no sane person would argue that speaker of the house and senate majority leader aren't two of the most powerful positions in the federal government. how representative of the american people are two national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for? in a democracy?
- kentucky's mcconnell got 806,787 votes in his last election (2014).
- california's 12th congressional district representative pelosi got 275,292 votes in her last election (2018).
- approximately 138,847,000 voters voted in the 2016 presidential election.
- 806,787/138,847,000 = 0.00581
- 275,292/138,847,000 = 0.00198
granted that in a national election, mcconnell and pelosi would get some votes outside their respective kentucky and san francisco, but enough to win a national election?
NO WAY!!!
pelosi and mcconnell were elected to represent the voters in their state/district. yet, speaker of the house and senate majority leader are major players in our national government. two powerful old timers misrepresenting the vast majority of us. some democracy. needless to say, national leaders should be elected nationally.
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had enough?
who do you trust?
- the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office?
- biased news media?
to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents.
voting for a republican or a democrat is a vote for their party.
nothing will be better for our country.
- the republican and democratic parties that are financed by billionaire corporations and billionaire PACs that supply us with the candidates for public office?
- biased news media?
to fix our dysfunctional government is simple and easy--stop voting for republican and democratic party candidates, including incumbents.
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even with their billion dollar donors, if voters don't vote for republicans and democrats, then the republican and democratic parties will shrivel up and die.
once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.
in the next election--national, state or local--vote for your local (state/county) representatives. hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll ALL be able to vote for our national leaders.
once the republican and democratic parties are gone, and lobbyists are rendered powerless, then much-needed changes to the constitution can be made--like "no taxation without representation", a.k.a. powerful national politicians that 99+ percent of americans didn't vote for.
in the next election--national, state or local--vote for your local (state/county) representatives. hopefully, some day, when the republican party, the democratic party, antiquated party rules and lobbyists are gone, and the constitution has been amended, then we'll ALL be able to vote for our national leaders.
nothing will be better for our country.
the same goes for the news media--stop patronizing biased news media that lobby for the republican and democratic parties instead of reporting the news factually and truthfully. they'll go out of business. nothing will be better for the USA.
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