If The U.S. Government Cared About Other Issues As Much As Steriods, They Might Actually Get Something Done

We can all breath a big sigh of relief, the U.S. Government is cracking down on steroids, again. I'm so glad that they have taken tax payers money and the governments time to bring this epidemic to it's knees. I mean why spend time on important issues that ACTUALLY effect the daily lives of the average American? Don't go and look at the lesser problems in this country like drugs (heroin, cocaine, meth, etc.), health-care, the falling dollar, inflation concerns, rising energy cost, dependence on oil, foreign affairs, immigration, terrorism, AIDS, Cancer, the housing fallout, securing the borders of our country, or the outsourcing of the thousands of jobs in this country. Take a back seat you guys, the government has to have integrity for the game of baseball before we can take on any of those minor issues. It just makes sense.

How much money has been put into the fight against steroids? It has been rumored that the MLB spent nearly 20 million to get the great Mitchell Report. As for the taxpayer and how much of their money has been spent on the war on steroids, the answer is a little more vague. Citing an article through yahoo.com (Click here for it) this was the best answer I could come up with from the article:

Government officials said they could not estimate how much the steroid initiatives have cost, but the efforts can be measured beyond anecdotal evidence. Between 2001 and 2006, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has more than quadrupled the number of man hours devoted to steroids cases, and the figure for the fiscal year of 2006 is on pace to approach 80,000 man hours, DEA figures show. This year the DEA has initiated 138 steroids cases, more than double the number initiated in 2001, and the largest steroids bust in U.S. history.

So knowing about how great the government is at budgeting I'm sure that it reaches it into the many millions. Let alone the time that we pay our elected officials to talk about this issue on capital hill while on the tax payers dime.

The best part about the whole thing is that it took all of these millions of dollars to come to the conclusion of what everyone knew, even you Washington (you don't get a pass for this either). Steroids and HGH (which is legal because our government says so) were/are widely being used throughout sports especially in baseball. Lead by a buffoon of a commissioner who has turned a blind eye at the whole ordeal, along with owners, until it was on the cover of every newspaper and Washington was screaming because so (gotta get in on the hot button topic you know).

They sit there and go after Selig and former players like they had killed thousands of people or committed espionage, with there chins held so high like they didn't have a hand in it. Maybe if you looked closer at prescription drug regulations and our borders that would help to dwindle the use of steroids? No it is all baseballs fault for this, pathetic you are there to sit and act like you are not just as much at fault for this. Then you even insult the American public more by using their money to go after it all. If you would've been doing your job and working on issues TOGETHER that truly do affect our country this may have been a smaller problem than it has become, if it really is this big problem that you think it is.

I don't mean to dwindle any families who have been hurt by the use of steroids or lost a loved one do to the abuse of the drug or the long term side effects of it. Steroids are bad and our children should not look up to sports stars who have become so by cheating others who have played by the rules only to be beaten out by a cheater. Compared to the bigger issues that our country is dealing with right now at a time of war, steroids are at the bottom of the totem pole.

Just think what the millions of dollars spent on what everyone already knew could have been used for. What about the true heroes of our country who've comeback to the states only to be provided sub par health care? I'm sure 20 millions dollars could help them out. Don't you think thatthe money would've been better used on a solider who has lost an arm, fellow solider, or been forever emotionally scarred by fighting for the privileges we have in this great country? Maybe that is not what you would've used the money on, I don't know. I just want you to ask yourself what you would've used all this time and money on, because I guarantee steroids will not be your first choice.

You have dropped the ball once again Washington. I love this country and everything it stands for, but I'm dissapointed and sadden that our government has become so pathetic and stagnet against the real issues our country faces. At least you got your tv time, right?