Reply #35: Unfortunately...

[davekriss]

"Sometime between the time I couldn't pay attenten because raising my kids and now, my country has gone to hell."

Unfortunately I've been hyper-aware every bleeping second of it!

On the corruption of politics by money, I've been fond of characterizing it this way: There are two votes in America. The first is the dollar vote, followed by the "democratic" vote. Nothings gets on the agenda of the democratic vote unless it first passes the dollar vote. The problem with this situation is those with more dollars get to vote more often than those without. So our republic is first and foremost about advancing an agenda that serves the interests of the already advantaged. If the needs of the unwashed masses get met it is purely accidental and unintended.

Really
The police try to protect
the banks -- and everything else
is secondary
-- D.A. Levy