What's wrong with our government.

[Woodznutz]

Why should you accept that?

You don't care for democracy?

I vote, and I'm a model citizen. What else should I do?

 

[frigidweirdo]

I vote, and I'm a model citizen. What else should I do?

Demand that your vote actually means something?

 

[Woodznutz]

Demand that your vote actually means something?

Now that there, that's funny.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Now that there, that's funny.

Yeah, because you didn't grow up German, or Danish or something.

 

[Woodznutz]

Yeah, because you didn't grow up German, or Danish or something.

When I was growing up, in the 1940's, Germans had pretty much lost their sense of humor.

 

[frigidweirdo]

When I was growing up, in the 1940's, Germans had pretty much lost their sense of humor.

I don't think they ever had a sense of humor in the first place.

But they do have aa vote that counts and is fair.

 

[Woodznutz]

I don't think they ever had a sense of humor in the first place.

But they do have aa vote that counts and is fair.

I was raised by my German grandmother. a woman totally devoid of humor.

 

[Concerned American]

I was raised by my German grandmother. a woman totally devoid of humor.

Hmmmm. My Irish grandmother was much the same. Five foot nothing, but she had a look that could stop a charging rhino in its tracks.

 

[g5000]

Simple answer. They don't listen to the people they 'represent'. Congressperson's desks are piled high with the real issues the people want addressed. Meanwhile they are chasing the 'soup of the day' issues along with others in the cloister. Also, they have no idea what's going on in their districts back home, and they don't care.

What is wrong with our federal government is that it has been captured by deep pocket special interests who own our elected officials.

The re-election rate of House members for more than 50 years is 98 percent for those who run for re-election. The re-election rate for Senators is 80 percent.

Incumbents are the ones in power and they receive millions upon millions of contributions to their war chests from special interests.

This makes it nearly impossible for a challenger to unseat them.

The cause of this problem is that the federal government has been steadily usurping power from the states for the past three-quarters of a century.

We need to give that power back to the states.

It ******* kills me every time a liberal whines about too much money in politics and then in the next breath advocates for more federal powers.

They never make the connection!

.

 

[martybegan]

The reason I wrote that thread was to show the popularity of positions Dem's hold with a majority of Americans on everything from doing something about climate change to passing enhanced gun control legislation.

You get those results only because of the way the questions are asked in those polls.

 

[Hafar1014]

Whats wrong with our government? Nothing now.

 

[Woodznutz]

What is wrong with our federal government is that it has been captured by deep pocket special interests who own our elected officials.

The re-election rate of House members for more than 50 years is 98 percent for those who run for re-election. The re-election rate for Senators is 80 percent.

Incumbents are the ones in power and they receive millions upon millions of contributions to their war chests from special interests.

This makes it nearly impossible for a challenger to unseat them.

The cause of this problem is that the federal government has been steadily usurping power from the states for the past three-quarters of a century.

We need to give that power back to the states.

It ******* kills me every time a liberal whines about too much money in politics and then in the next breath advocates for more federal powers.

They never make the connection!

.

The state can't get too uppity or Washington won't return the money their citizens have paid in federal taxes. Look what Trump is doing.

 

[Dekster]

Demand that your vote actually means something?

It means you are going in the jury pool lottery, but not much else.

 

[Concerned American]

It means you are going in the jury pool lottery, but not much else.

Many states are using drivers licenses to fill jury pools. CA and WA are a couple of states that do this.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Voting doesn't make one a good citizen. Good citizenship does. I don't need an instruction manual from the government to be a good citizen.

It's the government that designs houses made of straw so that they will be destroyed in a hurricane. Instead of "promoting the general welfare" they are destroying it through neglect.

Slave Morality Pretending to Be Realistic

So stopping Government is as impossible as stopping hurricanes?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Marxism begins in the culture....If you're not a culture warrior, you might just as well join the Marxists.

Or Join the Wall Street Politburo

 

[Dragonlady]

It's dysfunctional.

They're safe in their positions. Give them term limits and it'll be a game changer

Yes, they'll get in, make as much money for themselves that they can, as fast as they can, because they'll have nothing to lose and time is imited.

Just like Trump is doing right now.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5500509/how-much-money-is-trump-making-off-of-the-presidency

 

[Trickster]

Whats wrong left wing progressive socialist ideology

Are as senile as the president himself?

Maga is in power and it is here to stay and get even stronger.

 

[AsherN]

It's dysfunctional.

They're safe in their positions. Give them term limits and it'll be a game changer

I think every elected position should be 6 years, one and done. No posturing for re-election.

 

[Woodznutz]

Slave Morality Pretending to Be Realistic

So stopping Government is as impossible as stopping hurricanes?

My realistic morality directly benefits me, government bullshit notwithstanding.

Government is a runaway train.