(07-07-2023, 02:40 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(07-07-2023, 02:27 PM)mikesez Wrote: It's called frustration, man. I've been trying to deflect this "big money is the problem" nonsense for as long as Ive been old enough to vote.  I'm not a machine.  Maybe you've never said it to me, but I have heard it too many times.
The others on here say I'm too robotic.
Can't win.  No one wants to change their minds about anything.
Have fun staying dumb.
Keeping losing.  Keep watching things get worse.  Keep not understanding why.
Go Jags.

It's complex. For sure. It's not always about big bad corporations and money, it's a game of give and take. Politicians also play a part in accepting bribes and doing these corporate overlords favors underneath the table. The voter base has to play it's part as well. We cannot keep voting the way that it stands now. It's driving our country into the ground. 

We also need these parties to take responsibility and own up to their own personal shortcomings instead of continuing this dog and pony show where they pretend to hate one another when we all know these people are bumping elbows and eating from the same exact tables held by the same exact corporations looking to buy them out for laws and tax breaks to benefit them. 

It's like having a leak in your home with old copper plumbing, you can patch one area of the pipe up after you discover one source of the leak, but, the chances of you solving your issue there for the long term is highly unlikely as it'll just spring up again elsewhere within your foundation. In those instances you cut the foundation off from the source, bleed it dry, and refit the foundation and home with new systems and pipes. Sharkbite goes a long way as well.

But it’s not that complex.  Single issue Bills, no riders, no attachments.  Say a Tennessee senator wants to propose replacing a bridge in Memphis that crosses the Mississippi River, then that is the issue.  If a senator in St. Louis or Baton Rouge has a “What about?” issue then send it back until they hammer it out.  However if a senator from California offers a I’ll vote for it if you add this for The Los Angles River then nope!  Sorry! Bring it up in a separate Bill.  

The only way to get corruption out of politics is to have them justify every dollar they vote to spend and have it public record.

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