lets be honest......?

Question

why blame repulicans or democrats..??? we all know that both parties contain enough power mad people that only are there to get reelected and amass their power base for when they retire, so they can then get the big bucks speaking, lobbying and consulting...there might be 1 or 2 people in gov't that started out looking out for the small guy, but after 2 or 3 years in the corruptness of washington..they either play the political game or go home....its time we americans banded together and demanded someone to look out for us.....enforce the laws...have a flat tax..no deductions, no cheating....no lobbying or sitting on a corporation board after you get out of gov't....get a freekin energy policy that gets us off oil...we have the brainpower to go to wind, solar, tidal, geothermal...we just dont have someone with the guts to say so in public....
i think once america solves this energy problem, we will return as the superpower we were....

Answer 1

You must be a member of the Common Sense Party!
Thank Goodness!!
I thought I was alone here!

Special Interest groups and Lobbying is getting in the way of Democracy. This is becoming more dangerous to the future of America than any terrorist organization.
Big Business and Big Money should NOT determine public policy and that is exactly what is happening!

I too feel that many politicians in every political party start out with the best intentions and then somewhere along the line their morals become corrupted and misguided. It seems the all mighty dollar blinds many to the proper path. Stronger safegaurds need to be in place against special interest groups and lobbyists. I see that was addressed in the first 100 hours. Time will tell if anything legislated now will be effective. It is a HUGE problem...... The selling of America to the highest bidder!

I also hope something is done in regard to the legislation passed in 2005 regarding Eminent Domain. A travesty!!

Answer 2

It's sounds very Utopian visioned, but let's come back down from the clouds for a minute. The reason we can't immediately ban the use of fossil fuels is that manufacturers of fossil fuel products (i.e. every machine driven product including cars, lawn mowers, RC and industrial equipment, backup power generators, jet aircraft, etc.) have assembly lines operated right here in the U.S. of A. If we were to suddenly ban these thing, a sickening chunk of American workers would suddenly find themselves without work, trying to figure out how to pay their mortgage and feed their kids - as well as their gas tanks.

Nobody likes the pains of switching from a Petroleum fueled society to an alternative energy fueled society. Unfortunately, it's a pain that we have to go through if we want to make it into the next era as EcoFriendly and Economy friendly as possible. We have to cater to the fact that our country is built upon the techs that we no longer want. We have to grow our country into the place it needs to be, but without displacing the culture that is dependent upon those techs.

Answer 3

There are a lot of people with the guts to say so but sadly there aren't enough people with the guts to admit they were wrong in denying this and change. It's easier to continue to stand by what you originally said than it is to admit you were wrong. People were told that global warming would not happed for a billion years or more so why worry and now that they see it happening now they are afraid to admit they were wrong. Solving the energy problem will not solve the problem that the planet is heating at a very rapid rate and people are the sole cause of this and America is a huge contributor!

Answer 4

We became the United States...because we didnt like "taxation without representation"

Answer 5

Agreed.

Answer 6

I am not so sure about a flat tax.

Answer 7

Run for president, you have my vote badjansse!
Just work on your name!