The older I get, the more one thing becomes glaringly apparent - the legislation that gets pushed the hardest are the bills that benefit the richest. I'm not poo - pooing any small businessman or self-employed person. The things that fly thru congress and get all kinds of money behind them are ones beneficial to corporate executives, Wall Street bankers, or inherited - money - rich types. The only use the true POWER BROKERS have for the avg. Republican or Democrat is for their vote. After election day, 99% of us are like yesterday's breakfast - turds to be flushed & forgotten until the next campaign. The real BIG MONEY PLAYERS - and I mean BIG MONEY - don't give a rat's a$$ about the avg. citizen - be they R or D. They look at us as a tool to make them even richer. ( I'm NOT talking about a husband / wife who worked all their lives and maybe saved & invested to accumulate $1 million or so. ) That is chump change to the big players. Hell - they throw sweet sixteen parties for their spoiled brat kids that cost more than that.
Forget the political name-calling for a second. How many readers hate " Obamacare "? Would you like it better if the HUGE $$$ insurance companies can deny care for a pre-existing condition? Or toss you out as " un-insurable " when you get a serious disease or condition? Do any of us want to go one - on - one against the insurance companies? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that citizens CAN NOT sue insurance companies for denial of coverage. Big government got off our backs alright - and stood on our throats. When your wife or kid or brother, sister, or ourselves are diagnosed with cancer and the insurance company says "we aren't paying for the treatment " - How FREE do you feel now??? See above Supreme Court ruling.^^^^^^^
What about the big loud mouths who tout getting rid of guns? Several of them made the news when their homes were broken into - and they chased the crooks out with GUNS !!!
Or shot the crooks with GUNS! Oops. Hypocrites.
My point is this - we need to stop the name-calling, childish horseshit and look at what's REALLY important for the majority of us. Most of us aren't filthy rich, we have the same needs for our families, our healthcare ( a necessity - not a luxury ) retirement, etc. The power brokers spout inflammatory shit to get the pots stirred, then they sit back and watch as we bicker & fight amongst ourselves while they sip single malt scotch, puff on hand-rolled Cubans, and bone expensive " Escorts ". It's called DIVISION. DIVIDE & CONQUER. It's an old military strategy and it works on ALL battlefields. Are we smart enough to NOT play the game???