Disgust

[Stonepounder]

12. Anyone who still believes we have a 'representative' Democracy

should have that belief put to rest today. We have an oligarchy pure and simple. It simply does not matter what the people want, it only matters why the people with the big bucks want. Congress knows it can blithely ignore the will of the people and simply vote for what those with the big bucks want, and the idiots who vote will forget and vote for the guy who runs the most ads, or who belongs to 'their' political party.

The politicians don't listen to petitions, demonstrations, phone calls, editorials, or office visits, or letters. All that matters is that they vote the way the folks with the fat wallets want them to. And, if worst comes to worst and they get voted out of office, they know that so long as they voted the way their masters wanted them to, they will get jobs doing nothing and getting paid way more than they were making as a congresscritter.

The USA is well-and truly screwed and even though over 90% of the people wanted tighter controls on gun sales, there were even more corrupt, money-grubbing, gold digging congressmen. Congressmen who thing it is a good idea to take from the poor and give to the rich. I have no hope left for this country.