Reply #99: Apathy is what got us here, however... [View All]

[Tigress DEM]

We need to KEEP doing what we are doing now, WEED OUT the Corruption. I also think that if 60% of major corporations are dodging paying taxes then they need to be investigated and if their not actually hq'd in the Bahamas they should pay back those taxes.

I think we need to put on the ballot measures like approving corporate welfare items such as corporate jet fuel tax rebates that effectively let them pay .01 cent a gallon while the rest of us choke it up at the pump for our cars.

The public needs to LEAD for a good long time. We need to get up in their faces and stay in their faces until they hear us. We need to take them by the hands show them what the American people think needs to be done and give them a deadline of putting proposals together and finding a way to get the job done.

We need to demand a quota of honesty in politics by the common sense metric of bullshit walks. If an elected official says I will do X and does not, there better be a real reason* why not or he/she is OUTTA THERE - ASAP, if it's bad enough, impeach or recall.



*Valid reasons:

A) A better solution was found - not FOR the politician and his cronies, but for the public.

B) Some other real issue HAD to take priority or rearranged the priorities in such a way that a more inclusive solution needs to be hashed out even though the initial promise is still within that solution. (ie Katrina)

C) The politician is doggedly pursuing the right course, but isn't getting enough cooperation from the rest of the lege or congress or White House is blocking. (ie John Conyers out there pounding for US even though no one seems to be listening.)