Confusion…
I just don’t understand the basic premise of politics anymore.
Elected officials are not representing the wishes of the majority of the people who vote them into office and who they represent.
Who is against Social Security, Medicare, Childcare?
For whatever reason sexist, fascist, white male dominators want to deny women the right to have autonomy over their own body. The majority support a woman’s right to choose.
The environment and saving the planet especially after all the natural disasters we have been experiencing is another issue supported by the majority, as is corporations paying taxes, red flag laws, taking assault weapons off the streets.
Listen to the people, Washington power grapplers. Read the surveys and polls.
Why are politicians on the take from organizations like the NRA?
How can the Supreme Court decide the laws of the law if they are unduly influenced by wealthy conservative donors?!
It should be so simple. Represent the people not your own personal interests.
Why buy into a liar and pot stirrer like Tucker Carlson, Agent Orange, Josh Hawley (check out the crap his wife is selling), Marjorie Taylor Greene and the pathetic deals Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is making with congressional extremists, acting desperate like an addict looking for his next score.
I need a break from this rampant stupidity. Maybe I’ll check out the Housewives franchise instead.,
Enjoy your weekend.
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so so agree! I have decided to send a note with my taxes…that pay their salaries..and tell them what my dollars need to go to. if we all did that and they listened then some of the things you mentioned might get done. Hate the bickering
After Citizens United and a Supreme Court that welcomes widespread gerrymandering while gutting voters’ rights, we live in an oligarchy.
Most politicians have zero incentive to meet with their constituents except for the photo it will generate for a glossy campaign ad. Their seats are safe as long as they’re not “primaried” in a race to the bottom. Those primaries incentivize campaigns that stoke the most fear, rile their party’s base and induce crazies into a primary voting booth.
Some politicians believe in governing and government for the people. They’re usually Democrats. But, the rest are on the take.
There’s even a growing cottage industry of people running against safe-seat candidates just to collect all those shady donor funds with their murky accountability and tax implications. (That’s how we got a Trump who didn’t really even set out to win in the first place. See also George Santos.)
It won’t change until we change the U.S. Supreme Court or (more impossibly) vote for enough politicians in the House and Senate to legislate against the damage of Citizens United. We’d also need a president who wouldn’t veto that legislation. Then, we’d need to keep a similar Congress and president in office long enough to protect that new campaign finance legislation from being overturned by the next Congress.
I say “impossibly” because voters hold onto this crazy idea that the branches of government should be split between the parties. Plus, anybody currently in Congress has benefitted from the current campaign financing system and from gerrymandering. There’s no incentive to change it.
Citizens United was a Pandora’s box. There’s little understanding of the problem among the public and no populist campaign to rectify it. In fact, it’s the opposite. People are sending their few nickels and dimes to self-proclaimed billionaires because they speak their brand of fear and hate.
Last time we handed the Supreme Court to the oligarchs it took many generations and two world wars to wrestle it back. The 1950/60’s Supreme Court was a fluke of U.S. history. But, greedy, complacent, distracted, ignorant voters in the 1970’s – 2010’s squandered the Warren courts’ gains.
I would love to bet on America, but the oligarchy is the casino. They hold all the money. The casino almost always win.
I’m still somewhat bullish on younger generations’ huge numbers and voting power. I hope that they’re fed up . I hope it’s not too late for their votes to make a difference.