It has been reported that the two (2) major political parties have raised in excess of 50 million dollars in campaign funds for the upcoming elections in 2016. Given that the very purpose of being elected to Congress is to serve the people- why does it take so much money to campaign for the position and for the long termers, what does it take to stay in office beyond doing the job you were elected to do? The minority party at this time is fighting hard to have complete control of the both houses and hopefully the Whitehouse but to what end? We have seen the legacy of neer do wells in the Congress on both sides and between the two of them no work of any importance has been done without a lot of media coverage and hyperbole. This media coverage has accomplished little more confuse and confound us with a lot more inanity and absurd assertions about the economy, the other party and the current President. It is easy to weigh in on events even if you have zero to a lot of knowledge about them but to really understand an issue you have to learn to raise your self above what is presented and involve your “mother wit” (common sense). What is most important currently is to step out of your comfort zone of thought and embrace the obvious events we see and hear.
The idea that we can trust our Congress is a fallacy, the idea that “politricians” (not a misspell) have your interest in mind is now a national joke to anyone who pays attention to the news and looks behind the curtain. Too many of us are concerned about our personal issues to realize that we are all affected by the same events sooner or later. The Politricians use our own issues against us in order to stay in office. One example: The Senator from Kentucky used the statement that President Obama is “anti coal” since he wants to push the country towards clean energy to assist in curbing global warming and more efficient and cleaner energy sources. These measures will futuristically improve the lives of our children and generations to come. It would be more practical for that Senator to work on improving the use of coal in a cleaner manner and look to providing more jobs aside from the coal mines for his constituents. Since this Seat filler has elected not to do that then where is his concern for his constituents? If one would look at all of the 535 it would be surprising how many speak with “forked tongue”. The two definitions below are very much alike but the 2 party’s we follow in this country are not. This brings about the question, who is really representing who?
Democracy : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
Republic: a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen
We all should be reminded that there is another factor in all of this and that is the supper rich whose largess has fueled the political scene for years and now through the actions of the high court is allowed to fund and back l groups with tax exempt status and who act like Political Action Committees (PAC’s) without having to account for their funding sources. These groups are as subversive as any enemy we have had in the past and the worst is that they are often our neighbors. It is not to say that they are actually against us but they certainly do not necessarily have our” backs” in the way we commonly perceive it. Every warning we have known is in play here especially-“Caveat emptor” (let the buyer beware) and we are being sold a future that may not include us!
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