There will be a great number of people, businesses, ideologies and other special interests writing contribution checks of many thousands of dollars each, to political candidates this election year. They will be sending them to "527" organizations, because the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has neglected to curb their abuses. To go further, many congressmen and women own "leadership PACs" (also fund-raising groups) to contribute monies to their respective political parties' candidates for congress and state office.
The more money the 527's have contributed to candidates, the higher the influence they have demanded from the winning recipient when he has gotten into office. The more active the leadership PAC's have been, the more leadership opportunities the public officials who own them have enjoyed in government.
The amount of naivete' that was displayed by candidates who accepted these monies in past elections has been absolutely breathtaking! Our democratic republic deserves many more independent leaders, those obligated to no one but we, the people. Voters, please make your final decisions in the voting booths, and vote for challengers to those incumbents responsible for the corruption of our government; vote for challengers who will be more accountable to the owners of this great country-- their respective constituents! Our nation is much more important than private special interests!
d.a.n said at :
11:17 AM, 01 14 2006 | Permalink
I'm not sending my money anymore to the Republican party. I'm ashamed I was ever dopey enough to do that. But, I'm not sending it to the Democratic party either.
That's because there is no real difference between either party.
They are both irresponsible and unaccountble. The proof is our National Debt, FOR SALE government, bought-and-paid-for incumbents, mismanaged and plundered entitlement systems, mismanaged and plundered pension systems, and our many pressing problems that threaten the future and security of our nation, but bought-and-paid-for politicians ignore because their big-money-donor-puppeteers have other things on the agenda. When 60% of the U.S. population only has 5% of all wealth, and 5% of the U.S. population has 60% of all wealth, the average voter does not have an equal voice or leverage.
Hence, the only solution to the average voter is to all join to vote out irresponsible, bought-and-paid-for incumbents, and make it difficult for big-money-donor-puppeteers to know where to spend their big money in attempts to buy elections (NOTE: 90% of elections are won by the candidate that spends the most money).
If the voters (who are the real majority by numbers), or if only the 78 million eligible voters that don't vote, all join to vote out incumbents over and over, until they pass some no-brainer, common-sense reforms, then the voters will obtain a government that is responsible and accountable.
Until then, the situation grows worse and worse, and the path to reform becomes harder and harder.
There will very likely, in the not-too-distant future be some consequences for the fiscal irresponsibilty of the last 25+ years.
Only four things of the long list of pressing problems could be the catalyst of an economic melt-down that could change life as we now know it:
(1) The growing (perhaps too big already) National Debt of $8.2 trillion, representing about $38 trillion in interest payments over the next 127 years.
(2) 77 million baby boomers that will soon be earning less money, paying less taxes, spending less money, and drawing from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid (which are already mismanaged and still being plundered), and $1.6 trillion shortfalls in the pension systems, nation-wide.
(3) $32 trillion in personal debt (nation-wide). That's a staggering amount of debt. Also, at a time when median incomes has fallen for each of the past 4 years.
(4) An energy shortage, by itself alone, has the potential to drastically affect the economy. When fuel prices jumped over $3 dollars per gallon, everyone was affected.
Also, there is something known as the peak production point, based on supply and demand, that warns that it may be difficult or impossible to provide the growing needs for fuel, as the economies of China, India, and Asia (with about 3 billion people) grow increasingly competetive, requiring more and more energy to fuel their growth.
d.a.n | January 14, 2006 11:17 AM
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