David Plouffe and the organization called “Organizing for America“, a project of the Democratic National Committee… just asked me to participate in a “survey” which was actually just a fund raising effort disguised as a survey. Fortunately they left a space where I could offer up my own words. This is what I told them…
I feel used. I expected change. Nothing’s changed. The Democrats have the majority in both branches of Congress and they’ve done nothing but bow to corporate interests. Banks, that used to pay me for the use of my money… now pay nothing and CHARGE me to withdraw my own money.
Forcing people, by law, to buy health care insurance from private companies that are only motivated by profit is NOT health care reform. It’s government sanctioned extortion.
Obviously, neither party is interested in the welfare of the people. They are interested in the welfare of the wealthy corporations that actually own the parties. Obama offered us the illusion of reform… the illusion of representation… the illusion of hope.
My unemployment compensation expired last month…Â and you have the nerve to ask me for more money?
I don’t see ANY branch of the federal government that puts the welfare of the human beings that live and work in this country ahead of corporate profits. Not one. My government passes laws that won’t go into effect for several years? Why on Earth would they do that? To help the American people? Or to help the businesses they are pretending to regulate? “Pretend regulations” that will be repealed by a future Congress before they ever go into effect.
I thought I voted for change. But my vote didn’t count. The government I elected gave corporations, that HAVE NO VOTE, all of my money, and all of my grandchildren’s money, to save the banks that no longer pay interest on deposits, and are no longer required to pay any interest on the money they get from the U.S. government. Banks that have reaped record profits this year.
Change I can believe in? Smoke and mirrors. I used to get angry with people who summed up all government as “just a bunch of crooks”. That was before I got a year’s worth of change I could believe in.
Well said… I had no faith in the motto of change. In this day and age, only a person that can gererate lots of campaign money can be elected, and it seems that the only way of generating that money is to bow down to big business.
We concern ourselves with the Dictators of other countries thinking that we have freedom to elect our leaders while they don’t, but in reality, the names and faces of our leaders change, but their leadership doesn’t.
Right on. I think more and more people are losing faith in this current 2 party system. It appears as though both parties appear to be in bed, not only with each other, but with each other’s corporate sponsors. Not really sure what the answer is, but this definitely isn’t it. If we continue on this path, our children’s children will be in a world of hurt. Something’s got to give.
Painful but true. My realization that the corporate interests are the only interests was soon followed by resignation. If there’s a household that should not be hurting, it’s us, but an employer’s bankruptcy, a daughter in college, an unemployed, disabled adult son, no real estate market, and evaporated savings has us fearing the future. I haven’t heard from the DNC, but if I do, they’re gonna get the ol’ CTRL+C, CTRL+V.
I ditto it all Mr. Fenton, I too am very disappointed in the “business as usual” disquised as change years from now which will never become a reality. I believe our founders and ancestors of this great nation paid with their blood to establish change and to rid themselves of oppression so it seems to me that Revolution is the only voice left for the American people who are the truely oppressed. Somehow the ballot box turned into a shreader and our votes became fodder. I cannot believe, with the state of our econmony that ananarchy hasn’t taken place.
The health care battle has been a brutal one. The outcome is somewhat disappointing. But there will be a result that will bring health insurance to more americans including the ones who need it most. We saw how brutal that process was. But, at the risk of sounding contrarian, things aren’t as bad as they seem, especially considering the total lack of participation in the process by the republican party. There have been successes. This page from Politifact helps provide some perspective.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/