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No Wonder Nothing Gets Done  

redrockrascal 65M
8460 posts
4/24/2016 6:54 pm
No Wonder Nothing Gets Done

I just watched a report on what many of our congressional “representatives” (from both parties) spend a great deal of their time doing. It should not be surprising that it is not working on the genuine issues (the economy/jobs, terrorism crime, etc.) that need to be addressed. It is spend telemarketing for donations to go to PACs (Political Action Committees) a.k.a. special interest groups. If you spend half of your work week calling people and asking them for money how long would you be employed?

You, as a citizen of the USA, are paying your congressional “representatives” (employee) to raise money for various political reasons. Some Members of Congress spend as much as 30 hours per week soliciting campaign contributions. This has come about due to the SCOTUS Citizens United decision, which effectively allows unlimited amounts of money to be spent on political campaigns. Have you received any money from your rep? If not it is because regular working citizens of the US are not benefiting by these practices.

There is a bill in Congress designed to curtail this waste of time Congress is perpetrating on the citizens. It is H.R. 4443.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
4/25/2016 9:33 pm

 That is one of the main reasons I have been saying to get Bernie into office as he is the only one who has an interest in putting an end to those kind of abuses. You can bet Hillary won't lift a finger to fix those kind of problems. She is one of the biggest abusers of the money in politics situation.
Vive La Difference


redrockrascal replies on 4/26/2016 5:46 pm:
The SCOTUS Citizens United ruling would be very difficult to change, no matter who is POTUS, since SCOTUS would have to change it.

sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
4/25/2016 4:02 pm

 I am happy to say I am glad I live in Canada! hugssss V
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redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
4/24/2016 8:13 pm
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Join the crowd - most Americans probably don't either. Your comments are always welcome.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


sphxdiver 74M
21063 posts
4/24/2016 7:07 pm

 The bill will never pass, those assholes aren't about to cut their own throats for the American public.

They've got walking around money for doing such deeds !!!


redrockrascal replies on 4/24/2016 8:12 pm:
No they probably won't

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