http://kylinrouge.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] kylinrouge.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-08-10 04:02 pm (UTC)

Either that or it's not really against their interests (or, even if it is, they sincerely believe it's not).

If they believe it's not despite the facts, they're misinformed.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/18/tea-party-ignorant-taxes-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html

If politicians ARE saying reasonable things, they're just lying and doing whatever they want no matter what the reasons they used for election.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/us/politics/20freshmen.html

But, hey man... if you want to do away with vast amounts of governmental control because the system itself propagates corruption and malfeasance, then I'm with you.

No, I don't want to do do away with 'vast amounts of government control'. I want to end the 2-party system so we can get some real, non-corporate owned politicians into office. Public finance, alternative vote system, and real progressive candidates that have a shot to get elected. This country still has a shot of keeping its status as a superpower, but sooner or later income inequality will be so high that we will become a third world nation.

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