I have to start any reply on this thread with a disclaimer:
For the second time in my life I didn’t vote for any major candidate, Not DT, not HRC, so I don’t want to talk about impeachment, tweets, Russia, obstructionism etc. so other than loving my country, I don’t have a dog in this hunt.
What I really don’t get about the government on all levels is how quickly dangerous and important issues get tossed out and signed without anyone thinking of the consequences.
Look at Iraq. Yea Bush had a lot to do with it, but 82 dems signed on so nobody has really clean hands.
Man, before i signed a piece of paper to send anyone in front of a bullet, especially in that part of the world I would have to see live, proven, undoctored footage of Saddam loading real WMD's into the trunk of his Gold S class.
I understand going after Bin Laden, of course he turned up in a country we wrote huge checks to, so we we’re looking in the wrong place for a long time and being lied to by the minute.
Think about it . . . nearly 7,000 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan, 1 million wounded at a cost to date of 6 trillion dollars.
We could have saved most of those lives, rebuilt Detroit, put police on the South Side of Chicago, raised the quality of our public or charter schools, and maybe had some money left over to pay down the debt.
As far as healthcare, all I know is my coverage goes down, but my rates go up (a lot) without any claims whatsoever. I just doesn’t go up on healthcare it goes up on personal liability, housing, cars, all because they have a rider attached to health liability and I have zero confidence it won’t continue, no matter who comes out on top.
Now the last thing I don’t get is congress. These guys take an oath to serve the country, not call names, not obstruct each other, not get in front of a camera, not fake it like they care, cause if they did, they’d compromise, walk across the isle pour each other a drink (they do it at night anyway) and start working.
Not take the summer off and do the blame thing. That’s my biggest gripe. Live to their promise.
As far as the public if we would stop fighting each other and turn our attention to all of congress, these guys would wake up and get to work, but they don’t have to because most are in districts or states that give them a lock on another term and most people don't vote.
This hate that is tearing the country apart has to stop. I know it burns with the public, but the fuel comes from our government and the press, from both sides.
I don’t blame the public, at least not 100% because most of us work our arses off trying to keep the wheels running and don’t have a lot of time for in depth study.
We need to turn off the the tv or the I pad, send an e-mail to congress and say I’m not fighting with my neighbors, friends, or people online. I’m just going to vote you out of office unless you get to work. If 35% of the populace did that not everything would get fixed, but it would be a hell of a lot better.
I don’t expect much from the feds but they are suppose to protect us and that includes our jobs.
I’ll end this with a story (and don’t take this as I politically lean one way or the other because I don’t).
We landed late in Detroit one night and I jumped on an Avis bus. The driver, a very nice, polite, gentleman was driving and it was just us the two pf is on the bus. I said I’ve heard Detroit is doing better. In a non confrontational tone he said, “not for me, I use to work for one of the auto companies for 15 years and one day they came in and said they’re moving the plant out of country. We asked would there be other jobs and they said not on the asembly line. So now I drive this bus at night, work in a big box store during the day and make less than 1/2 I made prior.” “He said last month I finally gave up and sold my house for $9,000, 1/3 of what I paid for it”. He said he had always voted one party without fail and now he doesn’t know what to do. He doesn’t think the other side is any better but he’ll give it a try.”
Those stories are in the center of the country by the millions. I have no anger, just disappointment.
I haven’t read every word of this thread, (who could?) but all I have to do is see the name of the respondent and I know what’s coming, or at least the tone. I think they’re are only two or three people here who have open minds and are willing to listen. Bummer.
So let’s show some compassion to each other, open our minds to different ways of thinking and peacefully write your congressperson and senators and tell them the next vote goes the other way, unless things get better FAST.
It’s the only thing that gets their attention, unless your carrying a bag of gold.
Peace out.
IMO
BC
Clinton faced nothing like what Obama faced. Namely an imminent complete economic collapse following the theft of about $2T from the global economy. . . . snip . . .
I do sympathize, however. It's incorrigible corporations that have done this to the American worker. Again, permitted by deregulation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/trump-hijacked-american-presidency.html?ref=opinion
I agree, but Clinton singed in the repeal of Glass-Steagall, which would have protected us from a lot of what happened in the end of 2007.
He did so in 1999 because of the trouble he faced in 1998 and both sides we're guilty cause the repubs, wanted it ended also.
From NPR so I’m not cherry picking information.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/14/448685233/fact-check-did-glass-steagall-cause-the-2008-financial-crisisAnd this cause it came up on google first when I type in "who owns congress?".
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/10/congress-corporate-sponsors/__________________________________________