The president said it again: Our problem is with Social Security and Medicare.

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140. Pssst, not everything is about 'political capital'. In fact to a vast majority

of the people in this country, it is so minor an issue that if you were to approach one of them with THAT as an excuse for NOT doing what is the right thing to do for the benefit of the people, they would think you landed from another planet.

I keep seeing this being tossed around.

Here, let me explain. When someone is elected to Congress their job is to represent the people's interests. Their goal should be to go there for TWO YEARS and do the very best job they can EVEN IF IT MEANS staying for only one term.

Nowhere in the job description does it say 'they need to work on preserving political capital so they can keep their job, no matter how badly they do it, for another term'. The fact that this IS what most of them do is WHY they are among the most unpopular entities in the country.

So, supposing we ignored the partisans, the political operatives, the 'inside DC' crowd who have failed so miserably, who have proven how WRONG they are over and over again, and began doing things in the NORMAL way, someone get a job, they do the job. No Think Tank lingo, which is so stale and meaningless at this point it really is time to toss in the nearest dumpster.


Here's what will happen. When people see someone actually fighting for them and their interests, when they begin to see small improvements in their lives, when they see corruption being addressed rather than bailed out, when they see programs like SS OFF THE TABLE with no excuses, they will reelect those who do the job they were sent to do.

We haven't tried that yet, we've been fed all this inside the beltway garbage about 'political capital' and 'political strategy' etc and it has failed miserably for a vast majority of ordenary people.

The ONLY capital that matters or should to an elected Rep is to do his/her job for the people, honestly and with integrity and zero concern for the ramblings of political operatives who serve no purpose whatsoever for anyone but themselves.

Time to try something new. Elected officials doing their jobs for the people not their corporate sponsors. It just might catch on after a while.