Do you ever wonder, as you pass through your days, just how in touch with the 'average' person our government is? Do they even have clue, or can they possibly remember what it is like on life outside their eternal positions they hold in Congress? As usual in a major election year I hear a boat load of empty promises and arguments about"non-issues" to distract people from the real issues we should all expect and demand an answer too.
If they actually cared ( and I suspect they do not) the issues they should answer are quite simple. How do John Doe and Mary Doe make it through the coming years? How will they be able to afford food on their tables, health care for their families, education for their children, and the very basic needs of heat, water and electricity, not to mention a dependable roof over their heads?
These are the serious questions, not some bullshit laid out to keep us dazed and confused throughout the campaign and their years working as OUR elected officials. In a very real sense we are checking them out and trying to decide if we should hire them. And they will say Anything to get the edge over the other guy. All spit polished and presentable fast talking con men,.
If you are a worker bee you know that your employer has policies and procedures that they expect their workers to follow. We pour over the manuals and the fine print after being hired and do our best to keep our jobs, because we need them to support ourselves. Most employers would fire someone in a much shorter time, and for less cause the our Congress has given us. They accomplish nothing. In the time allowed in their elected terms in office they spend their time trying to figure out how to make the other side the losers. and get re-elected.
Have they balanced the budget or cooperated to clear the country's debt? No, because a democrat is in the White House, and the majority of the House of Representatives and Senate are Republican. Have they really created a "Fair" Health Care law? No...because the companies that spend billions lobbying in DC are another source of income for them. So they added just enough bullshit to the bill that fair coverage will never happen, that would not create a profit for major Medical or the Pharmaceutical companies. When I last checked over 45 million American citizens were without basic healthcare. I am sure that being fined for not being able to afford coverage is the stupidest thing that our Congress has ever done.
I know I am ranting, but I am fed up. I am tired of being thought less of because I am not a millionaire.
I am tired of the same people sitting on their asses for years, while making sure that they will be paid a huge amount for retirement and keeping THEIR healthcare after they retire. Not being productive for us, their employers.
Our Republic has always been flawed, but it has never been more obvious then it is right now. The gulf between us and Them grows daily. Our two party system is a major joke, it stopped working a long time ago. I feel that we should scrub it all and recreate the job descriptions and policy and procedures that go along with the job. If they are so determined that we become a Plutocracy, in a sense allowing corporations to control from behind the scenes, then we should re-evaluate and establish a working company PP manual that they have to follow.
**Plutocracy-Wiki defines as:the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which
the wealthy class rules.
1. If you cannot perform the job as described, that you were elected to do, you will be terminated, and another will fill your position.
2. The limit on terms is one 4 year term.( no one should have a life time seat. That sounds more like an Aristocracy than a democracy)
3, You have been elected to represent the Majority and not special interests. Any one caught taking money for campaigns or other 'gifts' will be let go, and banned from attempting another position in the federal government. Tips are not to be solicited or accepted.
4. You are expected to work the same kind of work schedule that an average employed American citizen works. 40 hours a week, 2 days off, and 1-2 weeks of paid vacation per year. You have to be present and on your job for 1 year before vacation time becomes available.
5. You will have a 401K which you can contribute to the same as the rest of the worker bees. That IS your retirement plan, that and Social Security. ( that is a good incentive to making sure that it continues to function) Of course, your other job, your real one, will be held open till you have completed your term in office. Any retirement plan they might have will be in addition to this.
Why we have allowed our representatives, from the House, the Senate and the Presidency to make promises and not deliver on them I will never understand. The people we elect should have no other agenda but helping the 99%. Unless it is an election year it seems we are invisible. I know if we are angry and fed up that they listen and fart around like they will take care of our issues. Since our attention span is so very damn short-too busy with our toys and own lives, we never make sure that they follow through.
If we want change, and not just another politician making empty promises, then we have to make ourselves heard and stay the course till change really occurs.
rant over..for now anyway..
k
If they actually cared ( and I suspect they do not) the issues they should answer are quite simple. How do John Doe and Mary Doe make it through the coming years? How will they be able to afford food on their tables, health care for their families, education for their children, and the very basic needs of heat, water and electricity, not to mention a dependable roof over their heads?
These are the serious questions, not some bullshit laid out to keep us dazed and confused throughout the campaign and their years working as OUR elected officials. In a very real sense we are checking them out and trying to decide if we should hire them. And they will say Anything to get the edge over the other guy. All spit polished and presentable fast talking con men,.
If you are a worker bee you know that your employer has policies and procedures that they expect their workers to follow. We pour over the manuals and the fine print after being hired and do our best to keep our jobs, because we need them to support ourselves. Most employers would fire someone in a much shorter time, and for less cause the our Congress has given us. They accomplish nothing. In the time allowed in their elected terms in office they spend their time trying to figure out how to make the other side the losers. and get re-elected.
Have they balanced the budget or cooperated to clear the country's debt? No, because a democrat is in the White House, and the majority of the House of Representatives and Senate are Republican. Have they really created a "Fair" Health Care law? No...because the companies that spend billions lobbying in DC are another source of income for them. So they added just enough bullshit to the bill that fair coverage will never happen, that would not create a profit for major Medical or the Pharmaceutical companies. When I last checked over 45 million American citizens were without basic healthcare. I am sure that being fined for not being able to afford coverage is the stupidest thing that our Congress has ever done.
I know I am ranting, but I am fed up. I am tired of being thought less of because I am not a millionaire.
I am tired of the same people sitting on their asses for years, while making sure that they will be paid a huge amount for retirement and keeping THEIR healthcare after they retire. Not being productive for us, their employers.
Our Republic has always been flawed, but it has never been more obvious then it is right now. The gulf between us and Them grows daily. Our two party system is a major joke, it stopped working a long time ago. I feel that we should scrub it all and recreate the job descriptions and policy and procedures that go along with the job. If they are so determined that we become a Plutocracy, in a sense allowing corporations to control from behind the scenes, then we should re-evaluate and establish a working company PP manual that they have to follow.
**Plutocracy-Wiki defines as:the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which
the wealthy class rules.
1. If you cannot perform the job as described, that you were elected to do, you will be terminated, and another will fill your position.
2. The limit on terms is one 4 year term.( no one should have a life time seat. That sounds more like an Aristocracy than a democracy)
3, You have been elected to represent the Majority and not special interests. Any one caught taking money for campaigns or other 'gifts' will be let go, and banned from attempting another position in the federal government. Tips are not to be solicited or accepted.
4. You are expected to work the same kind of work schedule that an average employed American citizen works. 40 hours a week, 2 days off, and 1-2 weeks of paid vacation per year. You have to be present and on your job for 1 year before vacation time becomes available.
5. You will have a 401K which you can contribute to the same as the rest of the worker bees. That IS your retirement plan, that and Social Security. ( that is a good incentive to making sure that it continues to function) Of course, your other job, your real one, will be held open till you have completed your term in office. Any retirement plan they might have will be in addition to this.
Why we have allowed our representatives, from the House, the Senate and the Presidency to make promises and not deliver on them I will never understand. The people we elect should have no other agenda but helping the 99%. Unless it is an election year it seems we are invisible. I know if we are angry and fed up that they listen and fart around like they will take care of our issues. Since our attention span is so very damn short-too busy with our toys and own lives, we never make sure that they follow through.
If we want change, and not just another politician making empty promises, then we have to make ourselves heard and stay the course till change really occurs.
rant over..for now anyway..
k
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