I’ve been trying to understand how we came to our current
situation where the best we can say for our guy is the other guy is worse and
political ideas are discussed in two or three words that mean different things
to different people. This causes anger,
fear and hate to motivate many of us. We
have gotten good at blaming others for all our problems without realizing that
we are all to blame for what’s going down!
The lack of concern about the foreign funding of our
elections has make me realize that it’s all about the money. Top issues to many
of us: high drug prices, social security, health care, and campaign finance all desperately needing reform are basically
being ignored because lobbyists are very happy with the way things are. We, as
voters, allow this system to continue because we are convinced that our jobs
rely on us contributing to the appropriate lobby, union, or party to keep our
way of life. This allows the lobbyists to fund election campaigns for or
against specific politicians who hold a strong view on their issues. Because we are a nation of laws, we sometimes
confuse what is legal with what is right particularly concerning election
campaigns. We seem to all agree that
when Russia tampers with our election it is wrong. When I’m in Minnesota and asked to contribute
to a campaign in South Carolina this is legal; however, I believe it is just as
wrong as Russia contributing to Trump’s campaign. Because virtually everyone involved in
politics is either getting rich or will get rich once they are out of office from
the current revolving door system, we need a grassroots movement to move
forward in a unified way.
