Do we pay for Benjamin's sins?

So many, suffer so much,
so so few can be so decadent. 

You cannot promise everybody everything, then take all the money from the people, spend it on anything you want, and get away with it forever. It's bad math.

It may take some time, but you cannot lie without it catching up to you.

Columbia seems to be more violent than ever. Shootings are commonplace and robberies are the order of the day. Its judges release violent criminals and there is more effort to coddle the evil, than there is for the safety of the innocent.

The city just gets worse while Columbia's mayor talks about Global Warming and “doing nothing illegal.”

His denials come as his name is linked to bad deals, cavorting with women and ethics violations.

And it's not just Columbia.

President Barack Obama's top lieutenant, Rahm Emanuel is mayor of Chicago. Emanuel wanted the job where Obama did his time as a Community Organizer, so Obama handed it to him. Chaos and failure have followed.

Black residents on Chicago's South Side have had enough. They recently protested against the abundance of violence and murder. Many of the killed are children. But the Democrats who ride shotgun over the disaster have done little to help stop it.

“Mr. President, we’re asking for you. You’re spending billions of dollars in Texas, but we have a problem here in Chicago,” one resident implored, according to the Washington Times.

The people who are more loyal to Obama and the Democrat Party than any other special interest group are wondering why he has turned his back on them. Children, with parents, who may be safer in their country, are getting billions from Obama, while his own suffer.

“For the president to set aside all of these funds for immigrants and (have) forsaken the African-American community, I think that’s a disgrace.” a Chicago resident said. “He will go down as the worst president ever elected. Bill Clinton was the African-American president.”

How much longer before Columbia residents also realize that the character of the leaders they empower will result in more chaos and failure.

We, as a people, cannot suffer much more of this bad math, so that poor elected officials can feed their desires, and live like kings. The equation just works out poorly for too many people.