- Moderator
- #81
if i did i don't remember that. but any way. we need a better turnover, we need fresher ideas and we need to break a good old boys strangle hold. the problem is legislators legislate for them selves. there is no control. and we need to take steps to make every voters vote count. today, it definitely doesn't
Very true - the good ol' boys' club isn't working today, not like it did yesterday either. Politicians will continue to get things done that benefit them personally, and will continue to stonewall the things that they have no personal use for. I say vote every damn one of them out of office - not one needs to stay in as it is right now. A group of toddlers can get more done than the ones we have now. If you were to ask them to build a tower out of blocks, the politicians would bitch, argue, and throw hissy fits over how to do it and who goes first; the toddlers would build it and get it done while having fun.
you or i could not be elected and be able to make an impact in congress no matter how hard we tried. we could go in ther with 100% good intent and we would be shut down cold. I mean look at some of the politicians who have tried to take an independent stance. Lieberman, kicked out of the party by the democrats. Ron paul, labeled a fanatic by the republicans. and that comes from powerbases built up over time. you go into a situation where there is a protocol. and you do not deviate from that. that dynamic has to be destroyed. and a way to break it is to keep people rotating out.
And it needs to start by throwing out every politician in office today and starting new with people that have never held office before. No lobbyists, corporate spokesmen, etc. It used to be that being a public servant wouldn't make anyone wealthy; nowadays, money is the reason most go into politics. Those that were elected or volunteered in days past actually wanted to do good for others and not just for themselves; money wasn't the reason they took an oath - their heart was. I really don't believe anyone in office today can say the same. The general public is nothing but a number to them. None of the reps from FL know a thing about me or my kids, and I can guarantee you none of them would give a flying flip to find out who I am or who any of you are unless it meant their wallet was being hit. Even then, they'd forget we exist the second everything in their 'world' is back the way they like.