Elections are
coming up! I’m so excited! I love this time of year!
No, I am NOT
drunk.
We, the
people of this (once) great nation, get to rotate the stale and corrupt
leadership of the country for some new, fresh corruption.
Ok, so I am
a bit jaded.
Here’s the
breakdown:
Upon its creation,
the “Founding Document” of the Constitution of the United States refers to the “service”
of the citizens to the general public. I love that. The government is truly OF,
BY and FOR the PEOPLE. The idea at that time was to have people – learned and
altruistic – represent the areas from which they hailed and the people that
live there. This gives the common man a VOICE in the running of the country.
Once the “service” to the country was complete, the representative would then
go back home and resume his (now we can add her) career. They would serve for a stint of 2 years in
some capacity and 4 years in others.
The idea was
to make sure those representing the people in their area never became REMOVED
from those people. That way, they would be able to speak more knowledgably to
the needs of these people. This was a public service, like jury duty.
Time evolved
the roles of public servants. That evolution became the corrosive poison that
spawned the “Career Politician”. The people that we now have to choose from to
represent us – above the local city level – do not even know what it’s like to
work a real job. There should never be a career politician. There should be a
cap on the service any single individual can perform in these roles. They didn’t
need to add that as a part of the Constitution when it was drafted as the idea
of someone fattening up off of the “service” role was never even considered at
that time.
These people
that are elected to be our representatives have no idea what life is like for
the majority of their constituency. Mighty fuck, they don’t even live in the
same area! They have summer homes and apartments in D.C. and maybe a home in
the upscale area of the region they represent. They fly on our dime, they live
on our dime. We have Senators that have been in office for over 20 years! And
when they retire, they get a pension from the government FOR LIFE. Not one that
would be like yours or mine – certainly not the equivalent of Social Security I
will get when (and IF) I get to retire! They will continue to get special
treatment and special consideration until the day they die. Some get security
details allotted to them after they are done “serving”.
Ok… back to
the task at hand.
I want a
change as much as the next person. It will never happen. It won’t happen
because the people that would be hurt by any of these drastic changes are the
same people that would have to vote to pass any legislation to make these
changes. One of them would have to actually stand up and say, “I am sick of
fucking the entire country just so I don’t have to work. And I’m tired of setting
up my retirement at age 35 off of the government loopholes to live a lavish
lifestyle for the next 30 plus years. And I am SICK and TIRED of doing all of
this, loving the government tit, while making the average person in this
country suck the government DICK!”
You want to
know who’s going to volunteer that little gem? NOBODY!
Every term,
more money is flushed in the D.C. Crapper to give the “Career Politician”
another raise or perk or whatever.
But every
couple of years, we – as a nation – hold the reigns for a few months. The power
really can be ours. You and me – we got this. A full-fledged turnover is much
needed. We gripe, we complain, we say we want more from these “servants”.
And like
lambs to the slaughter, we follow the most popular. We get wrapped up in
BULLSHIT and stop paying attention to the things that really matter.
WAKE THE
FUCK UP, America!
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