As a result, the people's influence over the election of their Congress and president is drowned out by the deluge of corporate money. Corporations can spend billions more than the majority of the people and are willing to spend to influence elections because it garners them even greater rewards. It is no longer apparent that our government is "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
We don't think our founding fathers were referring to corporations as the ones from which government should derive its power or receive its consent. They were referring to people like you and me. The government should serve by consent of we, the people, and no one else.
We are trying to figure out how to get our government back and how to make life better for the people who live here in this community.
Joe Gray
Joe points out that the Constitution specifically states that those who govern us derive their power from the consent of the governed. He's right, but then, who elects these folks in Washington for term after term to represent us? Last I looked...it is all of us who bother to vote. We elect them and thus they do derive their power to govern from we the governed. If we aren't happy with their actions, and we're clearly not, why don't we just fire them for failing to govern in our best interests? We just don't seem to have the courage to do so. Instead we just keep re-electing the same bozos even when we see them consistently not representing our best interests. How smart are we?
I agree with most of what Mr. Gray has to say, and admire him and folks like him for their willingness to personally try to change the course of our nation. Our leaders won't change unless we speak out loudly and visibly. I admire these folks for at least trying to do something to make a difference. Meanwhile the majority of us sit by our warm fires and complain about what's going on to no avail.
What do you think?
Mike Tower
Hendersonville, NC
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