You mention all these CONgressmen and women but where are they when it comes to taking a public stance regarding the direction this country is heading? The only one I see with any stones beside Ron Paul is Tancredo and you see what the attack dogs are trying to do to him as well as the fact that Rove et al have made it known that he's persona non grata at the WH because he had the courage to step up and publicly criticize our march to national suicide via illegal immigration. I'm with you in the hopes we have more reps out there that'll stand up but I won't hold my breath.
As far as the lobbying goes I believe it's not us small business guys who will ever have much clout with the reps.....these big corps. and foreign gov't.s are hiring former DC insiders left and right togain access that we'll never see in our lifetime........that's why the lobbying has got to be cut dramtically.
I should have been more precise. I meant that I believe we can find more Ron Paul's out there and that we need to find them and then elect them. You are correct, there aren't enough of these folks out there, but I believe they can be found. In fact they must be found, if we are to turn this ship around. It has taken a very long time for this country to reach this state of affairs and in turn I believe it will take a very long time to correct it.
"I'm with you in the hopes we have more reps out there that'll stand up but I won't hold my breath."
Neither am I. But I have to keep the faith... for my children's future if nothing else.
"As far as the lobbying goes I believe it's not us small business guys who will ever have much clout with the reps.....these big corps. and foreign gov't.s are hiring former DC insiders left and right togain access that we'll never see in our lifetime........that's why the lobbying has got to be cut dramtically."
OK... But how do we "cut" lobbying without cutting funding from people like me should my company grow large enough to actually help make a difference? Who and how are we then getting our information from on these candidates? That leaves the media and public broadcasting... And who controls that? The very "insiders" that you just mentioned. So... have we now "cut" the "insiders" influence... or have we actually helped to eliminated all other "outside" influences?
This is still the best country on the planet, but I truly believe we are going down hill and unfortunately things might not change until we hit bottom, and I don't even want to think about that!