Michael1942's Blog

The President has for two years spoken of having a Bipartisan government
and now we see that He is having a big problem getting any dual party work
done. In an attempt to cure the ills of the past few years of government Mr.
President has run in to problems with nominees (with problems) to his cabinet,
posturing from foreign governments and even the lobbyists that he is trying to
contain. What ever can he do? I believe the onus is not on him but all of us who
vote. We have people in place who were elected to get the work of running this
country done in a responsible way so all citizens are able to live the best life they can.
These very people are the ones doing us the most harm. They have by their
action or inaction caused us more harm than good. When examined closely you
will find that not many of them have skeleton free closets. They have with
impunity continued their improper ways while creating a weakened government.
The lobbyists still have power and some legislators are still receiving “gifts”. How
will a new guy make things change? We the people need to demand term limits
on these people so they do not have time to win friends and influence people. In
my opinion they in no small part have created as corrupt a system as any
totalitarian government. Remember “absolute power corrupts absolutely” (this is
a paraphrase) and for years these Ladies and gentlemen have made the rules and
set the agenda. How many of us realize that their pay raises are mandated by a
law that they (the congress) enacted with very little fanfare. One of their pensions
would feed about five families for a year. They have the ability to move around
the country free, mail to us free and we also pay for their assistants. It makes
sense to me that with fewer terms they will be unable to make sweetheart deals
that endure after they leave office then reduce the pension they have granted
themselves and finally remove the perks that we pay for and are unnecessary.