The upcoming election will be a good test of just how stupid
the American People are. Have we really
drunk the Kool Aid from the “Big Money” lobbies, or do we know how to think for
ourselves? In an effort to keep the
status quo, we have been fed a large number of emotional issues that have very
little effect on our personal lives, but fuel the anger that hides reason.
Do we really believe that getting rid of thousands of
government workers will lower unemployment? Do we think that the President can do anything
meaningful to jump start the economy? Do we really think that we can substantially
reduce the deficit by cutting discretionary spending and not raising taxes? Do we think that politicians that pledge not
to cut taxes don’t force others to raise taxes?
We really don’t understand how insurance works when we talk
about Social Security as a savings account rather than an insurance
reserve. We’ve had private accounts
since 1974 (called IRA’s). If we really
believe that universal health care is a human right (50 states have passed laws
providing for universal emergency room coverage) then why do we let insurance
companies take 15% or more of every health care dollar? I’d very much like to learn how we can have “for
profit health care” and not raise prices, increase treatments while ignoring
cures, or hope for more sick people!
Does anyone actually believe that the government could even
try to take anyone’s guns away? Why do
some think that making abortion illegal will stop them from happening? Of course all the efforts put into making
teaching a less than honorable profession will make it easier to pull the wool
over the eyes of a lot of future voters.
If politicians spent more time on what they have done and
were planning on doing, rather than lying about their opponents, we could see
more clearly. We have to remember that
when the politicians have raised millions of dollars, those millions are all
going to the media to buy TV, print & radio coverage. Getting the big money out of politics will not
be done by either the politicians or the media.
We could get the big money out of politics by passing a
constitutional amendment:"Notwithstanding the First Amendment, efforts to
influence elections to public office in the United States and its; subdivisions
shall be limited to those who are able to vote in said election. Congress shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation."
