Michael1942's Blog

We have viewed politicians with suspicion while running for an office and when they are in office based on what they have done and said while in the office. When first stepping into the political arena we want to believe they will bring change for the better according to our personal beliefs and desires, more often than not we are all disappointed, elated or neutral. The past 4 years of the former administration has shown that we have been in the grips of the most vile administration and Congress elected in years. The worst of our long serving legislators now has a slim grip on the government after having had a tighter hold previously. The “tax reform” bill of 2017 has made the “user fee” a heavier load for the voters while touting the reduction of Corporate taxes which was supposed to result in more “trickle down” benefits for the voters, the trickle never happened and was quickly ignored by us-“the voters” when a cloud of other issues was brought above us. We became so swept up in immigration and the ensuing misinformation about immigration along with the untold story of the reduction or stoppage of the aid to the countries where the immigrants originated. This funding reduction and cessation exacerbated the immigration issue along with the halting and piled on legalities of processing immigrants. The user fees are what we as consumers pay to finance the tax reductions for the 1% who pay less or no taxes compared to the 99% of taxpayers. Now the “neer do wells” we call Congress are backing the reworking of voting rules in “their” home states which limit the voting options for us (the voters). These “changes for the better” affect the neediest of us of all colors and ethnicities while the perpetrators if these so called “improvements” keep fomenting the big and small lies for their own benefit. It is our (we the people) duty and right to stand against the people WE elected on any laws that go against our collective interests. Our power is the vote and we can exercise it anytime we want. Our (the voters) major failing has been voting by Rote which is what the political establishment wants and attempts to keep us doing with mass media presentations and great sounding sound bites that mean nothing when analyzed. It is the job of all voters to pay attention to who we elected and what they get and have gotten out of “serving”. Just to put things in perspective: the average annual pay for a Congressional member is $174,000. annually with other office perks like staff and office funding, additional money for committee assignments. At the end of a 20 year term this will be a lifetime earning of about $42,000,000. with an average retirement amount of $73 -80 thousand annually. Before you commit to any party and their members bear in mind that they are politicians and politicians lie for a living and will steal candy from a baby!

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We all should be aware that political office was supposed to be and should be about service first however since the inception of this country that has not been the case. We created our political system on other countries and tailored it to our use. The one thing that was not lost in translation was the hyperbole and out right lies. (hence the appropriate spelling of the word PoLItician). It is ironic that two letters in the center of the word explains the person and their actions. Our political system has brought us to the point where the fabled character Pinocchio would be considered truthful. The politicians for the past several years have made lying an art form. This crosses all party lines and has unfortunately made the few that tell some truth pariahs in their own constituencies and parties. The Congressional members who have not supported vaccinations secretly got the vaccines but have not or did not support it for their constituents. They have supported laws that change voting rights and because they determined that one party voted a certain way more than another but ignoring the fact that their own base is also affected (there has been no outcry from that base so far). The GOP could surely be labeled the “TRUMP” party as the current office holders are concerned about losing his “base” who appear to be open to real sounding Lies or “non facts” rather than the unpopular truth. The Trump party has taken misinformation to an art form that the GOP has embraced for their own purposes against the interest of the country and the voters on both sides. We should be reminded that when we vote, we are voting for a person (or should be) who we believe to have integrity. The supporting party is just a vehicle to help one get elected and not necessarily the credo of the individuals even though some follow blindly in the face of real evidence. It is our job (voters) to be aware of what the truth is as we will not find it on every news outlet yet it is out there. Finding the truth involves the work of investigation of news sources and how honest they are. News reporting is supposed be based on what is actual and then neutrally reported as presented with no coloration, that part is best left to the opinion columns. There is no greater crime than deceiving the people who elected you to government office.

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The GOP has made a big push to restrict voting in numerous states after the national hew and cry of “voter fraud” by the former guy (who as we know as a consummate liar. The GOP (aka) “Dupublicans” has convinced themselves and their followers that the election was stolen even after 50 plus court challenges and 3 or more recounts that proved them wrong. The 15th amendment of the United States Constitution is quite clear about voting rights and is bolstered by the 1965 voting rights law. The GOP is making perhaps a fatal (to them) attempt to return to “Jim Crow” style voting laws. The GOP is floundering and looking for a way to right their ship after being scuttled by TOTUS and their own hubris. What has been revealed is that the party of Lincoln is no more and has been replaced by the party of “James Crow”. Fortunately the American pubic is not fooled by these court jesters who were elected based on the lies of a miscreant former President whose own lot is playing out in several civilian courts. This is not to discount the failures of the DEM’s aka “Scamocrats” who have in as many ways abrogated their duties to the Country as well. As a country that has been a stable force in the known world for decades we have sadly allowed our miscreant political parties to be pawns by sectarian forces that mirror the early settlers who in the name of religious “right” caused great harm to Native peoples, avowed slavery (because they wanted to or just wanted to profit off the backs of kidnapped people). While the founding Fathers certainly had good intentions in creating a new country yet they did not think in the universal terms of the heady mix of people who populated this new country. We have witnessed in the last 4 years the underlying effect of poor to no governance (of substance) over many years. The “former guy” exploited the anger of America while lining the pockets of the wealthy and lying about “everything”. All of this was aided and abetted by the miscreant Congressional members whose sole purpose (it appears) is to cater to big money donors and their own bank accounts. These politicians have in many cases lulled their constituents into a sense of them against us when in reality it is actually us against us. It is time (or long past) for the voters of America to understand that we have elected Politicians (notice that the the 2 middle letters spell “LI”- “lie”) who have shown us to be beholding to the almighty dollar rather than the almighty voter!

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