Exactly…What is the
Establishment?
Let’s consider for a moment that you are Joe or Jane Doaks….you
live in a rural area of the country and your neighbors convince you that you
are the person they would like to see most to represent them in the government.
You are flattered, you consider it and give in, find some
supporters, make convincing speeches about all of the good you are planning on
doing, manage to get elected and soon find your way to the hallowed halls of
the congress of the state you live in or to the Congress of the United States.
Welcome to the club.
Because, that’s exactly what it is.
A club. An industry.
In case you haven’t realized it, politics is an industry.
Just like the medical, legal, banking or any other type of
business.
Look at the US congress.
You think all of these members sit around each day and study
and contemplate how they should be voting on the legislation that will affect
you and me?
Think again.
Look up this web site for something I bet you never knew anything
about.
The members of this industry are required to drive in money
to support their respective parties.
If they want to stay in office and retain the support of their
party.
Looking at this report, you will see a time schedule that
wants these members to spend four (4) hours per day bringing in donations.
This compares to the two (2) hours per day suggested for
meeting or discussion with the folks they represent.
It soon becomes obvious that regardless of the political
party, the first responsibility of the congress person is to get re-elected,
and not to respond to the wishes and whims of the people who sent them to
political office.
Yes, friends, what we have here is an industry.
They work together, party together, vacation together and
even stay together long after they leave office as lobbyists.
And you better believe they look out for each other.
Not for us.
Not for you and me.
The notion that they care about the average citizen is
absurd. They don’t.
They care about themselves.
Why do you think the current president is having so much
trouble with his own party right now?
Because he is not one of them.
He did not pay his dues and come into politics like the rest
of them.
He is, (shudder!!!) a businessman.
Heaven forbid he should be in office.
He is a threat to all of them. Not just the opposition
party, but also to his own party.
No one expected him to win the election last November.
All of you ‘deplorables’ need to just calm down and go back
to the mines and let us (the media, the entertainment industry, the political
establishment) run things because you are too simple minded to think for
yourselves, much less run a big old country like the United States.
Sometimes I think the national motto should be changed to ‘Do
as we say, not as we do.’
Are there some honest politicians out there working for us?
I am sure there are, but they are few and far between.
They also do not last long when they fail to toe the party
line.
Nope, they have their perks…wonderful retirements, unbelievable
health care. Dispensations of the rules we have to live under on a daily basis.
It’s a great industry, isn’t it?
Try getting anyone of them to discuss the value of term
limits.
Never happen.
Try to get any congress person to discuss cutting the budget
and actually doing it.
Never happen.
In 1984, under the presidency of Ronald Reagan, a business
man named Peter Grace actually produced a report called, the Grace Commission.
Take a look at this and see for yourself.
Mr. Grace estimated that fully 1/3 of all government revenue
(taxes) was wasted due to inefficiency and mismanagement.
His report was shelved and none of his recommendations were
put into effect.
One can only guess as to how many oxen were gored by his recommendation.
The problem, as I see it, is one of an apathetic voter base
who does little or nothing to force their elected representatives to make any
serious changes in how the political ‘industry’ operates.
Shame on us.
We need to get off our couches, give up the nachos and do
something.
Anything.
We have this great tool, called the internet.
Lots of good information, some good, some bad, but lots of
it.
It takes time and effort to sort through it to find the
truth.
Then we need to talk to people, our kids, our church, our
neighbors.
If they have a different opinion, fine. Take time to look at
their point and see if they are valid or if you are actually correct.
This is not a sprint for the salvation of this country.
It is a marathon.
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