Subject: 'How could elected officials empower the people they repres

Comment:

See Original Content on OpEdNews in article titled "The One Question Reporters Never Ask Candidates"

"How could elected officials empower the people they represent?"

Elected officials have no incentive to empower people. It doesn't pay well and diminishes their ability to abuse their power.

This is like asking, "How could a rapist encourage his victim to defend herself and assert her legal and moral rights?"

People must empower themselves using mechanisms at least for now still in place ... http://f-r-e-e.us