There's no doubt that we should instead just be giving the money to the "job creators"...that's worked really well over the last 30 years.

Fish on...

Todd

Sounds like you should vote for Obama.

It's privatizing profits and socializing costs, and it's the way of doing business for both parties.

You fellas keep pretending your party is going to do something about it, though.

What we got don't work.
Term limits........don't let the crooks get entrenched.
Don't expect change without providing it.

Dan I agree wholeheartedly with you and have said that many times, sometimes I get caught up in trying to balance the scale back from getting pushed down too far by some of these guys.

Good call.


Fishy

With term limits they wouldn't be there long enough to get the "connections"...especially if combined with the other half of the solution, which is publicly funded campaigns.

No more money, no more lobbyists, no more Citizens United decision, and no more career politicians.

Until then we'll get the best that money can buy, and there ain't no one on this board that is even 1% of the way to being the ones with enough money to buy it.

Fish on...

Todd

With publicly funded campaigns there will be no corporate cash flowing, so there will be no corporate influence.

Fish on...

Todd

P.S. Revolution is probably required to get a handful of common sense, but good for the country and people and not the career politicians or corporations, reforms in place.

Lobbyists write most of the laws and hand them to our representitives.

This sad fact is most of the reason why we are in such dire straights.



Fishy

With both side finally agreeing on something, why can't we make it happen? Public funding and term limits......Those two things would not fix everything but would sure help the political system in this country.

We can't make it happen because someone will holler out "gun control" or "gay marriage" or "illegal war" and a bunch of fucktards will think that stuff is more important than the well-being of the Republic.

And we'll do the same thing expecting a different outcome.

Little typo fixed there.............

There's a few, and without naming names I can say that I haven't heard of a single one from the GOP or TeaBaggers who'd be for those reforms, but I'd be happy to hear of some if they exist.

The reason that it would be so difficult to change those laws is that the lawmakers are the ones who benefit from the laws being as they are...and there are lots and lots of folks out there who are just fine with our Democracy being bought and sold to the highest bidders...in any sane context we'd call that "bribery" and put them in jail...thanks to the SCOTUS, we call it "free speech"...

Fish on...

Todd

Looking for the biggest special interest phony in politics??? Guess who...no it's not Nancy Pelosi...No it's not Gregoire....this is an easy one....

Here's hint: the poltician said this:

The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that have run Washington for far too long, but I don’t. I work for the American people.