WE, THE SHEEPLE
So far, have not changed my mind.
I'm delighted to be able to cast a "Let's Vote the Bums Out" ballot in November. I'm hoping both parties get a loud and clear message from the American people that we're sick of both of them. A vote for Trump is the closest opportunity to send that message that we've had in years.
Then be prepared to accept the consequences. What consequences? Those that occur when totally inept people are elected to govern us.
You are "playing with politics" just because you are upset with the political alternatives. (Who isn't upset, btw?)
Perhaps you'd prefer someone who "walked on water"? The American people have consistently looked at the PotUS as some sort of God who would lead America to the Promised Land, without the slightest regard for our Tripartite System of Governance (the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial).
All three elements have to work together and we have seen these past years how any one of them can throw a monkey-wrench onto the gears of governance.
My point: If we really 'n truly want Better Governance then we will have to change American mentalities regarding the individuals we elect to high office. If the Replicants use the HofR and the Senate to hinder a PotUS who is trying to employ stimulus-spending to ignite Demand and thus Consumption and thus Production and thus Employment, then
a nation gets what it deserves, ie, Employment Stagnation.
Which is what we had for four long years as seen here (from the Bureau of Labor Statistics):
Notice in the above chart the years 2010 to 2014 when the Employment-to-Population ratio did not budge one bit, and remained a constant 58.5% of the population, down from 63% in 2006/8 (before the onset of the Great Recession). The economy created Net No Jobs after 2010. (When the Replicants in the HofR were delivering us "Austerity Budgeting", meaning
no Stimulus Spending that all our serious economists were advising.)
We, the sheeple, seem not know how to select politicians in general. We allow political commercials on the BoobTube warp our judgment, and thus select the person who promises, like soap-powder,"to wash whiter than white!" (Never underestimate the power of the BoobTube to warp minds.)
If
we wanted Better Gummint,
we would vote for a better grade of people and
we would have it. Washington is not Hollywood, and far different criteria apply in the selection process. It would help for candidates to have a clear political program stipulating what remedies are necessary for which acute problems - and debate them on TV.
Then the people could decide who had a better set of solutions.
The fault of Bad Government is purely of we, the sheeple - no one else. We let ourselves be manipulated by "merchandising techniques" when electing our representatives.
So we deserve the political class we elect.
END OF RANT ...
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