"There's a thing called "campaign promises" that deceive all of us. Say what's necessary to get in office - then they do what they want to."
I do not mean to sound harsh on this subject, but this is the height of naivety. I will assume you are fairly young, and not accustomed to the political game.
Rule one. Politicians lie.
Rule two. If thier lips are moving, they are lying.
It is the citizens duty to look at a politicians voting record, before you vote. Many times, what they say, is not what they do. Look at the current presidential race. There is no way an intelligent person can justify, and rectify the record of people, who shall remain unnamed here. That is your job. You must look for the truth of what they do, and see if you can live with what they are doing, in your life, and in your grandchildrens' lives.
Look back at the previous administration. DO you know that Janet Reno wanted to start a file on re-enactors? And regulate out firearms? I'm not particularly comfortable with that, myself. They were saying, in essence, that we are criminals that need to be watched. Can you see anyone coming up in the next election who may have the same opinion, and want to take away your pet Pennesylvania rifle, because you are a threat? Rest assured, there are those in the government that have this in thier minds. It is our job to protect our freedoms. If someone votes for more social programs, that are illegal to start with, they are a very big part of the problem in this country.
Line item vetoes are a very good idea. There is so much pork added to each bill, that each should stand alone. As was pointed out, so many pork riders are put on each bill, to get something worthwhile, they are forced to vote for the ridiculous. This is what is putting us so far in debt. If the president would apply a line item veto, it would be good. Once he does it, it could be sent back to Foggy Bottom. At which time, all the senators and congressmen would begin to whine that school funding, and money for the poor and aged was being cut. At that time, the president should call a press conference, and begin reading the parts of the bills he had lined out. If the people knew the pork being tossed into the mix, there would be a very sudden revolt.
I don't know how things stand in other parts of the country, but here, we stand ready for revolution, or more properly, for civil war to break out in our lifetimes. I guess those who are fat and happy from government money will never stand up, but those of us who still live in AMERICA, are willing to fight for what the people did in the Revolution. At this point, we are far beyond the taxation and repression that they dealt with.
What will it take for you,(rhetorically) to stand up as a man? It isn't up to the politicians. It is up to we, the citizens, the people. WE are responsible for what happens in this country.
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