Its been a few months since I signed in and made my thoughts known.To tell the truth, I’d write my Congressman but that would be an exercise in futility, as anyone who has written their Congressman about anything would understand. At most we can expect a form letter signed with an auto pen, which means he/she didn’t read it because they are too busy with backroom deals or lunching with lobbiests. They are NOT attending to business which is addressing the concerns of their constituents.  Big deal, we vote them into office but special interests make them rich. That shouldn’t surprise any of us.

I’m not duped with town hall meetings, special news letters, emails or special appeal letters for money. I usually delete emails or anything that comes over the internet from my Congressman. At times, I’d like to delete him, erase, never to be heard from again but every two, or four, years he pops up again begging for money to help defeat those damn Democrats (or Republicans). All this while I’m struggling to make ends meet on a fixed income while supporting my daughter and two grand kids. I’m here to tell you, its damn tough and I know millions of other Americans is in the same boat with little relief in sight. And now Congress wants to extend the tax breaks for the upper crust, those making millions, and sock us with the tab. I have one question: just where do you think that money will come from? Do I let my car go and take the bus? How about rent? My landlord doesn’t want excuses, he wants his money. And let’s not forget that age long habit of eating, something politicians seem to think we don’t do on a regular basis. Like that old joke goes: just about the time the farmer broke his dog of eating, it up and died on him.

Now we have the gulf oil leak, going on three months and counting. Obama wants BP to pay all expenses for the cleanup, until they reach the cap for damages and then BP will simply walk away, leaving us the mess to clean up. Congress holds hearing, Congressmen tour the affected areas, shaking their heads and ask how it happened. We can tell them how, they were in bed with the oil companies and let them write the rules for drilling, same as the pharmaceutical companies wrote the drug prescription plan and health care companies wrote the health care plan. Now that everything is coming back to bite them in the posterior, they’re pointing fingers and swearing that they had nothing to do with it. Its all King Bush’s fault. Yea, like when pig’s fly.

The Tea party blames the Democrats, the Democrats blame the Republicans and the Republicans blame the liberals and conservatives. Listen up folks, there’s enough blame to go around so don’t fight over who is to blame because we blame all of you for not doing your job. That’s right, you were so busy keeping your jobs that you failed to do your job. The time for placing blame is over, time to put aside your differences and do what is for for America, if you can do that. If you can’t we’ll elect someone who can go in there and shake up the status quo. But is it too late? almost but the situation can be salvaged with hard work and bi-partisan cooperation. That means everyone working together for the common good, and that is not your good.

The news is making a lot of noise about the upcoming November election, that the Republicans will reap a number of seats and take control of the House and Senate. I’d just like to see someone in there doing their job.

“I don’t care”. Those words were spoken to me by an agent of the Colorado Dept of Revenue recently as I tried to explain why I didn’t have any money left after paying for food, rent and utilities. I only owe them $300 now in back taxes and have faithfully been paying down my debt for more than a year. This month, my utilities were higher because of cold weather, groceries keep going up but my fixed income hasn’t. I have my daughter and two grand kids living under my roof since she lost her job and kids love to eat. What was the result of my telephone conversation? an attachment on my bank account, essentially wiping it clean, that in addition to the bank charging me $100 for doing so. So between now and the second Wednesday of December, I have less than $20.

As I still have my internet connecton, I began searching the state’s web sites, trying to figure out exactly how they can legally take every dollar without so much as a thank you or kiss my a**. It turns out that states base their laws on the federal government, especially the Infernal revenue Service. Did you know that the state, and IRS, don’t have to prove to anyone, like a judge, that you owe the money, they can simply serve a paper on the bank, usually electronically, and freeze your assets and they don’t even have to tell you. That’s right, the first inkling you have is when a check bounces or you check your balance and its sitting at zero. Don’t count on ever seeing that money again, it is GONE and you’re left with the financial disasters it causes. The states are bad enough but can’t hold  candle to the IRS.

Several years ago the IRS was dragged over the coals when they were tied to several suicides because of their tactics. They had hounded so many people for small amounts that the people saw no way out except suicide and they took it. It was only found out later that the IRS had made a mistake. Oops!!. Now here’s a fact you may not have known, you can’t sue the federal government without their permission. You have to go before the federal tax court and essentially prove your case before you can continue. If the tax court rules against you, you have nowhere else to go but home and forget about it. The IRS has their own set of rules, classified for obvious reasons, that details the methods approved for collection agents. They can arrest without warrants, seize assets without showing just cause, seize assets of relatives and then sell them off for pennies on the dollar and then bill you for the cost of selling them. Talk about adding insult to injury.

With the economy in the toilet, unemployment staying above 10%, foreclosures at unheard of numbers, families sleeping on the streets and children going to sleep hungry, our government thinks nothing of taking what few dollars remain. We didn’t have a say in whether we wanted a trillion dollar federal deficit, we don’t have a say in how and where our tax dollars are spent but yet we are expected to pay for it. Do we really need to send $30 billion to foreign countries when that money could be better spent right here? Again, we aren’t asked.

It is a small wonder that there’s a mini-revolution brewing against the very people who should be held accountable. It will only grow until the voice of the people can’t be ignored. I’m seriously thinking of lending my voice to the growing uproar.

You know every time I pick up a newspaper or hell even go on here someone is complaining about the economy and or the national debt which is a ridicules 1.43 trillion thank you Obama. People on both sides wonder how in the hell are we ever going to pay this back. Well Warcorpse is here with the perfect solution but some of you especially conservatives might not like it. Still the economy and the debt could be fixed by legalizing three little things

1 MarijuanaFirst off I have no idea why in the hell this is illegal in the first place. I don’t smoke it myself but I don’t see why the people that do have to live in fear of enjoying something that is far less dangerous than cigarettes. Most of the people that say this should remain illegal base their opinion on  a movie called Reefer Madness showing how weed is basically like LSD something that has been proven wrong time and time again. People who smoke marijuana don’t go into violent rages or have a hallucinogenic reactions unless it’s been laced with something else. And you wouldn’t get laced shit IF IT WERE FUCKING LEGALIZED! So here’s a thought legalize something that’s less addictive and less destructive than booze and guess what you got yourself BILLIONS of dollars in new tax revenue.

Prostitution. Yes I said it legalize the worlds oldest profession and hell you might create Trillions of dollars in new tax revenue. And there’s a million GOOD reasons why it should be legal. 1 It’s MUCH safer for the girls or guys that do this job. 2 It can be regulated so that minors aren’t involved and that the risk of STD’s goes way down. 3 All the crime that goes along with it goes away and you lower the cost of running the courts that deal with bullshit cases like this. 4 It’s been legal in America far longer than it’s been criminalized. Now the reason it’s criminalized is because of some people’s morale values and religious belief. Most of these people feel the need to ram their values down other people’s throats and to make sure everyone else lives the life they want. Hey I thought this was America and if I want to go to a cat house who in the hell are you to tell me that I can’t. We have freedom of religion in this country why in the hell are other people’s morale values interfering with my life.

3 Gambling With the advent of the Internet and current opinions this is just fucking stupid that this remain illegal. Once again billions of dollars could be generated. Most states have Indian casinos anyway so there already there and guess what America hasn’t ended now has it. I’m not even going to prove my point this time go to the PPA’s website and read their material

Well there you go 3 simple things that don’t hurt anyone else. Activities that are for adults only so don’t give me the save the fucking children rant. They won’t cause the downfall of mankind and you know what if you don’t want to partake in them then DON’T. But just because you are opposed to it you don’t have the right to tell other people they can’t participate in the three activities. And guess what you would have a shitload of new revenue to pay the national debt and maybe save social security

Call me crazy but I think $1.43 trillion is a lot of money and that is exactly the amount the federal deficit has reached. I have a tough time imagining a couple of thousand dollars, much less a number with twelve zeros in it. Just think nine years ago, then President Clinton left office with a budget surplus but it only took King Bush less than a year to wipe that out and start adding the red. Now we have a crazy African-American who just keep adding to it while paying off his campaign promises, needless to say, the American voter isn’t on that IOU list. First he bailed out AIG, then other insurance companies, then the banks and finally the auto makers while flipping Americans the bird and lying through his white teeth.

Now he wants to reward the health insurance industry and pharmaceutical companies, all noble ideas, if his proposed programs benefited the American public, which it won’t. I just don’t cotton to the idea that we’ll be giving free medical services to undocumented workers (read that as illegal immigrants). Talk about opening the flood gates, that alone will do it. Under his proposed program, each American family would be required to purchase health insurance or face a hefty fine at tax time. Now how fair is that? Of course our elected representatives would be immune from this requirement, as we’re already paying for their excellent coverage. I don’t know about anyone else but I can’t afford health insurance, I’m living on a fixed income and supporting my daughter and her two kids as it is, she’s been out of work for a year the job prospects don’t look good. That doesn’t leave any money left for such luxuries as health insurance.

There are so many government mandated “must haves” that littler money is left. The state of Colorado mandates car insurance, a law that the insurance companies jumped on like a frog on a June bug. Jack the prices out of sight because the average driver can’t complain. Look closely at your utility bill (gas, electric, phone, internet, etc) and count up all the little charges that’s tacked on. They add up in a hurry. To date, our local utility company, Xcel Energy, has shut off power to more than 38,000 customers for non-payment and winter is coming on. I under stand that its even worse in the mid-northern states. Do they care? you bet they don’t.

So, yes, I’m going crazy trying to keep my head above water, to survive from one week to the next, scratching my head bald figuring out where the money is going to come from. As so many people have done so far, I’m thinking about just ending it all and let the state bury me. Serves them right.

Disclaimer: The following opinions and thoughts are my own, conceived by observation, reading and listening. I welcome any and all comments, just keep them civil and on topic.

Anyone been following the news lately? I have and I don’t like what I’m hearing and reading. If the polls are to be believed, President Obama’s approval rating is below 40%. That’s the good news, the bad news is he doesn’t care. Why should he, he and his family has a roof over their heads, a soft bed to sleep in, three squares a day, makes $400,000 a year and still has three years, four months in the White House. Short of impeachment, he’s there for the duration.

Out in the real world, unemployment is above 10%, thousands have lost their homes, thousands more are sleeping on the streets and going hungry, the sick remain sick and our children are crying themselves to sleep each night. Why should the politicians care, they are above all this pettiness and in a world of their own. They are secure in their cushy job screwing the American people and having fun doing it. They sit in their expensive homes and offices and laugh at the foolishness of the American people to keep voting them back into office. And fools we are.

During Obama’s campaign for President, I publicly stated that he was being expertly handled behind the curtain by big business and special interests. Soon after his inauguration, I was proven right when he bailed out insurance companies, banks, car manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and other special interests. What he did wasn’t in the best interests of the American people, we have yet to see any benefit, but in the interests of those who bought his election. I was called a racist for saying that he was was elected because of his race and I was proven right. I was called a doomsayer for stating that he’d drive this country close to bankruptcy and I was proven right. I was called an alarmist for saying that a civil war was coming, fortunately, I still have to be proven right on that one but we’re close. How close are we?

We already see the civil disobedience raising its ugly head as people barter between themselves for simple staples, against the law according to the income tax code. We see more and more people shooting wild game in order to put food on the table, also against the law. We see people collecting rain water, against the law at least in Colorado, to water their gardens and bath because their utilities have been turned off. Theft is on the rise as people do whatever is necessary to survive, including stealing bread. The homeless are camping wherever they can in order to survive the cold, also against the law in Denver. They are homesteading in vacate houses that banks have foreclosed on, have taken over abandoned farm houses and raising their own food in order to survive, also against the law. Jails are overflowing due to arrests of people doing whatever is necessary to survive. And I am close to joining the legions of homeless so I can sympathize with them and ask myself just how far am I willing to go? How far will I fall before I hit rock bottom?

So far, all I’ve seen is lip service from the very people who have been intrusted to prevent this fall. I see polished politicians stand up in townhall meetings and blantly lie to concerned voters, publicly stating that they are doing all they can to help when all they are doing is helping themselves. I wouldn’t trust one politician as far as I can throw a 1600 pound bull.

It boils down to this: if we are to survive, we must do it ourselves, we can’t count on, nor should we, the federal government. They have an agenda all their own and it doesn’t include American citizens.

Colorado has a “Make My Day” law. In a nut shell, it simply means that you won’t be prosecuted for defending your home, your family or your life with deadly force. It doesn’t mean that you can chase the suspect down in the street and kill him, as one homeowner did. It does mean that if someone breaks into your home with the intent to do you and your family bodily harm and rob you, the homeowner can use deadly force. In other words, blow them out of their socks. While I would prefer to cause them great bodily harm, I would not hesitate to open up with my shotgun at close range. This has two advantages; 1) it is a final solution to a home robbery and 2) the suspect can’t come back and sue for damages (that’s been done on numerous occasions).

While Colorado doesn’t have the shootouts in the streets like some Texas border towns do, we do have our share of home invasions by scumbags looking for easy pickings. I realize that the police can’t be everywhere at all times (they get there after the fact most times), it is realistic that the homeowner be prepared to protect themselves against any eventuality. I have my shotgun handy but I also have my walking stick, a six foot length of Aspen, hard as a rock and can break an arm or bust a head in one easy swing. To quote an old saying, “I’d rather be judged by twelve of my peers than be carried by six of my friends.”

The bad guys of today are getting younger and younger, knowing they can’t be tried as an adult and most likely, at the most, be sentenced to a juvenile detention center until they are twenty-one, will be released and out on the streets to continue their life of crime, often with an advanced degree in crime. Whenever I move into a new place, I always make sure that the neighbors know that I’m armed and will use my firearms; I’ve seldom had trouble from the local hoods. If I’m forced to use deadly force, I won’t apologize for doing so, I won’t feel sorry that someone is dead and I won’t apologize to his family for the loss of their child. They raised him, saw where he was heading and did nothing to turn him around. Some will see that attitude as callus and uncaring. Far from it, I care but my family comes first. If the cops can’t handle the crime rate, it is up to the individual to be prepared to do so and just call them to haul away the trash.

On a national scale, the crime rate has increased, in spite of what the Justice Department says, and more and more homeowners are being caught in the middle. We’ve been told to just call the police and let them handle it but while you’re on the phone, they’re breaking in and terrorizing your family. I have a shotgun and they have automatic weapons, like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Very unequal, unless the shotgun is loaded with turkey loads. That’s nine pieces of lead the size of a small ball bearing going out at over 1,000 ft per second. Now that can do some serious damage and discourage any intruder because they want to rob, not be killed.

We don’t live in the Old West any longer, we’re supposed to be a civilized nation of laws but the only law to date that makes any sense is the Make My Day law. More and more gun laws are passed each day and not one does any good because the criminals ignore them and they just take away yet another right of the law abiding citizen. I, for one, will not live scared in my home behind locked doors and shuttered windows. I will not be made to live in fear of venturing outside and enjoying life. And I refuse to relie on someone who won’t be there in my time of need to protect me and my family, I’ll do it myself and explain later.

Why am I ranting about this subject? because crime is hitting closer and closer to home. A new neighbor just moved in next door and while they were gone, someone broke in and stole a couple of TVs and a laptop computer (I could have told them it was unsafe to live here but they didn’t ask). I don’t believe that I could live anywhere that is completely safe and no one in their right mind would think so either. All one can do is make their home as safe as possible and refuse to live in fear. To that end, I keep my shotgun handy and loaded.

READ THE HEALTH REFORM BILL!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL BILL

Look at what is in the Bill!:

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access to you banks accountsts for electronic funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange to bring private HC plans under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private health care plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic appropropriate services. Example - Translationfor illegal aliens

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Benefit Levels for Plans. #AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed

PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt Monopoly

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST automatiocally enroll employees into pubic option plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for health care for part time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer with payroll of 400k & above who does not provide public option. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Business payroll between 251k & 400k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable health care according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc
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Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NON-RESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their health care)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of health care Administration (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans financial/personal records

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr’s time, professional judgment, etc. Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131 Govt mandates & controls productivity for private health care industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals for what Govt deems preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission- Govt will penalize you.

Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investmen t. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. Health care the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Adv. Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Committee. Can you say health care by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “adv. care planning consult” will be used frequentlpatients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 “adv. care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment to a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt into your marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services

The spinners in the White House are starting to perspire. Support for health care might actually expire. Limbaugh’s mouth is on fire. He says Pelosi is a liar. He’d like to make her retire. Obama tries to inspire but he’s just preaching to the choir. How much support does his plan really require? His critics say the deficit will only go higher and cash for clunkers is no spare tire.

I’m just watching like a bird on a wire. A see a sharp knife in a quagmire. An innocent girl continues to aspire…With no insurance or fear, she only has desire.

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Yes a man who was light years ahead of his time penned this opening to one of the MOST influential documents ever written in history.

Sadly, today this means nothing to the elected officials governing our once great country. No it didn’t start sliding downhill when the Novelty Obama-nation uttered the statement, “We live in the greatest country in the world; help me change it, but that non hacker sure as fuck hasn’t HELPED things out a whole lot has he?

Motherfuckers (and father fuckers for you ladies who feel left out when I say it) Are lining up to defend this shitbird with statements like “No one can expect him to deliver on all of his campaign promises”. Then WHY the FUCK was he elected by a majority vote? If it doen’t matter what they say, why aren’t we picking a President’s name out of a fucking Fez? (Yeah a turban would just be a freaking hand towel with a bunch of clumps of paper inside it wouldn’t it?)

I’m getting off track here. HEALTH CARE for ALL should be FOR all not just one for us and one for them. I’f I’m having their shit crammed down my throat then at least tell me that they are getting the same lack of condiments that I am. REGULATIONS and REFORM are what the current System needs and not a Socialist, Eastern Block replacement for it.

While we’re at it, lets think about this. Nancy Pelosi and the fucking DNC is all over this shit about Leveling out the WEALTH of the nation. Lets call this what it REALLY is. They want You and I to be in the poorest 85% of the nation so THEY can be in the RICHEST 15% (if they will allow that many people to be as “privileged” as they are for being good enough to get you fucking moronic, mouth breathing masses to vote them into office.

“From Each According to His Abilities and To Each According to His Needs” is the mantra that these fuckaholics are chanting and the Public is chewing that up like it is a NEW concept. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov brought forth REFORM via these means in a little place that used to be called Russia with these EXACT words.

The FIRST thing that these radicals who wish to infringe upon OUR Inalienable Rights do is to take away the guns of the people that they wish to enslave.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

This was written by men who had to shed blood to have the right to protect themselves from all enemies Foreign AND Domestic.

Hitler immediately took away every gun from the Jews and I hope you fucking idiots do remember what happened to them during his rise to power. NOW the Democrats have sought to take guns out of the hands of the people for many years and they always come back to the same thing. They SAY it is for OUR own good so that “Criminals” cannot get their hands on guns to harm us. WAKE THE FUCK UP. They are the criminals that wish to enslave YOU and make you work so that you get just enough to get by and they get MORE than they can possibly expect their grandchildren to be able to spend. if GUNS are so BAD, why are these people all Guarded by agents who have them?

AGAIN… WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE! Our society is being dumbed down by the lack of a true Education System. Our Wages and Income are being attacked, we are being led like lambs to the slaughter and the apathy and brainwashing that our leaders MUST be right just because they hold that position is sickening.

We are soon going to need a Revolution to get the Government out of our wallets, schools, and privacy of our own bedrooms because the MASSES can no longer think for themselves or ask the simple questions and react to the answers that are given to them rather than just going with the flow.

I can no longer sit idly by and watch the destruction of the greatest nation in the world. Who has the guts to speak out with me?

The answer is simple - we don’t contribute enough money to reelection campaigns for our concerns to matter. I base this on several news sources but mainly on my personal observations of my elected representatives, both in Congress and the House. It has been documented that six of the Senators responsible for hammering out a new health care bill have accepted $11.5 million from pharmaceutical companies, others just haven’t been found out yet. Something new? No, this has been going on for many years and has cost Americans billions in excess dollars, billions that has gone into many pockets.

Take the Veterans Affairs (VA) for example. This one government health organization, responsible for caring for this nation’s war veterans, has overspent billions of dollars on medications for one simple reason - they are prevented, by Congress, to negotiate for lower prices based on their volume of buying. This one act alone would save taxpayers billions of dollars, dollars that could go toward improving the level of health care. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why; our so-called representatives have been bribed to vote against any such act. Those are strong words and could get me into hot water but they need to be spoken, loudly and often.

Our government is corrupt, not above selling Americans down the river in order to increase their personal wealth, too many Congressmen, and women, have been caught accepting bribes for the truth to be otherwise. Corruption runs rampart in Washington, D.C. and has for many years. Each year we hear vows of cleaning it up but it never happens because it is so deeply ingrained that it is almost impossible to stop. Perhaps the one most important act that could happen is to outlaw lobbying in any form, except by the voters; let the American public be heard instead of big business and special interests. Has anyone heard of even one Congressman/woman leaving office poor? Of course not because most leave office millionaires, if they weren’t before entering office. They certainly weren’t frugal with their pay and wisely invested it but accepted money under the table for their vote, they just didn’t get caught doing it.

Just what can we, the American People, do about this, including the above suggestion? Demand accountability from our elected representatives in every aspect of their Congressional duties. demand explanations as to why they voted as they did, party lines be damned, was it the right thing to do. How did it benefit the American people, the ones who has to pay for every program they enact? I’d like to see a report card on each and every one of them at six month increments instead of two and four years, at election time. If they aren’t doing their job, then they are recalled, out of office, fired, canned, terminated. But will that happen, no. But we can always hope.