When I posted this as my Facebook, and twitter status, I immediately got replies and mentions telling me that, I am out of my mind. Well let me explain to you my logic. Two years a campaign swept the country, like none other with one word, and that word was CHANGE! We are almost 2yrs into the Obama administration, and the House and the Senate(which both have Democrat Majorities) have fought against the very change that he is trying to give us. The system itself needs change, and that is truly hard to do considering the people that are tasked to change the system, are happy with the current one. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have a system in place that yields them results, and anything that they win for the people in the process is a bonus. If a politician is given $100,000 as a quote unquote campaign contribution, to be against change, what do you suppose they will take. Even for the ones that forfeited or declined that money, what about the others who didn't, and now majority once again wins. A senator makes $165,000/yr and his term is 6 years. so doing the math that's almost 1 million dollars in 6 years.but in order to be senator, you must spend 8 million(average dollars) to win the job! I know the math is fuzzy, but its not about the 1 million over 6 years that stand to make, its the kick backs, the campaign contributions, from the insurance companies, and energy companies, and drug companies. So asking these people to change for the better, and to do it for free, because its the right thing to do, is a slap in their face.
I say all that to say, the people who are currently in office do not want the change that this country so badly needs. It is counter compensatory for them. Why change, they like the way the system works. So if we all voted for a republican this election, and they won, in two years we would be able to vote for the candidate that best suited the people, and in two years we would have a whole new system, one that would have a better chance at real change.
I support the President 100%, I dont neccesarily agree with everything he does, but I believe it is for the greater good. I know that it took us 8 years to get here, and it has only been two years of trying to dig us out. I dont expect miracles overnight. I know that 25% of his opposition has zero to do with his policies, and more to do with his skin color. In no way am I racist, but I get it. . When it comes down to it, in reality how can we expect it to be fixed with the wave of a hand. It has been over 8 years since the 9/11 attacks on New York city, and the area has not been restored. That is a few city blocks, in almost 9 years, we are talking about restoring a country, how can we expect to restore that in less than two?
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ReplyDeleteDude you're delusional if you think the Republicans are any better than the Democrats. If anything Repubs. are more likely to induce scandals and circumvent the goodwill of political office to line their pockets with cash , money and power at the expense of the environment, the public safety and welfare, common sense, any moral or ethical considerations. Maybe you need to reflect back on the Bush years to remember just how bad things were under his watch and just how monumental the job Obama has. It's not something that's gonna be fixed in four years and every enemy of Obama and the Dems. will look to prevent him from doing what's right just because they can and they don't want him to succeed. That is the true problem with American politics, the Two-Party System has so much power that they fight between themselves to preserve that power irregardless of what's truly best of for the public or the country.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your feedback, and i agree with you whole heartedly, the propblem is the two party system itself needs a change, the people who have been pulling the strings also need to be changed. How can we do away with the dems who arent really trying to push the presidents aganda? how else do we hold them accountable, other then to vote them out? Democrats need to be challenged as does the republicans. That is the only way things will change.
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