  So many people want the benefits of holding a political office, but they don’t want to do the job.  They want the perks but not the responsibility.  So they kick our national problems down the road so many times that the problems become crises.  Then they study it, argue about it, throw money at it, lie about it, stomp out of the room like little children, and call each other names rather than reach a logical conclusion that will alleviate the situation.  Their primary concerns are to be liked and to be re-elected than to serve the people they promised to serve.  For too many years, our elected federal officials have spent us into bankruptcy.   Our children and grandchildren will pay.  We are kicking it down the road to them.  We are not paying attention.  I had an economics professor who stated that we don’t have to worry about our national debt because we owe it to ourselves and we are never going to pay it back.  Well, some of it is owed to the Chinese, and we will have to pay the interest on the debt forever.  What happens when interest rates rise?  And they will.  Where will our kids kick it?