Tuesday, June 8, 2010

WAKE UP AMERICA

THE REASON THAT THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN NOT STOP BIG BUSINESS FROM FLEECING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS THAT THE PEOPLE IN POLITICS ARE FLEECING AMERICA MORE THAN BIG BUSINESS. I AM 60 YEARS OLD AND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR WOULD HAVE LANDED YOU IN PRISON.
WHEN YOU HAVE MEG WHITMAN, THE PAST CEO OF EBAY AND A BILLIONARE, INVEST SOME OF HER OWN MONEY INTO HER CAMPAIGN AND STEVE POIZNER,THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER OF CALIFORNIA, WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST HER PUT UP $24 MILLION OF HIS OWN MONEY INTO HIS CAMPAIGN THEY ARE SURELY EXPECTING TO RECOUP THEIR MONEY AND THEN SOME. IT USED TO BE IN POLITICS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT RUN BECAUSE IT DID NOT PAY AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT NOW EXTREMELY HIGH PAID PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE WANTING TO BE IN POLITICS. PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER; PLEASE!!!
IN THE CALIFORNIA SENATE PRIMARY YOU HAVE CARLY FIORINA WHO IS A FORMER CHEIF EXECUTIVE OF HEWLET-PACKARD.
YOU COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT CANDIDATES THAT PUT SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF THEIR OWN MONEY INTO THEIR CAMPAIGNS AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE RUNNING WHO HAVE HELD JOBS THAT PAID MUCH MORE THAN WE,THE PEOPLE, THINK A POLITICIAN MAKES. THIS IS WHY OUR TAXES ARE SO HIGH. WE ARE PAYING THESE PEOPLE.
PLEASE AMERICA WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ELECT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. IT IS NO LONGER ABOUT THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE AND INSTEAD IT IS ABOUT THE GOOD OF THE ELECTED PEOPLE. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM BUT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN WITH THE ELECTED PEOPLE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AGAINST THEIR SELF INTEREST.
I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER BUT THEIR ARE ALOT OF GOOD HONEST HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAT ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN I AM.
LET US AT LEAST WAKE UP AND START LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.