Are Americans responsible for allowing their leaders to corrupt the system of government?

Question

I include Democrat presidencies, as well as the more obvious Republican ones

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Answer 1

MAN you just don't get it....look at the voting systems....corrupted....scams everywhere....you think the people of America want to pat higher taxes and get nothing in return? do you think we want to pay $4.00 a gallon for gas....you have no clue of whats going on... If not having medical care in our country to help those in need makes us happy, seeing our veterans disable and homeless, no educations for our youth,...you are one big fool,if you think I have any responsibility of whats going on in office...you need to get the hell off of here and get some education. You keep asking some of the stupidest questions i have seen on here yet. If you think we are supporting what is happening in our government, then you think we support our families dieing , for the ill causes of others.....you are some crumbled cookie

Answer 2

Governments are the result of what people want and what people allow.

To the degree that there is a proactive citizenry the government will act in a responsible manner. Are you proactive or not?

Begin with the simplest of involvement, your local community.
What do you consider to be your community?
Do you know who is elected?
Do you know who holds appointed positions in your community?
Do you know when these elected and appointed groups meet?
Have you ever attended one of these meetings?
Do your regularly get the meeting agendas?
Do you regularly get the meeting minutes?
Are you aware of and have some understanding of the budgets of these groups?
Do you have a cops Constitution?
Do you have a copy of your State’s Constitution?
Do you have access to your State’s codes and laws?
Do you have access to your local community’s codes and laws?
Are you aware that all of this is available through open public access?

Look at my community, which I view as the county.
It has a population of an estimated 128,000 adults and children.
It has nine incorporated communities.
It has 16 Townships.
It has three public school districts.
All of these have elected people.
All of these have appointed people.
There are (including President) 178 positions for which the citizens can vote.
There are over 400 appointed positions.

You can also go to your county election board and acquire a list of all registered voters and that list should note in which of the last five elections they voted.

All of this and much more is easily available to you, if you want to be a participant. If you can’t (or won’t) do this at the local level, you’ll never have a chance to do any thing at your State level, let alone at the federal level.

Clearly you can do a lot as an individual, but not everything, for this you need other people. For example, at the federal level seek the works of the Liberty Caucus. This is a small group of Congressional members who focus on the Constitution of the United States. They can provide all types of good information.

Are there corrupt individuals in government? Obviously there are such individuals, but I suggest that they are only a small percentage of the total. The others may not be doing things the way you wish but they are not necessarily corrupt. Most people in government mean to do good and that is why they work to get elected or volunteer for appointment. They are people just like you. However, one of the things you learn early on in government is that few people try to influence what is going on and fewer yet understand what is going on. It also quickly becomes apparent that only a small group vote on a regular basis. It is also clear that of those that vote, certain segments of the population vote and support more consistently than others. Politicians are no different than anyone else, they respond to those who are most aware and most involved. That’s not corruption, it is human nature. It is the proactive citizen who determines what happens.

Answer 3

I think to a certain extent. However, the majority of individual Americans don't really have much representation in government any more. The only ones really getting represented are the big corporations and organizations who pay politicians big bucks.

Voting any more has come down to choosing the lesser of two evils. For instance, I'm a strong conservative republican. I live in Maryland where our current "republican" governor is nothing but a democrat with a republican name tag. I'm going to do some research about the democratic candidate (O'Malley) and see if he's any better/worse (from my political viewpoints) and vote for the lesser of the two evils. Sad that it comes down to this!

Answer 4

No, Americans aren't responsible. Money is the main reason the political system is so corrupt. One look at New Orleans in the last year says a bunch.

Answer 5

- placed an end to and slashed gross government spending that grow to be carried out by way of Bush. Stopped analyzing the record suitable there. I provide this a troll rating of three/10. it fairly is obtrusive besides the fact that it will nonetheless garner responses. Kudos on the racist bit on the top, you earned a element for that one. (additionally if it fairly is what you or the different individual heavily have faith in then i think of you have reached ranges of Fanaticism that render you proof against info and severe questioning).

Answer 6

We elect people to represent us as a population. Rarely once these bozos get in office do they ever represent us. Absolute power corrupts absolutely!! Most people are not active in politics except for voting. The only way to keep our government in check is to banned together when our representatives step over the line.

Answer 7

Yes.

They buy into the notion that the press does its job it is biased

They are not as informed as they should be.

They are not as politcally active as they should be.

They are not demanding accountablity from thier representives.

They are standing by while their leaders go for a power grab.....

They allow corparations to flood our politics with money instead of demanding our representives take a stand.


This is the way the world ends.......not with a bang but a wimper.

Answer 8

Yes! Over the past fifty years, Americans have become more disenfranchised from the political system for two reasons: 1) a national apathy, and 2) the stranglehold that the Republican and Democratic parties have put in our political and electoral system.

Still, Americans are responsible for allowing our system to become so corrupt because they've done very little to uphold any sense of standard of integrity.

We don't vote.So, politicians have turned that to their favor. They prefer low voter turn-outs because it increases their chances of being re-elected. We don't protest. So, politicians have turned that to their advantage by simply grabbing more and more power, knowing that the general citizenry won't object.

We don't get involved in politics because we're "too busy" with all those "important" things in our lives like maxxed-out credit cards; $3.00-a-gallon fuel for our $60,000 SUVs; Britney Spears' love life; Jacko's pedophilia; professional landscaping for our $350,000 homes; "low prices - everyday" at WalMart for junk we don't even need; and the latest rankings of our favorite baseball team.

Add to that the distractions that politicians provide: non-binding, useless 'resolutions' on such trivia as gay marriage, flag-burning, and the right of the New York Times to publish stories about U.S. monitoring terrorists' bank accounts. As long as our sleazy politicians can keep us preoccupied with all this trash, they don't have to worry about vital issues such as education, infrastructure, human rights, political corruption, term limits for all elected officials, or Constitutionally-guaranteed personal freedoms. They can continue sucking off the taxpayers' teat, enriching themselves with lavish salaries, outlandish cost-of-living pay increases (while refusing a minimum-wage increase for the 'common' people), all-expense-paid luxury vacations, and the most unimaginable health and medical care, and retirement plans!

Meanwhile, Americans languish in a pot of lukewarm water, just like comfortable lobsters. Only when the water starts to boil over will we start screaming in agony over our own apathy.

Thomas Jefferson once said; "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." That time is way past due.

The Constitution affords us the right to bear arms against a tyrannical, oppressive government, but we're "too busy" to get involved. Until Americans get off the couch, put down the remote, and stand up and demand to take back their country, politicians will continue to rape and pillage as they damn well choose. Yes, we're responsible for the corrupt system of government because we elect to do nothing about it, except *****. Another Boston Tea Party or a second American Revolution would be appropriate at this time in our country's history, but the water hasn't started boiling over yet.

When it does, it might be too late. -RKO- 07/06/06

Answer 9

First our government is not corrupt..it was when Clinton was in office, Lie's adultery, cheating & strange deaths. 29 people died in the Clinton administration including 4 cabinet memeber..the previous record was 3 in the Carter administration.
Now that's corruption!

Answer 10

The Americans who voted for the current Administration...Hell yeah!