Greetings good citizen, not for the first time have I addressed the topic of 'elected government' and how the average individual remains 'voiceless' from the cradle to the grave.
Sure, we are TOLD how the ballot box gives you the chance to let power know what it is that you desire but if you really want a politician's ear, you either have to be a celebrity or you have to have MIGHTY 'deep pockets'...and of the two, the deep pockets are the ones they listen to!
Did you see the HBO special on campaign contributors? It is as clear as mud just what 'individual donors' gain from...'buying access' because the thrust of the program was to spread the viewpoint that individual contributors are just as 'voiceless' as the average citizen. Sure, attend a $50k a plate dinner for the party and you will get the chance to have your picture taken with either the candidate or the sitting officeholder...but most of us have better uses for hundreds of thousands of dollars. [Like paying off the mortgage or student loans...]
More than somewhat disturbing was how at the 'lower' stratum, the 'edge of the tires', so to speak, we find image conscious members of the medical profession.
We can only ask ourselves, is this the reason healthcare has become so outrageously expensive? But again I admonish you to remember it wasn't always like this! Our modern disaster in healthcare began with 'Morning in America!' and Reagan's drive to 'Privatize'...
Just another impression the show left me with is these people seem more than a little 'disconnected' from the day to day realities a normal person faces.
Which is to say if you are cutting six figure checks to politicians just to get your picture taken with them your not even walking on the same PLANET I wake up on every morning!
Don't get me started on the subject of how you have that kind of 'disposable income' to play with because it sure ain't due to you're being 'frugal'!
But I digress, this is not about the 'illusion of participation' [although I must say the people interviewed didn't seem particularly 'grounded' but I think I covered the reason for that. They live a lot closer to the 'trough' than the majority of us do...a decidedly BAD thing.
At the 'center' of the One Dollar = One Vote debate is the 'institutional giver'...who gives expressly to get something in return.
They didn't interview ANYBODY on either side of that fence, making the whole program a waste of time...which it would have been anyway considering the true 'power behind the throne' isn't interested in money, it already has all it wants.
So again, I digress.
Who SHOULD have 'access' to the decision making process? The people affected by the decision, right?
So tell me good citizen, what good does it do you to only get to decide BEFORE any decisions are made?
Before you even know what's on the table?
It, as you well know, does you zero good...because from the beginning you weren't considered 'smart enough' to make those choices. Worse, the ballot you do get to cast may as well go in the trash bin because the 'electoral college' decides [after the oligarchs tell them] which candidate becomes 'meat-puppet in chief, a.k.a head Oaf!'
The whole idea of having 'somebody else' make decisions that effect your life originates with the criminals that couldn't risk having 'normal people' cutting them off from the 'money tree'.
It starts with the whole 'banking business' and drifts over to 'investments' where neither has any basis in reality.
Again, if you have a clue, watching TV can be surreal at times. Sometimes shows aren't 'on topic'...and this one was a perfect example. A Chinese contracting firm was experiencing difficulties hiring enough workers to complete their production schedule, er, 'on cost'. So the solution they came up with was to go directly to the 'source' to hire the people they needed. Just to give you a hint they weren't bringing in Chinese workers. What the yuan will buy you in China isn't what it will buy you in Dubai, so they had to go where the workers worked for, er, 'less'.
They went directly to India to meet their staffing needs.
Well, time tunnel time. As the program progressed it eventually became apparent that the show was taped in 2009 but the principle remains. Thanks to 'money hocus pocus' capitalism was once again making businessmen put both feet into one shoe!
Understand good citizen, these people are supposed to be 'smart' but look at the foolishness they have to contend with!
Is it any wonder the world is such a mess?
But again, I {shamefully} digress!
Who needs access? YOU DO! When do you need it 24/7!
Again I have probably lost most of you after this began as commentary on Citizen's United. You've heard it all and you have already decided that even if they do 'overturn' the ruling, NOTHING will change. [Those of you who slugged it out beyond the first paragraph know I allowed for that.]
Constant reader also knows we will be, er, 'gifted' with our first female leader and SHE will have 'overturned Citizen's United' added to her resume...and nothing else despite, er, 'winning' another 4 years...[if our civilization lasts that long.]
Another thing constant reader knows is Hillary runs as the candidate for a party that no longer exists. The 'True Democrats' wanted Bernie but the sellout media decided it was high time we had a uterus in the White House doing MORE than keeping the POTUS's bed warm...
Brace yourself because the next POTUS will be a 'representative' of the Gay community and the Oligarchs don't care if you like it or not.
It has become the only way to explain why the electorial process is so confounding...because we are [according to the media] so 'divided'.
Well, good citizen, there is more truth in 'divided we fall' than you may ever realize!
Thank you [very much] for reading this far.
Gegner
Sure, we are TOLD how the ballot box gives you the chance to let power know what it is that you desire but if you really want a politician's ear, you either have to be a celebrity or you have to have MIGHTY 'deep pockets'...and of the two, the deep pockets are the ones they listen to!
Did you see the HBO special on campaign contributors? It is as clear as mud just what 'individual donors' gain from...'buying access' because the thrust of the program was to spread the viewpoint that individual contributors are just as 'voiceless' as the average citizen. Sure, attend a $50k a plate dinner for the party and you will get the chance to have your picture taken with either the candidate or the sitting officeholder...but most of us have better uses for hundreds of thousands of dollars. [Like paying off the mortgage or student loans...]
More than somewhat disturbing was how at the 'lower' stratum, the 'edge of the tires', so to speak, we find image conscious members of the medical profession.
We can only ask ourselves, is this the reason healthcare has become so outrageously expensive? But again I admonish you to remember it wasn't always like this! Our modern disaster in healthcare began with 'Morning in America!' and Reagan's drive to 'Privatize'...
Just another impression the show left me with is these people seem more than a little 'disconnected' from the day to day realities a normal person faces.
Which is to say if you are cutting six figure checks to politicians just to get your picture taken with them your not even walking on the same PLANET I wake up on every morning!
Don't get me started on the subject of how you have that kind of 'disposable income' to play with because it sure ain't due to you're being 'frugal'!
But I digress, this is not about the 'illusion of participation' [although I must say the people interviewed didn't seem particularly 'grounded' but I think I covered the reason for that. They live a lot closer to the 'trough' than the majority of us do...a decidedly BAD thing.
At the 'center' of the One Dollar = One Vote debate is the 'institutional giver'...who gives expressly to get something in return.
They didn't interview ANYBODY on either side of that fence, making the whole program a waste of time...which it would have been anyway considering the true 'power behind the throne' isn't interested in money, it already has all it wants.
So again, I digress.
Who SHOULD have 'access' to the decision making process? The people affected by the decision, right?
So tell me good citizen, what good does it do you to only get to decide BEFORE any decisions are made?
Before you even know what's on the table?
It, as you well know, does you zero good...because from the beginning you weren't considered 'smart enough' to make those choices. Worse, the ballot you do get to cast may as well go in the trash bin because the 'electoral college' decides [after the oligarchs tell them] which candidate becomes 'meat-puppet in chief, a.k.a head Oaf!'
The whole idea of having 'somebody else' make decisions that effect your life originates with the criminals that couldn't risk having 'normal people' cutting them off from the 'money tree'.
It starts with the whole 'banking business' and drifts over to 'investments' where neither has any basis in reality.
Again, if you have a clue, watching TV can be surreal at times. Sometimes shows aren't 'on topic'...and this one was a perfect example. A Chinese contracting firm was experiencing difficulties hiring enough workers to complete their production schedule, er, 'on cost'. So the solution they came up with was to go directly to the 'source' to hire the people they needed. Just to give you a hint they weren't bringing in Chinese workers. What the yuan will buy you in China isn't what it will buy you in Dubai, so they had to go where the workers worked for, er, 'less'.
They went directly to India to meet their staffing needs.
Well, time tunnel time. As the program progressed it eventually became apparent that the show was taped in 2009 but the principle remains. Thanks to 'money hocus pocus' capitalism was once again making businessmen put both feet into one shoe!
Understand good citizen, these people are supposed to be 'smart' but look at the foolishness they have to contend with!
Is it any wonder the world is such a mess?
But again, I {shamefully} digress!
Who needs access? YOU DO! When do you need it 24/7!
Again I have probably lost most of you after this began as commentary on Citizen's United. You've heard it all and you have already decided that even if they do 'overturn' the ruling, NOTHING will change. [Those of you who slugged it out beyond the first paragraph know I allowed for that.]
Constant reader also knows we will be, er, 'gifted' with our first female leader and SHE will have 'overturned Citizen's United' added to her resume...and nothing else despite, er, 'winning' another 4 years...[if our civilization lasts that long.]
Another thing constant reader knows is Hillary runs as the candidate for a party that no longer exists. The 'True Democrats' wanted Bernie but the sellout media decided it was high time we had a uterus in the White House doing MORE than keeping the POTUS's bed warm...
Brace yourself because the next POTUS will be a 'representative' of the Gay community and the Oligarchs don't care if you like it or not.
It has become the only way to explain why the electorial process is so confounding...because we are [according to the media] so 'divided'.
Well, good citizen, there is more truth in 'divided we fall' than you may ever realize!
Thank you [very much] for reading this far.
Gegner
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