There is the old saying “the proof is in the pudding” and
the pudding is my continuation of why the Democrats and Republicans are failing
us. And this one is about addressing a specific activity.
As you may have read somewhere or on occasion I talk much
about how if the Democrats and Republicans were actually representing us then
items like the wealth gap wouldn’t be so large, true wage and true spending
power would be up over the last forty-fifty years instead of in a long decline.
Today though I want to talk about comparing how much time
they spend on getting re elected rather than representing you. These are just
quick thoughts.
I am not talking about the outsize number of times Congress
is not in session even though that can be a problem. Tonight is more about
developing policy vs elections.
So I ask you to compare for yourselves how much energy each
party spends on collecting voter data, analyzing voter data, heck even stealing
voter data amongst themselves, developing programs to pinpoint exactly who
might vote down to the precinct level and more versus how much time the parties
and the candidates develop policies that might help the greater good.
And you may say, I hear all the time their goals. The
candidates spend millions on ads espousing campaign information. And yes they
do, but it is mostly slogans and phrases and long standing ideological
statements to prove to their base that they are on target.
They do not spend anywhere near the same amount of time
analyzing what programs work in our government, which ones don’t, what could be
improved, creating true priority lists of what we need as a country. The work
that would actually be representing you in a Republic form of government.
Yep they do tons of work, but not one iota of it benefits
you as a citizen of the United States and this includes federal, state and
local level. But damn they sure know how to get you to vote. Takes much work to
do that. So yes our politicians work hard…… for themselves
And on a second note, I wrote some general comments on a
news story about Ms. Clinton and one of the replies I got back was the GOP was
worse. And actually similar comments happen all the time to my posts since I
make comments representing an independent point of view and sometimes rehashing
different ways to continue to say how our two major parties are failing us.
I did take notice this time and I wanted to say this version
of worse is you being subjective. You say the GOP is worse because you support
the Democrats and so by your standards they are worse, but step back and
analyze which party has succeeded in governing responsibly. And then both sides
would say we do; the other side doesn’t. And again it is subjective.
I wish somehow some way I could get through to the general
party members to step away from the kool aid and take a drink of fresh water
and see what that tastes like. I know the paid party members, die hards, and
the people that support them to receive the pork benefits would not step away,
but it is the thousands if not millions of voters referred to as the rank and
file of each party that I would want to taste the water. I wish I could find a
way to walk them out of the box built up by generations to see that their
interests are not aligned with what their parties are doing.
The TEA party members did try, but they have been blinded (like
everyone else) for so long and led astray to their principles that they were
ready for anyone to take them by the hand and lead them somewhere else. And
when you are already right wing it doesn’t take much to be led in a hard right
direction when the blinders are never removed. So even though they are headed
away from the box they are not being led in a direction that will ultimately
benefit them.
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