A Quiet Corporate Coup - Instead of lobbying, lobbyists are now becoming congressional staff

[marym625]

15. I truly don't know how we can come back from the corporate take over

I just don't know. I know the Wolf PACs, the fight to get money out of politics, etc, is a noble fight and is being won in State after state. But we now have fewer banking regulations than even 6 months ago, we have a Presidential candidate that is the mouthpiece for the oligarchs, we have almost unlimited funding going into bills written by ALEC and other self serving groups and corporations. All this going on when unions are being destroyed and not even supported by many liberals and the income of the base for the Democratic party slowly, but surely, decreasing in comparison to the cost of living.

We are dropping, almost annually, in education. Our schools are funded based on performance rather than per student.

It is so discouraging to fight month after month, year after year, gaining little pieces of ground as we go, only to be pushed back further than we stepped forward. Equality in almost every area is being dismantled by SCOTUS, law enforcement and regulations. The small gains (and I include marriage equality and LGBT anti discrimination laws as small as they should be a given) are just a smoke screen to keep our eyes off of the other issues.

Just feeling a bit defeated

K&R.