The election is less than a month past, and already our lawmakers are back in Washington spinning the results to their political liking.

Well, here is a bit of advice to all of you in Congress -- Republicans and Democrats. If there is any message from the election, it is: Fix the bleeding economy.

All this dancing around about not reinstating the Bush-era tax cuts is just political posturing.

If Congress is foolish enough to turn this into some political standoff over how rich is rich, then there will be consequences -- and those paybacks likely will not wait until the next election.

Stop thinking like politicians and start thinking about the primary task. Raising taxes now for anyone will have a negative effect on the struggling US economy. What else is there to say?