Two political parties for
the third most populous nation on planet Earth! That is patently ridiculous! In a
varied nation like ours, with people from every walk of life, we only have two
views from which to vote for. Not only does this limit the political discourse
because of only two parties, but both parties are basically corporately run
political parties lead by the wealthiest one percent of Americans! Now before
you discount what I have just said, read this:
The Center
for Responsive Politics has crunched the numbers and released the results on
its Open Secrets blog:
"About 47 percent of
Congress, or 249 current members are millionaires. " In 2010, the estimated
median net worth of a current U.S. senator stood at an average of $2.56
million," according to the Center's research.
"Despite the global economic meltdown in 2008 and the sluggish recovery that
followed, that's up about 7.6 percent
from an estimated median net worth of $2.38 million in 2009 " and up 13 percent from a median net
worth of $2.27 million in 2008. " Fully 36 Senate Democrats, and 30 Senate
Republicans reported an average net worth in excess of $1 million in 2010.
The same was true for 110 House Republicans and 73 House Democrats."
"The vast majority of members of Congress are
quite comfortable, financially, while many of their own constituents suffer
from economic hardships," said Sheila Krumholz at the Center For Responsive
Politics. "Few Americans enjoy the same
financial cushions maintained by most members of Congress -- or the same access
to market-altering information that could yield personal, financial gains." ABC
NEWS
This is the
reason that the two corporately-run political parties don't want any
significant amount of people voting outside of the two-party political system.
Think about it. The Democrat and The Republican
parties look out for their own, and that isn't the majority of us. So the
next time you vote, think about who's interests you are voting for.
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