Politics and Religion
Of course, I had it right. 
What's interesting to me, is the degree at which our government is so dysfunctional.
And to define my terms, dysfunctional to me, means not doing what the voters want them to do.
When the Dems came into office their priority was to focus on fixing the economy. Rather, they spent the majority of their time focusing on a health care law that would create more bureaucracy and regulation, would still force business to deal with the health care of their employees when they shouldn't have to worry about it at all, and produced a bill that was a giant giveaway to health care lobby.
When the GOP took back the House, their focus has been on austerity measures, making it harder for people to vote, busting unions, and creating more regulations on abortions.
Regardless of how you may feel about any of these particular issues, shouldn't someone ask if that's what people want?
I know Pria happily posts polls here, but take a moment to look through this link, and see what the top priorities are for the majority of Americans.
http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm
You will find, time after time, that Americans want their government to be focused on creating jobs and strengthening the economy. Even after the 2010 elections, that was the first priority for Americans. This may explain why Congress now has a 9% approval rating, and Obama has a 44% approval rating. For the record, there is a greater approval for BP at the height of the oil spill and for the US going communist than there is for Congres.
And yet, neither the Dems nor the GOP has produced a single jobs bill. Rather we live in a country where the President proclaimed in the last election that he didn't take any special interest money while being bankrolled by Goldman Sachs, and you have a governor in Arizona who illegally fired the head of a non-partisan redistricting commission in order to turn it into a partisan circus.
Our government is unreformable. It can not be changed for the better. It can't cut spending, and it can't raise taxes. It is wholly owned and controlled by people placing bribes, and has no ability to address a single grievance from a single constituent, regardless of their viewpoint.
We need a new government. And unfortunately, we ain't gonna get one by asking politely.
What's interesting to me, is the degree at which our government is so dysfunctional.
And to define my terms, dysfunctional to me, means not doing what the voters want them to do.
When the Dems came into office their priority was to focus on fixing the economy. Rather, they spent the majority of their time focusing on a health care law that would create more bureaucracy and regulation, would still force business to deal with the health care of their employees when they shouldn't have to worry about it at all, and produced a bill that was a giant giveaway to health care lobby.
When the GOP took back the House, their focus has been on austerity measures, making it harder for people to vote, busting unions, and creating more regulations on abortions.
Regardless of how you may feel about any of these particular issues, shouldn't someone ask if that's what people want?
I know Pria happily posts polls here, but take a moment to look through this link, and see what the top priorities are for the majority of Americans.
http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm
You will find, time after time, that Americans want their government to be focused on creating jobs and strengthening the economy. Even after the 2010 elections, that was the first priority for Americans. This may explain why Congress now has a 9% approval rating, and Obama has a 44% approval rating. For the record, there is a greater approval for BP at the height of the oil spill and for the US going communist than there is for Congres.
And yet, neither the Dems nor the GOP has produced a single jobs bill. Rather we live in a country where the President proclaimed in the last election that he didn't take any special interest money while being bankrolled by Goldman Sachs, and you have a governor in Arizona who illegally fired the head of a non-partisan redistricting commission in order to turn it into a partisan circus.
Our government is unreformable. It can not be changed for the better. It can't cut spending, and it can't raise taxes. It is wholly owned and controlled by people placing bribes, and has no ability to address a single grievance from a single constituent, regardless of their viewpoint.
We need a new government. And unfortunately, we ain't gonna get one by asking politely.