What Happened?

by Larry
(Columbus, Ohio)

I don't bang my head against the wall.......the wall bangs against my head. The wall of Washington. Can you honestly tell me that our representatives in Washington actually represent us, the people of this country? Or do they represent corporations, lobbyists and Wall Street? You know the answer in your gut and in your heart, whether your head admits it or not. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter. They both stopped representing us, the people, and sold themselves and us to the highest bidder.

And just to make sure it stays that way, the Supreme Court recently decided, under the thin guise of free speech, that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on the favorite recipient of their choice every November. I had previously come to the conclusion that the only way to break the stranglehold that Democrats and Republicans have on this country is a viable 3rd party that actually represented the interests of the people in a common sense way. But now I question if it's even possible with the gargantuan amounts of money that corporations, lobbyists and Wall Street are more than ready to use to overwhelm any such effort.

It won't and can't happen unless the people of this country make it happen. I can flat out guarantee you that politicians aren't going to do it for us because they're too busy doing it to us. People have to realize that it is up to us. The trouble is, people have become jaded to politics from so many years of having to vote for the "lesser of two evils" every November. And now, in this ruined economy and the false recovery, everyone is too busy worrying about just barely getting by and paying the bills to have the time and effort needed to devote to getting up off the ground and actually making this happen.

Please tell me I'm wrong.