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1.With all the talking heads jumping on board...do you think the tea party has been infiltrated by the same entity that people wanted to be rid of?
2.If it has,then how can you expect change from the same people who are the problem??
3.Are these politicians honest about the Tea party movement or are they just using it to get elected or re-elected and pull the wool over your eyes??
When I say the same representatives I mean the Washington big wig types.
Gingrich,Palin etc. Every politician that used this as a good photo opportunity and good PR.
These are not grassroots movement type people and it amazes me anybody take these people seriously anymore.
Is it because they were on TV and people are starstruck??
Originally posted by Aim64C
reply to post by DrumsRfun
Many of these people have the connections forged over centuries of political pass-downs.
Originally posted by Aim64C
reply to post by DrumsRfun
but how many have actually written their representative with their thoughts on a bill?
Originally posted by Aim64C
By that same token - it doesn't help that Congress is writing legislation for the sake of writing legislation. It should be a fairly newsworthy event when Congress decides to make a law (seeing as it influences the entire country), and the budget is done yearly (so it shouldn't be that big of an issue, either). It's hard for the average person to stay informed simply because of the enormity of government.
Originally posted by Aim64C
We have "What would you do if you were President" cutsie-poos at school that put the idea in the minds of children early on that the President (and National government) is the one-stop-shop for solving problems. It's not any scheme for domination - it was just a childish notion that we allowed, as a society, to persist. Just look at Obama's campaign. Like the man and his policies, or not - the whole context of the campaign implied the President actually had the power to pass legislation - which is so horribly out of whack, it is not even funny. Even worse - people voted for him, expecting him to have this capability.
I completely agree and thats what needs to change.
Where is the restart button?
My opinion is alot of people see it as pointless really because I think many feel like they have never been represented properly so why bother?
Government is too big and nobody really knows what they do unless it is on tv.
I will also reiterate my opinion that maybe alot of people think it is too difficult and therefore beyond them.
Again excuse my ignorance when talking politics.