I don't think our system of government is really working any more. Maybe it's time to ditch it and try something else.
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Because those Washington blowhards are not concerned at all with me and my problems or anyone else's, for that matter, except, of course, for the corporations that woo them.
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Do they, with their lifelong pensions, care that my measly Social Security benefits have been capped for the next few years? Do they, with their excellent, comprehensive, free health coverage, care that despite Medicare, a major illness could wipe me out?
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Do they, with their two residences, care that housing costs are so prohibitive that I am desperately trying to avoid giving up my one small apartment?
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Do they, with their comfortable salaries, lecture fees and book contracts (to say nothing of their bribes and sometimes misused "campaign contributions") care that out-of-sight rising costs for basic necessities of life mean I can't afford a new pair of shoes or a dinner out once in a while?
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And, above all, do they, with their ability to manipulate the system and keep their kids out of harm's way, care that my grandson or granddaughter might have to dodge explosives in unjustified and immoral wars for oil championed by men too old to fight?
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I think not.
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Maybe when our forefathers conjured up our system of government, elected officials had a greater sense of responsibility toward their fellow citizens. Perhaps they really DID try to make decisions that they conceived would benefit people the most. At that time, maybe, our representatives truly represented us, at least as honorably and conscientiously as they could.
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