What do the political parties really want? And I mean REALLY. Not what they say they want, not what the media says they want not what one party says the other wants. I want to know the truth.
The Democrats say they are on the side of the working person, the little guy. They have had the majority in the house for the past two years yet what have they really done for the working person? As far as this currently non-working person thinks, very little. They have made attempts to pass bills to help create jobs and extend unemployment benefits. The Republicans have made their efforts to block those bills and have succeeded for the most part. Why? Because for some reason the Democrats don't seem to want to do it badly enough. They have the power, they just won't use it. So, do they REALLY want to help the working person or just help themselves?
The Republicans on the other hand are a curious bunch. It seems clear, at least to me, that their number one priority is to cause the President to fail so that they can win back the White House. So far they are succeeding. They say want to fix the deficit, yet they support doing things that increase the deficit, such as extending the Bush tax cuts. The tax cuts were never paid for to begin with so how does extending them pay for them? I guess cutting spending would help but they refuse to say what spending they want to cut. It seems to me that if they want to convince the American people that they are serious about cutting the deficit then they would tell us what their plan is. I haven't heard one yet. Again, I question whether the Republicans REALLY want to fix the deficit or just use it as a tool to help themselves.
I am beginning to see a pattern here. Don't you? I think I know what they REALLY want.
The problem is that middle class people are being represented by millionaires that hold extreme views. This is much like the 80's concept of trickle down economics. This theory was that if you give money to the rich, they will pass it down to the working class. Clearly, the money simply stayed with the rich in the 80's and continues to stay with them today.
ReplyDeleteThe goal of the Republican party is to make sure the President serves only one term. This goal is inconsistant with moving the country forward by improving conditions for the middle class.
The second problem is the lack of interest in politics by most of the country. This causes mid-term elections to be determined by the extreme views of each party; while Presidential election years are determined by many more independent voters participating. The result has been described as whiplash in the house.
We need to work in increase interest in politics so as to improve voter participation and moderate the views of the elected representatives. I believe moderates that govern from the center can work thru the problems being faced by this country. Instead, we have elected individuals with extreme views and no interest in compromise to improve our country.
It is rather simple to understand what they want. TO BE REELECTED. In order to do accomplish that task, they will bend over backword doing what they thinking the "voting" population wants.
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