And my opinion is that if someone does not see the differences between today's Democratic Party and today's Republican party then you have blinders on. The Democrats have the same ideals as I do (read the party platforms people!) but they must operate within a corrupted political system. The Republicans (and now Tea baggers) created and vigorously maintain that very corrupted political system.
Fun fact: Every US Senator must raise the equivalent of $2000 a day in campaign donations for the 6 years they are in office, in order to afford to run for their next election. That, my friends is the problem. Where do you think they get those donations? From my little $25 every couple of months? Uh, no. They get it from the thousands of lobbyists crawling throughout DC like roaches.
Another fun fact: When Ronald Reagan took office there were about 350 total lobbyists in Washington. Now there are over 30,000. How many of those lobbyists do you think represent your interests? (Hint: A lobbyist's starting salary is over 300K)
Without campaign finance reform, paper ballets and instant run off voting this will never change. These are the three legs that can stand our democracy back up and put We, the People, back in charge.
For $6/year from every voter we can fund every federal election in the US. Is it worth $6/year to you to "really" take our country back. Check out
www.youstreet.org
Do you believe that "We the People" should own the actual votes we cast, not a private, for profit corporation that the courts have ruled actually "own" your vote once it has been cast on their machines? Check out
www.blackboxvoting.org
And if you think we should have representation from more than two parties? Check out
www.instantrunoff.com
Good Day and Good Luck!
