Time for a Revolution
Why our political system remains corrupt
It is said that our government is subject to a revolution every two years with a new congress, but this is an illusion. The reality is that the House and Senate are a high stakes poker game with an enormous entrance fee.
“Pay to play” is the death of our democracy and is endemic in our political system. Few politicians can resist the temptation to accept money or favors in exchange for a vote. No politician within this system is likely to risk trying to change the system.
Thomas Jefferson said that every government needs a revolution every once in a while. Our last revolution was the return to a laissez faire or a free market economy in the early 80s. Its failure, the second in 80 years, was predictable.
The New Deal worked for everybody but the robber barons and it is time we gave it another chance. It is time for citizens to hold their elected official’s collective feet to the fire.
