Thursday night I was sitting in the United Club at Newark airport waiting for my plane to PBI. The “Guilty” headline popped up on my laptop, and prompted a lively discussion between myself, a Swiss businessman on my right and a heavily tattooed lady on my left. We all agreed that this mess is so awful for everyone.
Our vaunted two party system has utterly failed, causing America to give itself a black eye, (a self inflicted wound) severely diminishing our stature in the eyes of the world, to the unarguable detriment of everyone - EXCEPT Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. We have neither done the right thing nor have we done things right, embarrassing ourselves and tarnishing the beloved American Brand in the process.
We cannot continue this self destruction and remain the Beacon of Democracy we claim to be . But how do we fix things?
We could pass laws, but Congress in its current state can’t help. It’s riddled with corruption, led by people who’ve stayed too long at the trough and are insulated by greed and lust for power from the pain they themselves continue to cause.
If we are to survive, We the People must insist - at the ballot box- on massive systemic change. Less money in politics, Term Limits for congress and judges, and a smaller government bureaucracy would all be a good start. That can only happen be electing new people.
At the executive level our choices today are dictated by powerful Party political machinery who manipulate us by co-opting a money hungry and biased press. How else did we get choices that neither party - 75 percent of Americans DON’T want?
In the end, Too much money sloshing in the political pot “donated” by corporations hurts us all.
Until we fix the rot at the core of our system we are stuck with either being led by a crook or a corpse.
We agree - again.
Thursday night I was sitting in the United Club at Newark airport waiting for my plane to PBI. The “Guilty” headline popped up on my laptop, and prompted a lively discussion between myself, a Swiss businessman on my right and a heavily tattooed lady on my left. We all agreed that this mess is so awful for everyone.
Our vaunted two party system has utterly failed, causing America to give itself a black eye, (a self inflicted wound) severely diminishing our stature in the eyes of the world, to the unarguable detriment of everyone - EXCEPT Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. We have neither done the right thing nor have we done things right, embarrassing ourselves and tarnishing the beloved American Brand in the process.
We cannot continue this self destruction and remain the Beacon of Democracy we claim to be . But how do we fix things?
We could pass laws, but Congress in its current state can’t help. It’s riddled with corruption, led by people who’ve stayed too long at the trough and are insulated by greed and lust for power from the pain they themselves continue to cause.
If we are to survive, We the People must insist - at the ballot box- on massive systemic change. Less money in politics, Term Limits for congress and judges, and a smaller government bureaucracy would all be a good start. That can only happen be electing new people.
At the executive level our choices today are dictated by powerful Party political machinery who manipulate us by co-opting a money hungry and biased press. How else did we get choices that neither party - 75 percent of Americans DON’T want?
In the end, Too much money sloshing in the political pot “donated” by corporations hurts us all.
Until we fix the rot at the core of our system we are stuck with either being led by a crook or a corpse.